HTML5: input type=file – file upload control

input type=file – file upload control # T

The input element with a type attribute whose value is "file" represents a list of file items, each consisting of a file name, a file type, and a file body (the contents of the file).

Content model #

input.file = input.file.attrs

Attribute model #

input.file.attrs = (common.attrs & name ? & disabled ? & form ? & type & accept ?) & (autofocus ? & required ? & multiple ?)

Element-specific attributes #

type = "file": Specifies that its input element represents a list of file items.
accept = mimetypelist: Provides the UA with a hint of what file types the server is able to accept.

Assertions #

The interactive element “input” must not appear as a descendant of the “a” element.
The interactive element “input” must not appear as a descendant of the “button” element.
Any “input” descendant of a “label” element with a “for” attribute must have an ID value that matches that “for” attribute.
The “list” attribute of the “input” element must refer to a “datalist” element or to a “select” element.

Tag omission #

The input element is a void element. An input element must have a start tag but must not have an end tag.

Permitted contexts #

common.elem.phrasing