jQuery: Change element type from hidden to input

Question

I've got an input which it's type is set to hidden, I need to change it's type to text. Can't seem to figure this out or if it's possible with jQuery

Answer 1

With jQuery 1.4 you can change the type of an input while it's detached.

marker = $('<span />').insertBefore('#myInput');
$('#myInput').detach().attr('type', 'text').insertAfter(marker);
marker.remove();

Answer 2

I'm not sure this is possible, so I would suggest using a hidden div to contain the input element, which can be shown as needed. The text input field can still hold data even if it's hidden.

Answer 3

IE won't allow you to change the type of a form element for security reasons so I would go with Aram's hidden div suggestion.

Answer 4

Here's how I would do this:

$("input[type='hidden']").each(function(){
  var name = $(this).attr('name'); // grab name of original
  var value = $(this).attr('value'); // grab value of original
  /* create new visible input */
  var html = '<input type="text" name="'+name+'" value="'+value+'" />';
  $(this).after(html).remove(); // add new, then remove original input
});

If you want to filter some of the elements call filter() before each(), like this:

$("input[type='hidden']").filter("[name='whatever']").each(function...

Answer 5

easy man...

$('input[type="hidden"]').each (function() { this.type = 'text'; });          

Trigger it on a event