Ewl_Password

Tutorial

The password extends a basic Ewl_Entry to provide an obscured view of the text entered.

 Ewl_Widget *password;
 password = ewl_password_new();
 ewl_widget_show(password);

Manipulation of the password widget is generally done through the Ewl_Entry API since the password widget inherits from the entry. The first point it diverges from the entry API is for retrieving the current string in the widget. This is necessary because the entry API returns the text that is hiding the actual contents entered.

 void ewl_password_text_set(Ewl_Password *e, const char *t);
 char *ewl_password_text_get(Ewl_Password *e);

The character used to hide the text of the password is also configurable at runtime, the default obscuring character is '*'.

 void ewl_password_obscure_set(Ewl_Password *e, char o);
 char ewl_password_obscure_get(Ewl_Password *e);