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user358176
user358176

Reputation: 108

write data into <input type="file"> using js

I'm trying to assign the value of <input type="file" id="field1"> to <input type="file" id="field2">.

I'm having the following code but it is not working as expected:

<script type="text/javascript"> 
function test(){
   var field_value = document.getElementById('file1').value;
   document.getElementById('file2').value = field_value;
}
</script>
<body>
  <input type="file" onchange="test()" id="file1"/>
  <input type="file" id="file2"/>
</body>

Explanation: When I click on the browse field of file field having id="file1" it calls test() function. Variable field_value is having the name of the file uploaded. But it is not assigning the value to file field having id="file2".

Upvotes: 4

Views: 2566

Answers (4)

Tonton-Blax
Tonton-Blax

Reputation: 516

As already mentioned in another answer, you cannot move those kind of file input value pointers around, mainly for security reasons. Your browsers keeps a private reference to the actual data under the hood. However, there's a workaround involving the DataTransfer API (same one you would use for drag and drop purposes). You need to loop through the file references and assign them to a DataTransfer instance before assigning them to the other input.

Here's how:

<script type="text/javascript">
   function test() {
    const firstField = document.getElementById('file1');
    const anotherField = document.getElementById('file2');
    
    if (firstField.files.length > 0) {
      const dataTransfer = new DataTransfer();
      Array.from(firstField.files).forEach(f=>dataTransfer.items.add(f))
      anotherField.files = dataTransfer.files;
    }
  }
</script>
<input type="file" onchange="test()" id="file1" multiple />
<input type="file" id="file2" multiple />

Upvotes: 0

Thein Lwin
Thein Lwin

Reputation: 1

document.querySelector('.img-btn').addEventListener('click', function()
    {
        document.querySelector('.cont').classList.toggle('s-signup')
    }
);
*, *:before, *:after{
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  font-family: 'Nunito', sans-serif;
}

body{
  width: 100%;
  height: 100vh;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, #7579ff, #b224ef);
  font-family: 'Nunito', sans-serif;
}

input, button{
  border:none;
  outline: none;
  background: none;
}

.cont{
  overflow: hidden;
  position: relative;
  width: 900px;
  height: 550px;
  background: #fff;
  box-shadow: 0 19px 38px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.30), 0 15px 12px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.22);
}

.form{
  position: relative;
  width: 640px;
  height: 100%;
  padding: 50px 30px;
  -webkit-transition:-webkit-transform 1.2s ease-in-out;
  transition: -webkit-transform 1.2s ease-in-out;
  transition: transform 1.2s ease-in-out;
  transition: transform 1.2s ease-in-out, -webkit-transform 1.2s ease-in-out;
}

h2{
  width: 100%;
  font-size: 30px;
  text-align: center;
}

label{
  display: block;
  width: 260px;
  margin: 25px auto 0;
  text-align: center;
}

label span{
  font-size: 14px;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: #505f75;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

input{
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  margin-top: 5px;
  font-size: 16px;
  padding-bottom: 5px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(109, 93, 93, 0.4);
  text-align: center;
  font-family: 'Nunito', sans-serif; 
}

button{
  display: block;
  margin: 0 auto;
  width: 260px;
  height: 36px;
  border-radius: 30px;
  color: #fff;
  font-size: 15px;
  cursor: pointer;
}

.submit{
  margin-top: 40px;
  margin-bottom: 30px;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-weight: 600;
  font-family: 'Nunito', sans-serif;
  background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, #7579ff, #b224ef);
}

.submit:hover{
  background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, #b224ef, #7579ff);
}

.forgot-pass{
  margin-top: 15px;
  text-align: center;
  font-size: 14px;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: #0c0101;
  cursor: pointer;
}

.forgot-pass:hover{
  color: red;
}

.social-media{
  width: 100%;
  text-align: center;
  margin-top: 20px;
}

.social-media ul{
  list-style: none;
}

.social-media ul li{
  display: inline-block;
  cursor: pointer;
  margin: 25px 15px;
}

.social-media img{
  width: 40px;
  height: 40px;
}

.sub-cont{
  overflow: hidden;
  position: absolute;
  left: 640px;
  top: 0;
  width: 900px;
  height: 100%;
  padding-left: 260px;
  background: #fff;
  -webkit-transition: -webkit-transform 1.2s ease-in-out;
  transition: -webkit-transform 1.2s ease-in-out;
  transition: transform 1.2s ease-in-out;
}

.cont.s-signup .sub-cont{
  -webkit-transform:translate3d(-640px, 0, 0);
          transform:translate3d(-640px, 0, 0);
}

.img{
  overflow: hidden;
  z-index: 2;
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  top: 0;
  width: 260px;
  height: 100%;
  padding-top: 360px;
}

.img:before{
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  right: 0;
  top: 0;
  width: 900px;
  height: 100%;
  background-image: url(images/bg.jpg);
  background-size: cover;
  transition: -webkit-transform 1.2s ease-in-out;
  transition: transform 1.2s ease-in-out, -webkit-transform 1.2s ease-in-out;
}

.img:after{
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  top: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  background: rgba(0,0,0,0.3);
}

.cont.s-signup .img:before{
  -webkit-transform:translate3d(640px, 0, 0);
          transform:translate3d(640px, 0, 0);
}

.img-text{
  z-index: 2;
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  top: 50px;
  width: 100%;
  padding: 0 20px;
  text-align: center;
  color: #fff;
  -webkit-transition:-webkit-transform 1.2s ease-in-out;
  transition: -webkit-transform 1.2s ease-in-out;
  transition: transform 1.2s ease-in-out, -webkit-transform 1.2s ease-in-out;
}

.img-text h2{
  margin-bottom: 10px;
  font-weight: normal;
}

.img-text p{
  font-size: 14px;
  line-height: 1.5;
}

.cont.s-signup .img-text.m-up{
  -webkit-transform:translateX(520px);
          transform:translateX(520px);
}

.img-text.m-in{
  -webkit-transform:translateX(-520px);
          transform:translateX(-520px);
}

.cont.s-signup .img-text.m-in{
  -webkit-transform:translateX(0);
          transform:translateX(0);
}


.sign-in{
  padding-top: 65px;
  -webkit-transition-timing-function:ease-out;
          transition-timing-function:ease-out;
}

.cont.s-signup .sign-in{
  -webkit-transition-timing-function:ease-in-out;
          transition-timing-function:ease-in-out;
  -webkit-transition-duration:1.2s;
          transition-duration:1.2s; 
  -webkit-transform:translate3d(640px, 0, 0);
          transform:translate3d(640px, 0, 0);
}

.img-btn{
  overflow: hidden;
  z-index: 2;
  position: relative;
  width: 100px;
  height: 36px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  background: transparent;
  color: #fff;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-size: 15px;
  cursor: pointer;
}

.img-btn:after{
  content: '';
  z-index: 2;
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  top: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  border: 2px solid #fff;
  border-radius: 30px;
}

.img-btn span{
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  top: 0;
  display: -webkit-box;
  display: flex;
  -webkit-box-pack:center;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  -webkit-transition:-webkit-transform 1.2s;
  transition: -webkit-transform 1.2s;
  transition: transform 1.2s;
  transition: transform 1.2s, -webkit-transform 1.2s;;
}

.img-btn span.m-in{
  -webkit-transform:translateY(-72px);
          transform:translateY(-72px);
}

.cont.s-signup .img-btn span.m-in{
  -webkit-transform:translateY(0);
          transform:translateY(0);
}

.cont.s-signup .img-btn span.m-up{
  -webkit-transform:translateY(72px);
          transform:translateY(72px);
}

.sign-up{
  -webkit-transform:translate3d(-900px, 0, 0);
          transform:translate3d(-900px, 0, 0);
}

.cont.s-signup .sign-up{
  -webkit-transform:translate3d(0, 0, 0);
          transform:translate3d(0, 0, 0);
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>How to Design Login & Registration Form Transition</title>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css">
  <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Nunito:400,600,700,800&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body>
  <div class="cont">
    <div class="form sign-in">
      <h2>Sign In</h2>
      <label>
        <span>Email Address</span>
        <input type="email" name="email">
      </label>
      <label>
        <span>Password</span>
        <input type="password" name="password">
      </label>
      <button class="submit" type="button">Sign In</button>
      <p class="forgot-pass">Forgot Password ?</p>

      <div class="social-media">
        <ul>
          <li><img src="images/facebook.png"></li>
          <li><img src="images/twitter.png"></li>
          <li><img src="images/linkedin.png"></li>
          <li><img src="images/instagram.png"></li>
        </ul>
      </div>
    </div>

    <div class="sub-cont">
      <div class="img">
        <div class="img-text m-up">
          <h2>New here?</h2>
          <p>Sign up and discover great amount of new opportunities!</p>
        </div>
        <div class="img-text m-in">
          <h2>One of us?</h2>
          <p>If you already has an account, just sign in. We've missed you!</p>
        </div>
        <div class="img-btn">
          <span class="m-up">Sign Up</span>
          <span class="m-in">Sign In</span>
        </div>
      </div>
      <div class="form sign-up">
        <h2>Sign Up</h2>
        <label>
          <span>Name</span>
          <input type="text">
        </label>
        <label>
          <span>Email</span>
          <input type="email">
        </label>
        <label>
          <span>Password</span>
          <input type="password">
        </label>
        <label>
          <span>Confirm Password</span>
          <input type="password">
        </label>
        <button type="button" class="submit">Sign Up Now</button>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
<script type="text/javascript" src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Upvotes: -3

DisgruntledGoat
DisgruntledGoat

Reputation: 72510

For security reasons you cannot access the file controls with Javascript (imagine if you could automatically upload any file you want when the user visits a page!)

Having said that, the newest version of Firefox has a new File API, which might help you for that specific browser. And there are various File controls introduced in HTML5, but it will be a long time before you can use them.

Upvotes: 2

remi
remi

Reputation: 1303

You cannot get nor set the value of an <input type="file" > in Javascript.

Upvotes: 1

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