css - Replace input type=file by an image

Question

Like a lot of people, I'd like to customize the ugly input type=file, and I know that it can't be done without some hacks and/or javascript. But, the thing is that in my case the upload file buttons are just for uploading images (jpeg|jpg|png|gif), so I was wondering if I could use a "clickable" image which would act exactly as an input type file (show the dialog box, and same $_FILE on submitted page).
I found some workaround here, and this interesting one too (but does not work on Chrome =/).

What do you guys do when you want to add some style to your file buttons? If you have any point of view about it, just hit the answer button ;)

Answer 1

This works really well for me:

.image-upload>input {
  display: none;
}

<div class="image-upload">
  <label for="file-input">
    <img src="https://icon-library.net/images/upload-photo-icon/upload-photo-icon-21.jpg"/>
  </label>

  <input id="file-input" type="file" />
</div>