Numeric keypad ignoring float formatting

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clicking a numeric text field with touchscreen enabled brings up the keypad. The problem is the formatting of the float value. The formatting is set to 2 decimal places but they value in the keypad before entry is showing full precision. The tag is set to float. How can I display only two decimal places?

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This isn't currently possible, but is an active bug ticket on our backlog.

The only workaround at the moment is to bring up your own numeric keypad popup window.

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ok thanks.

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how im getting around it. Set the property Touchscreen Mode to None. then mouse event code below.

if system.gui.isTouchscreenModeEnabled(): #check to see if onscreen keypad is selected for use.
	initialValueRaw = event.source.floatValue
	formattedValue = "{:.2f}".format(initialValueRaw) #format the data to two decimal precision
	enteredValue = system.gui.showNumericKeypad(float(formattedValue)) #call on screen keypad and populate operator entered data
	if formattedValue != enteredValue: #check to see if the number is different (aka operator didnt push cancel)
		event.source.floatValue = enteredValue
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