Form a usability perspective I expect a CMS to do the work for me. Right now, on the "Permitted upload file extensions" settings, I get the description:

Separate extensions with a space and do not include the leading dot.

So I entered pdf, doc, xls, ppt, zip. No dots, so all accepted.

After uploading a file I get this error:

The selected file filename.pdf could not be uploaded. Only files with the following extensions are allowed: pdf, doc, xls, ppt, zip.

It took me a while to figure out the comma's in the allowed extentions where the cause of this error.

Suggestion:
- Filter out comma's automatically
- Or (quick win) change the message that dots AND comma's are not allowed

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quicksketch’s picture

This probably won't be changed since development on FileField is winding down. The core version of FileField in Drupal 7 does allow commas.

quicksketch’s picture

Status: Active » Fixed
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Having some free time and a penchant to clean the FileField queue, I put together this patch which back-ports the commas-are-optional approach of Drupal 7. Essentially you can use commas if you want (they're actually inserted for you now) but either commas or spaces will have the same effect.

quicksketch’s picture

Title: Allow comma's in permitted file extentions » Allow commas in permitted file extentions

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.

endiku’s picture

Seems this was somewhat lost in the most recent dev version. I had to apply the patch again to fix.