change html input type by JS?

Question

How to do this through the tag itself change type from text to password

<input type='text' name='pass'  /> 

Is it possible to insert JS inside the input tag itself to change type='text' to type='password'?

Answer 1

Try:

<input id="hybrid" type="text" name="password" />  <script type="text/javascript">     document.getElementById('hybrid').type = 'password'; </script>