I wish I was able to pick a local file without having to upload it. This would make the PG&E notebook easier to use and more privacy friendly: anybody could open it and select a local file without having to upload the data to observable. Just a suggestion. As this is something I can do rather eas…

Hi @steren . Using the file client-side only is, in fact, the default behavior. The file will only be uploaded if you click Fork to save your changes.

Welcome to the forums @steren ! It is indeed possible (even easy and fun) to make something like what you describe on Observable, and I quickly hacked together a “client-side only” fork of the notebook here: [image] Electric Usage, 2019 (client-side only) An Observable notebook by Bryan Gi…

[image] steren: I wish I was able to pick a local file without having to upload it. There’s the file upload input .

[image] bgchen: It is indeed possible on Observable and I quickly hacked together a “client-side only” fork of the notebook here: Now, that is a full service response! :+1:

[image] mbostock: Using the file client-side only is, in fact, the default behavior. The file will only be uploaded if you click Fork to save your changes. Wow, that’s actually a great default! However, it was not obvious from the File Attachments notebook nor from the file attachment UI. I d…

I’ll file an issue to make the UI more self-describing. I agree it’s not as obvious as it should be! (Somewhat off-topic, but the lock icon tells you whether the file is private or public. Even when a file is uploaded to a public notebook, it remains private until you publish the notebook. A file t…

Oh that’s great. In that case, yes I think there is a UX issue, as you have seen, the current UX really led me to think I was “uploading” my file, and that it was going to “replace” the existing one. I assume that if I did not fork the notebook, my file might be deleted, but I dd not assume it was …

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There’s the file upload input.

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