Turn off auto scaling with symbols?

[nickvnlr]

Is there a way to turn off the auto scaling in gadgets if i want to use certain symbols? For instance the [%] symbol. I am already scaling in the strategy. To have to scale for this symbol in particular is annoying especially when I want to use the same tag in a trend… now the trend is getting a value of .oo1 so the value gadget can read 1%. Annoying…

[Jonathan_Fischer]

I’m not sure what you’re asking here; can you give a more detailed example? What sort of gadget you’re using besides the trend?

[nickvnlr]

These are both from the same exact variable in my strategy. By adding the [%] symbol to the format box the groove multiplies the value by 1000. Why does it do this!?

These are using the L:12 value gadget. If I scale the variable in my strategy to work with this gadget (x/1000), the trend receives the value of [.00x].

[nickvnlr]

Here are some more gadgets with odd scaling or no scaling.

[Jonathan_Fischer]

Huh. I had no idea any gadgets did that, it’s not documented in the manual at all, and I can’t find where in the code such a thing is implemented.

This is a bug, pure and simple. No idea why it’s happening yet.

[philip]

4254% RH, must be somewhere in the south.

[Jonathan_Fischer]

Oh, here it is. We pass those format strings through this class before displaying them, and it’s applying the weird scaling.

http://www.gwtproject.org/javadoc/latest/com/google/gwt/i18n/client/NumberFormat.html

To turn it off, stick a ’ (quote character, on the key to the left of your Enter key on US keyboards) before the percent sign.

[mstjohn]

I’d call that an “undocumented feature”!

You can also use the Text Area gadget, shown at the bottom of these three options here:

Here’s a few other notes on text/etc from an older post:

Options for Text labels

Hi groov -ers, In this previous post, I mentioned why I might choose to use a Text Area gadget over the (new in 2.0) Value gadget. When it comes to putting static, non-changing text on your [I]groov [/I]pages, here are a few options to consider. I was just updating a page with lots of Text Area gadgets (used as labels), which I’m now swapping out for Line Header or Group Header gadgets. Here’s why: Although the Text Area gadget give you a few more options (like Text and Background colors), I…

One UI side-note and a pet peeve of mine: do not use that top one (Text Box) for a value that can’t be changed. For example, someone added a value onto a page in our own internal Opto 22 groov pages for “Outside Temperature” but they added it as a Text Box, implying one could type a new number in there that might be more to there liking.

That would be a pretty powerful control program!

[Jonathan_Fischer]

’d call that an “undocumented feature”!

Nah, I’m gonna stick with bug.

It’s an unexpected side effect of a library that we happen to be using at the moment but aren’t committed to using indefinitely.

[nickvnlr]

One UI side-note and a pet peeve of mine: do not use that top one (Text Box) for a value that can’t be changed.

I normally don’t. This was for demonstration purposes.

FYI - I use the text area because I can set the text size and then fudge the box sizes to get it to line up how I want. Some of the other tools are not very flexible in this way.

[nickvnlr]

It’s an unexpected side effect of a library that we happen to be using at the moment but aren’t committed to using indefinitely.

I don’t mind this IF it’s documented. Now that I know how to turn it off this leaves new possibilities.
Are there other special characters that will do something?

[Jonathan_Fischer]

Are there other special characters that will do something?

Nothing that looks useful. There are some locale-dependent things for stuff like making sure you’re using the right decimal separator and showing local currency symbols, but only build for the US locale, so it won’t take effect.