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HTMLInputElement: multiple property

The HTMLInputElement.multiple property indicates if an input can have more than one value. Firefox currently only supports multiple for <input type="file">.

Value

A boolean value.

Examples

js

// fileInput is a <input type=file multiple>
let fileInput = document.getElementById("myfileinput");

if (fileInput.multiple) {
  // Loop fileInput.files
  for (const file of fileInput.files) {
    // Perform action on one file
  }
  // Only one file available
} else {
  let [file] = fileInput.files;
}

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
multiple 2 12 3.6 10 ≤12.1 4 ≤37 18 4 ≤12.1 3.2 1.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLInputElement/multiple