PasswordBox.PasswordChar Property
[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]
Gets or sets the masking character for the PasswordBox.
Assembly: System.Windows (in System.Windows.dll)
XMLNS for XAML: Not mapped to an xmlns.
<PasswordBox PasswordChar="char"/>
Property Value
Type: System.CharA masking character to echo when the user enters text into the PasswordBox.
The default value is a bullet character (●).
Dependency property identifier field: PasswordCharProperty
When text is entered into a PasswordBox, the masking character specified by this property is echoed in the password input field, rather than the actual password itself. This helps prevent passwords from being exposed to casual observers when they are entered.
The following code snippet demonstrates the PasswordChar property. This example is part of a larger example available in the PasswordBox class overview.
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Avoid hard-coding a password within your source code. |
<TextBlock Text="PasswordChar demonstration" Margin="20,10,0,0"/> <PasswordBox x:Name="MyPWBox2" Margin="20,10,0,0" Height="70" Width="200" Password="HelloWorld" HorizontalAlignment="Left"/> <PasswordBox x:Name="MyPWBox3" Margin="20,10,0,0" Height="70" Width="200" Password="HelloWorld" PasswordChar="$" HorizontalAlignment="Left"/>
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