strength.js

Strength.js

The ultimate jQuery password input plugin. Featuring secure strength indicator and hide/show password

Documentation

Strength.js provides a toggle feature for password input fields that allows the user to view or asterisk the password. It also features a strength indicator to show how secure a users password is.

The password secuirty indicator is marked on 4 scores. These are

• Password must contain 8 characters or more
• Password must contain 1 lowercase letter
• Password must contain 1 uppercase letter
• Password must contain 1 number

..:: Getting Started

Include the relevant files

Firstly include jQuery and the strength.css and strength.js files. Place these before </head> section

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="strength.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js.js"></script>
				

Create a password input field

You must give your password input a unique ID.

<input id="myPassword" type="password" name="" value="">

Initiate the plugin

Once you have created your password input field you will need to initiate the plugin.

At its most basic level you can initiate the plugin like:

$(document).ready(function ($) {

    $("#myPassword").strength();

});
				

If you want to initiate the plugin with options then you can do so like:

$('#myPassword').strength({
        strengthClass: 'strength',
        strengthMeterClass: 'strength_meter',
        strengthButtonClass: 'button_strength',
        strengthButtonText: 'Show password',
        strengthButtonTextToggle: 'Hide Password'
    });		

..:: Options

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Variable	Default Value	Description	Valid Options
strengthClass	strength	The CSS class that you want your input field to have
strengthMeterClass	strength_meter	The CSS class that you want your input field to have
strengthButtonClass	button_strength	The CSS class that you want the toggle button to have
strengthButtonText	Show Password	The text that you want to show for the toggle button
strengthButtonTextToggle	Hide Password	The toggled text that you want to show for the toggle button