From c53c5b57f82b77e091981ff39a33a00a779b16c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jordan Eldredge <jordan@jordaneldredge.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2018 11:43:12 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Fix issue where change event would not fire on file selection

---
 js/fileUtils.js | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/js/fileUtils.js b/js/fileUtils.js
index 876448d7..b17b046c 100644
--- a/js/fileUtils.js
+++ b/js/fileUtils.js
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ export async function promptForFileReferences() {
     // Can this fail? Do we ever reject?
     const fileInput = document.createElement("input");
     fileInput.type = "file";
+    // Not entirely sure why this is needed, since the input
+    // was just created, but somehow this helps prevent change
+    // events from getting swallowed.
+    // https://stackoverflow.com/a/12102992/1263117
+    fileInput.value = null;
     fileInput.addEventListener("change", e => {
       resolve(e.target.files);
     });