HTMLInputElement: multiple property
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The HTMLInputElement.multiple
property indicates if an input can have more than one value. Firefox currently only supports multiple
for <input type="file">
.
Value
A boolean value.
Examples
html
<input id="my-file-input" type="file" multiple />
js
let fileInput = document.getElementById("my-file-input");
if (fileInput.multiple) {
// Loop fileInput.files
for (const file of fileInput.files) {
// Perform action on one file
}
// Only one file available
} else {
let [file] = fileInput.files;
}
Specifications
Specification |
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HTML Standard # dom-input-multiple |
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
See also
- FileList
- Bug 523771 - Support <input type=file multiple>