Hide default drop area in React Uploader component

21 Feb 20265 minutes to read

Hide the default drag-and-drop area by overriding the corresponding Uploader styles. This is useful when you want to create a custom drop area or use the Uploader with alternative UI patterns. Override the following styles to hide the default drop area:

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

index.jsx

import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";
import { UploaderComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-inputs';
export default class App extends React.Component {
    // Uploader component
    uploadObj;
    path = {
        removeUrl: 'https://services.syncfusion.com/react/production/api/FileUploader/Remove',
        saveUrl: 'https://services.syncfusion.com/react/production/api/FileUploader/Save'
    };
    dropAreaRef;
    onCreated() {
        this.uploadObj.dropArea = this.dropAreaRef;
        this.uploadObj.dataBind();
    }
    render() {
        return (<div className='control-pane'>
            <div className='control-section row uploadpreview' ref={dropAreaEle => this.dropAreaRef = dropAreaEle}>
            <div className='col-lg-9'>
            <div className='upload_wrapper'>
                {/* Render Uploader */}
                <UploaderComponent id='fileUpload' type='file' ref={upload => { this.uploadObj = upload; }} asyncSettings={this.path} created={this.onCreated = this.onCreated.bind(this)}/>
            </div>
            </div>
            </div>
        </div>);
    }
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('fileupload'));

index.tsx

import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";
import { UploaderComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-inputs';

export default class App extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
// Uploader component
    public uploadObj: UploaderComponent;
    public path: object = {
        removeUrl: 'https://services.syncfusion.com/react/production/api/FileUploader/Remove',
        saveUrl: 'https://services.syncfusion.com/react/production/api/FileUploader/Save'
    }
    private dropAreaRef: HTMLElement;
    public onCreated(): void {
        this.uploadObj.dropArea = this.dropAreaRef;
        this.uploadObj.dataBind();
    }

    public render(): JSX.Element {
        return (
        <div className = 'control-pane'>
            <div className='control-section row uploadpreview'  ref={dropAreaEle => this.dropAreaRef = dropAreaEle!}>
            <div className='col-lg-9'>
            <div className='upload_wrapper'>
                {/* Render Uploader */}
                <UploaderComponent id='fileUpload' type='file' ref = {upload => {this.uploadObj = upload !}}
                asyncSettings = {this.path} created={this.onCreated = this.onCreated.bind(this)}
                />
            </div>
            </div>
            </div>
        </div>
        )
    }
}

ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('fileupload'));

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