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#5136 closed bug (invalid)
Opened August 28, 2009 04:11PM UTC
Closed October 02, 2009 01:32AM UTC
change type of input field
| Reported by: | Sn3b | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | minor | Milestone: | 1.4 |
| Component: | core | Version: | 1.3.2 |
| Keywords: | input type password | Cc: | |
| Blocked by: | Blocking: |
Description
Hi, I tried to change the input type of a field from password to text. I saw many articles online actually remove the field and recreate it on the fly to accomplish that, which I don't understand...
Anyway, I thought a simple $("#field").attr("type", "text/password") would do, but it simply doesn't work where document.getElementById("field").type="text/password" works just fine.
Not sure if it's a bug, as I said most articles (and even my router's embedded website does the same for hiding/showing wifi key) remove the element and recreate it programmatically.
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Changed October 02, 2009 01:32AM UTC by comment:1
| resolution: | → invalid |
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| status: | new → closed |
The behavior varies from browser to browser; I know IE won't let you change the type after it's been created so the only cross-browser way is to create a new element.