TCustomEdit.PasswordChar property

Member of TCustomEditpublicIn unit StdCtrls

Allows obfuscation of the displayed text, showing all characters as PasswordChar.

Declaration

pascal

property PasswordChar: char read FPasswordChar write SetPasswordChar default #0;

Typically used in password input, to hide the input from other viewers. The value in Text is still available for the WM_GETTEXT message.

For the macOS Carbon widgetset, changing the default value for the property is not supported.