jQuery <input> get selected file name from input type file
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <title>jQuery Get Selected File Name</title> <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.min.js"></script> <script> $(document).ready(function(){ $('input[type="file"]').change(function(e){ var fileName = e.target.files[0].name; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = 'The file "' + fileName + '" has been selected.'; });//from w ww . j ava 2 s.c o m }); </script> </head> <body> <p id="demo"></p> <form> <input type="file"> <p><strong>Note:</strong> Choose any file on your computer and its name will be displayed in an alert dialog box.</p> </form> </body> </html>