Selecting all text and erasing fails to clear minus sign on negative values

[jcwrenParticipant]

Using the demo code at http://www.jqwidgets.com/jquery-widgets-demo/demos/jqxnumberinput/defaultfunctionality.htm?arctic, in the Percentage box, perform the following actions:

Click inside the input area, then select all text (Ctrl-A for Windows, Command-A for OSX)
Type ‘3’, then click outside the box. Value is displayed as ‘__3.00%’.
Click inside the input area, then select all text again.
Type ‘0’, then click outside the box. Value is displayed as ‘__0.00%’.
Click the down arrow so that ‘-__1.00%’ is displayed.
Click inside the input area, then select all text again.
Type ‘3’, and note that ‘-__3.00%’ is displayed.

The ‘-__3.00%’ is incorrect, and at this point there is no way to get rid of the minus sign, short of selecting all text, entering ‘0’, and clicking the up arrow to make it a positive value.

[NadezhdaParticipant]

Hello jcwren,

Please, refer to the following forum topic which contains possible solution: http://www.jqwidgets.com/community/topic/positive-values-could-not-be-changed-in-jqxnumberinput-when-negative-value-are/.

Best Regards,
Nadezhda

jQWidgets team
http://www.jqwidgets.com/

[jcwrenParticipant]

“This is the expected behaviour of the widget.” Wow. That is *so* wrong, and contrary to EVERY UI experience a user expects. When you select all text in a box, the user EXPECTS that it will be cleared, not maintain some state that has to be reset by re-typing a minus sign or something equally bizarre.

This is a defect in this control, without question.

You should probably re-read the UI guidelines for Windows and OSX. You’ll find that this is in no way an “expected behavior”.

[NadezhdaParticipant]

Hi jcwren,

Thank you for your feedback. We will consider improving it in a future version of jQWidgets.

Best Regards,
Nadezhda

jQWidgets team
http://www.jqwidgets.com/

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