598857 - input element type file retains the selected file after a page refresh

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect)

Description

[Shiv Kumar]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:2.0b6) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0b6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:2.0b6) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0b6

Using XHR and the File API, I'm uploading a file
The file uploads and everything works as expected, no problem there.

However, when you refresh the page, the input element still has the file and so one can simply re-upload the file, without having to select the file again.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a form with an input type file element
2. Using JavaScript and XHR (File API/FormData) upload the file
3. Refresh the page

Actual Results:  
 You'll see the input element still has the file and you can upload the file again.

Expected Results:  
The field should be cleared out so the user would be forced to select the file (or another file) again,

Comment 1

[Shiv Kumar]

Other browsers that support this feature (Chrome and Safari) clear the field as expected.

Comment 2

[Olli Pettay [:smaug][[e-mail]]]

Form control value restore is a feature.
Use shift-reload to clear the value.