Re: Using file:// for an image source

On Sun, 04 Jun 2006 10:53:28 +0200, Steffan A. Cline <[email protected]>  
wrote:

> I am trying to do something seemingly difficult. I am trying to take the
> value from a file input and set the source of an image to the value of  
> the file input.

In Opera, you will run into two security policies preventing this from  
working: firstly, a page from http: / https: may not load content from  
file: and secondly, when a script reads the .value of a file input you  
will only see the file name and not the path, so it would make an invalid  
IMG src attribute anyway.

We know that there are use cases for this functionality and some new  
features have been proposed to meet those. It may have been discussed on  
the WHATWG-list so I suggest you try to search the archives at whatwg.org  
or join the list to put forward your use case and help evaluate solutions.

-- 
Hallvord R. M. Steen
Core QA JavaScript tester, Opera Software
http://www.opera.com/
Opera - simply the best Internet experience


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