---
title: NSSecureTextField
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Class
path: appkit/nssecuretextfield
---

# NSSecureTextField

A text field that hides the typed text.

## Declaration

```swift
class NSSecureTextField
```

## Overview

Overview A secure text field is suitable for use as a password-entry object or for any item in which the text value must be kept secret. NSSecureTextField uses NSSecureTextFieldCell to implement its user interface.

## Relationships

### Inherits From

- [NSTextField](appkit/nstextfield.md)

### Conforms To

- [CVarArg](swift/cvararg.md)
- [CustomDebugStringConvertible](swift/customdebugstringconvertible.md)
- [CustomStringConvertible](swift/customstringconvertible.md)
- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [Hashable](swift/hashable.md)
- [NSAccessibilityElementProtocol](appkit/nsaccessibilityelementprotocol.md)
- [NSAccessibilityNavigableStaticText](appkit/nsaccessibilitynavigablestatictext.md)
- [NSAccessibilityProtocol](appkit/nsaccessibilityprotocol.md)
- [NSAccessibilityStaticText](appkit/nsaccessibilitystatictext.md)
- [NSAnimatablePropertyContainer](appkit/nsanimatablepropertycontainer.md)
- [NSAppearanceCustomization](appkit/nsappearancecustomization.md)
- [NSCoding](foundation/nscoding.md)
- [NSDraggingDestination](appkit/nsdraggingdestination.md)
- [NSObjectProtocol](objectivec/nsobjectprotocol.md)
- [NSStandardKeyBindingResponding](appkit/nsstandardkeybindingresponding.md)
- [NSTextContent](appkit/nstextcontent.md)
- [NSTouchBarProvider](appkit/nstouchbarprovider.md)
- [NSUserActivityRestoring](appkit/nsuseractivityrestoring.md)
- [NSUserInterfaceItemIdentification](appkit/nsuserinterfaceitemidentification.md)
- [NSUserInterfaceValidations](appkit/nsuserinterfacevalidations.md)
- [Sendable](swift/sendable.md)
- [SendableMetatype](swift/sendablemetatype.md)

## See Also

### Views

- [NSTextField](appkit/nstextfield.md)