jQuery trigger file input

Question

Am trying to trigger an upload box (browse button) using jQuery.
The method I have tried now is:

$(\'#fileinput\').trigger(\'click\');   

Answer 1

Just for the sake of curiosity, you can do something like you want by dynamically creating an upload form and input file, without adding it to the DOM tree:

$('.your-button').on('click', function() {
    var uploadForm = document.createElement('form');
    var fileInput = uploadForm.appendChild(document.createElement('input'));

    fileInput.type = 'file';
    fileInput.name = 'images';
    fileInput.multiple = true;

    fileInput.click();
});

No need to add the uploadForm to the DOM.