Masking password

[Lebowski]

Hello.

I'm working on application which is connecting to database. I have a popup window which requires user to enter password for database connection and I would like to mask characters which are being entered. The result is that user is typing his password and window displays just ********* instead of actual password. Any ideas how to do that?

[ball]

qLineEdit->setEchoMode(QLineEdit::Password);

[Lebowski]

Nice and simple. Thanx for help.

[mcosta]

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The result is that user is typing his password and window displays just ********* instead of actual password. Any ideas how to do that?

You can use QInputDialog::getText().
The 3rd argument is echoMode of type QLineEdit::EchoMode, possible values are

• QLineEdit::Normal
• QLineEdit::NoEcho
• QLineEdit::Password

You can write

QString password = QInputDialog::getText("Hello", "Insert your password", QLineEdit::Password);

QString password = QInputDialog::getText("Hello", "Insert your password", QLineEdit::Password);

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