# Upload button grayed out

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/upload-button-grayed-out/76729
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [December 25, 2017, 8:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upload-button-grayed-out/76729 "2017-12-25T08:54:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author: ![Pravi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/76d3ee/32.png) [@Pravi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pravi)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2017, 8:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upload-button-grayed-out/76729/1 "2017-12-25T08:54:45Z")

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Hi guys..

I was trying to upload an image for facebook open graph via upload option in customize, but the upload button is grayed out. I am unable to upload the image. It seems like a bug to me. Any idea?

Thanks

 ![bug](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/c/a/ca9ff5423e2003df92008085f993eb00b2e1c186.png)

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### Author: ![dax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dax/32/244677_2.png) [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2017, 12:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upload-button-grayed-out/76729/2 "2017-12-25T12:44:41Z")

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Bug confirmed here on Meta.

For some reason the button is disabled by default

 ![nwYpAV9](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/f/8/0/f80677d2222a4cc7400c5c6756fe952e0e8f857f.png)  
@Pravi, as a temporary workaround you can edit the HTML by deleting the part highlighted in the image above. The button will return to be clickable and working.

cc @awesomerobot

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### Author: ![Pravi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/76d3ee/32.png) [@Pravi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pravi)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2017, 5:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upload-button-grayed-out/76729/3 "2017-12-25T17:29:16Z")

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Thank you so much.. The temporary solution worked.  
Hope you guys will fix the bugs soon.

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upload-button-grayed-out/76729/4 "2017-12-25T18:50:41Z")

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Looks like a valid bug @sam

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### Author: ![j.jaffeux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/j.jaffeux/32/60297_2.png) [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2017, 9:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upload-button-grayed-out/76729/6 "2017-12-25T21:40:11Z")

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The regex changed in this commit [FIX: validates 'ThemeField' name when used in a SCSS variable · discourse/discourse@24e89b6 · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/24e89b6b38a0fc13c0cbbab7fe23d9011e0148dc) is causing the issue.

This regex will fail if your image is capitalized like : `IMG_0039` for example, not sure about the motivation to only allow downcase.

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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2017, 9:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upload-button-grayed-out/76729/8 "2017-12-25T21:51:56Z")

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I’ll fix it tomorrow.

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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2017, 10:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upload-button-grayed-out/76729/9 "2017-12-26T10:29:09Z")

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Thanks for reporting that @Pravi. I’ve pushed a fix 🍌

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/27a368bb70c2755598d38c728e589ab2968d40ac](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/27a368bb70c2755598d38c728e589ab2968d40ac)

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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2017, 10:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upload-button-grayed-out/76729/10 "2017-12-26T10:29:14Z")

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