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Carbon Design System: File uploader

Documents upload button and drop-zone text, uploaded filename display, loading, success, uploaded, invalid states, file removal, focus return after file dialog, keyboard activation, and per-file or whole-uploader error guidance.

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Pattern Decisions This Source Supports

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Drag-and-drop upload Choose drag-and-drop upload when dropping files from a desktop file manager is a common, useful shortcut. Dragenter and dragover make the target visibly active only when the incoming data includes files. Carbon supports drag-and-drop uploader variant guidance, drop-zone copy, active border changes, click fallback, keyboard activation, focus return, selected files, removal, and invalid states.
File upload Choose file upload when the original file itself is needed, not just information from the file. Activating the choose-file button opens the platform file picker and returns focus to the invoking control or selected file summary afterward. Carbon supports selected filename display, loading, success, uploaded, invalid states, removal, focus return, keyboard activation, and drop-zone boundaries.

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