Styling file upload button for simple_form_for wit

Question

Using simple_form_for, Bootstrap and Rails 3. In a form:

<%= f.input :upload, label: 'PDF file:' , input_html: {accept: ('application/pdf') } %>

I don't know how I'd style this so that the "choose file" button can have a different class ('btn btn-primary').

Additionally, when using with Bootstrap at least, its severely misaligned by default. See attached image.

Finally, how do I redefine the text from "No file chosen" to "Chose file" when there isn't one added yet, and show the file name when there is one.

Answer 1

No JS required, just plain css

scss

.fileinput-button {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  float: left;
  margin-right: 4px;
  width: 110px;
  height: 32px;
  input{
    opacity: 0;
    filter: alpha(opacity=0);
    transform: translate(-300px, 0) scale(4);
    direction: ltr;
    cursor: pointer;
  } 
}

---

html / slim

span class="btn btn-success fileinput-button"
  i.fa.fa-pencil
  span
   |  Select File
  = f.file_field :cover_ar

---

I recommend using compass for cross browser compatibility

Answer 2

As @rafaelfranca said you can't style file input but you can add your own button which will be clicking your hidden original button. See example here http://jsfiddle.net/rUdf2/6/

Answer 3

If you are using Bootstrap, Simple Forms, Jasny, and ReFile, this post may be of interest to you refile simple_form undefined method attachment_field

Answer 4

This is how I do it:

1. In the view add your form file field and hide it
2. Add a styled additional field just to display the file name

3. Add a button to trigger the file browse dialog

   <div class="control-group">
     <div class="attach-set">
       <%= f.input :real_file, input_html: { hidden: true }, label: 'Upload Attachment' %>
       <div class="input-append">
         <input id="file-display" class="input-large uneditable-input" type="text">
         <a id="upload-btn" class="btn"><i class="icon-upload-alt"></i> Browse</a>
       </div>
     </div> <!-- /attach-set -->
   </div> <!-- /control-group -->
   

4. In your JS (Coffee w/ jQuery shown), pass the click from the display button onto the real file input and when they select a file drop the file name in the display text field (I drop the path so that I don't see C:\FakePath....)

   $(document).ready ->
   
     # ------------------------------------------------------
     # pretty-fy the upload field
     # ------------------------------------------------------
     $realInputField = $('#real_file')
   
     # drop just the filename in the display field
     $realInputField.change ->
       $('#file-display').val $(@).val().replace(/^.*[\\\/]/, '')
   
     # trigger the real input field click to bring up the file selection dialog
     $('#upload-btn').click ->
       $realInputField.click()
   

Answer 5

I ran across and am using Jasny's extension to Bootstrap 3. It seems to work well so far.

Answer 6

No fancy shiz required:

HTML:

<form method="post" action="/api/admin/image" enctype="multipart/form-data">
    <input type="hidden" name="url" value="<%= boxes[i].url %>" />
    <input class="image-file-chosen" type="text" />
    <br />
    <input class="btn image-file-button" value="Choose Image" />
    <input class="image-file hide" type="file" name="image"/> <!-- Hidden -->
    <br />
    <br />
    <input class="btn" type="submit" name="image" value="Upload" />
    <br />
</form>

JS:

$('.image-file-button').each(function() {
      $(this).off('click').on('click', function() {
           $(this).siblings('.image-file').trigger('click');
      });
});
$('.image-file').each(function() {
      $(this).change(function () {
           $(this).siblings('.image-file-chosen').val(this.files[0].name);
      });
});

CAUTION: The three form elements in question MUST be siblings of each other (.image-file-chosen, .image-file-button, .image-file)