You can use a simple file type input
Take this example
Html:
<form id="post-form" class="post-form" method="post">
<label for="files">Select multiple files: </label>
<input id="files" type="file" multiple/>
<output id="result" />
</form>
Javascript:
window.onload = function(){
//Check File API support
if(window.File && window.FileList && window.FileReader)
{
var filesInput = document.getElementById("files");
filesInput.addEventListener("change", function(event){
var files = event.target.files; //FileList object
var output = document.getElementById("result");
for(var i = 0; i< files.length; i++)
{
var file = files[i];
//Only pics
if(!file.type.match('image'))
continue;
var picReader = new FileReader();
picReader.addEventListener("load",function(event){
var picFile = event.target;
var div = document.createElement("div");
div.innerHTML = "<img class='thumbnail' src='" + picFile.result + "'" +
"title='" + picFile.name + "'/>";
output.insertBefore(div,null);
});
//Read the image
picReader.readAsDataURL(file);
}
});
}
else
{
console.log("Your browser does not support File API");
}
}
Css:
body{
font-family: 'Segoe UI';
font-size: 12pt;
}
header h1{
font-size:12pt;
color: #fff;
background-color: #1BA1E2;
padding: 20px;
}
article
{
width: 80%;
margin:auto;
margin-top:10px;
}
.thumbnail{
height: 100px;
margin: 10px;
}
Upshot: http://jsfiddle.net/0GiS0/Yvgc2/
Source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20779983/multiple-image-upload-and-preview
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– Wictor Chaves