alternate notebook upload methods

fixes  #1562

IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/css/alternate_uploadform.css

@@ -0,0 +1,23 b''
+/* We need an invisible input field on top of the sentense*/
+/* "Drag file onto the list ..." */
+
+.alternate_upload
+{
+    background-color:none;
+    display: inline;
+}
+
+.alternate_upload.form
+{
+    padding: 0;
+    margin:0;
+}
+
+.alternate_upload input.fileinput
+{
+    background-color:red;
+    position:relative;
+    opacity: 0;
+    z-index: 2;
+    width: 356px;
+}

IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/notebooklist.js

@@ -44,7 +44,21 b' var IPython = (function (IPython) {'
             return false;
         });
         this.element.bind('drop', function (event) {
-            var files = event.originalEvent.dataTransfer.files;
+            console.log('bound to drop');
+                that.handelFilesUpload(event,'drop');
+            return false;
+        });
+    };
+
+    NotebookList.prototype.handelFilesUpload =  function(event, dropOrForm) {
+        var that = this;
+        var files;
+        if(dropOrForm =='drop'){
+            files = event.originalEvent.dataTransfer.files;
+        } else 
+        {
+            files = event.originalEvent.target.files
+        }
             for (var i = 0, f; f = files[i]; i++) {
                 var reader = new FileReader();
                 reader.readAsText(f);
@@ -67,10 +81,8 b' var IPython = (function (IPython) {'
                 };
             }
             return false;
-        });
     };
 
-
     NotebookList.prototype.clear_list = function () {
         this.element.children('.list_item').remove();
     }

IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/projectdashboardmain.js

@@ -32,8 +32,11 b' $(document).ready(function () {'
 
     IPython.notebook_list.load_list();
     IPython.cluster_list.load_list();
-
     IPython.page.show();
 
+    // bound the upload method to the on change of the file select list
+    $("#alternate_upload").change(function (event){
+        IPython.notebook_list.handelFilesUpload(event,'form');
+    });
 });
 

IPython/frontend/html/notebook/templates/projectdashboard.html

@@ -4,6 +4,7 b''
 
 {% block stylesheet %}
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{static_url("css/projectdashboard.css") }}" type="text/css" />
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{static_url("css/alternate_uploadform.css") }}" type="text/css" />
 {% end %}
 
 
@@ -30,8 +31,14 b' data-read-only={{read_only}}'
     <div id="tab1">
         {% if logged_in or not read_only %}
         <div id="notebook_toolbar">
-            <span id="drag_info">Drag files onto the list to import
+
+            <form id='alternate_upload' action="notebooks" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post" class='alternate_upload'>
+                    <span id="drag_info" style="position:absolute" >Drag files
+                        onto the list, or click here, to import
             notebooks.</span>
+                    <input type="file" name="datafile" class="fileinput">
+            </form>
+
 
             <span id="notebook_buttons">
                 <button id="refresh_notebook_list" title="Refresh notebook list">Refresh</button>