Correction
toString (toFloat "5.") == "5" -i.e. the `.` gets stripped off so you
can never actually add decimal values
On Saturday, 21 January 2017 16:08:04 UTC+1, Simon wrote:
>
> 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)
> ] []
>
>
>
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