Change the name of a password field:
document.getElementById("myPsw").name = "newPasswordName";
Click the buttons to display and change the value of the name attribute of the password field.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <form> Password: <input type="password" id="myPsw" name="pw"> </form>/*from w w w .jav a 2 s.co m*/ <p id="demo"></p> <button onclick="display()">Display name</button> <button onclick="change()">Change name</button> <script> function display() { var x = document.getElementById("myPsw").name; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "The name of the password field is: " + x; } function change() { var x = document.getElementById("myPsw").name = "newPasswordName"; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "The name was changed to: " + x; } </script> </body> </html>