Set Input Type = "File" HTML5 parent directory

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I want to upload a file onto a server so I am using HTML5 input type file element. For example

<input type="file" name="file" id="idfile" accept=".sys*" />

Now for the user, he/she selects a file from "D:\User\TestLand\abc.Sys" location

So what I want is when again a user wants to upload another file then the file selection popup comes with "D:\User\TestLand" directory instead of download directory.

This feature is already present in Chrome, but not in IE9 or above and I want to add this feature also for IE.

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Kevin Andrid
– Kevin Andrid

2015-05-08 08:50:34 +00:00
Commented May 8, 2015 at 8:50 — Kevin Andrid
– Kevin Andrid, Commented May 8, 2015 at 8:50
@KevinAndrid, I hope this time it is much more clear.

Rahul
– Rahul

2015-05-08 09:12:13 +00:00
Commented May 8, 2015 at 9:12 — Rahul
– Rahul, Commented May 8, 2015 at 9:12

tagawa · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-15 04:14:05Z

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This is not something you can control from the browser unfortunately. For security the directory path is hidden from the HTML/JS code and you can't set the path with with the HTML5 File API.

Chrome's behaviour is to show the same directory that the user previously used but it looks as though IE chooses not to do this. Filing it as a bug/feature request with Microsoft is probably the only option (unless it's been already implemented the latest version).

answered Jul 15, 2015 at 4:14

tagawa

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