"upload" property of the XMLHttpRequest about jquery

[mgol]

Comment author: timmywil

Marking as valid for 1.next

[mgol]

Comment author: malsup

This is really a fairly significant omission. As stated above, it's impossible to track FormData file upload progress without this property exposed. The jqXHR object is documented as a "superset of the browser's native XMLHttpRequest object". The upload property is but one example where this is simply not true, with respect to XMLHttpRequest Level 2. Either all properties should be exposed or there must be a way to access to the native XHR.

[mgol]

Comment author: jaubourg

-1, There are ways to access the native xhr (by overriding options.xhr in a prefilter). If we want upload in jQuery, then we'd better implement an upload method rather than try and have ajax be even more bloated.

[mgol]

Comment author: jzaefferer

+1, "overriding options.xhr in a prefilter" is not good enough - at least document how to access non-exposed properties in a sane way as part of the existing docs (see also Mike's comment)

[mgol]

Comment author: dmethvin

+1, I'd like a better/simpler way to do this as well

[mgol]

Comment author: mikesherov

+1

[mgol]

Comment author: timmywil

+1

[mgol]

Comment author: rwaldron

-1, Ajax is extendable.

[mgol]

Comment author: dmethvin

Bulk change from enhancement to feature.

[mgol]

Comment author: mikesherov

F you, Timmy

[mgol]

Comment author: meleyal

It seems you can access the xhr object in $.ajaxSettings.xhr();

[mgol]

Comment author: dmethvin

I'm switching to -1 on this as far as $.ajax is concerned, since any addition we make here would not be cross-browser in either branch. I'd prefer to deal with this in $.xhr.

[dmethvin]

I agree, this seems like more confusion to pile on top of $.ajax, let's handle this via a different interface.