[whatwg] Removing multiple attribute from <input type=file multiple> with selected files

Ojan Vafai ojan at chromium.org
Mon Dec 14 10:33:34 PST 2009


On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 7:47 AM, Jonas Sicking <jonas at sicking.cc> wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 5:36 AM, TAMURA, Kent <tkent at chromium.org> wrote:
> > What should happen to selected files in a case that a user selects
> multiple
> > files for <input type=file multiple> and then a script code removes the
> > multiple attribute from the input element?
> >  - nothing, no change to the selected files and they will be submitted,
> >  - cleared, or
> >  - a single file remains
>
> I ran into the same question when developing this for firefox. I don't
> really care what happens either way since I don't see a use case for
> removing the multiple attribute.
>
> What I ended up doing was to do your first option above.
>

This should be an invalid thing to do. Can we throw an exception in addition
to leaving the list of files untouched?
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