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HTMLInputElement: multiple property

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This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

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The HTMLInputElement.multiple property indicates if an input can have more than one value. Firefox currently only supports multiple for <input type="file">.

Value

A boolean value.

Examples

html
<input id="my-file-input" type="file" multiple />
js
let fileInput = document.getElementById("my-file-input");

if (fileInput.multiple) {
  // Loop fileInput.files
  for (const file of fileInput.files) {
    // Perform action on one file
  }
  // Only one file available
} else {
  let [file] = fileInput.files;
}

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# dom-input-multiple

Browser compatibility

See also

  • FileList
  • Bug 523771 - Support <input type=file multiple>

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