This is not supported in IE. More info:
http://dev.jquery.com/ticket/120
The fix is to create a new input with type=password and copy any attributes
from the old one.
- Richard
On Jan 29, 2008 12:02 PM, Jamal Arbib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I want to change the input's type, from "text" to "password" using the
> focus event. I use the following jquey code
>
> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
> $(document).ready(function(){
> $("#passwd").focus( function() {
> $(this).attr("value","");
> $(this).attr("type","password");
> } );
> });
> </script>
>
> Il woks nice in FireFox but not in IE ! I tried diffent a way like :
>
> $("[EMAIL PROTECTED]'password']").focus( function() {
> $(this).attr("value","");
> $(this).attr("type","password");
> } );
>
>
> or :
>
> document.getElementsByTagName("password").setAttribute("type",
> "password");
>
> Here is my html code:
>
>
> <form method="post" id="loginID">
> <input name="password" type="text" id="passwd" value="Your
> password" />
> ......
> </form>
>
> thanks for your help.
>
> Djam
>
>
