Styling an <input type=file>

The question of how to do this comes up from time to time. The problem being that <input type="file"> is generally rendered as a text box and button combination, so it's unclear where (if at all) CSS properties will be applied.

I've just come across this article showing how to do it, using Javascript, some browser-specific CSS and a lot of deviousness:


Personally, I'm not sure it's worth the trouble; but I know that some of you guys like to change the look & feel of everything...

-- Chris Hunt