I think it is not uncommon to collect dates and float values from users.
update ... NewValue v -> { model | floatvalue = String.toFloat v |> Result.withDefault 0.0 } floatInput : Float -> Html Msg floatInput v = input [ onInput NewValue , value (toString v) ] [] The problem with the above is that the moment you type the . toFloat fails and you get a 0 in your model. One way around it could be to delay processing of the value by using onBlur (below), but I was wondering how others handled this. floatInput_ : Float -> Html Msg floatInput_ v = input [ onBlur NewValue , value (toString v) ] [] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Elm Discuss" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to elm-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.