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HTMLInputElement: multiple property

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{{ APIRef("HTML DOM") }}

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

html
<input id="my-file-input" type="file" multiple />
js
let fileInput = document.getElementById("my-file-input");

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

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Browser compatibility

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See also