LeaVerou / LeaVerou/incrementable

Don’t use a fixed increment, use current precision

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Description

Currently, incrementing a number like 0.123456 will produce 1.123456 which is rarely useful. There are modifiers for getting 1/10th of the increment, but that is little help with these cases.

Ideally, you'd want to use the actual precision of the number, meaning 0.5678 would be incremented like (assuming we just keep hitting the up arrow):

0.5678, 0.5679,
0.568, 0.569,
0.57, 0.58, 0.59,
0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9,
1
2
3
...

The step would still be capped to 1, i.e. incrementing 100000000 would still produce 100000001.

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Research direction

Start by locating the increment logic for textfield values and reproduce the reported sequence from 0.5678. Done means the step follows the current number's precision, continues through the shown values, and remains capped at 1 for large numbers.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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