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FormattedText not allowing 0 to be entered [message #538646]

Tue, 08 June 2010 10:12

Geejay

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Registered: February 2010

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Is there any way to allow a 0 to be entered in an empty FormattedText (with
a NumericFormatter) ?

Thanks

Greg

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Re: FormattedText not allowing 0 to be entered [message #538647 is a reply to message #538646]

Tue, 08 June 2010 10:16

Geejay

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Registered: February 2010

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Sorry for the spam.

I figured out this was to do with the mask.

Changing from this: "-########.####" to this: "-########0.####" solved my
problem. It is actually better showing 0's by default anyway.

Greg

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> Is there any way to allow a 0 to be entered in an empty FormattedText
> (with a NumericFormatter) ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Greg

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Re: FormattedText not allowing 0 to be entered [message #599734 is a reply to message #538646]

Tue, 08 June 2010 10:16

Geejay

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Re: FormattedText not allowing 0 to be entered [message #1699371 is a reply to message #538646]

Tue, 23 June 2015 18:41

Scott Klein

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Registered: June 2015

Junior Member

I am looking for a solution to this issue as well.

## does NOT allow the user to enter a zero
#0 forces a zero into that digit

I am looking for an *optional* user entered zero value to be entered. It seems to me that the "##" format would allow this, but pressing the "0" key does nothing.

I have checked out the code but, good lord, it is complicated.

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Re: FormattedText not allowing 0 to be entered [message #1699377 is a reply to message #599734]

Tue, 23 June 2015 20:39

Scott Klein

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Registered: June 2015

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I have made the following change to the NumberFormat.format(int) method:

        if ( !allowUserEnteredZero ) { // wrap this to see if we allow zeroes
            while ( this.intCount > this.zeroIntLen ) {
                if ( this.editValue.charAt( i ) == '0' ) {
                    this.intCount--;
                } else if ( this.editValue.charAt( i ) !=    this.symbols.getGroupingSeparator() ) {
                    break;
                }
                this.editValue.deleteCharAt( i );
                if ( cursorPos > i ) {
                    cursorPos--;
                }
            }
        }

I have added a field and a setter for private boolean allowUserEnteredZero = false; so that it can be overridden

* This allows users to *optionally* type in a zero character for a "#"-style format
* It also allows entries of things like "0001" - that may be acceptable, or not and could be a further functional change

The code for these formatters is relatively complex, so this is a rather quick & dirty solution that would need someone who really understands the intricacy of it before it should be used.

scott

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