[thelist] Styling <input type="file">

[Dan Williams]

I have a problem whereby I want to style a file upload input box. It seems
that it just will not play ball. Every time I set the border etc. it goes
weird - and there does not seem to be a way to style the button.
 
So, my alternative plan is this. I create a normal text box and button,
styled the way I want, and make the file box invisible. Then, when my button
is clicked, I trigger the file box button, and once the result has come
back, I update the textbox with this. Similarly, every time the text box is
changed, I update the file box.
 
My question is basically, is this a good idea? ...is there a way to properly
style the file box, that I am missing? And also, how to I trigger the Browse
button of the file box? I assume that the file box supports onchange, so
when either one triggers an onchange event, I'll update the value property
of the other.
 
Ideas?
 
Cheers
 
Dan