### Class

# Gtk PasswordEntry

#### Description [src]

    final class Gtk.PasswordEntry : Gtk.Widget
      implements Gtk.Accessible, Gtk.Buildable, Gtk.ConstraintTarget, Gtk.Editable {
      /* No available fields */
    }

A single-line text entry widget for entering passwords and other secrets.

It does not show its contents in clear text, does not allow to copy it to the clipboard, and it shows a warning when Caps Lock is engaged. If the underlying platform allows it, `GtkPasswordEntry` will also place the text in a non-pageable memory area, to avoid it being written out to disk by the operating system.

Optionally, it can offer a way to reveal the contents in clear text.

`GtkPasswordEntry` provides only minimal API and should be used with the `GtkEditable` API.

# CSS Nodes

    entry.password
    ╰── text
        ├── image.caps-lock-indicator
        ┊

`GtkPasswordEntry` has a single CSS node with name entry that carries a .passwordstyle class. The text Css node below it has a child with name image and style class .caps-lock-indicator for the Caps Lock icon, and possibly other children.

# Accessibility

`GtkPasswordEntry` uses the `GTK_ACCESSIBLE_ROLE_TEXT_BOX` role.

#### Ancestors

- GtkWidget
- GInitiallyUnowned
- GObject

#### Implements

- GtkAccessible
- GtkBuildable
- GtkConstraintTarget
- GtkEditable

#### Constructors

###### gtk_password_entry_new

Creates a `GtkPasswordEntry`.

#### Instance methods

###### gtk_password_entry_get_extra_menu

Gets the menu model set with gtk_password_entry_set_extra_menu().

###### gtk_password_entry_get_show_peek_icon

Returns whether the entry is showing an icon to reveal the contents.

###### gtk_password_entry_set_extra_menu

Sets a menu model to add when constructing the context menu for `entry`.

###### gtk_password_entry_set_show_peek_icon

Sets whether the entry should have a clickable icon to reveal the contents.

##### Methods inherited from GtkWidget (164)

Please see GtkWidget for a full list of methods.

##### Methods inherited from GObject (43)

Please see GObject for a full list of methods.

##### Methods inherited from GtkAccessible (20)

###### gtk_accessible_announce

Requests the user’s screen reader to announce the given message.

since: 4.14

###### gtk_accessible_get_accessible_parent

Retrieves the accessible parent for an accessible object.

since: 4.10

###### gtk_accessible_get_accessible_role

Retrieves the accessible role of an accessible object.

###### gtk_accessible_get_at_context

Retrieves the implementation for the given accessible object.

since: 4.10

###### gtk_accessible_get_bounds

Queries the coordinates and dimensions of this accessible.

since: 4.10

###### gtk_accessible_get_first_accessible_child

Retrieves the first accessible child of an accessible object.

since: 4.10

###### gtk_accessible_get_next_accessible_sibling

Retrieves the next accessible sibling of an accessible object.

since: 4.10

###### gtk_accessible_get_platform_state

Queries a platform state, such as focus.

since: 4.10

###### gtk_accessible_reset_property

Resets the accessible property to its default value.

###### gtk_accessible_reset_relation

Resets the accessible relation to its default value.

###### gtk_accessible_reset_state

Resets the accessible state to its default value.

###### gtk_accessible_set_accessible_parent

Sets the parent and sibling of an accessible object.

since: 4.10

###### gtk_accessible_update_next_accessible_sibling

Updates the next accessible sibling.

since: 4.10

###### gtk_accessible_update_platform_state

Informs ATs that the platform state has changed.

since: 4.18

###### gtk_accessible_update_property

Updates a list of accessible properties.

###### gtk_accessible_update_property_value

Updates an array of accessible properties.

###### gtk_accessible_update_relation

Updates a list of accessible relations.

###### gtk_accessible_update_relation_value

Updates an array of accessible relations.

###### gtk_accessible_update_state

Updates a list of accessible states.

###### gtk_accessible_update_state_value

Updates an array of accessible states.

##### Methods inherited from GtkBuildable (1)

###### gtk_buildable_get_buildable_id

Gets the ID of the `buildable` object.

##### Methods inherited from GtkEditable (24)

Please see GtkEditable for a full list of methods.

#### Properties

###### Gtk.PasswordEntry:activates-default

Whether to activate the default widget when Enter is pressed.

###### Gtk.PasswordEntry:extra-menu

A menu model whose contents will be appended to the context menu.

###### Gtk.PasswordEntry:placeholder-text

The text that will be displayed in the `GtkPasswordEntry` when it is empty and unfocused.

###### Gtk.PasswordEntry:show-peek-icon

Whether to show an icon for revealing the content.

##### Properties inherited from GtkWidget (35)

###### Gtk.Widget:can-focus

Whether the widget or any of its descendents can accept the input focus.

###### Gtk.Widget:can-target

Whether the widget can receive pointer events.

###### Gtk.Widget:css-classes

A list of css classes applied to this widget.

###### Gtk.Widget:css-name

The name of this widget in the CSS tree.

###### Gtk.Widget:cursor

The cursor used by `widget`.

###### Gtk.Widget:focus-on-click

Whether the widget should grab focus when it is clicked with the mouse.

###### Gtk.Widget:focusable

Whether this widget itself will accept the input focus.

###### Gtk.Widget:halign

How to distribute horizontal space if widget gets extra space.

###### Gtk.Widget:has-default

Whether the widget is the default widget.

###### Gtk.Widget:has-focus

Whether the widget has the input focus.

###### Gtk.Widget:has-tooltip

Enables or disables the emission of the `GtkWidget::query-tooltip` signal on `widget`.

###### Gtk.Widget:height-request

Overrides for height request of the widget.

###### Gtk.Widget:hexpand

Whether to expand horizontally.

###### Gtk.Widget:hexpand-set

Whether to use the `hexpand` property.

###### Gtk.Widget:layout-manager

The `GtkLayoutManager` instance to use to compute the preferred size of the widget, and allocate its children.

###### Gtk.Widget:limit-events

Makes this widget act like a modal dialog, with respect to event delivery.

since: 4.18

###### Gtk.Widget:margin-bottom

Margin on bottom side of widget.

###### Gtk.Widget:margin-end

Margin on end of widget, horizontally.

###### Gtk.Widget:margin-start

Margin on start of widget, horizontally.

###### Gtk.Widget:margin-top

Margin on top side of widget.

###### Gtk.Widget:name

The name of the widget.

###### Gtk.Widget:opacity

The requested opacity of the widget.

###### Gtk.Widget:overflow

How content outside the widget’s content area is treated.

###### Gtk.Widget:parent

The parent widget of this widget.

###### Gtk.Widget:receives-default

Whether the widget will receive the default action when it is focused.

###### Gtk.Widget:root

The `GtkRoot` widget of the widget tree containing this widget.

###### Gtk.Widget:scale-factor

The scale factor of the widget.

###### Gtk.Widget:sensitive

Whether the widget responds to input.

###### Gtk.Widget:tooltip-markup

Sets the text of tooltip to be the given string, which is marked up with Pango markup.

###### Gtk.Widget:tooltip-text

Sets the text of tooltip to be the given string.

###### Gtk.Widget:valign

How to distribute vertical space if widget gets extra space.

###### Gtk.Widget:vexpand

Whether to expand vertically.

###### Gtk.Widget:vexpand-set

Whether to use the `vexpand` property.

###### Gtk.Widget:visible

Whether the widget is visible.

###### Gtk.Widget:width-request

Overrides for width request of the widget.

##### Properties inherited from GtkAccessible (1)

###### GtkAccessible:accessible-role

The accessible role of the given `GtkAccessible` implementation.

##### Properties inherited from GtkEditable (8)

###### GtkEditable:cursor-position

The current position of the insertion cursor in chars.

###### GtkEditable:editable

Whether the entry contents can be edited.

###### GtkEditable:enable-undo

If undo/redo should be enabled for the editable.

###### GtkEditable:max-width-chars

The desired maximum width of the entry, in characters.

###### GtkEditable:selection-bound

The position of the opposite end of the selection from the cursor in chars.

###### GtkEditable:text

The contents of the entry.

###### GtkEditable:width-chars

Number of characters to leave space for in the entry.

###### GtkEditable:xalign

The horizontal alignment, from 0 (left) to 1 (right).

#### Signals

###### Gtk.PasswordEntry::activate

Emitted when the entry is activated.

##### Signals inherited from GtkWidget (13)

###### GtkWidget::destroy

Signals that all holders of a reference to the widget should release the reference that they hold.

###### GtkWidget::direction-changed

Emitted when the text direction of a widget changes.

###### GtkWidget::hide

Emitted when `widget` is hidden.

###### GtkWidget::keynav-failed

Emitted if keyboard navigation fails.

###### GtkWidget::map

Emitted when `widget` is going to be mapped.

###### GtkWidget::mnemonic-activate

Emitted when a widget is activated via a mnemonic.

###### GtkWidget::move-focus

Emitted when the focus is moved.

###### GtkWidget::query-tooltip

Emitted when the widget’s tooltip is about to be shown.

###### GtkWidget::realize

Emitted when `widget` is associated with a `GdkSurface`.

###### GtkWidget::show

Emitted when `widget` is shown.

###### GtkWidget::state-flags-changed

Emitted when the widget state changes.

###### GtkWidget::unmap

Emitted when `widget` is going to be unmapped.

###### GtkWidget::unrealize

Emitted when the `GdkSurface` associated with `widget` is destroyed.

##### Signals inherited from GObject (1)

###### GObject::notify

The notify signal is emitted on an object when one of its properties has its value set through g_object_set_property(), g_object_set(), et al.

##### Signals inherited from GtkEditable (3)

###### GtkEditable::changed

Emitted at the end of a single user-visible operation on the contents.

###### GtkEditable::delete-text

Emitted when text is deleted from the widget by the user.

###### GtkEditable::insert-text

Emitted when text is inserted into the widget by the user.

#### Class structure

    struct GtkPasswordEntryClass {
      /* no available fields */
    }

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