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Bug 6529 - value DOM attribute for input element in File Upload state
Summary: value DOM attribute for input element in File Upload state
Status: VERIFIED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All All
: P4 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
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Keywords: NoReply
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Reported: 2009-02-04 11:56 UTC by Anne
Modified: 2010-10-04 14:29 UTC (History)
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Description Anne 2009-02-04 11:56:16 UTC 
When the input element is in the File Upload state the value DOM attribute does apply (the specification says it does not). The DOM attribute does nothing on setting and on getting returns the filename.

In case of multiple selected files Opera currently returns just the filename of the first. That can be changed, I do not really care.
Comment 1 Anne 2009-02-04 13:25:08 UTC 
FWIW, I forgot to mention we changed our policy in Opera 10 for compatibility reasons with deployed scripts. We return a fake path so scripts searching for something path-like will not break. From then on we will return:

C:\fake_path\LEAFFILENAME

It has been suggested to us that avoiding the underscore might be good, making it

C:\fakepath\LEAFFILENAME

We would be ok with that.
Comment 2 Anne 2009-02-13 09:51:46 UTC 
Please make the C uppercase. At least two implementations will start doing that and although lowercase might be slightly neater and consistent it's hardly worth the trouble.
Comment 3 Maciej Stachowiak 2010-03-14 13:16:46 UTC 
This bug predates the HTML Working Group Decision Policy.

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This bug is now being moved to VERIFIED. Please respond within two weeks. If this bug is not closed, reopened or escalated within two weeks, it may be marked as NoReply and will no longer be considered a pending comment.