function handleFileSelect(evt) { var files = evt.target.files; // FileList object // Loop through the FileList and render image files as thumbnails. for ( var i = 0, f; f = files[i]; i++) { // Only process image files. if (!f.type.match('image.*')) { continue; } var reader = new FileReader(); // Closure to capture the file information. reader.onload = (function(theFile) { return function(e) { // Render thumbnail. var span = document.createElement('span'); span.innerHTML = [ '' ].join(''); document.getElementById('list').insertBefore(span, null); }; })(f); // Read in the image file as a data URL. reader.readAsDataURL(f); } } //document.getElementById('files').addEventListener('change', handleFileSelect, false);