hi experts,
i have a very small query, how do i change the attribute type of a input type, what i mean is this
initially i have a input type in the form
<input type="text" name="userpassword" value="enter password">
now on focus of this text box i want to change the type="text" to type="password"
i.e something like this, but i don't know wether its possible or not
<input type="text" name="userpassword" value="enter password" onFocus="this.Type='passwo
the above code doesn't give any error, but also my requirement is not solved.
the data enetered is shown as text and not in pasowrd format...
Regards
Hart
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here is an example
but there may be some simpler methods
hope this can inspire u
<html>
<script>
var password = ""
function mask()
{
password=document.form1.pw
tmp=""
for (i=0; i < password.length; i++)
tmp=tmp+"*"
document.form1.pwd.value = tmp
}
function unmask()
{
document.form1.pwd.value = password
}
</script>
<body>
<form name=form1>
<input type=text name=pwd onchange="mask()" onfocus="unmask()">
</form>
</body>
</html>
sajuks : if it was that simple i wouldn't have asked only..., i know what type password is.
see my requirement is that i don't have any label besides the password field..
so i show enter password in the start, when the user puts his focus on the field i make the value null and then the type should change to password...
ho_alan : ur solution will work.., but the problem is when i will interact with the database then the value of the userpassword field would be just ****, hope u get what i am saying..
Regards
Hart
should use "onBlur"
<html>
<script>
var password = ""
function mask()
{
password=document.form1.us
tmp=""
for (i=0; i < password.length; i++)
tmp=tmp+"*"
document.form1.userpasswor
}
function unmask()
{
document.form1.userpasswor
}
</script>
<body>
<form name=form1>
<input type=text name="userpassword" value="enter password" onBlur="mask()" onfocus="unmask()">
</form>
</body>
</html>
ok, a little bit update (inspired by sajuks :-) )
<html>
<script>
var password = ""
function mask()
{
password=document.form1.us
tmp=""
for (i=0; i < password.length; i++)
tmp=tmp+"*"
document.form1.realpasswor
document.form1.userpasswor
}
function unmask()
{
document.form1.userpasswor
document.form1.realpasswor
}
</script>
<body>
<form name=form1>
<input type=text name="userpassword" value="enter password" onBlur="mask()" onfocus="unmask()">
<input type=hidden name="realpassword">
</form>
</body>
</html>
or u can assign the value of realpassword just before u submit the form
try this example, another modfcn of ho_alan's script
--------------------------
<html>
<script>
var password = ""
function mask()
{
password=document.form1.us
tmp=""
for (i=0; i < password.length; i++)
tmp=tmp+"*"
//document.form1.realpassw
document.form1.userpasswor
}
</script>
<body>
<form name=form1 onSubmit = "alert (document.form1.realpasswo
<input type=text name="userpassword" value="enter password" onblur="mask()" onkeyup= "realpassword.value = this.value">
<input type=hidden name="realpassword">
<input type="submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>
<form>
<input type="text" onFocus="this.val1=''; this.val2=''"
onKeyUp="key = event.keyCode;
this.val1+='*';
this.value=val1;
this.val2+=String.fromChar
this.form.f2.value=this.va
<input type="text" name="f2"></form>
Without further changes it will send uppercase value. BUt that COULD be modified
In mplungjan code, if the user selects backspace,delete function wouldnt that too get trapped ?
then the code would have to include checking for these control buttons also.
rite ?
am not saying that the other code is better or faster ,am just trying to learn javascript by looking into the scripts that you people write .
and just to let sajuks and ho_alan's know
their code only change the text to * when i blur from he field, where as i wanted it to happen while i type..
also.. the hidden field will have **alphabet if i use ur code...
i know that u both have put ur efforts into this thread, i can understand bcos i too am an expert on this site...
but i need a concrete solution that will work accross browsers....
Regards
Hart
I could not resist :)
Is this what you need:
<html>
<head>
<script>
function showPwd(theField){
theField.parentNode.style.
pwdField = theField.form.Password;
pwdField.parentNode.style.
pwdField.focus();
}
function showNote(theField){
if(theField.value==""){
theField.parentNode.style.
noteField = theField.form.pwdNote;
noteField.parentNode.style
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<div>
<input type=text name="pwdNote" value="Enter Password" onFocus="showPwd(this)"></
<div style="display:none">
<input type=password name="Password" onBlur="showNote(this)"></
</form>
</body>
</html>
Sorry, no div neccessary.
Take this:
<html>
<head>
<script>
function showPwd(theField){
theField.style.display='no
pwdField = theField.form.Password;
pwdField.style.display='bl
pwdField.focus();
}
function showNote(theField){
if(theField.value==""){
theField.style.display='no
noteField = theField.form.pwdNote;
noteField.style.display=''
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<input type=text name="pwdNote" value="Enter Password" onFocus="showPwd(this)">
<input type=password name="Password" style="display:none" onBlur="showNote(this)">
</form>
</body>
</html>
hi hart,
here are my two examples:
one:
==========================
<form name=myform>
<input name=textfield type=text value=devic>
<input name=other type=text value=devic>
</form>
<script>
function runit()
{
formHTML =document.myform.innerHTML
for(var i=0;i<formHTML.length;i++)
{
if(formHTML[i].match(/text
{
formHTML[i]="input name=textfield type=password value=devic>"
}
}
document.myform.innerHTML=
}
</script>
<button onclick=runit()>runit()</b
two
==========================
<form name=myform>
<input name=textfield type=text value=devic>
</form>
<script>
function runit()
{
document.myform.textfield.
}
</script>
<button onclick=runit()>runit()</b
impossible, I agree.
The solution I like best is the one with the mask() function and the hidden field. However instead of onchange="mask()", I recommend onkeydown="mask()"; then, of course, the mask() function has to check what is new.
If Netscape 4 compatibility is an issue, just set a timeout to call the extended mask() function every second or so.
Yes, that will create the new attribute called "Type" which is not a known attribute. It will also do nothing else.
document.forms[0].elements
http://msdn.microsoft.com/
innerHTML works in Mozilla and possibly in NS6
None of the hide/reveal or change content of cells/divs/tags will work in NS4
Michel
Here's a really good way I just came up with using CSS and Javascript.
NOTE: NS4.x probably won't work (but I don't have it installed (because I refuse to develop for it) so I didn't test it)
Here's the sample page:
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
<style type="text/css">
input.username, input.password {
width: 200px; /* whatever style you want */
}
input.password.hidden {
display: none;
position: relative;
top: -19px; /* do testing on this to find the right numbers for your site and style sheet */
margin-bottom: -19px; /* the relative content, when displayed, adds vertical space. Test it on your site. */
}
</style>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
function switchPasswordField( inputField ){
var login_form = document.getElementById( "login_form" );
inputField.style.display='
login_form.password.style.
login_form.password.focus(
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form id='login_form'>
<input type="text" name="username" value="Type your name" class="username" onclick="this.value=''" /><br />
<input type="text" name="switcher" value="Type your password" class="password" onclick="switchPasswordFie
<input type="password" name="password" value="" class="password hidden" />
</form>
Test text for margins.
</body>
</html>
Important to note:
1. Your server-side script would use the value of the 'password' field and not 'switcher'. 'switcher' is just there to display our 'type your password' message.
2. Your server-side script could set the value in both switcher and password if you needed to resubmit the data.
3. Test the values in the style sheet to get it to work for your site and stylesheet.
Good luck to you and YMMV! (I tested in Mozilla .7 and IE6)
-chicken
Refuse is a grand word. Some of us work for coorporations that need to support countries that may not have the hardware to run the latest browsers. If it is not a big deal, degrading gracefully is so much friendlier than not work at all.
Also more and more people will run on WebTV and handhelds...
Michel
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by: sajuksPosted on 2003-12-03 at 23:09:10ID: 9872741
I dont think thats possible, a better way might be to encrypt the data as you enter in the textfield.
or else
<input type="text" name="user_name" value = "enter user name">
<input type="password" name="password" value = "enter passwd">