Wish: Default value for Decimal field type

[HMCB]

Unlike the Integer input type, Decimal doesn’t allow for a default value. I’d love to see this added.

I’m working on a mini project where this would come in really handy. The site admins would have all 7 fields pre-populated and they can then adjust as needed.

[kixe]

Hi @HMCB

Currently it is not so easy to provide an default value option for number fieldtypes other than Integer, because all core number Inputfieldtypes using the same rendering function: InputfieldInteger::render(), converting any init or default value to int. So currently there is no option to define default values with decimal places.

The core InputfieldFloat and / or InputfieldInteger needs an update to allow default values with decimals. In a second step number fieldtypes could include an option to define a default value.

I wrote a Module as a workaround until the core issues are fixed.

https://github.com/kixe/FieldtypeDecimalPlusDefault

[Fuzen]

@kixe Thank you! I would like to try it this weekend. However, the repo link isn’t working. And I checked your repos and don’t see it listed.

[kixe]

22 minutes ago, fuzenco said:

@kixe Thank you! I would like to try it this weekend. However, the repo link isn’t working. And I checked your repos and don’t see it listed.

It's public now.

[szabesz]

@kixe Thanks for sharing the module!

On 8/11/2022 at 6:52 PM, kixe said:

until the core issues are fixed

Is there a related github issue perhaps? The only decimal field related issue is this one (as far as I know): https://github.com/processwire/processwire-issues/issues/1341

Edited August 12, 2022 by szabesz
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