Bug 93643

Summary:	digit grouping by background colour
Product:	[Applications] kcalc	Reporter:	Frieder Ferlemann <frieder.ferlemann>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Evan Teran <evan.teran>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	richard.llom
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian testing
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	Euler number with digits grouped Euler number as is (no digit grouping)

Description Frieder Ferlemann 2004-11-20 20:56:28 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.3.0)
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages
OS:                Linux

digit grouping is handy also for those who haven't set the thousands separator. A slightly darker background colour for more significant digits would look uninvasive.

Setting a thousands separator is not an option for people who cut and paste between (non-kde) applications with different or unknown locale settings.

While this wish is triggered by the kcalc application it might be more generally applicable for number input/output in kde. Kind of "Syntax highlighting" for numbers:)

(This wish is related to but different from bug 56669)

Comment 1 Richard Llom 2013-01-30 11:20:45 UTC

I don't think it is a good idea to introduce a second background color, since this may messes up with different color schemes.

Also I think you confuse the formatting of the number display with that what is actually copied, which should be always the number value. Example:
1000
1,0E+03
1.000
these have all the same value (1000), which should be copied.

So different locale settings doesn't pose a problem.

Comment 2 Justin Zobel 2021-03-09 03:53:44 UTC

Thank you for the bug report.

As this report hasn't seen any changes in 5 years or more, we ask if you can please confirm that the issue still persists.

If this bug is no longer persisting or relevant please change the status to resolved.

Comment 3 Frieder Ferlemann 2021-03-09 08:00:35 UTC

Created attachment 136511 [details]
Euler number with digits grouped

Comment 4 Frieder Ferlemann 2021-03-09 08:01:24 UTC

Created attachment 136512 [details]
Euler number as is (no digit grouping)

Comment 5 Frieder Ferlemann 2021-03-09 08:03:38 UTC

Thanks for revisiting this.

Attached two files which should illustrate my proposal. I'm biased and prefer the grouped display:)