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First of all, I really love this new feature as it makes values so much more simple to display on the 7-segment displays!

So big thanks to all developers responsible for implementing this.

Now a question or perhaps possibly a "tiny" feature request:

I'm using Round function to take value from the sim, round it to set number of decimal places and then I display this rounded value on a 7-segment display.

This works flawlessly and even more so now, with the new firmware that takes care of placing the decimal dot where it belongs on the display.

However, when the Round function, or the simulator variable, happens to be an integer with no decimal places, it gets displayed as such on the display as well.

This leads me to a question if there is a way to have such number displayed with the decimal places as well?

For instance the altimeter setting 30.00 gets displayed simply as 30.

Is there a (preferably easy) way around that?

Thanks for any reaction.

Hi

We know that behavior and looking for a solution.

Our intention is to do this with the new "modifier" tool. ( Already in Code but not in UI )

We plan for a "Padding Moddifier" where user can define for a Config (Not for the Display like now) that a value should be transformed into a "String".
There we plan to say e..g Result should be a Value with 6 Numbers and with a Decimal Point between Nu,mber 3 and 4 .... And it should be filled e.g. with Spaces to the Right and Zeros to the left.
In that example a value of 12,62 would be shown as _12,620
If we say Fill with Zeros to the LEft and Spaces to the right then it would be e.g. 012,62_

So please stay patient till i expect v10.0
I hope we find a good way to make this possible.

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Till then.... Go the "old way".
E.g. multiply the Value by 1000 in a Com Frequency ( Or read khz instead of Mhz unit type)
Then a Frequency of 123,000 is shown as 123000 .... Simply enable the decimal Point in Display settings like in the past.

Another way is a more advanced formula with Modulo and things like Then '$.000' Here e.g. 30 would be shown as 30.000
Also the Left Padding Zero can be used in some situations.


Summary: Go the provisional way until we have a final solution !

Thanks a lot for the response!

It is great to hear that the "easy" solution is in the making and thank you for suggesting a workaround