password field

Credential entry area

A password field is a text input box designed to hide what you type, displaying dots or asterisks instead of characters.

This prevents onlookers from seeing sensitive information as you enter it: The password field showed eight dots where I'd typed my password.

Most password fields include an eye icon to temporarily reveal the text.

Related

username · asterisks · dots · hidden · security · authentication · secret code · form · cursor · submit · enter · masked · credentials · forgot · reset · reveal · eye · icon

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Opposites
visibility/display mode

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Data entry area

label

security/sensitivity level

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Text box for identification

search field · email field · address field · text area

input method

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Expandable interface selection list

checkbox · radio button · slider · toggle switch · date picker

Family

password, field, pass, word, words, wording, wordy, passed, passing

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Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G