Display PlaceHolder or empty field for numbers

[Robert Iliuta]

Hallo!


I have a filed in a form with picture @n6.2. This field is a lookup.
When I open the form it will show 0.00. Whatever I do (prime empty, change picture with a string...) it will always show 0.00 ... instead of PlaheHolder or empty field.
I need to show empty because 0.00 it's a choice that user can select.

It's a bug ? or what can I do to show a PlaceHolder or empty field?

Thank you!
Robert

[Niels Larsen]

Have you tryed @n6.2B ?

[Robert Iliuta]

>>Have you tryed @n6.2B ?
First time :-)
But as I said 0.00 it's a choice that user can select as a value and if I put @n6.2B it will not show 0.00 value.

Robert

[Bruce]

If you set it to @n6.2 then it will always have a value ( even if 0) so a placeholder cannot be displayed.

If you set it to @n6.2B then at least there's the possibility of a placeholder - but since 0 is a legal value, you actually would want that to be displayed.

So I'm not really sure in what context the placeholder would be displayed in this case? Perhaps changing it to a string would be the best approach? Then blank is blank, and a number, even 0, is not blank.

cheers
Bruce

[Robert Iliuta]

It's about VAT. This field contain VAT.
They have a VAT 0.00 for some clients.
When I open the form I would like to show a text: Please select VAT or at least to be empty.
For VAT I need 2 decimals. I did not try with a string... but don't know it will works.
It's ok to have VAT field as a string?  If it works then the issue it's solved.

Thank you,
Robert