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HTML
<input type="password" id="new_pass" value="" placeholder="New" />
<label class="pw_show">
<input type="checkbox" />Show Password</label>
JavaScript
var pwi = $('#new_pass');
$('.pw_show').find("input").on('change', function () {
pwi.prop("type", (this.checked) ? "text" : "password");
});