Hide Default Drop Area in JavaScript (ES5) Uploader control

31 Mar 2023 / 1 minute to read

You can achieve this behavior by overriding the corresponding uploader styles. Override the following styles to hide the default drop area behavior.

* .e-upload.e-control
* .e-upload .e-file-select
* .e-upload .e-file-drop

Source

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index.js

index.html

index.css

// initialize Uploader component
var uploadObject = new ej.inputs.Uploader({
    asyncSettings: {
        saveUrl: 'https://ej2.syncfusion.com/services/api/uploadbox/Save',
        removeUrl: 'https://ej2.syncfusion.com/services/api/uploadbox/Remove'
    }
});

// render initialized Uploader
uploadObject.appendTo('#fileupload');

<!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/ej2/21.1.35/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.1.35/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.1.35/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.1.35/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    
    
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.1.35/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: 400px;
}

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

.e-control {
  border : 0;
}

.e-control ul {
  border: 1px solid #ddd;
}

.e-control .e-file-select,
.e-control .e-file-drop {
  display: none;
}

You can also explore JavaScript File Upload feature tour page for its groundbreaking features. You can also explore our JavaScript File Upload example to understand how to browse the files which you want to upload to the server.