Is it possible to the change a formfield type with javascript? 1

[owenbrown]

//when the click off email1 it will change it from a text field to a password field
<script>
function change2pass(form){
form.email.type='password';
}
</script>

<input type=text name=email1 size=9 onblur=change2pass(this.form)>
<input type=text name=email2 size=9>

However it gives me the error, could not get the type property?
Is this possible?

 

[jemminger]

interesting...Mozilla Firebird lets you do it, but IE doesn't. we'll use that to our advantage and create an alternate method for IE:

<script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;>
function change2pass(oText){
	try {
	  oText.type = &quot;password&quot;;
	}
	catch(E) {			
		var oPwd = document.createElement(&quot;input&quot;);
		oPwd.type = &quot;password&quot;;
		oPwd.value = oText.value;
		oPwd.size = oText.size;
		oPwd.name = oText.name;

		oText.form.insertBefore(oPwd, oText);
		oText.removeNode(true);
	}
}
</script>

<input type=&quot;text&quot; name=&quot;email1&quot; size=&quot;9&quot; onblur=&quot;change2pass(this);&quot; />
<input type=&quot;text&quot; name=&quot;email2&quot; size=&quot;9&quot; />

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-jeff

http://www.jeffemminger.com

try { succeed(); } catch(E) { tryAgain(); }

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

To quote Microsoft:

&quot;As of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5, the type property is read/write-once, but only when an input element is created with the createElement method and before it is added to the document.&quot;

Dan