HTMLInputElement.webkitEntries

Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

Non-standard: This feature is non-standard and is not on a standards track. Do not use it on production sites facing the Web: it will not work for every user. There may also be large incompatibilities between implementations and the behavior may change in the future.

The read-only webkitEntries property of the HTMLInputElement interface contains an array of file system entries (as objects based on FileSystemEntry) representing files and/or directories selected by the user using an <input> element of type file, but only if that selection was made using drag-and-drop: selecting a file in the dialog will leave the property empty.

The array can only contain directories if the webkitdirectory property is true. This means the <input> element was configured to let the user choose directories.

Note: This property is called webkitEntries in the specification due to its origins as a Google Chrome-specific API. It's likely to be renamed someday.

Syntax

var entries = HTMLInputElement.webkitEntries;

Value

An array of objects based on FileSystemEntry, each representing one file which is selected in the <input> element. More specifically, files are represented by FileSystemFileEntry objects, and, if they're allowed, directories are represented by FileSystemDirectoryEntry objects.

Example

This example shows how to create a file selection <input> element and process the selected files.

HTML

<input id="files" type="file" multiple>

JavaScript

document.getElementById("files").addEventListener("change", function(event) {
  event.target.webkitEntries.forEach(function(entry) {
    /* do stuff with the entry */
  });
});

Each time a change event occurs, this code iterates over the selected files, obtaining their FileSystemEntry-based objects and acting on them.

Specifications

Specification
File and Directory Entries API # dom-htmlinputelement-webkitentries

This API has no official W3C or WHATWG specification.

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
`webkitEntries`	22	79	50	No	15	11.1	≤37	25	No	14	11.3	1.5