Limit file format when using <input type=“file”>?

Question

I\'d like to restrict the type of file that can be chosen from the native OS file chooser when the user clicks the Browse button in the

Answer 1

I may suggest following:

• If you have to make user select any of image files by default, the use accept="image/*"

• if you want to restrict to specific image types then use accept="image/bmp, image/jpeg, image/png"

• if you want to restrict to specific types then use accept=".bmp, .doc, .pdf"

• You cannot restrict user to change file filer to all files, so always validate file type in script and server