Cursor focus not coming in the password field.

I am using the below code for swap an input text field to a password area on focus.

<input type="text" name="password" id="password" onblur="ChangeToTextField(); if (this.value == '') {this.value = 'password';}" onfocus="ChangeToPassField(); if (this.value == 'password') { this.value = '';}else { this.value; }" value="password" style="width:230px; height:25px; margin-left:5px; background:none; border:0px;" />


<script type="text/javascript">
    function ChangeToPassField() {
    document.getElementById('password').type="password";
    var input = document.getElementById('password');
    input.focus();
  }
  function ChangeToTextField() {
   if(document.getElementById('password').value=="" || document.getElementById('password').value == "password" )
       {
   //alert("hai");
   document.getElementById('password').type="text";
    document.getElementById('password').value="password";
       }
  }
</script>

If i click in password field the cursor is not blinking in the password field. How can i display cursor pointer in the password field?...

Solution

What about using the HTML 5 placeholder attribute? (keep in mind it won't work everywhere)

<!DOCTYPE html>
<!-- ... -->
<form>
    <input placeholder="Password" type="password" name="password" id="password" />
    <input type="submit" />
</form>

jsfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/ndduP/

Otherwise, here is an attempt at what you are trying to do (keep in mind some people could potentially have javascript turned off making this problematic from a security/privacy standpoint)

<form>
    <input type="text" name="password" id="password_field" value="Password" onfocus="make_pass();" onblur="make_text();" />
    <input type="submit" />
</form>

<script>
function make_text() {
    var field = document.getElementById('password_field');
    if (field.value.replace(/ /g,'') === "") {
        field.type  = "text";
        field.value = "Password";
    }
}

function make_pass() {
    var field = document.getElementById('password_field');
    if (field.type === "text") {
        field.value = "";
        field.type  = "password";
    }
}
</script>

jsfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/utEVx/