how the browse button is coming

[nikhil govind]

i am writing a code as follows in jsp,,the html part:
i have to upload a file and save it somewhere so :

<form ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data" ACTION="fileupload.jsp" METHOD=POST>
<br><br><br>
<center>
<table border="2" >
<tr>


<td colspan="2"><p align="center"><B>PROGRAM FOR UPLOADING THE FILE</B>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Choose the file To Upload:</b></td>
<td><INPUT NAME="F1" TYPE="file"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">
<p align="right"><INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Send File" ></p></td></tr>
</table>
</center>
</form>


it gives a browse button automatically....how can i change its name ...is it by default ...if yes how its working?

[Eric Pascarello]

You can not change that.

Eric

[Daniel Reznick]

Well...

Actually the thing you need to do is: You need to hide the default button, and instead of it put you own custom button that will call the action of the original one


I did it once...

You can either do it with css or you can do it with jQuery

here couple useful google search strings :

1) INPUT TYPE="file" how to make a custom button
2) how to customise the input file button

and here couple of website i found with it :

http://tiagoe.blogspot.com/2010/01/css-style-typefile-tags.html
http://www.quirksmode.org/dom/inputfile.html
http://www.viget.com/inspire/custom-file-inputs-with-a-bit-of-jquery/
http://www.filamentgroup.com/lab/jquery_custom_file_input_book_designing_with_progressive_enhancement/
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5813344/how-to-customize-html-input-type-file

Hope it helps you,

Regards,

Daniel.

[nikhil govind]

thanks Eric and Daniel