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Oumayma JavaScript Developer
Oumayma JavaScript Developer

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Make your text input look like a password input

Ever wondered why password inputs look like ****** ,
turns out it's because of -webkit-text-security property.
Here's how to make a simple text input look like a password input:



input.pw {
  -webkit-text-security: disc;
}

input.pw2 {
  -webkit-text-security: circle;
}

input.pw3 {
  -webkit-text-security: square;
}
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<input type="text" class="pw" value="secret"/>
<input type="text" class="pw2" value="secret"/>
<input type="text" class="pw3" value="secret"/>
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result :
inputs result

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zoppatorsk profile image
Zoppatorsk •

should use
developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/W...

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Oumayma JavaScript Developer •

Yes, just in case you can't use type="password".

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Zoppatorsk •

Then it is still a bad idea cuz you are using a webkit specific CSS-property. Won't work on all browsers. I mean, wont even work on Firefox. Would have to use some polyfill or some creative way to achieve the same result. .

Type password also have some other benefits, think it's easier for password managers and stuff to detect that it is a password box and auto fills the password.

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Oumayma JavaScript Developer •

-webkit-text-security , -mox-text-security, text-security, for all browser support.

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Zoppatorsk •

Naah.. that won't work... even if typing -moz instead of -mox ;)

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Wld have to use some alternative solution like below where use a font for it.

@font-face {
    font-family: text-security-disc;
    src: url('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/noppa/text-security/master/dist/text-security-disc.woff');
}

input {
    font-family: text-security-disc;
    -webkit-text-security: disc;
}
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soufieneghribi •

Quick and clear!

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