How to create a password entry field using tkinter

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by daisha , in category: Third Party Scripts , 11 days ago

How to create a password entry field using tkinter

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by dana , 10 days ago

@daisha 

To create a password entry field using tkinter in Python, you can use the tkinter.Entry widget and set the show attribute to a character that will be displayed in place of the actual input. Typically, this character is a bullet point to hide the password from being displayed on the screen.


Here is an example code snippet to create a password entry field using tkinter:

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import tkinter as tk

root = tk.Tk()

# Create a Label
label = tk.Label(root, text="Enter your password:")
label.pack()

# Create a Password Entry Field
password_entry = tk.Entry(root, show="*")
password_entry.pack()

# Create a Button to submit the password
def submit_password():
    password = password_entry.get()
    print("Password entered:", password)

submit_button = tk.Button(root, text="Submit", command=submit_password)
submit_button.pack()

root.mainloop()


In this code, we first create a Label widget to prompt the user to enter their password. Then, we create an Entry widget and set the show attribute to "*" so that any characters typed into the field will be displayed as bullets. Next, we create a Button widget that calls a function to retrieve the password entered in the entry field when clicked.


When you run this code, a window will open with a password entry field that displays bullets instead of the actual characters entered by the user.