Question

I have a GtkEntry, in which the user must provide the password.

I did

gtk_entry_set_visibility(GTK_ENTRY(password_entry), FALSE);

to use another symbol instead of real password in pure text, but I want the GtkEtry not to show the text while the user is typing the passord, like the su program does.

How can I do this?

Answer 1

In the docs, right below gtk_entry_set_visibility, there is gtk_entry_set_invisible_char, which has following notes:

[…] If you set the invisible char to 0, then the user will get no feedback
at all; there will be no text on the screen as they type.