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

i had problems with custom client side validation for while using a fake button to trigger it and @Guillaume Bodi's solution worked for me (also with opacity: 0; on chrome)

$("#MyForm").on("click", "#fake-button", function () {
        $("#uploadInput").focus().trigger("click");
    });

and css style for upload input

#uploadInput {
opacity: 0.0; 
filter: alpha(opacity=0); /* IE lt 8 */
-ms-filter: "alpha(opacity=0)"; /* IE 8 */
-khtml-opacity: 0.0; /* Safari 1.x */
-moz-opacity: 0.0;
}