Default value in 'file' type input

[renz]

For sure that's a simple question:

do you know how to display a default value in an input tag of type 'file': the classical VALUE attibute doesn't seem to work.

thanks

[Chimera]

It can't be done, for security reasons. Otherwise, you could put a field on a page with a default value (say C:\windows\default.pwd), and submit the form with Javascript as soon as the page opens, uploading a file without the user's knowledge or permission.

Personally I think you should at least be able to set the types of file to upload, like .jpg, .gif etc...but you can't do that either.

[mjr]

file inputs' values can't be preset or modified by anything like javascript - for security reasons.