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ton1
ton1

Reputation: 7628

Is there a way to close file upload dialog using javascript?

I made a fiddle for your quick understood.

https://jsfiddle.net/bexoss/hdr5824a/7/

Is there a way to close file dialog using JavaScript? I tried to send ESC key but the dialog is not dimissed. 

<input id="input_file" type="file" />
<div></div>


<script>
// jQuery lib included in somewhere 

$(document).on('click', '#input_file', function(e){
    $('div').append('File dialog is opened. <br/>')

    setTimeout(function(){
        var esc = $.Event("keydown", { keyCode: 27 });
        $('div').append('Escape key sent.<br/>')
        $("body").trigger(esc); 
    }, 2000)
})

</script>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1911

Answers (1)

Steven Spungin
Steven Spungin

Reputation: 29091

No. There is no way using Javascript due to security issues. This applies to all browsers and all versions.

If you want to trigger a key stroke, it would have to be native on the operating system, and not through the DOM.

This is also why the dialog box is different for the same browser on different OS. The dialog comes from the OS, via the internal API, not the browser.

This also applies to window.alert and window.prompt

Upvotes: 3

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