Re: [whatwg] access to local path in input type=file

2008-06-08 Thread Nigel Tao
On 23/03/2008, ddailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps we need a new img type=local-file to cover the use cases??? What I'm ultimately interested in is not really the sort of thing one would expect to use forms for -- neither is doing content analysis inside a textarea however. Those just

Re: [whatwg] access to local path in input type=file

2008-06-05 Thread Charles McCathieNevile
On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:58:03 -0300, ddailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the code which follows, both IE7, FF(2.0), and Safari(3.1) allow the user to change the src attribute of an image based on her perusal of local file space. Opera 9.5 doesn't seem to allow access to the path data

Re: [whatwg] access to local path in input type=file

2008-03-23 Thread timeless
On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 3:16 PM, ddailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well then I guess FF2.0012 and IE 7 are not considered modern. My FF3 installation seems flaky so I can't get it to launch. Opera 9. shows only the leaf but FF2 shows the whole path. good guess.

Re: [whatwg] access to local path in input type=file

2008-03-22 Thread ddailey
timeless replied to my concern: me In the code which follows, both IE7, FF(2.0), and Safari(3.1) allow the user to change the src attribute of an image based on her perusal of local file space. Opera 9.5 doesn't seem to allow access to the path data necessary for accomplishing this rollover

Re: [whatwg] access to local path in input type=file

2008-03-22 Thread Michael A. Puls II
The spec should just say to not expose the full path by default. That way, browser makers can (not must or should or anything like that) provide a I'll be the judge of that! user option to override that globally or per-site if they want. -- Michael

[whatwg] access to local path in input type=file

2008-03-20 Thread ddailey
In the code which follows, both IE7, FF(2.0), and Safari(3.1) allow the user to change the src attribute of an image based on her perusal of local file space. Opera 9.5 doesn't seem to allow access to the path data necessary for accomplishing this rollover effect, and I suspect that may be how