how to make password textbox value visible when hover an icon

Question

Good day all,

I have a form that has a password field:

Naturally, the i

Answer 1

As these guys said, just change input type.
But do not forget to change type back as well.

See my simple jquery demo: http://jsfiddle.net/kPJbU/1/

HTML:

icon

jQuery:

$('.icon').hover(function () {
    $('.password').attr('type', 'text');
}, function () {
    $('.password').attr('type', 'password');
});