Bind a WPF passwordbox

Question

I want to bind a Passwordbox in the XAML code. Now I found out that it isn´t possible to bind it because you haven´t any dependency property.

For my case I don´t need any security in my Application. I just don´t want to display clear text to the user. Is there any other option to realize a kind of passwordbox with a textbox or so on?

Solution

The Password property is not a dependency property -- for security reasons. You can easily get the plain-text password, though.

XAML:

<PasswordBox
    x:Name="passwordBox"
    PasswordChanged="OnPasswordChanged" />

Code-behind event handler:

private void OnPasswordChanged(
    object sender,
    RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    Debug.WriteLine(passwordBox.Password);
}

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Updates

• Samuel Jack describes how to bind to a PasswordBox using attached properties
• A discussion on security risk

Comments

[Chris W.]

Not sure what you mean, the property is Password and you can pass a string to it.

[NoIdea123]

When i set my Binding like this: Password="{Binding MyPassword}" i got the error "A binding cannot be set on the password property of type "passwordbox". A binding can only be set on a dependency property of a dependency object." In this MyPassword is a StringProperty

[Alejandro]

Possible duplicate of How to bind to a PasswordBox in MVVM

[NoIdea123]

Already checked this topic. For me it would be enough to have a Textbox without plaintext.. So it would be pretty more easy to handle