danawoodman · February 28, 2026 09:53 · Jan 11, 2024 · Jan 11, 2024 · Jan 11, 2024 · Jan 11, 2024
diff --git a/How to allow the file picker AND camera capture on Android.md b/How to allow the file picker AND camera capture on Android.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ camera, you'll need this basically undocumented `capture` attribute added to you
 On iOS, the operating system will always show an image picker and the camera 
 with a `type="file"` input even if it doesn't have the `;capture=camera` directive.
 
-This attribute only does anything on mobile operating systems, this won't change the behavior of your inputs for desktop clients.
+Also note, this attribute only does anything on mobile operating systems, this won't change the behavior of your inputs for desktop clients.
 
 ### The `capture` property
 

diff --git a/How to allow the file picker AND camera capture on Android.md b/How to allow the file picker AND camera capture on Android.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 On Android devices, if you want to create a file input that prompts the 
 user to either choose an image from their photo album or take a picture with their 
-camera, you'll need this poorly documented `capture` attribute (I literally can't find docs for it anywhere) added to your input:
+camera, you'll need this basically undocumented `capture` attribute added to your input's `accept` property:
 
 ```html
 <input type="file" accept="image/*;capture=camera" />

diff --git a/How to allow the file picker AND camera capture on Android.md b/How to allow the file picker AND camera capture on Android.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 On Android devices, if you want to create a file input that prompts the 
 user to either choose an image from their photo album or take a picture with their 
-camera, you'll need this poorly documented `capture` attribute added to your input:
+camera, you'll need this poorly documented `capture` attribute (I literally can't find docs for it anywhere) added to your input:
 
 ```html
 <input type="file" accept="image/*;capture=camera" />

diff --git a/How to allow the file picker AND camera capture on Android.md b/How to allow the file picker AND camera capture on Android.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 On Android devices, if you want to create a file input that prompts the 
 user to either choose an image from their photo album or take a picture with their 
-camera, you'll need this poorly documented `capture` attributeadded to your input:
+camera, you'll need this poorly documented `capture` attribute added to your input:
 
 ```html
 <input type="file" accept="image/*;capture=camera" />

diff --git a/How to allow the file picker AND camera capture on Android.md b/How to allow the file picker AND camera capture on Android.md
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 
 On Android devices, if you want to create a file input that prompts the 
 user to either choose an image from their photo album or take a picture with their 
-camera, you'll need this 
-[poorly documented `capture` attribute](https://www.w3.org/TR/html-media-capture/#the-capture-attribute) 
-added to your input:
+camera, you'll need this poorly documented `capture` attributeadded to your input:
 
 ```html
 <input type="file" accept="image/*;capture=camera" />

diff --git a/How to allow the file picker AND camera capture on Android.md b/How to allow the file picker AND camera capture on Android.md
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ added to your input:
 <input type="file" accept="image/*;capture=camera" />
 ```
 
-Note that on iOS, the operating system will always show an image picker and the camera 
+On iOS, the operating system will always show an image picker and the camera 
 with a `type="file"` input even if it doesn't have the `;capture=camera` directive.
 
+This attribute only does anything on mobile operating systems, this won't change the behavior of your inputs for desktop clients.
+
 ### The `capture` property
 
 A final note: if you add a [`capture` property](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Attributes/capture)

diff --git a/How to allow the file picker AND camera capture on Android.md b/How to allow the file picker AND camera capture on Android.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+## Allow photo album AND the camera
+
+On Android devices, if you want to create a file input that prompts the 
+user to either choose an image from their photo album or take a picture with their 
+camera, you'll need this 
+[poorly documented `capture` attribute](https://www.w3.org/TR/html-media-capture/#the-capture-attribute) 
+added to your input:
+
+```html
+<input type="file" accept="image/*;capture=camera" />
+```
+
+Note that on iOS, the operating system will always show an image picker and the camera 
+with a `type="file"` input even if it doesn't have the `;capture=camera` directive.
+
+### The `capture` property
+
+A final note: if you add a [`capture` property](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Attributes/capture)
+to a file input, like this:
+
+```html
+<input type="file" accept="image/*" capture="environment" />
+```
+
+...this tells the browser to _prefer_ camera capture over an image picker. 
+The values can be `"environment"` or `"user"`.
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