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Displaying File Names for Multi-File Inputs with Stimulus

Here's how Stimulus can be used (with or without Rails) to turn that into a list of file names for a better UX https://danielabaron.me/blog/displaying-file-names-for-multi-file-inputs-with-stimulus/

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Here's how Stimulus can be used (with or without Rails) to turn that into a list of file names for a better UX https://danielabaron.me/blog/displaying-file-names-for-multi-file-inputs-with-stimulus/

The HTML file input shows "n files selected" when multiple files chosen.

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Here's how Stimulus can be used (with or without Rails) to turn that into a list of file names for a better UX https://danielabaron.me/blog/displaying-file-names-for-multi-file-inputs-with-stimulus/ The HTML file input shows "n files selected" when multiple files chosen.

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