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Password Text Box
1 Introduction
The Password text box is a widget that provides a password for authentication:
![Password Text Box](/attachments/refguide8/modeling/pages/authentication-widgets/password-text-box/password-text-box.png)
The Password text box should be placed on a page together with with a Login ID text box and a Sign-in button.
2 Properties
An example of password text box properties is represented in the image below:
![](/attachments/refguide8/modeling/pages/authentication-widgets/password-text-box/password-text-box-properties.png)
Password text box properties consist of the following sections:
2.1 Common Section
2.2 Design Properties Section
2.3 General Section
2.3.1 Placeholder
A Placeholder shows a text when an end-user has not entered any text yet. It can be used to give a hint to the end-user on what information should be entered in the field.
2.4 Label Section
A label describes the purpose of a widget to the end-user.
For more information on properties of this section, see the Label Section section in Properties Common in the Page Editor.