File Upload Control CSS Style

Quick fiddle displaying how to style the file upload control with custom text and picture.

by Erin

HTML

<h1>File Upload Control</h1>

<span class="versus">with CSS...</span>

<div id="photoWrapper">
    <label>
        <input type="file"></input>
        <div class="newInputWrapper">
            <!-- custom picture -->
            <span id="photo"></span>
            <!-- custom text -->
            <p class="filename">Add Picture</p>
        </div>
    </label>
</div>

<span class="versus">without CSS...</span>

<input type="file"></input>

CSS

.versus {
    font-weight: bold;
    display: block;
    margin: 1em auto;
}
#photoWrapper label {
	display: table-cell;
	vertical-align: middle;
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0;
}
#photoWrapper .newInputWrapper {
	display: table;
}
#photoWrapper .newInputWrapper p {
	font-size: 1em;
	color: #959391;
	padding-left: 0.5em;
	display: table-cell;
	vertical-align: middle;
}
#photoWrapper label > input[type=file] { 
  	visibility: hidden; 
	position: absolute; 
}
#photoWrapper label > input + .newInputWrapper span { 
	cursor: pointer;
	height: 29px;
	width: 28px;
	display: table-cell;
	vertical-align: middle;
	-webkit-user-select: none;
	-moz-user-select: none;
	-khtml-user-select: none;
	-ms-user-select: none;
}
#photo {
	background: url('https://erinbamberger.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/add-photo.jpg');
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-size: 75% auto;
}

JavaScript

$(function() {
    $("input:file").change(function (){
        var fileName = $(this).val();
        $(".filename").html(fileName);
    });
});