Add a Profile Picture in form in HTML and CSS

Question

I am creating a form in which I need a Profile picture of the user and I want that the picture is in a circle or a ectangular form. By default the area of image should be black or a dummy picture. When the user clicks on the area then he/she is allowed to select an image, just like the profile picture upload in Facebook or Twitter.

My Form

HTML

<div class="signup-w3ls">
    <div class="signup-agile1">
        <form action="#" method="post">
        
            <div class="form-control">
                <label class="header">Profile Photo:</label>
                
                <input id="image" type="file" name="profile_photo" placeholder="Photo" required="" capture>
            </div>
            
            <div class="form-control">
                <label class="header">Store Name :</label>
                <input type="text" id="store_name" name="store_name" placeholder="Store Name" title="Please enter your First Name" required="">
            </div>
            
            <div class="form-control">
                <label class="header">Store Type :</label>
                <input type="text" id="store_type" name="store_type" placeholder="Store Type" title="Please enter your Last Name" required="">
            </div>

            <div class="form-control">
                <label class="header">Owner Type :</label>
                <input type="text" id="owner_type" name="owner_type" placeholder="Owner Type" title="Please enter a valid email" required="">
            </div>

            <div class="form-control">
                <label class="header">Website :</label>
                <input type="url" id="website" name="website" placeholder="Website" id="password1" required="">
            </div>

            <div class="form-control">
                <label class="header">Contact Number :</label>
                <input type="text" id="contact_number" name="contact_number" placeholder="Contact Number" required="">
            </div>

            <div class="form-control">
                <label class="header">Contact Email :</label>
                <input type="email" id="contact_email" name="contact_email" placeholder="Contact Email" required="">
            </div>
            
            <input type="submit" class="register" value="Register">

        </form>
    </div>
</div>

CSS

.signup-w3ls {
    width: 50%;
    margin: 70px 25% 80%;
    padding: 0;
    display: table;
    position: relative;
}
.signup-agile1{
    width:100%;
    float:center;
}

.signup-w3ls .signup-agile1 .form-control {
    margin-bottom: 20px;
}
label.header {
    font-size: 16px;
    font-weight: 500;
    width: 215px;
    color: grey;
    margin-right:10px;
    text-align:justify;
    letter-spacing: 1px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    display: inline-block;
    font-family: 'Nunito', sans-serif;
}
input#image,input#store_name, input#store_type,input#owner_type, input#website,input#contact_number,input#contact_email {
    padding:0 40px;
    width:40%;
    height:55px;
    border: 1px solid #dadada;
    color: grey;
    text-align:justify;
    outline: none;
    letter-spacing: 1px;
    font-size: 16px;
    font-weight:normal;
    font-family: 'Muli', sans-serif;
    border-radius:30px;
    -webkit-border-radius:30px;
    -moz-border-radius:30px;
    -o-border-radius:30px;
    -ms-border-radius:30px; 
}
input#image:focus,input#store_name:focus, input#store_type:focus,input#owner_type:focus, input#website:focus,input#contact_number:focus,input#contact_email:focus  {
    background-color:#f5f8fa !important;
    border:1px solid #dadada;
}
input::-webkit-input-placeholder {
color: grey;
} 
input:-moz-placeholder { /* Firefox 18- */
color: grey;  
} 
input::-moz-placeholder {  /* Firefox 19+ */
color: grey;  
} 
input:-ms-input-placeholder {  
color: grey;  
}
.register {
    background-color: lightgreen;
    width: 52%;
    height: 55px;
    border: none;
    margin-left: 233px;
    cursor: pointer;
    color: #fff;
    outline: none;
    font-size: 20px;
    font-weight: normal;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out;
    -webkit-transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out;
    -moz-transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out;
    -o-transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out;
    border-radius: 30px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 30px;
    -moz-border-radius: 30px;
    -o-border-radius: 30px;
    -ms-border-radius: 30px;
    font-family: 'Muli', sans-serif;
}   
.register:hover {
    background-color:#36b051;
    color:#fff;
}

JSFIDDLE:- https://jsfiddle.net/7ao1qxLe/

Answer 1

What you can do is to hide the input and just act as if it was clicked when the profile image is clicked:

$("#profileImage").click(function(e) {
    $("#imageUpload").click();
});

#imageUpload
{
    display: none;
}

#profileImage
{
    cursor: pointer;
}

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<image id="profileImage" src="http://lorempixel.com/100/100" />
<input id="imageUpload" type="file" 
       name="profile_photo" placeholder="Photo" required="" capture>

Image preview

You can also give the user a preview of the uploaded image:

function previewProfileImage( uploader ) {   
    //ensure a file was selected 
    if (uploader.files && uploader.files[0]) {
        var imageFile = uploader.files[0];
        var reader = new FileReader();    
        reader.onload = function (e) {
            //set the image data as source
            $('#profileImage').attr('src', e.target.result);
        }    
        reader.readAsDataURL( imageFile );
    }
}

$("#imageUpload").change(function(){
    previewProfileImage( this );
});

Efficiency note: You can make it more efficient if you use createObjectURL instead of reading data as URL.

function fasterPreview( uploader ) {
    if ( uploader.files && uploader.files[0] ){
          $('#profileImage').attr('src', 
             window.URL.createObjectURL(uploader.files[0]) );
    }
}

As you can see here in MDN, the URL.createObjectUrl will just generate the URL for the file instead of having to load it into the DOM, which is definitely preferable for large files.

Circular image crop

To display the image cropped in a circle, you will need to give it an outer div and apply border-radius to it:

HTML:

<div id="profile-container">
   <image id="profileImage" src="aDefaultImage.png" />
</div>

CSS:

#profile-container {
    width: 150px;
    height: 150px;
    overflow: hidden;
    -webkit-border-radius: 50%;
    -moz-border-radius: 50%;
    -ms-border-radius: 50%;
    -o-border-radius: 50%;
    border-radius: 50%;
}

Complete solution

This snippet puts together all three steps:

$("#profileImage").click(function(e) {
    $("#imageUpload").click();
});

function fasterPreview( uploader ) {
    if ( uploader.files && uploader.files[0] ){
          $('#profileImage').attr('src', 
             window.URL.createObjectURL(uploader.files[0]) );
    }
}

$("#imageUpload").change(function(){
    fasterPreview( this );
});

#imageUpload
{
    display: none;
}

#profileImage
{
    cursor: pointer;
}

#profile-container {
    width: 150px;
    height: 150px;
    overflow: hidden;
    -webkit-border-radius: 50%;
    -moz-border-radius: 50%;
    -ms-border-radius: 50%;
    -o-border-radius: 50%;
    border-radius: 50%;
}

#profile-container img {
    width: 150px;
    height: 150px;
}

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="profile-container">
   <image id="profileImage" src="http://lorempixel.com/100/100" />
</div>
<input id="imageUpload" type="file" 
       name="profile_photo" placeholder="Photo" required="" capture>