Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference

Name

password — NN 2 IE 3 DOM 1

Synopsis

The password object is a form control generated with an INPUT element whose TYPE attribute is set to "password". This object is similar to the text object, except that the characters typed into the text box by the user are converted to asterisk or bullet symbols for privacy.

HTML Equivalent

<INPUT TYPE="password">

Object Model Reference

NN

[window.]document. formName .elementName

[window.]document.forms[i].elements[i]

IE

[window.]document. formName .elementName

[window.]document.forms[i].elements[i]

[window.]document.all. elementID

Properties

accessKey	form	offsetHeight	outerText	style
className	id	offsetLeft	parentElement	tabIndex
dataFld	isTextEdit	offsetParent	parentTextEdit	tagName
dataSrc	lang	offsetTop	readOnly	title
defaultValue	language	offsetWidth	size	type
disabled	maxLength	outerHTML	sourceIndex	value
document	name

Methods

blur( )	getAttribute( )	removeAttribute( )
click( )	handleEvent( )	scrollIntoView( )
contains( )	insertAdjacentHTML( )	select( )
focus( )	insertAdjacentText( )	setAttribute( )

Collections/Arrays

all[]

children[]

filters[]

Event Handler Properties

Handler	NN	IE	DOM
onblur	2	3	n/a
onchange	2	3	n/a
onclick	n/a	4	n/a
ondblclick	n/a	4	n/a
onfocus	2	3	n/a
onhelp	n/a	4	n/a
onkeydown	4	4	n/a
onkeypress	4	4	n/a
onkeyup	4	4	n/a
onmousedown ...