diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Textbox/Et2Password.ts b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Textbox/Et2Password.ts
index d3b74ab336..4ce796b4f7 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Textbox/Et2Password.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Textbox/Et2Password.ts
@@ -95,6 +95,15 @@ export class Et2Password extends Et2InvokerMixin(Et2Textbox)
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @param _len
+	 * @deprecated use this.suggest instead
+	 */
+	set_suggest(_len)
+	{
+		this.suggest = _len;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Ask the server for a password suggestion
 	 */