No, you can't do anything about it (that I know of), except maybe overlaying something above it, but that'll just prevent clicks.
Users of Internet Explorer know this "widget" and know how (not) to use it, so IMO this is a false issue: this is how IE8 behave, so don't make it behave differently or the risk is that your users will be lost. AFAICT, when the field references a non-existing file, the form.submit() throws an exception though, so you could possibly catch it and show a message. You could also possibly check on pre-submit that the value at least looks like a valid file path/name. On Thursday, October 24, 2013 12:24:17 PM UTC+2, Akshay Lokur wrote: > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-moalmN9jHuE/Umj0s4eruOI/AAAAAAAAA8c/3O-9xpdILwQ/s1600/invalid_file_in_gwt_file_upload_IE8.png> > Hi All, > > I am using "FileUpload" widget of GWT and it is perfectly fine with one > issue though. > > In Internet Explorer version 8, the textfield which is beside Browse > button, remains enabled; means user can enter any characters in it (e.g. a > non-existent file path or name). Then if user clicks upload then nothing > happens. > > So, I was trying to somehow "disable" this textfield part or avoid keydown > events inside it. But, not able to do that. > > Could anybody please help me out here with some solution. > > Many Thanks, > Akshay > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to google-web-toolkit@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.