Cancel event on input type=“file”

Question

I am working with a standard file input for uploads, and I am looking for a way to attach a function to an event when the user clicks/hits enter on the \"cancel\" button (or

Answer 1

I had the problem where I clicked the cancel button on the input type="file" element and wanted the function to do nothing. if something was selected and I clicked the open button then I wanted my function to do something. The example only shows the method, I stripped out what I do with it after it opens. I put in the alerts just so you could see there isn't a filename coming back from the dialog when cancel is clicked. Here is a method I use, it is simple but it works.

 function openFileOnClick(){
    document.getElementById("fileSelector").value = "";
    document.getElementById("fileSelector").files.length = 0;            
    document.getElementById("fileSelector").click();
    if(document.getElementById("fileSelector").files.length >= 1){
        alert(document.getElementById("fileSelector").value);
        //Do something 
    }
    else{
        alert(document.getElementById("fileSelector").value);
        //Cancel button has been called.
    }
}