Only allow numeric entry into a Numeric text box

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Only allow numeric entry into a Numeric text box

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Improve the functionality of the text box to only allow the entry of the datatype that is associated to the text box. For instance, when a textbox is associated to a integer the textbox would only allow numeric entry into the input.

asked 2019-09-25

Jason Bartlett

6 answers

Tim van Steenbergen · Answer 1 · 2024-04-15

Would love to have this out of the box. The Mendix UI is eating dust from their competitors.

Jason Teunissen · Answer 2 · 2024-04-15

this can be solved with some HTML widgets, but would be nice to have it out of the box.

Maurice Spiegels · Answer 3 · 2024-04-11

Unbelievable that this is still an issue, this should be a standard option to choose from by now when designing your page.

Casper van Hoorn · Answer 4 · 2024-03-25

Agreed, it is so strange that this is not possible yet. You can only limit the character input by adding an input mask, but than the amount of characters you input is set and you get validation errors when you add 2 characters when you set the input mask to '999'.

Leon Verster · Answer 5 · 2023-01-10

I can't believe something as basic as this is not available in Mendix - surely more people out there are frustrated with this? This is a standard feature with OutSystems, in fact, you can choose the data type of the Input Widget and it applies input rules to the UI.

When can we expect an improvement? (it has been 3 years since raised)

Massimo Mucci · Answer 6 · 2020-07-29

Also, handle the alignment according to the data type.