Make TextBox Text Display Like PasswordBox Text

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I want to make a TextBox's Text display like a PasswordBox's Text. Is there any way by which I can do it? I think styling the TextBox may work. I tried to style it using PasswordBox's default style (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd334412.aspx) but it didn't work.

It is done with code, not xaml. Why don't you use PasswordBox? — Hans Passant, Jul 31 '11 at 17:01

Louis Kottmann · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-31T18:48:59.563

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Use an IValueConverter in wich you replace each character in the Text variable of your TextBox with a *, then put the resulting string of stars in the tag property of your TextBox. This way, your textbox is not showing the actual string edited (which is a password here if i understood you right).

In your binding, put UpdateSourceTrigger="PropertyChanged" to get it updated on every key instead of on LostFocus. Then bind the text displayed to the TextBox.Tag property.

edited Jul 31 '11 at 18:48

answered Jul 31 '11 at 17:09

Louis Kottmann

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I can't spare the time right now anymore, but to point you in the right direction i updated my post. – Louis Kottmann Jul 31 '11 at 18:47

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 22 '17 at 15:04

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You can try this by adding FontFamily of the TextBox as following:

<TextBox Text="{Binding YOUR_PROPERTY}"
         FontFamily="ms-appx:///Assets/PassDot.ttf#PassDot"
         FontSize="35"/>

In my case this worked just fine.

answered Feb 22 '17 at 15:04

Tasnim Fabiha

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link on where to download the PassDot.ttf @Tasnim Fabiha – paraJdox1 May 29 '21 at 11:22
@Hacki https://github.com/davidagraf/passwd/blob/master/public/ttf/password.ttf you can download this from here. Back then I downloaded it from some git link like this, and that worked. I'm sure this will also work. – Tasnim Fabiha Jun 03 '21 at 12:30
the "space" is not turned into a password character - • though ;( – paraJdox1 Jun 04 '21 at 05:32
Hi @Hacki , if the downloaded font is not working for you, can you check this answer here? https://stackoverflow.com/a/54677658/3939811 – Tasnim Fabiha Jun 08 '21 at 12:31

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 31 '11 at 17:03

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There is a PasswordBox in WPF since .Net 3.0 onwards.

http://www.wpftutorial.net/PasswordBox.html

Is this what you are looking for?

answered Jul 31 '11 at 17:03

WPF-it

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Is there any reasons why you dont want to use the PasswordBox? Is there something it is not allowing you to do? – WPF-it Jul 31 '11 at 17:33
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Just because I want to use bindings. – Elmo Jul 31 '11 at 17:50

Make TextBox Text Display Like PasswordBox Text

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