alternate to onchange event in <input type='file' />

Question

Seems really a simple thing but can\'t figure it out. I\'ve been using the onchange event on element and it works well. Once the user browses and selects a file, I get the

Answer 1

function resetFileInput ($element) {
  var clone = $element.clone(false, false);
  $element.replaceWith(clone);
}

And then use live:

$('#element_id').live('change', function(){
...
});

Worked well for me!