Closed Bug 477411 Opened 15 years ago Closed 15 years ago

Impossible to clear file selector after a file has been chosen

Categories

(Firefox :: General, defect)

x86
Linux
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

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RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 431098

People

(Reporter: liquidpele, Unassigned)

References

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Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008121622 Ubuntu/8.10 (intrepid) Firefox/3.0.5
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008121622 Ubuntu/8.10 (intrepid) Firefox/3.0.5

On a form file selection widget, it is impossible to clear the file once one has been selected.  This means if you are submitting a form, and had chosen a file to upload, but decided not upload anything, it is impossible to do so without closing and re-opening the entire page and loosing all form data.

I have verified this on both Ubuntu 8.10 and Windows XP SP2, Firefox version 3.0.5 on both.  I also verified that IE7 does have have this problem, but did not check Opera or Chrome.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1) Go to the url provided (2shared.com)
2) Select a file in the file selector 
3) Try to remove the selected file so nothing is uploaded
Actual Results:  
You cannot clear the file from the file selector without clearing all form elements that might exist.

Expected Results:  
I would expect to be able to select "no file" again after a file has already been selected.
Dang it... I meant to say IE7 does **not** have this problem.  Sorry for the typo.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 15 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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