Remove zero from Numeric Entry field

Hi, Tony.

Thanks for reaching out!

When you add a numeric entry field, the field should be blank by default unless there's a trigger changing its value. 

I'm happy to take a look at your .story file to see what's going on. Are you able to share it either publicly here or privately through a support case?

Hi Maria

Thanks for your response. I have just set up a brand new numeric entry with the only trigger being the one to store the variable and when I run the slide there is zero in the box. I can share the .story file (not publicly) but it is 400Mb (it is a huge project with lots of video content). Would that still be okay to send?

Hi, Tony!

If you want to upload a smaller and more manageable file, you can either import the specific slide to a new project or duplicate the file, then delete the slides that are not relevant. 

Here is a slide from my project. There are quite a lot of slides with this format of testing. Everything works except for removing these zeros.

Hi, Tony.

Thank you for sharing one of your slides as an example. I was able to reproduce what you're experiencing and noticed that if I create a new Numeric Entry and don't change the variable's name, the value remains blank.

This seems to be related to a bug we already have logged where The initial value of 0 is shown on a data entry field if the default variable is changed. The workaround is to keep the name of the default variable created instead of renaming it. 

I am connecting this discussion to the bug report, and we'll keep you updated on any development. 

Thank you for the update. Shocking that there hasn't been a fix for this yet. I have over 400 numeric input boxes across my project, with lots of triggers checking the inputs. No chance of renaming them back now and even moving forward, this is going to be a blockage as the boxes are appropriately named dependent on the area of the project. Fingers crossed this gets resolved soon. Thank you Maria.

Has there been any progress in the past 7 months fixing this bug?

Just adding my voice as desiring a fix for this bug as well. I have a piece with about 50 numeric entries that initialize with 0 instead of blank. I've received several complaints from users having to backspace that out before inputting their data. That works but it would be nice if they didn't have to do that. 

It would be great to get this fixed! I can't leave all of my text entries as the default name, there are too many to keep straight

Checking to see if there is an update on this? Is there an ETA on the fix for this bug? We have multiple modules with numeric entry fields.