# .NET MAUI Entry Overview

The Telerik UI for .NET MAUI Entry is a text input control that accepts string input and provides various customization options such as adding watermarks, setting its read-only state, defining border styles, and more.

![.NET MAUI Entry Overview](https://www.telerik.com/maui-ui/documentation/assets/f2ba62f63dd615ed6c9b1914d3f3315d/entry_overview.png "Entry Overview")

## Key Features of the .NET MAUI Entry

* [Placeholder](https://www.telerik.com/maui-ui/documentation/controls/entry/text-appearance#adding-placeholder)—The Entry allows you to add a hint text as a placeholder to guide the users what is the expected input. In addition you can style the Placeholder.

* [Password functionality](https://www.telerik.com/maui-ui/documentation/controls/entry/text-appearance#password-functionality%})—You can hide the characters that users type for privacy and security reasons.

* [Keyboard support](https://www.telerik.com/maui-ui/documentation/controls/entry/text-appearance#setting-the-keyboard-type)—You can add a virtual keyboard and specify its type, for example, Numeric.

* [Non-editable (Read-only) state](https://www.telerik.com/maui-ui/documentation/controls/entry/text-appearance#setting-the-read-only-state)—You can define whether users can edit the Entry or not by setting a single property.

* [Maximum number of symbols](https://www.telerik.com/maui-ui/documentation/controls/entry/text-appearance#defining-the-max-length)—The Entry enables you to set a maximum length for its input.

* [Text selection](https://www.telerik.com/maui-ui/documentation/controls/entry/text-selection)—You can specify the starting position of the selected text as well as the number of characters of the selected Entry input.

* [Text prediction](https://www.telerik.com/maui-ui/documentation/controls/entry/text-appearance#setting-text-prediction)—Define whether to have a predictive text while typing in the Entry.

* [Validation](https://www.telerik.com/maui-ui/documentation/controls/entry/validation)—If the user is entering a value not matching the requirements, the Entry will display an error message, which you can customize.

* [Clear button](https://www.telerik.com/maui-ui/documentation/controls/entry/text-appearance#defining-the-clear-button-visibility)—Gives you the option to clear all the text entered in the Entry using a single button.

* [Commands support](https://www.telerik.com/maui-ui/documentation/controls/entry/commands)—Use the `ReturnCommand` to implement additional logic when pressing the keyboard return key.

* [Various styling options](https://www.telerik.com/maui-ui/documentation/controls/entry/styling)—For applying corner radius, clear button color, placeholder color and more.

## Next steps

* [Getting Started with Telerik UI for .NET MAUI Entry](https://www.telerik.com/maui-ui/documentation/controls/entry/getting-started)

## See Also

* [.NET MAUI Entry Product Page](https://www.telerik.com/maui-ui/entry)
* [.NET MAUI Entry Forum Page](https://www.telerik.com/forums/maui?tagId=1800)
* [Telerik .NET MAUI Blogs](https://www.telerik.com/blogs/mobile-net-maui)
* [Telerik .NET MAUI Roadmap](https://www.telerik.com/support/whats-new/maui-ui/roadmap)