Question

How can I do this in XAML:

PSEUDO-CODE:

<TextBox Text="{Binding Password}" Type="Password"/>

so that the user sees stars or dots when he is typing in the password.

I’ve tried various examples which suggest PasswordChar and PasswordBox but can’t get these to work.

e.g. I can do this as shown here:

<PasswordBox Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="1"
    PasswordChar="*"/>

but I of course want to bind the Text property to my ViewModel so I can send the value the bound TextBox when the button is clicked (not working with code behind), I want to do this:

<TextBox Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="0" 
    Text="{Binding Login}" 
    Style="{StaticResource FormTextBox}"/>
<PasswordBox Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="1"
    Text="{Binding Password}" 
    PasswordChar="*"
    Style="{StaticResource FormTextBox}"/>

But PasswordBox doesn’t have a Text property.

Answer 1

To get or set the Password in a PasswordBox, use the Password property. Such as

string password = PasswordBox.Password;

This doesn’t support Databinding as far as I know, so you’d have to set the value in the codebehind, and update it accordingly.