diff --git a/lib/static/javascript/auto/20_prototype.js b/lib/static/javascript/auto/20_prototype.js
diff --git a/perl_lib/EPrints/Repository.pm b/perl_lib/EPrints/Repository.pm
@@ -3449,6 +3449,9 @@ sub render_hidden_field
 sub render_input_field
 {
 	my( $self, %opts ) = @_;
+
+	$opts{type} = 'text' unless( exists $opts{type} );
+
 	return $self->xhtml->input_field(
 		delete($opts{name}),
 		delete($opts{value}),
@@ -3458,6 +3461,9 @@ sub render_input_field
 sub render_noenter_input_field
 {
 	my( $self, %opts ) = @_;
+
+	$opts{type} = 'text' unless( exists $opts{type} );
+
 	return $self->xhtml->input_field(
 		delete($opts{name}),
 		delete($opts{value}),