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HTML element type change on onclick and onfocus not working in IE Browsers

i am using below codes for changing the type of HTML element during onclick and onfocus.

function ChangeToPassField() {

   document.getElementById('password').type="password";
   document.getElementById('password').focus();

}

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

the event onclick and onfocus not working IE7 and IE8.it displays the error like

"Could not get the type property: This command is not supported"

How can i Solve this?

Solution

  • The type attribute cannot be changed in Internet Explorer (see the "Remarks" section). You could get around this by replacing the input element with a new one.