Customize Button with HTML Element in JavaScript (ES5) Uploader control

08 Apr 2021 / 1 minute to read

The uploader component allows you to customize the action buttons by using buttons property. Refer to the following example.

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index.js

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index.css

ej.base.enableRipple(true);
// Initialize the uploader component
var uploadObj = new ej.inputs.Uploader({
    asyncSettings: {
        saveUrl: 'https://ej2.syncfusion.com/services/api/uploadbox/Save',
        removeUrl: 'https://ej2.syncfusion.com/services/api/uploadbox/Remove'
    },
    autoUpload: false,
    buttons: {
      browse: 'Choose file',
      clear: clearEle,
      upload: uploadEle
    }
});
uploadObj.appendTo('#fileupload');

var uploadEle = ej.base.createElement('span', { className: 'upload e-icons' });
uploadEle.innerHTML = 'Upload All';
var clearEle = ej.base.createElement('span', { className: 'remove e-icons' });
clearEle.innerHTML = 'Clear All';

<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head>
    <title>Essential JS 2 Uploader</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2 Uploader Component">
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    
    
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
    
    <div id="container">
        <input type="file" id="fileupload" name="UploadFiles">
    </div>

<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
    ele.style.visibility = "visible";
 }   
        </script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>

#container {
  visibility: hidden;
  margin: 0 auto;
  width: 450px;
}

#loader {
  color: #008cff;
  font-family: 'Helvetica Neue','calibiri';
  font-size: 14px;
  height: 40px;
  left: 45%;
  position: absolute;
  top: 45%;
  width: 30%;
}

.e-upload .e-upload-actions .e-file-clear-btn,
.e-upload .e-upload-actions .e-file-upload-btn {
  -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;
    background-color: #ddd;
    border-color: #c3c3c3;
    color: #000000;
    box-shadow: none;
    width: 44%;
    margin: 0;
    text-transform: none;
    padding: 8px 0;
}

.e-upload .e-upload-actions {
  width: 100%;
}

.upload::before {
  content: '\e725';
  position: relative;
  font-size: 10px;
  right: 10px;
}
.remove::before {
  content: '\e932';
  position: relative;
  font-size: 10px;
  right: 10px;
}