Working with Forms and Input Devices - JavaScript by Example - page 378

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Figure 11.29 The password object within the JavaScript hierarchy.

Table 11.11 Properties of the password Object

Property What It Describes

accessKey Sets or retrieves the keyboard key to access a password field.

alt Sets or retrieves an alternate text to display if a browser does not

support password fields.

defaultValue The value assigned to the value attribute, and the default value the

user sees in the password field when it first appears.

form A reference to the form where the password field is defined.

id Sets or retrieves the id of the password field. Used with

getElementById() method.

name The name used to reference the password box. Used by the browser to

set name/value pairs sent to a server when the form is submitted.

maxLength Sets or retrieves the maximum number of characters in the password

field.

readOnly Sets or retrieves whether or not the password field should be read-

only.

size Sets or retrieves the size of the password field.

tabIndex Sets or retrieves the tab order for the password field.

type The type of the input device (i.e., password ).

value The value attribute that will be assigned whatever the user types in the

password field.