Question

I need to use the html5 File API to get the quantity of files selected in the input file element and set the value in another element.

HTML

<div class="form-row">
    <label>Main Image</label>
    <div class="form-text">None Selected</div> 
    <input type="file" class="txtbox" name="proImage" id="proImage" value="" />
</div>

Jquery

$('input[type=file]').change(function () {
    $fileCount = $(this).files.length;
    $(this).parent('.form-row').find('.form-text').html($fileCount + 'Selected');
})

Anyone know where I’m going wrong? All help appreciated

Answer 1

files is not a property of jQuery object.

Change this:

$fileCount = $(this).files.length;

To:

$fileCount = this.files.length;

You can also minify your selector:

$('input[type=file]').change(function () {
    fileCount = this.files.length;
    $(this).prev().text(fileCount + 'Selected');
})

http://jsfiddle.net/hHgEF/