Vertical Align in WPF TextBox

To vertically center the text in a TextBox use the VerticalContentAlignment property:

<TextBox Text="The text" Height="40" VerticalContentAlignment="Center" />

Adjust the Padding properties of these controls, e.g. Padding="0":

<TextBox Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" Height="40" BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="#FFD5D5D5" FontSize="36" Text="test" Padding="0" />  <PasswordBox Grid.Row="3" Grid.Column="1" Height="40" BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="#FFD5D5D5" FontSize="36" Password="test" Padding="0" />

Or, don't set the Height properties, and instead let the controls size themselves automatically based on the height of their content:

<TextBox Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="#FFD5D5D5" FontSize="36" Text="test" /><PasswordBox Grid.Row="3" Grid.Column="1" BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="#FFD5D5D5" FontSize="36" Password="test" />

You have given explicit Height set to 40 to these TextBox controls.

Please remove it and let them take enough space to show their content.

<TextBox Grid.Row="1"            Grid.Column="1"            BorderThickness="1"            BorderBrush="#FFD5D5D5"            FontSize="36"            Text="test" /><PasswordBox Grid.Row="3"                Grid.Column="1"                BorderThickness="1"                BorderBrush="#FFD5D5D5"                FontSize="36"                Password="test" />