Recently, Lynch, Jonathan wrote: >> .2 is a number >> . is just a period, not a number >> >> -2 is a number >> - is just a minus sign, not a number > > True... but that raises another UI issue - if the field has ".2" in it > and > someone attempts to delete the "2", do we keep the "." by itself in the > field, hoping someone will type another number and then tray it on > closeField to provide an alert? Or do we remove the decimal point as > well to > empty the field? And if we *do* remove the decimal, how would that be > different from having an empty field and typing a decimal point to start > a > decimal number; before the actual number is typed, there's just a > decimal > point in the field...
I'm wondering if all this character checking is working too hard. For reference, I just looked at two higher end graphics apps: Photoshop and Freehand. Photoshop simply evaluates the characters in the field on enter/return and throw up a dialog if it finds a non-number. Freehand (interestingly) replaces non-numeric values with the smallest acceptable numeric value (0.000001). Perhaps this could be an option. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design ----- E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: http://www.tactilemedia.com _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
