I have a file input, with a label. I wish to be able to open the file browser in four different ways:

1. Clicking the file input button
2. Tabbing to the file input button and hitting enter
3. Clicking the file input label
4. Tabbing to the file input label and hitting enter

However, only options 1-3 work out of the box? Is this a bug, or an intended feature? I'm currently working on FireFox v106.0.5

Are there any solutions out there that rely solely on HTML/CSS, or is JS required to fix the issue?

<label for="file_input" tabindex="0">
  Label
</label>
<input type="file" id="file_input">

CodePudding user response：

Naturally, the input opens a dialog when it receives click or enter.

The label itself does not open a dialog, but when clicked (or tapped), it can passes the focus to its associated input, and a dialog is opened as a result.

It does not do the same when it receives enter, thus the situation 4 in your question does not work.

This is because the purpose of this design is to increase the hit size for the associated input, especially for user on a touch-screen device.

So to answer the question, it is an intended feature.