jQuery change input type

Question

Trying to change input type attribute from password to text.

$(\'.form\').find(\'input:password\').attr({type:\"text\"         


        

Answer 1

You can't do this with jQuery, it explicitly forbids it because IE doesn't support it (check your console you'll see an error.

You have to remove the input and create a new one if that's what you're after, for example:

$('.form').find('input:password').each(function() {
   $("").attr({ name: this.name, value: this.value }).insertBefore(this);
}).remove();

You can give it a try here

To be clear on the restriction, jQuery will not allow changing type on a or so the behavior is cross-browser consistent (since IE doens't allow it, they decided it's disallowed everywhere). When trying you'll get this error in the console:

Error: type property can't be changed