Question

This code doesn’t work what’s wrong?

$(".re").focus(function() {
    if($(this).attr("type") == "text") {
        $(this).attr("type", "password");
    }
}); 

It’s supposed to change the input text type from text, to password, but doesn’t work when I type in it after I get into focus on it; it’s still text.

Answer 1

IE won’t allow you to do this, so jQuery specifically forbids it to be cross-browser consistent. To change the type (and it work in every browser) you need to replace the element with one of the other type.