In this tutorial, I will show you how to use a PasswordField using JavaFX 21 or later with IntelliJ 2023.3 on Windows 11 x64.
The PasswordField is a text input control that does not display the actual characters entered. It displays an echo character for each character entered.
setText() method to set the actual text in a PasswordField.
getText() method to get the actual text in a PasswordField.
// Create a PasswordField
PasswordField pfPassword = new PasswordField();
// Get the password text
String passStr = pfPassword.getText();