Posted by samc on April 24, 2006 at 4:06am
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| Project: | Drupal core |
| Version: | 4.7.2 |
| Component: | forms system |
| Category: | bug report |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | closed (won't fix) |
Issue Summary
According to the api docs, #default_value is a supported property of the file form control.
However this isn't working in my testing. Example:
<?php
$form[$fieldname] = array(
'#type' => 'file',
'#title' => t($field->label),
'#description' => ($node->$fieldname ? t('"%filename" has been uploaded. If you upload another file, the current file will be replaced.', array('%filename' => $node->$fieldname->filename)) : '') . t($field->description),
'#required' => $field->required,
'#weight' => $field->weight,
'#default_value' => 'TESTING.txt',
);
?>
Comments
#1
I agree, its not working here either
#2
turns out it is not supported on most browsers due to security issues
(ie: you could set the default value to be c:\somesecretfile, hide the file field in a no-display div and then just show the submit button...)
#3
Yeah. See Input File Value thread on Evolt.org for further details.
The value type in file input fields is not supported by any browser that I know of for these reasons. Doesn't make sense for Drupal to support it either. Setting to won't fix.