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---
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id: file-picker
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title: Filepicker
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---
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# Filepicker
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Filepicker widget allows the user to drag and drop files or upload files by browsing the filesystem and selecting one or more files in a directory.
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<div style={{textAlign: 'center'}}>
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<img className="screenshot-full" src="/img/widgets/filepicker/picker.png" alt="ToolJet - Widget Reference - File Picker" />
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</div>
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:::info
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File types must be a valid [MIME](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Basics_of_HTTP/MIME_types/Common_types) type according to input element specification or a valid file extension.
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To accept any/all file type(s), set `Accept file types` to an empty value.
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<div style={{textAlign: 'center'}}>
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<img className="screenshot-full" src="/img/widgets/filepicker/file-type.gif" alt="ToolJet - Widget Reference - File Picker" />
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</div>
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:::tip
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[MIME](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Basics_of_HTTP/MIME_types/Common_types) type determination is not reliable across platforms. CSV files, for example, are reported as text/plain under macOS but as application/vnd.ms-excel under Windows.
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## Events
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<div style={{textAlign: 'center'}}>
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<img className="screenshot-full" src="/img/widgets/filepicker/events.png" alt="ToolJet - Widget Reference - File Picker" />
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</div>
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### On file selected
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On file selected event is triggered when one or more files are selected by the selector dialogue box.
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### On file loaded
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On file loaded event is triggered when a file is loaded in the browser.
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### On file deselected
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On file selected event can be triggered when one or more files are removed from the picker.
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:::info
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Checkout **[this](/docs/how-to/loading-image-pdf-from-db)** guide to learn how to refer or display images/PDFs using base64 string
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## Properties
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### Instruction Text
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Instruction text can be set to give information on the file picker.
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### Use Drop zone
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Creates a drag & drop zone. Files can be dragged and dropped to the "drag & drop" zone.
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### Use File Picker
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On clicking it invokes the default OS file prompt.
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### Pick multiple files
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Allows drag and drop (or selection from the file dialog) of multiple files. `Pick multiple files` is disabled by default.
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### Max file count
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The maximum accepted number of files The default value is `2`.
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### Accept file types
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By providing types, you can make the dropzone accept specific file types and reject the others. Example: `{{"image/*,application/pdf,application/msword"}}`
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### Max size limit
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Maximum file size (in bytes).
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### Min size limit
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Minimum file size (in bytes).
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:::tip
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Files can be accepted or rejected based on the file types, maximum file count, maximum file size (in bytes) and minimum file size (in bytes).
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If `Pick multiple files` is set to false and additional files are dropped, all files besides the first will be rejected.
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Any file that does not have a size in the range of `Max size limit` and `Min size limit` will be rejected.
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## Options
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<div style={{textAlign: 'center'}}>
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<img className="screenshot-full" src="/img/widgets/filepicker/options.png" alt="ToolJet - Widget Reference - File Picker" />
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</div>
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### Parse content
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Parse the selected files, supports **CSV**, **xls**, and **xlsx** files.
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### File type
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If **Parse content** is enabled, options to auto-detect files and parse content or parse selected file types.
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:::info
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- If **Parse content** option is toggled off, **File Type** option will not be available.
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- If the **Parse content** option is toggled on, it only parses the next file that is selected, not the already selected one.
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### General
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#### Tooltip
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A Tooltip is often used to specify extra information about something when the user hovers the mouse pointer over the widget.
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Under the <b>General</b> accordion, you can set the value in the string format. Now hovering over the widget will display the string as the tooltip.
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<div style={{textAlign: 'center'}}>
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<img className="screenshot-full" src="/img/tooltip.png" alt="ToolJet - Widget Reference - File Picker" />
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</div>
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## Layout
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<div style={{textAlign: 'center'}}>
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<img className="screenshot-full" src="/img/widgets/filepicker/layout.png" alt="ToolJet - Widget Reference - File Picker" />
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</div>
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### Show on desktop
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Toggle on or off to display the widget in desktop view. You can programmatically determine the value by clicking on `Fx` to set the value `{{true}}` or `{{false}}`.
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### Show on mobile
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Toggle on or off to display the widget in mobile view. You can programmatically determine the value by clicking on `Fx` to set the value `{{true}}` or `{{false}}`.
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## Styles
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<div style={{textAlign: 'center'}}>
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<img className="screenshot-full" src="/img/widgets/filepicker/styles.png" alt="ToolJet - Widget Reference - File Picker" />
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</div>
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### Visibility
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This is to control the visibility of the widget. If `{{false}}` the widget will not visible after the app is deployed. It can only have boolean values i.e. either `{{true}}` or `{{false}}`. By default, it's set to `{{true}}`.
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### Disable
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This property only accepts boolean values. If set to `{{true}}`, the widget will be locked and becomes non-functional. By default, its value is set to `{{false}}`.
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### Border Radius
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Use this property to modify the border radius of the filepicker widget. The field expects only numerical value from `1` to `100`, default is `0`.
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:::info
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Any property having `Fx` button next to its field can be **programmatically configured**.
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## Exposed Variables
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| Variables | Description |
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| file | This variable holds the array of objects where each object represents the file loaded on the file picker component. Each object has the following keys: **name**, **type**, **content**, **dataURL**, **base64Data**, **parsedData**, **filePath**. The values can be accesed using `{{components.filepicker1.file[0].base64Data}}` |
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## Component specific actions (CSA)
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| Actions | Description |
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| clearFiles() | You can clear the selected files on the filepicker component via a component-specific action within any event handler. Additionally, you have the option to employ a RunJS query to execute component-specific actions such as `await components.filepicker1.clearFiles()` |
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