A jQueryUI themed file upload example.
I realize there are a bunch of other file upload tools out there, but with HTML5 providing such a powerful set of tools, I wanted my own. I use jQueryUI quite a bit, so this example implements everything with that in mind. If you change the theme you are using, my examples will change accordingly as well.
I had to do some trickery around a couple items...
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the (input type="file") had to be completely hidden and overlayed with a decent looking button. Because this input type is a browser specific creature, I could not find a good way to style it. So I simply hide it, then implement my own button over the top of it. I had to write a function to display the selected filename as a result. You'll see what I mean if you look at the HTML around this input tag.
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To get the effect of the progress bar that I wanted, I chose not to use the stock jqueryui progress bar widget. You could easily do so, but instead I simply created two divs directly on top of each other and then simply changed the width of the front one to give the appearance of a bar moving across the screen.
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