FileList extension type

The FileList interface represents an object of this type returned by the files property of the HTML input element; this lets you access the list of files selected with the <input type="file"> element. It's also used for a list of files dropped into web content when using the drag and drop API; see the DataTransfer object for details on this usage.

All <input> element nodes have a files attribute of type FileList on them which allows access to the items in this list. For example, if the HTML includes the following file input:

<input id="fileItem" type="file" />

The following line of code fetches the first file in the node's file list as a File object:

const file = document.getElementById("fileItem").files[0];

This interface was an attempt to create an unmodifiable list and only continues to be supported to not break code that's already using it. Modern APIs represent list structures using types based on JavaScript arrays, thus making many array methods available, and at the same time imposing additional semantics on their usage (such as making their items read-only).

These historical reasons do not mean that you as a developer should avoid FileList. You don't create FileList objects yourself, but you get them from APIs such as HTMLInputElement.files, and these APIs are not deprecated. However, be careful of the semantic differences from a real array.


API documentation sourced from MDN Web Docs.

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Implemented types
Available extensions

Properties

hashCode int
The hash code for this object.
no setterinherited
isDefinedAndNotNull bool

Available on JSAny?, provided by the NullableUndefineableJSAnyExtension extension

no setter
isNull bool

Available on JSAny?, provided by the NullableUndefineableJSAnyExtension extension

Whether this value corresponds to JavaScript null.
no setter
isTruthy JSBoolean

Available on JSAny?, provided by the JSAnyOperatorExtension extension

The result of !!this in JavaScript.
no setter
isUndefined bool

Available on JSAny?, provided by the NullableUndefineableJSAnyExtension extension

Whether this value corresponds to JavaScript undefined.
no setter
isUndefinedOrNull bool

Available on JSAny?, provided by the NullableUndefineableJSAnyExtension extension

no setter
length int
The length read-only property of the FileList interface returns the number of files in the FileList.
no setter
not JSBoolean

Available on JSAny?, provided by the JSAnyOperatorExtension extension

The result of !this in JavaScript.
no setter
runtimeType Type
A representation of the runtime type of the object.
no setterinherited

Methods

add(JSAny? any) JSAny

Available on JSAny?, provided by the JSAnyOperatorExtension extension

The result of this + any in JavaScript.
and(JSAny? any) JSAny?

Available on JSAny?, provided by the JSAnyOperatorExtension extension

The result of this && any in JavaScript.
callMethod<R extends JSAny?>(JSAny method, [JSAny? arg1, JSAny? arg2, JSAny? arg3, JSAny? arg4]) → R

Available on JSObject, provided by the JSObjectUnsafeUtilExtension extension

Calls method on this JSObject with up to four arguments.
callMethodVarArgs<R extends JSAny?>(JSAny method, [List<JSAny?>? arguments]) → R

Available on JSObject, provided by the JSObjectUnsafeUtilExtension extension

Calls method on this JSObject with a variable number of arguments.
dartify() Object?

Available on JSAny?, provided by the JSAnyUtilityExtension extension

Converts a JavaScript value to the Dart equivalent if possible.
delete(JSAny property) JSBoolean

Available on JSObject, provided by the JSObjectUnsafeUtilExtension extension

Deletes the property with key property from this JSObject.
divide(JSAny? any) JSAny

Available on JSAny?, provided by the JSAnyOperatorExtension extension

The result of this / any in JavaScript.
equals(JSAny? any) JSBoolean

Available on JSAny?, provided by the JSAnyOperatorExtension extension

The result of this == any in JavaScript.
exponentiate(JSAny? any) JSAny

Available on JSAny?, provided by the JSAnyOperatorExtension extension

The result of this ** any in JavaScript.
getProperty<R extends JSAny?>(JSAny property) → R

Available on JSObject, provided by the JSObjectUnsafeUtilExtension extension

The value of the property key property of this JSObject.
greaterThan(JSAny? any) JSBoolean

Available on JSAny?, provided by the JSAnyOperatorExtension extension

The result of this > any in JavaScript.
greaterThanOrEqualTo(JSAny? any) JSBoolean

Available on JSAny?, provided by the JSAnyOperatorExtension extension

The result of this >= any in JavaScript.
has(String property) bool

Available on JSObject, provided by the JSObjectUnsafeUtilExtension extension

Shorthand helper for hasProperty to check whether this JSObject contains the property key property, but takes and returns a Dart value.
hasProperty(JSAny property) JSBoolean

Available on JSObject, provided by the JSObjectUnsafeUtilExtension extension

Whether or not this JSObject contains the property key property.
instanceof(JSFunction constructor) bool

Available on JSAny?, provided by the JSAnyUtilityExtension extension

Whether this JSAny? is an instanceof constructor.
instanceOfString(String constructorName) bool

Available on JSAny?, provided by the JSAnyUtilityExtension extension

Whether this JSAny? is an instanceof the constructor that is defined by constructorName, which is looked up in the globalContext.
isA<T extends JSAny?>() bool

Available on JSAny?, provided by the JSAnyUtilityExtension extension

Whether this JSAny? is an instance of the JavaScript type that is declared by T.
item(int index) File?
The item() method of the FileList interface returns a File object representing the file at the specified index in the file list.
lessThan(JSAny? any) JSBoolean

Available on JSAny?, provided by the JSAnyOperatorExtension extension

The result of this < any in JavaScript.
lessThanOrEqualTo(JSAny? any) JSBoolean

Available on JSAny?, provided by the JSAnyOperatorExtension extension

The result of this <= any in JavaScript.
modulo(JSAny? any) JSAny

Available on JSAny?, provided by the JSAnyOperatorExtension extension

The result of this % any in JavaScript.
multiply(JSAny? any) JSAny

Available on JSAny?, provided by the JSAnyOperatorExtension extension

The result of this * any in JavaScript.
noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) → dynamic
Invoked when a nonexistent method or property is accessed.
inherited
notEquals(JSAny? any) JSBoolean

Available on JSAny?, provided by the JSAnyOperatorExtension extension

The result of this != any in JavaScript.
or(JSAny? any) JSAny?

Available on JSAny?, provided by the JSAnyOperatorExtension extension

The result of this || any in JavaScript.
setProperty(JSAny property, JSAny? value) → void

Available on JSObject, provided by the JSObjectUnsafeUtilExtension extension

Write the value of property key property of this JSObject.
strictEquals(JSAny? any) JSBoolean

Available on JSAny?, provided by the JSAnyOperatorExtension extension

The result of this === any in JavaScript.
strictNotEquals(JSAny? any) JSBoolean

Available on JSAny?, provided by the JSAnyOperatorExtension extension

The result of this !== any in JavaScript.
subtract(JSAny? any) JSAny

Available on JSAny?, provided by the JSAnyOperatorExtension extension

The result of this - any in JavaScript.
toString() String
A string representation of this object.
inherited
typeofEquals(String typeString) bool

Available on JSAny?, provided by the JSAnyUtilityExtension extension

Whether the result of typeof on this JSAny? is typeString.
unsignedRightShift(JSAny? any) JSNumber

Available on JSAny?, provided by the JSAnyOperatorExtension extension

The result of this >>> any in JavaScript.

Operators

operator ==(Object other) bool
The equality operator.
inherited
operator [](String property) JSAny?

Available on JSObject, provided by the JSObjectUnsafeUtilExtension extension

Shorthand helper for getProperty to get the value of the property key property of this JSObject, but takes and returns a Dart value.
operator []=(String property, JSAny? value) → void

Available on JSObject, provided by the JSObjectUnsafeUtilExtension extension

Shorthand helper for setProperty to write the value of the property key property of this JSObject, but takes a Dart value.