>>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
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>>UPDATE: Found this page with fairly simple javascript to allow only numbers with decimals.
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>>http://www.dotnetspark.com/kb/5510-accept-only-numeric-and-decimal-values-textbox.aspx
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>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)

Viv, could you please clarify the syntax of "required" above? By itself, when I enter it in the input control (asp:textbox) it does not work. So I must be missing something. And it seems that without this "required" the pattern you specified does not work. That is, I copied the pattern exactly as in your example, but I can enter more than 2 decimals.
TIA.