input type[file] can't be reset with val('') in IE (+ workaround)

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Due to IE's inane security manager, you can't set the value of an input[file], even to "" to reset it.

There's a workaround that might be useful to pull into jQuery. It wraps a form around the input element, calls reset on it, then removes the parent element:

​http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1043957/clearing-input-type-file-using-jquery/13351234#13351234

function reset(e) {

e.wrap('<form>').closest('form').get(0).reset(); e.unwrap();

}​

This workaround works in all browsers:

​http://jsfiddle.net/rPaZQ/

[timmywil]

Sounds like this would be good for a jQuery plugin like file upload.