Using simple_form_for, Bootstrap and Rails 3. In a form:
<%= f.input :upload, label: 'PDF file:' , input_html: {accept: ('application/pdf') } %>
I don't know how I'd style this so that the "choose file" button can have a different class ('btn btn-primary').
Additionally, when using with Bootstrap at least, its severely misaligned by default. See attached image.
Finally, how do I redefine the text from "No file chosen" to "Chose file" when there isn't one added yet, and show the file name when there is one.
This is how I do it:
Add a button to trigger the file browse dialog
<div class="control-group">
<div class="attach-set">
<%= f.input :real_file, input_html: { hidden: true }, label: 'Upload Attachment' %>
<div class="input-append">
<input id="file-display" class="input-large uneditable-input" type="text">
<a id="upload-btn" class="btn"><i class="icon-upload-alt"></i> Browse</a>
</div>
</div> <!-- /attach-set -->
</div> <!-- /control-group -->
In your JS (Coffee w/ jQuery shown), pass the click from the display button onto the real file input and when they select a file drop the file name in the display text field (I drop the path so that I don't see C:\FakePath....)
$(document).ready ->
# ------------------------------------------------------
# pretty-fy the upload field
# ------------------------------------------------------
$realInputField = $('#real_file')
# drop just the filename in the display field
$realInputField.change ->
$('#file-display').val $(@).val().replace(/^.*[\\\/]/, '')
# trigger the real input field click to bring up the file selection dialog
$('#upload-btn').click ->
$realInputField.click()
This worked great for me and only requires HTML
<label class="btn btn-primary">
Add a file!
<span style="display:none;">
<%= f.file_field :image, required: true, multiple: true, name: 'picture' %>
</span>
</label>
I ran across and am using Jasny's extension to Bootstrap 3. It seems to work well so far.
scss
.fileinput-button {
position: relative;
overflow: hidden;
float: left;
margin-right: 4px;
width: 110px;
height: 32px;
input{
opacity: 0;
filter: alpha(opacity=0);
transform: translate(-300px, 0) scale(4);
direction: ltr;
cursor: pointer;
}
}
html / slim
span class="btn btn-success fileinput-button"
i.fa.fa-pencil
span
| Select File
= f.file_field :cover_ar
I recommend using compass for cross browser compatibility
As @rafaelfranca said you can't style file
input but you can add your own button which will be clicking your hidden original button. See example here http://jsfiddle.net/rUdf2/6/
Every Browser has a different type of file input field button and this makes it a pain. You can play a little with css. This has given me a basic styling with JS without the annoying "No file chosen" text in chrome and Safary:
$(document).ready(function() {
$(".your_button").css("width", "80px");
});
Otherwise the best solution is to hide it and show a fake one that intercepts the click:
http://duckranger.com/2012/06/pretty-file-input-field-in-bootstrap/
With respect to the question of how to show that a file has been uploaded, a basic solution with jquery file upload is to detect the upload complete event and replace some of your text with a success message (The exact file name I believe it is not possible to obtain with modern browsers):
$(".your_button").fileupload({
dataType: "json",
done: function(e, data) {
$(".place_for_your_text").text("File uploaded.");
}
});
In summary, a basic solution is to use javascript in your assets to:
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