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# TCustomAbstractGroupedEdit.EchoMode

Indicates if characters entered in the control value are hidden, displayed, or obscured.

## Declaration

Source position: groupededit.pp line 293

`public property TCustomAbstractGroupedEdit.EchoMode : TEchoMode read GetEchoMode write SetEchoMode default emNormal;`

## Description

EchoMode is a TEchoMode property which controls whether text entered using the control is displayed normally, obfuscated, or hidden. The property value is read from and written to the EchoMode property in the BaseEditor control.

The default value for the property is emNormal, and allows EditText to be displayed normally without obfuscation. Use emNone is hide the value for the control by displaying a Space (#32) for each of the characters. Use emPassword to obfuscate the control value by displaying the value in PasswordChar for each of the characters in EditText.

## See also

TCustomAbstractGroupedEdit.BaseEditor |  | Represents the control used as the editor for the value in the grouped edit control.
TCustomAbstractGroupedEdit.EditTExt |  | Contains the value entered in the control including masking characters.
TCustomAbstractGroupedEdit.PasswordChar |  | Contains the character displayed to obfuscate the text on the control when a value is entered or displayed.
TCustomEdit.EchoMode |  | Allows to modify the text display, useful for entering passwords.
TEchoMode |  | How text in the edit box is displayed.