File Input

The File Input component provides a reusable pattern for fileinput in the interface.

Fileinput by drag and drop, single file

<!-- form.blade.php -->
<form class="c-form u-padding__y--4 js-form-validation" id="id_69f0d04222280" data-uid="69f0d04222289" data-component="form" method="POST" action="#">

    
    
    <!-- fileinput.blade.php -->
<div class="c-field c-fileinput is-empty" data-js-file="dropzone" data-js-file-max="1" data-js-file-min="0" data-js-file-is-multi="0" id="id_69f0d04221b26" data-uid="69f0d04221b41" data-component="fileinput">
        <template class="c-element" data-js-file="notice-template" data-js-upload-error-message="Following files could not be uploaded" data-js-upload-error-message-min-files="Please upload more files" data-uid="69f0d04221e32" data-component="element">
        <!-- notice.blade.php -->
<div class="c-notice c-notice--danger" id="id_69f0d04221bdf" data-uid="69f0d04221bef" data-component="notice" aria-labelledby="notice__text__id_69f0d04221bdf">
    
    
            <span class="c-notice__icon">
                <!-- icon.blade.php -->
    <span class="c-icon c-icon--error c-icon--material c-icon--material-error material-symbols material-symbols-rounded material-symbols-sharp material-symbols-outlined  c-icon--size-lg" data-material-symbol="error" role="img" data-nosnippet="" translate="no" aria-label="Icon: Undefined" aria-hidden="false" data-uid="69f0d04221d9c" data-component="icon">
                    </span>
        </span>
        
    
    
    
            <span id="notice__text__id_69f0d04221bdf" data-js-notice-message="true" class="c-notice__message">
                            
                        <!-- Message -->
        </span>
    
    
    </div>
    </template>
                <label class="c-element c-field__label c-fileinput__label" for="input_id_69f0d04221b26" id="label_id_69f0d04221b26" data-js-file="label" data-uid="69f0d04221e70" data-component="element">
        Choose files
    </label>
    
    <!-- Actual input -->
    <input type="file"
        class="c-fileinput__input"
        name="files"
        id="input_id_69f0d04221b26"
        accept="audio/*,video/*,image/*"
        
        
        data-js-file="input"
        aria-hidden="true"
        tabindex="-1"
    >

    <div class="c-fileinput__inner c-fileinput__inner--area">
        <div class="c-fileinput__area" data-js-file="area">

          <!-- typography.blade.php   original: p -->
<p class="c-typography c-field__description c-fileinput__description u-margin__top--1 u-margin__bottom--3 c-typography__variant--meta" data-uid="69f0d04221f1c" data-component="typography">
    Display as a file input area (dropzone, single file).
</p>  
  <!-- This button is used to trigger the file input -->
      <button class="c-button c-fileinput__button js-file-input-button c-button__basic c-button__basic--default c-button--md" data-js-file="button" aria-live="polite" type="button" aria-label="Select file" data-uid="69f0d04221f92" data-component="button">   
     <span class="c-button__label">                     <span class="c-button__loader"></span>
        
        
                    <span class="c-button__label-icon ">
                    <!-- icon.blade.php -->
    <span class="c-icon c-icon--file-upload c-icon--material c-icon--material-file_upload material-symbols material-symbols-rounded material-symbols-sharp material-symbols-outlined  c-icon--size-md" aria-hidden="false" data-material-symbol="file_upload" role="img" data-nosnippet="" translate="no" aria-label="Icon: Undefined" data-uid="69f0d04221fda" data-component="icon">
                    </span>
            </span>
        
                    <span class="c-button__label-text ">
                Select file
            </span>
        
    </span> </button>
  <!-- This button is used to illustrate drag and drop, it has no function -->
      <button class="c-button js-file-input-drop c-button__basic c-button__basic--default c-button--md" data-js-file="drop" aria-hidden="true" type="button" aria-label="Drop files here" data-uid="69f0d0422202a" data-component="button">   
     <span class="c-button__label">                     <span class="c-button__loader"></span>
        
        
                    <span class="c-button__label-icon ">
                    <!-- icon.blade.php -->
    <span class="c-icon c-icon--place-item c-icon--material c-icon--material-place_item material-symbols material-symbols-rounded material-symbols-sharp material-symbols-outlined  c-icon--size-md" aria-hidden="false" data-material-symbol="place_item" role="img" data-nosnippet="" translate="no" aria-label="Icon: Undefined" data-uid="69f0d04222068" data-component="icon">
                    </span>
            </span>
        
                    <span class="c-button__label-text ">
                Drop files here
            </span>
        
    </span> </button>
  <div class="c-fileinput__file-list" data-js-file="list">
            <template data-js-file="listitem-template">
    <div class="c-fileinput__item" data-js-file="listitem" data-js-file-id="">
        <div class="c-fileinput__item-container">
            <div class="c-fileinput__item-icon-wrapper">
                    <!-- icon.blade.php -->
    <span class="c-icon c-fileinput__item-icon c-icon--attach-file c-icon--material c-icon--material-attach_file material-symbols material-symbols-rounded material-symbols-sharp material-symbols-outlined  c-icon--size-sm" aria-hidden="false" data-js-file="icon" data-material-symbol="attach_file" role="img" data-nosnippet="" translate="no" aria-label="Icon: Undefined" data-uid="69f0d042220f2" data-component="icon">
                    </span>
            </div>

            <div class="c-fileinput__item-text">
                <span class="c-fileinput__item-name" data-js-file="filename"></span>
                <span class="c-fileinput__item-size" data-js-file="filesize"></span>
            </div>

            <div class="c-fileinput__item-remove" data-tooltip="Remove file">
                    <button class="c-button c-fileinput__item-remove-button c-button__basic c-button__basic--default c-button--sm c-button--icon-only" aria-label="Remove file" data-js-file="remove" type="button" data-uid="69f0d0422213c" data-component="button">   
     <span class="c-button__label">                     <span class="c-button__loader"></span>
        
        
                    <span class="c-button__label-icon ">
                    <!-- icon.blade.php -->
    <span class="c-icon c-icon--delete c-icon--material c-icon--material-delete material-symbols material-symbols-rounded material-symbols-sharp material-symbols-outlined  c-icon--size-sm" aria-hidden="false" data-material-symbol="delete" role="img" data-nosnippet="" translate="no" aria-label="Icon: Undefined" data-uid="69f0d0422217a" data-component="icon">
                    </span>
            </span>
        
        
    </span> </button>            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</template>      </div>
  
   <div class="c-fileinput__accepted-files-wrapper" data-js-file="counter-wrapper">
            <div class="c-element" data-uid="69f0d042221fa" data-component="element">
        <div class="c-element c-fileinput__accepted-files" data-uid="69f0d042221bf" data-component="element">
        Allowed files: : Audios Videos Images
    </div>
    </div>
        
            <div class="c-element c-fileinput__filecounter" data-js-file="counter" data-counter-current="0" data-counter-max="1" aria-hidden="true" aria-live="polite" data-uid="69f0d04222224" data-component="element">
        /
    </div>
        
   </div>
</div>    </div>
</div>
</form>

@form(['classList' => ['u-padding__y--4']])
    @fileinput([
        'multiple' => false,
        'label' => 'Choose files',
        'description' => 'Display as a file input area (dropzone, single file).',
    ])
    @endfileinput
@endform

Fileinput by drag and drop, multiple files

<!-- form.blade.php -->
<form class="c-form u-padding__y--4 js-form-validation" id="id_69f0d042229f6" data-uid="69f0d042229fd" data-component="form" method="POST" action="#">

    
    
    <!-- fileinput.blade.php -->
<div class="c-field c-fileinput is-empty" data-js-file="dropzone" data-js-file-max="10" data-js-file-min="0" data-js-file-is-multi="1" id="id_69f0d0422263c" data-uid="69f0d0422264f" data-component="fileinput">
        <template class="c-element" data-js-file="notice-template" data-js-upload-error-message="Following files could not be uploaded" data-js-upload-error-message-min-files="Please upload more files" data-uid="69f0d04222713" data-component="element">
        <!-- notice.blade.php -->
<div class="c-notice c-notice--danger" id="id_69f0d0422268d" data-uid="69f0d04222698" data-component="notice" aria-labelledby="notice__text__id_69f0d0422268d">
    
    
            <span class="c-notice__icon">
                <!-- icon.blade.php -->
    <span class="c-icon c-icon--error c-icon--material c-icon--material-error material-symbols material-symbols-rounded material-symbols-sharp material-symbols-outlined  c-icon--size-lg" data-material-symbol="error" role="img" data-nosnippet="" translate="no" aria-label="Icon: Undefined" aria-hidden="false" data-uid="69f0d042226d2" data-component="icon">
                    </span>
        </span>
        
    
    
    
            <span id="notice__text__id_69f0d0422268d" data-js-notice-message="true" class="c-notice__message">
                            
                        <!-- Message -->
        </span>
    
    
    </div>
    </template>
                <label class="c-element c-field__label c-fileinput__label" for="input_id_69f0d0422263c" id="label_id_69f0d0422263c" data-js-file="label" data-uid="69f0d04222744" data-component="element">
        Choose files
    </label>
    
    <!-- Actual input -->
    <input type="file"
        class="c-fileinput__input"
        name="files[]"
        id="input_id_69f0d0422263c"
        accept="audio/*,video/*,image/*"
        multiple
        
        data-js-file="input"
        aria-hidden="true"
        tabindex="-1"
    >

    <div class="c-fileinput__inner c-fileinput__inner--area">
        <div class="c-fileinput__area" data-js-file="area">

          <!-- typography.blade.php   original: p -->
<p class="c-typography c-field__description c-fileinput__description u-margin__top--1 u-margin__bottom--3 c-typography__variant--meta" data-uid="69f0d0422278d" data-component="typography">
    Display as a file input area (dropzone, multi file).
</p>  
  <!-- This button is used to trigger the file input -->
      <button class="c-button c-fileinput__button js-file-input-button c-button__basic c-button__basic--default c-button--md" data-js-file="button" aria-live="polite" type="button" aria-label="Select file" data-uid="69f0d042227c8" data-component="button">   
     <span class="c-button__label">                     <span class="c-button__loader"></span>
        
        
                    <span class="c-button__label-icon ">
                    <!-- icon.blade.php -->
    <span class="c-icon c-icon--file-upload c-icon--material c-icon--material-file_upload material-symbols material-symbols-rounded material-symbols-sharp material-symbols-outlined  c-icon--size-md" aria-hidden="false" data-material-symbol="file_upload" role="img" data-nosnippet="" translate="no" aria-label="Icon: Undefined" data-uid="69f0d04222800" data-component="icon">
                    </span>
            </span>
        
                    <span class="c-button__label-text ">
                Select file
            </span>
        
    </span> </button>
  <!-- This button is used to illustrate drag and drop, it has no function -->
      <button class="c-button js-file-input-drop c-button__basic c-button__basic--default c-button--md" data-js-file="drop" aria-hidden="true" type="button" aria-label="Drop files here" data-uid="69f0d0422283f" data-component="button">   
     <span class="c-button__label">                     <span class="c-button__loader"></span>
        
        
                    <span class="c-button__label-icon ">
                    <!-- icon.blade.php -->
    <span class="c-icon c-icon--place-item c-icon--material c-icon--material-place_item material-symbols material-symbols-rounded material-symbols-sharp material-symbols-outlined  c-icon--size-md" aria-hidden="false" data-material-symbol="place_item" role="img" data-nosnippet="" translate="no" aria-label="Icon: Undefined" data-uid="69f0d04222873" data-component="icon">
                    </span>
            </span>
        
                    <span class="c-button__label-text ">
                Drop files here
            </span>
        
    </span> </button>
  <div class="c-fileinput__file-list" data-js-file="list">
            <template data-js-file="listitem-template">
    <div class="c-fileinput__item" data-js-file="listitem" data-js-file-id="">
        <div class="c-fileinput__item-container">
            <div class="c-fileinput__item-icon-wrapper">
                    <!-- icon.blade.php -->
    <span class="c-icon c-fileinput__item-icon c-icon--attach-file c-icon--material c-icon--material-attach_file material-symbols material-symbols-rounded material-symbols-sharp material-symbols-outlined  c-icon--size-sm" aria-hidden="false" data-js-file="icon" data-material-symbol="attach_file" role="img" data-nosnippet="" translate="no" aria-label="Icon: Undefined" data-uid="69f0d042228ce" data-component="icon">
                    </span>
            </div>

            <div class="c-fileinput__item-text">
                <span class="c-fileinput__item-name" data-js-file="filename"></span>
                <span class="c-fileinput__item-size" data-js-file="filesize"></span>
            </div>

            <div class="c-fileinput__item-remove" data-tooltip="Remove file">
                    <button class="c-button c-fileinput__item-remove-button c-button__basic c-button__basic--default c-button--sm c-button--icon-only" aria-label="Remove file" data-js-file="remove" type="button" data-uid="69f0d0422290a" data-component="button">   
     <span class="c-button__label">                     <span class="c-button__loader"></span>
        
        
                    <span class="c-button__label-icon ">
                    <!-- icon.blade.php -->
    <span class="c-icon c-icon--delete c-icon--material c-icon--material-delete material-symbols material-symbols-rounded material-symbols-sharp material-symbols-outlined  c-icon--size-sm" aria-hidden="false" data-material-symbol="delete" role="img" data-nosnippet="" translate="no" aria-label="Icon: Undefined" data-uid="69f0d0422293e" data-component="icon">
                    </span>
            </span>
        
        
    </span> </button>            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</template>      </div>
  
   <div class="c-fileinput__accepted-files-wrapper" data-js-file="counter-wrapper">
            <div class="c-element" data-uid="69f0d0422299f" data-component="element">
        <div class="c-element c-fileinput__accepted-files" data-uid="69f0d04222977" data-component="element">
        Allowed files: : Audios Videos Images
    </div>
    </div>
        
            <div class="c-element c-fileinput__filecounter" data-js-file="counter" data-counter-current="0" data-counter-max="10" aria-hidden="true" aria-live="polite" data-uid="69f0d042229c7" data-component="element">
        /
    </div>
        
   </div>
</div>    </div>
</div>
</form>

@form(['classList' => ['u-padding__y--4']])
    @fileinput([
        'multiple' => true,
        'label' => 'Choose files',
        'description' => 'Display as a file input area (dropzone, multi file).',
    ])
    @endfileinput
@endform

Fileinput with minimum number of files

Choose files

Display as a file input area (dropzone, multi file).

Allowed files: : Audios Videos Images

<!-- form.blade.php -->
<form class="c-form u-padding__y--4 js-form-validation" id="id_69f0d042231e9" data-uid="69f0d042231f1" data-component="form" method="POST" action="#">

    
    
    <!-- fileinput.blade.php -->
<div class="c-field c-fileinput c-fileinput--preview is-empty" data-js-file-preview="1" data-js-file="dropzone" data-js-file-max="10" data-js-file-min="2" data-js-file-is-multi="1" id="id_69f0d04222d9f" data-uid="69f0d04222db4" data-component="fileinput">
        <template class="c-element" data-js-file="notice-template" data-js-upload-error-message="Following files could not be uploaded" data-js-upload-error-message-min-files="Please upload more files" data-uid="69f0d04222e7a" data-component="element">
        <!-- notice.blade.php -->
<div class="c-notice c-notice--danger" id="id_69f0d04222df6" data-uid="69f0d04222e01" data-component="notice" aria-labelledby="notice__text__id_69f0d04222df6">
    
    
            <span class="c-notice__icon">
                <!-- icon.blade.php -->
    <span class="c-icon c-icon--error c-icon--material c-icon--material-error material-symbols material-symbols-rounded material-symbols-sharp material-symbols-outlined  c-icon--size-lg" data-material-symbol="error" role="img" data-nosnippet="" translate="no" aria-label="Icon: Undefined" aria-hidden="false" data-uid="69f0d04222e3a" data-component="icon">
                    </span>
        </span>
        
    
    
    
            <span id="notice__text__id_69f0d04222df6" data-js-notice-message="true" class="c-notice__message">
                            
                        <!-- Message -->
        </span>
    
    
    </div>
    </template>
                <label class="c-element c-field__label c-fileinput__label" for="input_id_69f0d04222d9f" id="label_id_69f0d04222d9f" data-js-file="label" data-uid="69f0d04222eac" data-component="element">
        Choose files
    </label>
    
    <!-- Actual input -->
    <input type="file"
        class="c-fileinput__input"
        name="files[]"
        id="input_id_69f0d04222d9f"
        accept="audio/*,video/*,image/*"
        multiple
        
        data-js-file="input"
        aria-hidden="true"
        tabindex="-1"
    >

    <div class="c-fileinput__inner c-fileinput__inner--area">
        <div class="c-fileinput__area" data-js-file="area">

          <!-- typography.blade.php   original: p -->
<p class="c-typography c-field__description c-fileinput__description u-margin__top--1 u-margin__bottom--3 c-typography__variant--meta" data-uid="69f0d04222ef7" data-component="typography">
    Display as a file input area (dropzone, multi file).
</p>  
  <!-- This button is used to trigger the file input -->
      <button class="c-button c-fileinput__button js-file-input-button c-button__basic c-button__basic--default c-button--md" data-js-file="button" aria-live="polite" type="button" aria-label="Select file" data-uid="69f0d04222f31" data-component="button">   
     <span class="c-button__label">                     <span class="c-button__loader"></span>
        
        
                    <span class="c-button__label-icon ">
                    <!-- icon.blade.php -->
    <span class="c-icon c-icon--file-upload c-icon--material c-icon--material-file_upload material-symbols material-symbols-rounded material-symbols-sharp material-symbols-outlined  c-icon--size-md" aria-hidden="false" data-material-symbol="file_upload" role="img" data-nosnippet="" translate="no" aria-label="Icon: Undefined" data-uid="69f0d04222f69" data-component="icon">
                    </span>
            </span>
        
                    <span class="c-button__label-text ">
                Select file
            </span>
        
    </span> </button>
  <!-- This button is used to illustrate drag and drop, it has no function -->
      <button class="c-button js-file-input-drop c-button__basic c-button__basic--default c-button--md" data-js-file="drop" aria-hidden="true" type="button" aria-label="Drop files here" data-uid="69f0d04222fa9" data-component="button">   
     <span class="c-button__label">                     <span class="c-button__loader"></span>
        
        
                    <span class="c-button__label-icon ">
                    <!-- icon.blade.php -->
    <span class="c-icon c-icon--place-item c-icon--material c-icon--material-place_item material-symbols material-symbols-rounded material-symbols-sharp material-symbols-outlined  c-icon--size-md" aria-hidden="false" data-material-symbol="place_item" role="img" data-nosnippet="" translate="no" aria-label="Icon: Undefined" data-uid="69f0d04222fde" data-component="icon">
                    </span>
            </span>
        
                    <span class="c-button__label-text ">
                Drop files here
            </span>
        
    </span> </button>
  <div class="c-fileinput__file-list" data-js-file="list">
            <template data-js-file="listitem-template">
    <div class="c-fileinput__item" data-js-file="listitem" data-js-file-id="">
    <div class="c-fileinput__item-preview" data-js-file="preview">
                <!-- icon.blade.php -->
    <span class="c-icon c-fileinput__attachment-icon c-icon--attach-file c-icon--material c-icon--material-attach_file material-symbols material-symbols-rounded material-symbols-sharp material-symbols-outlined  c-icon--size-xl" aria-hidden="false" data-js-file="icon" data-material-symbol="attach_file" role="img" data-nosnippet="" translate="no" aria-label="Icon: Undefined" data-uid="69f0d04223050" data-component="icon">
                    </span>
    </div>
        <div class="c-fileinput__info-container">
            <span class="c-fileinput__item-name" data-js-file="filename"></span>
            <span class="c-fileinput__item-size" data-js-file="filesize"></span>
        </div>

        <div class="c-fileinput__item-remove" data-tooltip="Remove file">
                <button class="c-button c-fileinput__item-remove-button c-button__filled c-button__filled--primary c-button--xs" aria-label="Remove file" data-js-file="remove" type="button" data-uid="69f0d042230f5" data-component="button">   
     <span class="c-button__label">                     <span class="c-button__loader"></span>
        
                    <!-- icon.blade.php -->
    <span class="c-icon c-fileinput__item-icon c-icon--delete c-icon--material c-icon--material-delete material-symbols material-symbols-rounded material-symbols-sharp material-symbols-outlined  c-icon--size-sm" aria-hidden="false" data-js-file="icon" data-material-symbol="delete" role="img" data-nosnippet="" translate="no" aria-label="Icon: Undefined" data-uid="69f0d042230aa" data-component="icon">
                    </span>
        
        
        
    </span> </button>        </div>
    </div>
</template>      </div>
  
   <div class="c-fileinput__accepted-files-wrapper" data-js-file="counter-wrapper">
            <div class="c-element" data-uid="69f0d04223159" data-component="element">
        <div class="c-element c-fileinput__accepted-files" data-uid="69f0d0422312f" data-component="element">
        Allowed files: : Audios Videos Images
    </div>
    </div>
        
            <div class="c-element c-fileinput__filecounter" data-js-file="counter" data-counter-current="0" data-counter-max="10" aria-hidden="true" aria-live="polite" data-uid="69f0d04223181" data-component="element">
        /
    </div>
        
   </div>
</div>    </div>
</div>
    <br>
        <button class="c-button c-button__filled c-button__filled--default c-button--md" type="submit" aria-label="Submit" data-uid="69f0d042231bb" data-component="button">   
     <span class="c-button__label">                     <span class="c-button__loader"></span>
        
        
        
                    <span class="c-button__label-text ">
                Submit
            </span>
        
    </span> </button>
</form>

@form(['classList' => ['u-padding__y--4']])
    @fileinput([
        'multiple' => true,
        'filesMin' => 2,
        'label' => 'Choose files',
        'preview' => true,
        'description' => 'Display as a file input area (dropzone, multi file).',
    ])
    @endfileinput
    <br>
    @button([
        'type' => 'submit',
        'text' => 'Submit',
    ])
    @endbutton
@endform

API

Parameter	Default	Description
description		Additional description or instructions.
name	files	files
accept	audio/,video/,image/*	What file types to accept. Use MIME types. Example: audio/,video/,image/*
multiple	false	Allow single or multiple files
preview	false	-
maxSize		Maximum file size allowed in MB. Number (int) in bytes or string (small, medium, large). Default is null (no limit).
uploadErrorMessage		Message to show when upload fails
uploadErrorMessageMinFiles		Message to show when minimum number of files is not met
icon	file_upload	@link:component/icon
required	false	If field is required
filesMax	1	Maximum number of files (int). Foced to 1 if multiple is false. Default 10 for multiple.
filesMin	0	Minimum number of files (int). Default is 0.
label		Label to show on the field
buttonLabel	Select file	What text to show on the button
buttonRemoveLabel	Remove file	What text to show on the remove button
buttonDropLabel	Drop files here	A label for the drop area
allowedFileTypesLabel	Allowed files:	Label for allowed file types
fileTypeVideosLabel	Videos	Label for video file types
fileTypeImagesLabel	Images	Label for image file types
fileTypeAudioLabel	Audios	Label for audio file types
maximumSizeLabel	Maximum size	Maximum size

CSS API

Variable	Default	Type	Values	Description
--c-fileinput--border-radius	var(--border-radius)	range	-	Border Radius
--c-fileinput--border-width	var(--border-width)	range	-	Size
--c-fileinput--space	var(--space)	range	-	Base spacing unit. Used for padding and margin inside components.
--c-fileinput--color--surface	var(--color--surface)	color	-	Surface
--c-fileinput--color--danger	var(--color--danger)	color	-	Danger
--c-fileinput--color--success	var(--color--success)	color	-	Success
--c-fileinput--font-size-90	var(--font-size-90)	range	-	One step below base in the type scale.
--c-fileinput--font-size-80	var(--font-size-80)	range	-	Two steps below base in the type scale.
--c-fileinput--color--surface-border	var(--color--surface-border)	color	-	Manual companion token for borders on surface elements.
--c-fileinput--shadow-color	var(--shadow-color)	rgba	-	Shadow Color
--c-fileinput--shadow-amount	var(--shadow-amount)	range	-	Multiplier for elevation shadows. 0 = none, 1 = default.
--c-fileinput--corner-shape	var(--corner-shape)	select	square, round, squircle, circular, bevel, scoop	Corner Shape
--c-fileinput--color--surface-alt	var(--color--surface-alt)	color	-	Manual companion token for subtle surface backgrounds.
--c-fileinput--color--surface-contrast-muted	var(--color--surface-contrast-muted)	color	-	Derived muted contrast for text and icons on surface backgrounds.
--c-fileinput--color--danger-border	var(--color--danger-border)	color	-	Manual companion token for danger border and emphasis states.
--c-fileinput--color--danger-contrast	var(--color--danger-contrast)	color	-	Danger Contrast

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