373866 - support uploading multiple files <input type="file" multiple>

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 63687

(Core :: Layout: Form Controls, defect)

Description

[Biju]

By bug 44464 ([backend][FILE]support uploading multiple files) 
mozilla backend supports multiple file uploading.

But it was not implemented in GUI due lack of a std attribute.

Now with http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-forms/current-work/#file
we should implement support for <input type=file min=0 max=10 >

Comment 1

[Christian :Biesinger (don't email me, ping me on IRC)]

isn't this a duplicate of bug 63687?

Comment 2

[Biju]

(In reply to comment #1)
> isn't this a duplicate of bug 63687?

I thought so, but actually NO
That is talking about creating screens to replace OS provided common dialog control.
And that should be the ultimate goal.

But for now I will be satisfied if I can select multiple files with current interface. ie, with the OS provided common dialog control. 

Moz has to just 
1. enable multiselect when it call OS dialog.
2. Keep comma delimited file paths in the 
   current textbox area of <input type=file>
3. send all the files to server when user submit the form.

Comment 3

[Robert O'Callahan (:roc) (email my personal email if necessary)]

No new features for 1.9.1.

Comment 4

[Marek Stępień [:marcoos, inactive]]

The "min" and "max" attributes have been replaced with the "multiple" attribute in current HTML 5 draft. Updating bug title and URL.

An update on other browser supporting this feature:
* the "multiple" attribute is supported by current WebKit browsers (Safari 4, Chrome 2).
* Opera does not support HTML 5 "multiple", but still kind of supports the "min" and "max" attributes per the obsolete Web Forms spec ("kind of", since Opera's multifile upload doesn't work with PHP scripts due to http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=11998).

Comment 5

[Daniel Holbert [:dholbert]]

(In reply to comment #2)
> (In reply to comment #1)
> > isn't this a duplicate of bug 63687?
> 
> I thought so, but actually NO
> That is talking about creating screens to replace OS provided common dialog
> control.

No, bug 63687 isn't about replacing the dialog -- it's about figuring out a UI for the embedded file-upload <input> control that can support multiple files.  (It's possible that the file-selector dialog could be replaced/tweaked as *part* of that bug, but bug 63687 comment 22 suggests that we're sticking with the standard dialog for now.)

> Moz has to just 
> 1. enable multiselect when it call OS dialog.
> 2. Keep comma delimited file paths in the 
>    current textbox area of <input type=file>
> 3. send all the files to server when user submit the form.

That all sounds like one potential solution for bug 63687. (see e.g. bug 63687 comment 26 and the few comments after it)

Marking as duplicate.

Comment 6

[Marek Stępień [:marcoos, inactive]]

v.