Issue spun out of closed PR #326.
Problem the widget would solve: you want to enter a number on the order of 1e-20, but don't want to type a run of leading zeros in decimal notation, so with mo.ui.number you make the user enter a scaled value and then manually rescale it back every time you read the number.
The solution: TangleSlider solves part of this problem by accepting scientific notation on input, but you still have to apply the scale by hand everywhere. This widget lets you enter the number in scientific notation and define a scale that is applied automatically when you read the value back from Python. It also lets you display the number in decimal or scientific notation, show a scale label and a unit label, and define a step size and bounds.
The code would look like this:
from wigglystuff import ScientificNumber
distance = mo.ui.anywidget(
ScientificNumber(
label="$\\text{Distance}$",
unit_label="$\\text{km}$",
scale_label="$\\times 10^{8}$",
scale=1e11, # Decompose applied scale into unit and scale factor
value=1.496e11,
notation="scientific", # Also display number in scientific notation
)
)See demo.
Issue spun out of closed PR #326.
Problem the widget would solve: you want to enter a number on the order of 1e-20, but don't want to type a run of leading zeros in decimal notation, so with
mo.ui.numberyou make the user enter a scaled value and then manually rescale it back every time you read the number.The solution: TangleSlider solves part of this problem by accepting scientific notation on input, but you still have to apply the scale by hand everywhere. This widget lets you enter the number in scientific notation and define a scale that is applied automatically when you read the value back from Python. It also lets you display the number in decimal or scientific notation, show a scale label and a unit label, and define a step size and bounds.
The code would look like this:
See demo.