# Numeric Entry Field — Dot no longer accepted as decimal separator after 8.3.4 upgrade

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/numeric-entry-field-dot-no-longer-accepted-as-decimal-separator-after-8-3-4-upgrade/115573>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [May 18, 2026, 10:15am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/numeric-entry-field-dot-no-longer-accepted-as-decimal-separator-after-8-3-4-upgrade/115573 "2026-05-18T10:15:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Paul\_Najberg1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e495f1/32.png) [@Paul\_Najberg1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Paul_Najberg1)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 10:15am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/numeric-entry-field-dot-no-longer-accepted-as-decimal-separator-after-8-3-4-upgrade/115573/1 "2026-05-18T10:15:41Z")

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Hello everyone,

We recently upgraded our gateway from 8.1 to 8.3.4, and since then we've been experiencing an issue with the Numeric Entry component: the dot key on the numeric keypad is no longer recognized as a decimal separator.

This worked fine in 8.1, and our operators are accustomed to using the numpad dot for data entry — changing that habit would be a significant disruption on the production floor.

Has anyone else encountered this regression after upgrading to 8.3? If so, did you find a workaround (e.g., a component property, a locale/regional setting, or a scripting approach)?

Thanks in advance for any leads.

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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/numeric-entry-field-dot-no-longer-accepted-as-decimal-separator-after-8-3-4-upgrade/115573/2 "2026-05-19T22:22:57Z")

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I don't suppose you've all moved location into a new locale? 🙂

Does the other keyboard dot work or does it just affect the numpad key? (does the numpad key work at all eg in notepad?)

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**Author:** ![Paul\_Najberg1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e495f1/32.png) [@Paul\_Najberg1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Paul_Najberg1)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2026, 9:06am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/numeric-entry-field-dot-no-longer-accepted-as-decimal-separator-after-8-3-4-upgrade/115573/3 "2026-06-01T09:06:38Z")

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Hello,

Following your replies, I was able to run some additional checks and wanted to share more details.

First, we did not move any installations — we only updated our existing gateways to version 8.3.

We have reproduced the issue across three separate environments:

- A local gateway (on my own workstation) running **8.3.6**

- A server on **8.3.4** updated from **8.1**

- A server on **8.3.4** installed natively on **8.3** (never went through 8.1)

Regarding the keyboard: the dot key works fine everywhere else on our machines. The problem is identical with both the numpad dot and the main keyboard dot. We use AZERTY keyboards, but I also tested by switching to a QWERTY (US) layout — with no change in behavior.

Thanks for your help.

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**Author:** ![lrose](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/lrose/32/62724_2.png) [@lrose](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lrose)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2026, 10:07am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/numeric-entry-field-dot-no-longer-accepted-as-decimal-separator-after-8-3-4-upgrade/115573/4 "2026-06-01T10:07:28Z")

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I understand that you are using perspective.

If you have the vision module installed (you can install it and run in trial mode as well), have you tried testing in a vision window? Just as a source of further information.

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**Author:** ![Paul\_Najberg1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e495f1/32.png) [@Paul\_Najberg1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Paul_Najberg1)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2026, 7:24am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/numeric-entry-field-dot-no-longer-accepted-as-decimal-separator-after-8-3-4-upgrade/115573/5 "2026-06-02T07:24:02Z")

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It works perfectly on Vision with the Numeric text field.