Making password display as *** without affecting the initial value

[RFSumerall]

I'm styling a login, and I've just about got it. I've run into a problem, and I can't find anything helpful on the issue. I has the values for the form set to "Username" and "Password" to prompt users. I already have onfocus and onblur affecting it. How can I change the input type to password when a user inputs their password? Just to clarify, I'm not necessarily asking for the code itself. I would love an article/reference website that I can learn from. Thanks,Rebecca Here is the code I have:

<div id="login">	  <form method=post action="http://host.onlineprintsolutions.com/gandyprinters/login.asp">	  <input onfocus="if(this.value == 'Username'){this.value = '';}" type="text" onblur="if(this.value == ''){this.value='Username';}" id="name" value="Username" />	  <input onfocus="if(this.value == 'Password'){this.value = '';}" type="text" onblur="if(this.value == ''){this.value='Password';}" id="name" value="Password" />	  <input class="clsSubmit" type=submit value="Go" id=submit1 name=submit1 onClick="if ((user.value=='') && (password.value=='')){alert('Please enter your user name & password');return false}">	  </form></div>

[birbal]

you can change the this.value property on event. when it focus make it "password" else "text"

[RFSumerall]

Thanks so much! That did it for me Have a good day!

[thescientist]

or you can just use HTML input type="password"http://www.w3schools..._input_type.asp edit: nm, read to fast and thought you were looking for password obfuscation

Edited July 10, 2012 by thescientist

[ShadowMage]

nm, read to fast and thought you were looking for password obfuscation

I've read it about 8 times and that's still what it sounds like OP is looking for.... :umnik2:Apparently I'm missing something though, because it seems the issue is resolved.

[justsomeguy]

She's trying to toggle the field between "text" and "password", so that when it is "text" she can display the word "Password" inside the field as a label instead of having a label outside the field. Focusing the field would change the input type from text to password and remove the text already in it.

[thescientist]

I've read it about 8 times and that's still what it sounds like OP is looking for.... :umnik2:Apparently I'm missing something though, because it seems the issue is resolved.

well, rereading the topic title suggests i was right... but the post suggests they were asking another problem altogether

Making password display as *** without affecting the initial value