Form Input with Show Password

$(document).foundation();

/*
  Switch actions
*/
$('.unmask').on('click', function(){

  if($(this).prev('input').attr('type') == 'password')
    changeType($(this).prev('input'), 'text');

  else
    changeType($(this).prev('input'), 'password');

  return false;
});

function changeType(x, type) {
  if(x.prop('type') == type)
  return x; //That was easy.
  try {
    return x.prop('type', type); //Stupid IE security will not allow this
  } catch(e) {
    //Try re-creating the element (yep... this sucks)
    //jQuery has no html() method for the element, so we have to put into a div first
    var html = $("<div>").append(x.clone()).html();
    var regex = /type=(\")?([^\"\s]+)(\")?/; //matches type=text or type="text"
    //If no match, we add the type attribute to the end; otherwise, we replace
    var tmp = $(html.match(regex) == null ?
      html.replace(">", ' type="' + type + '">') :
      html.replace(regex, 'type="' + type + '"') );
    //Copy data from old element
    tmp.data('type', x.data('type') );
    var events = x.data('events');
    var cb = function(events) {
      return function() {
            //Bind all prior events
            for(i in events)
            {
              var y = events[i];
              for(j in y)
                tmp.bind(i, y[j].handler);
            }
          }
        }(events);
        x.replaceWith(tmp);
    setTimeout(cb, 10); //Wait a bit to call function
    return tmp;
  }
}