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Status Not under consideration
Workspace IBM i
Categories IBM i Access Family
Created by Guest
Created on Jun 21, 2019

RELATED IDEAS

DDS: left justify values when entering numeric field and right justify when leaving

I would like the 5250 emulation to left justify the content in numeric fields when the cursor enters the field ( on focus ) and right justify it like hitting Field+ when leaving ( on blur ). Today many users are maneuvering around on the screen using arrow keys, tabulator or by using a mouse. This causes a problem when they enter values in a numeric field and don't hit Field+ but instead moves to the next field using the tabulator.
If the content of the field on the screen is 12bbb0 (b=blanks) then 120000 is returned instead of 12.
If the emulation left justified the field when the user enters the field then it would look like this 0bbbbb -- the user enters 12 from the left and when leaving the field it should be right justified looking like this bbbb12.


Use Case:

Users today are not familiar with the field+ or field exit keys and thus we experience errors in data entry in 5250 screens as described above. It should be possible to implement this behavior perhaps in Access Client Solutions and leaving it in the old fashion way for Client Access or old CRT screens.

One might even consider new keywords for onFocus and onBlur events like CHECK(ER).


Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Sep 17, 2020

    What a pity that you declined this.
    I could have used it yesterday when someone erronious created an order of 4000000 pieces instead of 4000.... :-(
    You know they entered 4000 and didn't hit the field+ key but manouvred to the next field using tabulator or mouse.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jul 7, 2020

    Thank you for submitting your Request For Enhancement. After evaluating your submission, the decision at this time is to not provide this support.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jul 6, 2020

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Power Systems
    Product - IBM i
    Component - IBM i Access Family
    Operating system - IBM i
    Source - None

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Power Systems
    Product - IBM i
    Component - Application Development
    Operating system - IBM i
    Source - None

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jul 11, 2019

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Power Systems
    Product - IBM i
    Component - Application Development
    Operating system - IBM i
    Source - None

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Power Systems
    Product - IBM i
    Component - Languages - RPG
    Operating system - IBM i
    Source - None

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