How to open select file dialog via js?

Question

$(\'#id\').click();

It doesn\'t work on Chrome 26 on Mac OS.

The problem actually is creation "upload" widget that can be integrated in

Answer 1

Using jQuery

I would create a button and an invisible input like so:

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and add some jQuery to trigger it:

$('#button').on('click', function() {
    $('#file-input').trigger('click');
});

Using Vanilla JS

Same idea, without jQuery (credits to @Pascale):

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