Simple password show/hide button

by Pranab Dey

HTML

<input type="password" id="pass" value="password"/>
<button>
show
</button>

JavaScript

var pass = document.getElementById("pass"),
passVal = pass.value,
butt = document.getElementsByTagName("button")[0];
butt.addEventListener("click",function(){
if(butt.innerHTML == "show"){
butt.innerHTML = "hide";
pass.type="text";
}
else{
butt.innerHTML = "show";
pass.type="password";
}
})