Custom caption text for file_field helper

Question

Is it possible to provide your own caption for the button that the file_field helper generates?

@Layke - It shows you don't know rails, your answer is completely wrong. Please refrain from answering questions you have no idea about. — herbil, Oct 25 '12 at 11:14
@Mukul Goel - Please don't just jump on the band wagon, evaluate the merit of others comments yourself rather than taking them as gospel. The previous commenter did not have the answer. — herbil, Oct 25 '12 at 11:17
I believe this is a html question, and not a rails helper question. As mentioned in the answer below, it's not really possible without some hacks. As to the reply by @Layke, he has no idea what he is talking about, I'll highlight is answer to an admin. — dangerousdave, Oct 25 '12 at 11:24
@MukulGoel - an apology would go a long way, or please justify why your comment is still relevant. — herbil, Oct 25 '12 at 11:29
@herbil : My comment is not relevant anymore and I am removing it. Thank you for bringing it up and I apologize for jumping to conclusion. :-) #Peace. Welcome to SO. — Mukul Goel, Oct 25 '12 at 12:08

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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The answer will show you how to do it which you can implement in rails views.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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answered Oct 25 '12 at 10:54

HungryCoder

thanks, it hadn't crossed my mind that this wan't a rails problem – herbil Oct 25 '12 at 11:36

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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answered Oct 25 '12 at 10:59

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 16 '22 at 08:34

Sadly, the rails helper doesn't really allow you to change the text by default. You may tweak it using CSS.

html.erb file

  <%= file_field_tag "file", class: "inputfile" %>
  <%= label_tag :file, "Any text here", class: "btn btn-primary" %>

css file

.inputfile {
    width: 0.1px;
    height: 0.1px;
    opacity: 0;
    overflow: hidden;
    position: absolute;
    z-index: -1;
}

Here's a preview:

If you want more customisation this is a great guide!

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