i believe this is expected behavior, it would be a security risk to allow script access to file inputs-
On Jan 20, 7:32 pm, "Steffan A. Cline" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 1/6/08 11:55 PM, chrismarx at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > best to see the live page- > > > On Jan 6, 9:32 pm, "Steffan A. Cline" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> on 1/6/08 5:29 PM, chrismarx at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >>> first, it would be better jquery technique to bind your img outside of > >>> the onclick > > >>> $('#imgID').click(function(){ > >>> $('#logo').click(); > >>> }); > > >>> what function is executed when you trigger the click event on the logo > >>> input? > > >>> On Jan 6, 5:46 pm, "Steffan A. Cline" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> Running into something strange. I have an image with an onclick handler > >>>> that > >>>> calls on a hidden <input type="file" id="logo" ....> via > >>>> <img src="xx" onclick="$('#logo').click()"> > >>>> This works flawlessly in Safari, IE 6 & 7 but not in FF Mac (not sure > >>>> about > >>>> PC). Any ideas? > > >>>> Also, what is the best way when taking this approach? I have it where the > >>>> file input is in a div. I initially tried using display:none for the > >>>> container div but the file inputs stopped working. I changed the div to > >>>> visibility:hidden and height: 0px and it works (with the exception above) > >>>> anyone have a better suggestion on how to hide these inputs better? > > >>>> I am using jquery 1.1.3.1 > > >>>> Suggestions? > > >>>> Thanks > > >>>> Steffan > > >> I am hiding the file inputs and then parsing the data from the file input > >> onchange and placing it into a dummy text field so that there are no paths > >> etc when the end user views it. As you know, some browsers prepend the path > >> to the name in the file input and I wasn't thrilled with that. By trimming > >> the path and displaying only the file name looked more appealing. The end > >> user wants to have their own add/delete buttons for the images rather than > >> the standard "choose" button. The odd thing is that when I use the DOM > >> inspector in FF it shows that the image has the click attribute so I am not > >> sure why it's not firing. Would it beneficial to show all of the code or is > >> there enough mentioned to see why the click event fails? Odd that FF does > >> not show any errors or warnings in the error console. > > >> Thanks > > >> Steffan > > <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" > "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> > > <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> > <head> > <title></title> > <script type="text/javascript" > src="/js/jquery-1.1.3.1.pack.js"></script> > </head> > > <body> > <input type="button" onclick="$('#inFile').click()" value="Find It"> > <div style=""> > <input type="file" name="test" id="inFile"> > </div> > </body> > > </html> > > As stated it works in Safari and IE6&7. Any ideas why it fails in Firefox? > > Thanks > > Steffan > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > T E L 6 0 2 . 7 9 3 . 0 0 1 4 | F A X 6 0 2 . 9 7 1 . 1 6 9 4 > Steffan A. Cline > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phoenix, > Azhttp://www.ExecuChoice.net USA > AIM : SteffanC ICQ : 57234309 > YAHOO : Steffan_Cline MSN : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > GOOGLE: Steffan.Cline Lasso Partner Alliance Member > ---------------------------------------------------------------