[Bug 11748] The "size" attribute is disallowed, but may be useful on input="file". IE, Firefox and Opera all implement it, allowing you to reliably change the size of the file path textbox (Webkit browsers don't use a textbox). Styling the file upload file using CSS,

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11748

Ian 'Hixie' Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
                 CC|                            |ian@hixie.ch
         Resolution|                            |WONTFIX

--- Comment #2 from Ian 'Hixie' Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> 2011-02-16 09:38:48 UTC ---
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Status: Rejected
Change Description: no spec change
Rationale: For browsers, allowing authors to style a file input in general
(whether by CSS or by size="") is a bit dodgy from a security perspective. I
really highly recommend just letting browsers make them look like whatever they
look like.

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Received on Wednesday, 16 February 2011 09:38:50 UTC