accept
Summary
This attribute supplies browsers with a hint about what filetypes its element will accept.
Applies to | [HTMLInputElement](/dom/HTMLInputElement) |
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- The string
audio/*
indicates any audio file is allowed. - The string
video/*
indicates any video file is allowed. - The string
image/*
indicates any image file is allowed. - A valid [type] with no attributes.
- A file extension starting with a
.
(period).
Duplicates are not allowed (case insensitive).
Examples
Indicates that audio files are accepted.
<input type="file" accept="audio/*" />
Indicates that both PNG and GIF file formats are accepted.
<input type="file" accept="image/png, image/gif" />
Notes
Remarks
The information from the list can be used to filter out nonconforming files when prompting a user to select files to be sent to the server using the <INPUT> element with type="file". Examples of content types include "text/html", "image/png", "image/gif", "video/mpeg", "audio/basic", "text/tcl", "text/javascript", and "text/vbscript". For the current list of registered MIME types, see MIME Media Types. There is no functionality implemented for this property unless defined by the author. accept was introduced in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
Related specifications
- HTML5
- W3C Candidate Recommendation
See also
Related articles
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External resources
Related pages
input
Attributions
Microsoft Developer Network: [Windows Internet Explorer API reference Article]