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Re: Change type of <input>

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Tom de Neef schrieb:
> I try to change the type of an <input> element from 'text' to 'password'.
> No problem in FF an Chrome but IE8 will not allow it.
> Is that the end of the story, i.e. must I accept that I can not change from 
> 'text' to 'password'? Or is there an alternative approach?

You could create a new <input> element and set its type to 'password' -- 
IE allows this when no type has been set before. Then set all other 
attributes you need and replace the original element with the new one.

Greetings,
Thomas

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Change type of <input> "Tom de Neef" <tdeneef@qolor.nl> - 2012-05-13 11:38 +0200
  Re: Change type of <input> Thomas Mlynarczyk <thomas@mlynarczyk-webdesign.de> - 2012-05-13 12:44 +0200
  Re: Change type of <input> "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2012-05-13 13:55 +0300
    Re: Change type of <input> "Tom de Neef" <tdeneef@qolor.nl> - 2012-05-13 14:30 +0200

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