diff --git a/source/gui/widgets/skeletons/text_editor.cpp b/source/gui/widgets/skeletons/text_editor.cpp
index 16963195..a2f81c39 100644
--- a/source/gui/widgets/skeletons/text_editor.cpp
+++ b/source/gui/widgets/skeletons/text_editor.cpp
@@ -2086,6 +2086,10 @@ namespace nana{	namespace widgets
 
 		void text_editor::copy() const
 		{
+			//Stops copying text if the text_editor is masked.
+			if (mask_char_)
+				return;
+
 			auto text = _m_make_select_string();
 			if (!text.empty())
 				nana::system::dataexch().set(text, API::root(this->window_));