jQuery - Refresh contents of FileUploader

Question

I am working on a web page which has a file uploader. After I click the button 'Discard changes', I want the contents of the file uploader to be purged. I was thinking to do this by refreshing the fileuploader using jQuery.

How can this be done in jQuery please? Thanks :)

Edit

The file uploader I am using makes use of a jQuery library so that it can upload several photos at once. As a result, changing its value to "" does not work in this case.

That's why I'd like to reload it all together using jQuery.

This is the plugin I am using:

http://www.dotnetcurry.com/ShowArticle.aspx?ID=317

This is the plugin I am using: dotnetcurry.com/ShowArticle.aspx?ID=317 — Matthew
– Matthew, Commented Mar 19, 2012 at 13:07
Unfortunately that plugin is not flexible at all. Just emptying out the div contents doesn't seem to work. — aziz punjani
– aziz punjani, Commented Mar 19, 2012 at 13:31
Thanks Interstellar_Coder :) I will try to find a better plug-in. — Matthew
– Matthew, Commented Mar 19, 2012 at 14:43

PaulKoeck · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-19 12:59:05Z

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Give the File input an id or a class, let's say this id is "img" and then use

$('input#img').val("");

answered Mar 19, 2012 at 12:59

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Matthew Over a year ago

Thanks for the response. I should have mentioned in my question that I am using a jQuery plugin so that the FileUploader can upload several images at once.

Matthew Over a year ago

That's why I was thinking to refresh the fileuploader all together.

PaulKoeck Over a year ago

Ok, the thing is, javascript can only do as much as change the value displayed in the uploader, it is not authorized to delete the file mounted in the uploader since javascript cannot handle files, you could put the form in a separate file and use jQuery's load() function like this: $('div#foo').load('link/to/file/containing/form.php');

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