Set Image Src to Local File

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Published on 2010-02-19T13:54:57Z Indexed on 2010/04/30 6:07 UTC
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I am writing a Firefox extension and would like the users to be able to change an image on a web page with a local image. Is it possible, using JavaScript, to change the image source with an image that is saved on the user's local machine?

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