1 <script> 2 function clearWithReset() 3 { 4 document.getElementById("form").reset(); 5 } 6 function clearBySettingValue() 7 { 8 document.getElementById("file").value = ""; 9 } 10 function clearBySettingValueToNull() 11 { 12 document.getElementById("file").value = null; 13 } 14 function clearBySettingValueToX() 15 { 16 document.getElementById("file").value = "x"; 17 } 18 </script> 19 <p>Use this to test the various ways you can clear an input type=file element.</p> 20 <form id="form"> 21 <p>Choose a file here: <input type="file" id="file"></input></p> 22 <p>Then press one of these buttons, that should clear the file: 23 <input type="button" value="clear with reset()" onclick="clearWithReset()"> 24 <input type="button" value="clear by setting value to ''" onclick="clearBySettingValue()"></p> 25 <p>Or press this button that should clear the file, but won't, due to <a href="http://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13448">bug 13448</a>: <input type="button" value="clear by setting value to null" onclick="clearBySettingValueToNull()"></p> 26 <p>Or press this button to verify we can't set to a non-empty value: <input type="button" value="clear by setting value to 'x'" onclick="clearBySettingValueToX()"></p> 27 </form> 28