Programmatically open upload file dialog in Chrome

Question

I have input[type=file] with log-in form on it. So after user logged in - file upload dialog instantly opened.

In all browsers I need (FF, IE10+) except Google Chrome, this call works perfect:

$('input[type=file]').click();

or

$('input[type=file]')[0].click();

or

$('input[type=file]').trigger('click');

Did anyone met this problem? If so, how to achieve this on Chrome?

Edit1: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLElement.click here in support it's said that I can use it on input[type=file]. Also this click is working, but only if I'll actually click something, that than is clicking my input(so only after physical click).

Edit2: And yes, I've already tried search function. But everything I've found was old, and pretty much anyone told, that even FF is not supporting this (which is not true now).

Edit3: Example test page: http://jsfiddle.net/Ux3t4/

It would not be supported in chrome. due to security issues. Support in other browsers may be termed as bug and I don't think any solution will be cross browser ever. — Jashwant
– Jashwant, Commented Jun 11, 2014 at 11:43
Currently FF29, it it doesn't want to update for some reason up to 30... — Kamilius
– Kamilius, Commented Jun 11, 2014 at 11:59

SiZiOUS · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-11 11:43:04Z

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This is not allowed due to security reasons. By the way, even in Internet Explorer (the dialog will be shown but once you select a file, the file won't be submitted).

answered Jun 11, 2014 at 11:43

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Kamilius Over a year ago

Maybe it's not allowed for Chrome only? Because this works perfect on both FF and IE. Just tried, and all of my files were submited correctly.

Rahil Wazir Over a year ago

@Kamilius FF trigger popup blocker you need to manually allow the popup.

SiZiOUS Over a year ago

@Kamilius As far I remember you can't do this. I searched for a solution on Google and found some useful info there: stackoverflow.com/questions/4878164/input-file-click-chrome

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