Force click event on input file or open choose file window

Question

I have a form in my HTML with field.

I'd like to show the file selection window when the user clicks somewhere else (for example, an image on other part of the screen). The reason I want to do this is that I have a form with many fields, posting to some action "x", and the file selection form on other part of screen, submiting to action "y"

<form action="x">
   <input type="text" name="field1">
   <input type="text" name="field2">
   <input type="text" name="field3">
   <img src="select_file.png" onclick="//triggers file selection on other form">
   <input type="text" name="field4">
   <input type="text" name="field5">
</form>

<form action="y">
  <input type="file" name="myfile">
</form>

Is there any other way to do this?

Kshitij Parajuli · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-23 21:22:40Z

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 $("img").click(function(){
    $("input[name=myfile]").trigger('click');
 });

Demo. Click on the envelope image.

Edit: Giving ID's on the each of input fields will make the code more readable and "good."

answered Oct 23, 2010 at 21:22

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Daniel Cukier Over a year ago

This is great for Chrome, but it doesn't work on Firefox... :-(

Kshitij Parajuli Over a year ago

Take a look at the link below, there does not seem to be a direct solution, need to find a workaround. bytes.com/topic/javascript/answers/…

Gideon Over a year ago

A few years later: works on all major current browsers: Chrome 28, Firefox 22, IE 10, Safari 6 (MacOSX)

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