`-webkit-text-security` CSS property

Non-standard: This feature is non-standard and is not on a standards track. Do not use it on production sites facing the Web: it will not work for every user. There may also be large incompatibilities between implementations and the behavior may change in the future.

-webkit-text-security is a non-standard CSS property that obfuscates characters in a <form> field (such as <input> or <textarea>) by replacing them with a shape. It only affects fields that are not of type=password.

Syntax

-webkit-text-security: circle;
-webkit-text-security: disc;
-webkit-text-security: square;
-webkit-text-security: none;

/* Global values */
-webkit-text-security: inherit;
-webkit-text-security: initial;
-webkit-text-security: revert;
-webkit-text-security: revert-layer;
-webkit-text-security: unset;

Formal syntax

-webkit-text-security = circle | disc | square | none

Examples

Obscuring a text input

Try typing in the field below. If your browser supports this property, the characters should be visually replaced with squares.

HTML

<label for="name">Name:</label> <input type="text" name="name" id="name" />

CSS

input {
  -webkit-text-security: square;
}

Result

Specifications

Not part of any standard.

Browser compatibility

	Desktop					Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS
`-webkit-text-security`	1	79	114	15	3	18	114	14	1	1.0	4.4	1