Masking text in Python's gtk Entry boxes

[aashay]

I'm using an 'Entry' box to accept a password from the user. Is there a simple way to mask the password as it is being entered without affecting the result of the get_text function?

[imdano]

You can use set_visibility and set_invisible_char to do this.

See: http://pygtk.org/docs/pygtk/class-gtkentry.html#method-gtkentry--set-visibility

[aashay]

Thanks.
I had added the set_invisible_char function but without the set_visible one, it wasn't doing anything.