Why is my asp fileupload control textbox clickable?

Question

I have a asp fileupload control which works okay on IE8 but now it is making the textbox clickable as well and function same as browse button.

<asp:FileUpload runat="server" ID="id" CssClass="" onchange=""/>

This behavior is by design.

SLaks
– SLaks

2015-06-24 18:52:01 +00:00
Commented Jun 24, 2015 at 18:52 — SLaks
– SLaks, Commented Jun 24, 2015 at 18:52

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:06:01Z

1

FileUpload controls translates into HTML's input with type="file" control, and what you are experiencing is the default behaviour.

See: input type=file - W3.org

If for some reason you want to disable it then you can do:

    $(document).ready(function () {
        $("#<%= id.ClientID %>").click(function (e) {
        e.preventDefault();
    });
});

(the above code taken/modified from this answer)

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:06

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user2904389 Over a year ago

This is not working for me. I just want user to be able to click on browse button but not on the text box. Using XHTML 1. And the problem is in IE 11

Habib Over a year ago

There is no direct way of doing it, You can have file input with visibility set to null, add a new button, and on the click of that button, stimulate the click on file input. See this answer stackoverflow.com/questions/6376452/…

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