Question

As input type change using setAttribute is not supported in IE browsers because of security concerns I am following the below way

 div.innerHTML = ele.outerHTML.replace('type=text' , 'type=password');

But this is not working if type="text" or type='text' because it was not replaced.. Is there any regex to match the same in generic way and replace it?

Answer 1

Extending from comment:

String.replace method supports Regex, so you can try:

div.innerHTML = ele.outerHTML.replace(/type\=['"]{0,1}text['"]{0,1}/i,"type='password'");