Is it possible to replace the Uploadify button (which is a graphic containing up/over/down states) with a simple CSS-styled button?
8 Answers
32
votes
I was able to get away with something massively more simple.
xhtml:
<div id="uploadify">
Upload Pictures
<div id="uploadify" type="button" />
</div>
css:
#uploadify object {
position:absolute;
left:0; right:0;
width:100%
}
javascript:
$("#uploadify>div").uploadify({
'hideButton' : true
, 'wmode' : 'transparent'
, 'uploader' : '/static/uploadify/uploadify.swf'
, 'script' : '/static/uploadify.php'
, 'folder' : '/_uploads'
, 'multi' : true
})
// If you're using jQuery UI.
$("#uploadify").button();
Probably a little easier, now that we have hideButton: true, not sure if @Herb knew about it.
UPDATE I wrote this answer in July of 2010. It's now March of 2013. HTML5 supports multiple file-uploads. Don't use uploadify at all; I don't.
21
votes
I've been able to come up with a working solution to this. Here's the basic outline:
- Disable the Uploadify button image
buttonImg: " " - Make the flash object transparent
wmode:"transparent" - Using CSS, position a fake styled
buttonoratag behind the flash object - After initializing Uploadify, set the width and height of the object to match the button behind it
The flash object will shield the button underneath it from mouseover etc. events; so to get hover effects, you'll need to take a couple of additional steps:
- Wrap both the button and the upload object in a div
- After initializing Uploadify, set the width and height of the wrapper div to match the button
- You can then use jQuery to handle the
.hover()events on the wrapper div and apply styles to the button
Putting it all together:
HTML
<div class="UploadifyButtonWrapper">
<a>Upload Files</a>
<div class="UploadifyObjectWrapper">
<input type="file" id="Uploadify" name="Uploadify" />
</div>
</div>
CSS
div.UploadifyButtonWrapper{
position:relative;
}
/* fake button */
div.UploadifyButtonWrapper a {
position:absolute; /* relative to UploadifyButtonWrapper */
top:0;
left:0;
z-index:0;
display:block;
float:left;
border:1px solid gray;
padding:10px;
background:silver;
color:black;
}
/* pass hover effects to button */
div.UploadifyButtonWrapper a.Hover {
background:orange;
color:white;
}
/* position flash button above css button */
div.UploadifyObjectWrapper {
position:relative;
z-index:10;
}
Javascript:
$("input.Uploadify", self).uploadify({
...
buttonImg: " ",
wmode: "transparent",
...
});
var $buttonWrapper = $(".UploadifyButtonWrapper", self);
var $objectWrapper = $(".UploadifyObjectWrapper", self);
var $object = $("object", self);
var $fakeButton = $("a", self);
var width = $fakeButton.outerWidth();
var height = $fakeButton.outerHeight();
$object.attr("width", width).attr("height", height);
$buttonWrapper.css("width", width + "px").css("height", height + "px")
$objectWrapper.hover(function() {
$("a", this).addClass("Hover");
}, function() {
$("a", this).removeClass("Hover");
});
7
votes
Why not just put a Wrapper around it like this:
<div class = "uploadWrapper"><input id="file_upload" name="file_upload" type="file" /></div>
Style it like this:
.uploadWrapper object {background-color: red;}
.uploadWrapper object:hover {background-color: blue;}
And use the following script:
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#file_upload').uploadify({
'hideButton': true,
'wmode' : 'transparent',
'uploader' : '/uploadify/uploadify.swf',
'script' : '/uploadify/uploadify.php',
'cancelImg' : '/uploadify/cancel.png',
'folder' : '/uploads',
'auto' : true
});
});
</script>
Works for me ;) ... and of course you can just use background-images instead of the colors.
4
votes
100% working example. Tested in Firefox, Chrome, Opera and IE6!
HTML:
<div id="uploadify-wrapper"><div id="uploadify"></div></div>
<span id="btn">Select files to upload</span>
<div id="uploadify-queue"></div>
CSS:
#uploadify-wrapper {position:absolute; overflow:hidden}
JavaScript:
$('#uploadify').uploadify({width:1000, height:1000, hideButton:true, wmode:'transparent', queueID:'uploadify-queue', ...);
$('#uploadify-wrapper').width($('#btn').outerWidth()).height($('#btn').outerHeight());
2
votes
reading your answers helped me to solve this one this way
- First wrap the
<input>into a<div class=upload-wrap> - Apply styles to this new wrapper (even :hover)
- Use the hiddeButton option
HTML:
<div class="upload-wrap">
<input id="file_upload" type="file" name="file_upload" />
</div>
CSS:
.upload-wrap{
background:#ff0;
width:133px;
height:36px;
}
.upload-wrap:hover{
background:#f00;
}
JS
$('#file_upload').uploadify({
'uploader' : 'uploadify/uploadify.swf',
'script' : 'uploadify/uploadify.php',
'folder' : 'files/images',
'hideButton' : true,
'wmode' : 'transparent',
'buttonText' : 'Upload something'
'width' : 133,
'height' : 36
});
This way you're able to style your button, an keep the buttonText option available. I also had to mess a little bit with the .fla file to get the color and font for my button
2
votes
2
votes
Evan was very close, but I needed to make some adjustments for it to work correctly. Here is what I ended up using:
CSS:
#uploadify {
background: #FF5500;
border-radius: 5px;
}
#uploadify:hover {
background: #B33C00;
}
#uploadify object {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
width: 100%;
height: 25px;
}
You probably want to fine tune the height here because it does matter. Also, I aligned it from the top and left rather than left and right from the other example. I left a little styling in there as an example of how you can style the button wrapper.
HTML:
<div id="uploadify" style="position: relative;">
Upload Screenshots
<div id="uploadify_button" type="button"></div>
</div>
The relative position is important for the absolute positioned button inside.
JavaScript:
$("#uploadify_button").uploadify({
'hideButton' : true,
'wmode' : 'transparent',
'uploader' : '/static/uploadify/uploadify.swf',
'script' : '/static/uploadify.php',
'folder' : '/_uploads',
'multi' : true,
'width' : '140',
'height' : '25'
});
The width and height are very important as they determine the actual clickable region within the button div. I found that without these it's only clickable in a certain area.
