HTMLInputElement: multiple property

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

Value

A boolean value.

Examples

html

<input type="file" multiple />

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;}