Channel Form Custom Field

Question

Is there anyway to add a file custom fieldtype in a channel:form tag like so:

input type="file" name="photo_banner" value="{banner_photo}"

Instead of: {field:banner_photo}

I can get the latter to work, but not the former.

Thanks,

Fabian

Answer 1

I managed to achieve this by using the {field:custom_field} method, then inspecting the DOM and copying the div.file_field element, and adding it directly to my template. I also had to copy over the safecracker script tag that the {field:custom_field} tag generated.