>>>>What is a simple way to format an ASP.NET textbox for a number where user would enter the labor hours (e.g. 1.0, 2.25, 10.50 and so on).
>>>>When I add to the ASP.Textbox type="number" it would not allow a decimal.
>>>>What am I missing?
>>>>TIA
>>>>
>>>>UPDATE: Found this page with fairly simple javascript to allow only numbers with decimals.
>>>>
>>>>http://www.dotnetspark.com/kb/5510-accept-only-numeric-and-decimal-values-textbox.aspx
>>>
>>>Couple of thoughts:
>>>You could make this more generic by binding to all number types by using '$('input[type="number"]').----'
>>>You probably still need validation (user can, for example, paste in a value). Maybe a regex pattern:

<input type="number" step="0.01" pattern="^\d+(\.)\d{2}$" required/>

(That's limiting to 2 decimal places which may not be what you want)
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>>Strange thing that last night when I was testing my code and had in the ASP.NET textbox syntax type="number", I would get an "error" message on Submit (something like 'please enter a valid number'). This was using IE 10. Maybe if I add the 'step="0.01" I won't get this error.
>>Thank you very much for your input.
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>Adding the step attribute should fix it - without it the validation only accepts whole numbers.....

You are very correct. The "step" solved the issue in IE. Strange though that the type='number' produces the correct control - spinner - in Chrome but not in IE. I guess IE is still catching up :).
Thank you.