element-plus/docs/en-US/component/upload.md

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Upload

Upload files by clicking or drag-and-drop

Click to upload files

:::demo Customize upload button type and text using slot. Set limit and on-exceed to limit the maximum number of uploads allowed and specify method when the limit is exceeded. Plus, you can abort removing a file in the before-remove hook.

upload/basic

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Cover previous file

:::demo Set limit and on-exceed to automatically replace the previous file when select a new file.

upload/limit-cover

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User avatar upload

Use before-upload hook to limit the upload file format and size.

:::demo

upload/avatar

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Photo Wall

Use list-type to change the fileList style.

:::demo

upload/photo-album

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Custom file thumbnail

Use scoped-slot to change default thumbnail template.

:::demo

upload/custom-thumbnail

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FileList with thumbnail

:::demo

upload/file-list-with-thumbnail

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File list control

Use on-change hook function to control upload file list

:::demo

upload/file-list

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Drag to upload

You can drag your file to a certain area to upload it.

:::demo

upload/drag-and-drop

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Manual upload

:::demo

upload/manual

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Attributes

Attribute	Description	Type	Accepted Values	Default
action	required, request URL	string	—	—
headers	request headers	object	—	—
method	set upload request method	string	post/put/patch	post
multiple	whether uploading multiple files is permitted	boolean	—	—
data	additions options of request	object	—	—
name	key name for uploaded file	string	—	file
with-credentials	whether cookies are sent	boolean	—	false
show-file-list	whether to show the uploaded file list	boolean	—	true
drag	whether to activate drag and drop mode	boolean	—	false
accept	accepted file types, will not work when thumbnail-mode is true	string	—	—
on-preview	hook function when clicking the uploaded files	function(file)	—	—
on-remove	hook function when files are removed	function(file, fileList)	—	—
on-success	hook function when uploaded successfully	function(response, file, fileList)	—	—
on-error	hook function when some errors occurs	function(err, file, fileList)	—	—
on-progress	hook function when some progress occurs	function(event, file, fileList)	—	—
on-change	hook function when select file or upload file success or upload file fail	function(file, fileList)	—	—
before-upload	hook function before uploading with the file to be uploaded as its parameter. If false is returned or a Promise is returned and then is rejected, uploading will be aborted	function(file)	—	—
before-remove	hook function before removing a file with the file and file list as its parameters. If false is returned or a Promise is returned and then is rejected, removing will be aborted.	function(file, fileList)	—	—
file-list	default uploaded files, e.g. [{name: 'food.jpg', url: 'https://xxx.cdn.com/xxx.jpg'}]	array	—	[]
list-type	type of fileList	string	text/picture/picture-card	text
auto-upload	whether to auto upload file	boolean	—	true
http-request	override default xhr behavior, allowing you to implement your own upload-file's request	function	—	—
disabled	whether to disable upload	boolean	—	false
limit	maximum number of uploads allowed	number	—	—
on-exceed	hook function when limit is exceeded	function(files, fileList)	—	-

Slots

Name	Description	Parameters
—	customize default content	-
trigger	content which triggers file dialog	-
tip	content of tips	-
file	content of thumbnail template.	file ( #file = { file } )

Methods

Methods Name	Description	Parameters	Default
clearFiles	clear the file list (this method is not supported in the before-upload hook).	UploadStatus[] (UploadStatus = 'ready' | 'uploading' | 'success' | 'fail')	['ready', 'uploading', 'success', 'fail']
abort	cancel upload request	( file: fileList's item )	-
submit	upload the file list manually	—	-
handleStart	select the file manually	( file: files' item)	-
handleRemove	remove the file manually	( file: fileList's item )	-