Leave "Number" field blank by default

[angrybrad]

Created by: Lindsey DiLoreto (lindsey@doublesecretagency.com) on 2015/03/11 04:48:18 +0000
Votes at time of UserVoice import: 6

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I totally get why a Number field would default to zero when you save it, but it doesn't really make sense for it to be pre-set to zero when creating a new entry.

It's peculiar that I need to delete the existing value before I can enter in the new value. I can't think of any other fields which exhibit that behavior.

[angrybrad]

Posted by Steve Rowling (steve@springworks.co.uk) on 2015/03/11 11:52:28 +0000

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Link to nullnumber plugin: https://github.com/steverowling/nullnumber

[angrybrad]

Posted by Steve Rowling (steve@springworks.co.uk) on 2015/03/11 11:52:28 +0000

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I've just released a small plugin for a nullnumber field type. It works exactly the same way as the built-in Number field type, but has a default value of null rather than zero.

[angrybrad]

Posted by Lindsey DiLoreto (lindsey@doublesecretagency.com) on 2015/03/11 04:48:18 +0000

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Just realized this FR would dovetail nicely with this other FR: #927

Leave the field blank naturally, and allow people to specify 0 as the default number if they really want it.