open file upload dialog on click

Question

I have to open file upload dialog by clicking some other button i.e i am hiding file upload control(visibility:hidden) and on clicking of some other button i want to open th

Answer 1

Tested today the simple code given in the question and the situation has changed:

• IE9: works
• Chrome23: works
• Firefox15: works

There is just one catch - on IE the .click() is a blocking operation while on other browsers it is not.