Why is it that number fields drop the trailing zero?

Seras February 19, 2020

For example 12.50 will display 12.5. Is there a way and place to display it as the first value? 

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Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
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October 16, 2021

That is how numbers are supposed to be written, you don't need trailing 0s on numbers, they are totally redundant.

Judah December 20, 2023

@Nic Brough -Adaptavist- That makes total sense to me. Sounds like they wanted their number field to act like a "dollar amount" field. In dollar amounts it's very common to see the trailing "0" on the decimal. 

Any suggestions on best practices for creating a field to hold dollar amounts? 

Thank you!

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
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December 20, 2023

You would need to write an app to provide a currency value field that would unnecessarily pad the numbers when displaying it.

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Judah January 9, 2024

We opted for rounding to the nearest dollar. Users were very confused by the missing 0, cest la vie. 

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