<input type file> Focus

[reiyel]

hiya all
i would like to ask some help for a little javascript, here's my problem:
i have a html page with a <input type="file"> box, problem is i don't want the user to be able to write on the text field, he must use the browse button.
i tried a lot of codes but no one works for both IE and firefox
i tried to use onclick="blur",m but in that case the field and "browse button" didn't work

here's what i've done:

<form name="form1">
<input type="file" name="insertdoc" onclick="document.form1.otherinput.focus()">
<input type="hidden" name="otherinput">
</form>

works for firefox, you cannot write on the field, but browse button works well, problem is, this code don't work on IE error says: "can't move focus to the control because it is invisible, not enabled, or of a type that does not accept the focus" well...IE, i hate you!

i tried to send my focus to another text field, in that case, browse button don't work....anyone with an idea how i can do this to work on IE?
thanks a lot for your help

Rei

[acoder]

I can understand your problem and frustration. I'm not sure how you can solve the problem for IE, but no matter what they type into the input box, you can always check that the file exists on the server side. It just means a wasted trip to the server if the file doesn't exist and hence cannot be uploaded.

[reiyel]

problem is, i really need it to be done that way :(
the user can't write on that textfield >_<

[johnhjohn]

Took some thought but here is what I have:


<form name="form1">
<input type="file" name="insertdoc" onkeydown="return false">
<input type="hidden" name="otherinput">
</form>

Hope it helps :)

[johnhjohn]

There is a very easy way past this by the way, which is pasting a value into it. It is all I could think of for IE.

[reiyel]

Took some thought but here is what I have:


<form name="form1">
<input type="file" name="insertdoc" onkeydown="return false">
<input type="hidden" name="otherinput">
</form>

Hope it helps :)

that works, it's really cool.
thank you very much everyone for your great help!! (^_^)(_ _)(^_^)

[acoder]

that works, it's really cool.
thank you very much everyone for your great help!! (^_^)(_ _)(^_^)

Good work johnhjohn for working that out. I didn't think about using onkeydown.
Remember reiyel that this isn't completely foolproof as john pointed out.