#Showing file input dialog without direct `input` interaction

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ivory solstice
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Hello, is there any way for me to prompt the user to pick a file from the system dialog without them directly clicking on a input { r#type="file" } component?
I want an async channel to be able to request for a file and then know if it got one (or if the dialog was cancelled).

I've thought about perhaps having a hidden file input component, but I'm not sure how I can simulate clicking it to show the dialog.
Even still, it seems that the cancel event is not supported, so I will be waiting indefinitely if the user cancels the file picker dialog.

I have read Handling files.

Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thank you

MDN Web Docs
HTMLInputElement: cancel event - Web APIs | MDN

The cancel event fires on an <input> element when the user cancels the file picker dialog via the Esc key or the cancel button and when the user re-selects the same files that were previously selected of type="file".

Dioxus | Fullstack crossplatform app framework for Rust

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strange canopy
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If you are targeting desktop, the rfd crate works well. It is what dioxus uses to intercept file dialog events: https://docs.rs/rfd/latest/rfd/

rfd - Rust

Rusty File Dialogs is a cross platform library for using native file open/save dialogs. It provides both asynchronous and synchronous APIs. Supported platforms: