SO - 22219011

by Arun P Johny

HTML

<input id="id_file_field" name="file_field" type="file" style="display:none" />
<button id="upload_file">Click</button>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function () {
    $("#upload_file").click(function () {
        $("#id_file_field").trigger('click');
    });
    $('#id_file_field').change(function () {
        var value = this.value;
        var fileName = typeof value == 'string' ? value.match(/[^\/\\]+$/)[0] : value[0]
        console.log(fileName);
    })
});