HTML supports various input fields via the input tag. The different types of input fields are specified via the input element’s type attribute. HTML5 dramatically increases the number of ...

Type "input" tags to create Username and Password fields. Set the Password field type to "password" to ensure user-entered text is hidden and characters such as bullets or asterisks are displayed ...

In the second input tag, the type attribute is set to "password." When you include this kind of input field, browsers mask characters as users type into the text box.