Input type.. needs refreshing

[loren]

i was working on having a input field clear from saying Password, with a type of text, to changing to password in php

does anyone think they know how to fix this?

<input name="password" size="10" onblur="if(this.value=='') {this.value='Password'; <?php $input_type='text'; ?>}" onfocus="if(this.value=='Password') {this.value=''; <?php $input_type='password'; ?>}" value="Password" type="<?php echo $input_type; ?>">

[missing-score]

Unfortunately this wont work, as all the PHP code is ran before the user sees the page, and it will not run again within javascript.

I dont know much about javascript, but could you not use something like:

this.type = 'password'

?

[loren]

php

thx for your help,

unfortunatly i don't know much about java too, however, i do know that this.type='' doesn't work because an input type is only read only.. so i couldn't assign a variable to it

i was hoping this could work... but i've been beginning to draw the same conclusion

[missing-score]

You are probably best off having it set as password input type always, becauase when the user is typing in their password it will still be visible as normal text until they blur the form, meaning people watching could still read their password if they saw them typing it.

[loren]

back

well i'm back with i guess... THIS, and i get one slight problem... when it's in my table

<script>
function pass1(theField){
  theField.style.display='none';
  pwdField = theField.form.password;
  pwdField.style.display='block';
  pwdField.focus();
}
function pass2(theField){
  if(theField.value==""){
    theField.style.display='none';
    noteField = theField.form.pass;
    noteField.style.display='';
  }
}
</script>


<input type="text"name="username" size="10" onblur="if(this.value=='') {this.value='Username';}" onfocus="if(this.value=='Username'){this.value='';}" value="Username">
   <input type="text" name="pass" size="10" onFocus="pass1(this)" value="Password">
   <input type="password" name="password" size="10" onBlur="pass2(this)" style="display:none"> 

the code works all perfect and all... but anyone have any idea why it skips down a line?