Numeric Input Value should become positive when pressing "+"

[Sintayehu]

I know this is fixed in the 2013 release as indicated in the link below but we are on 2012 Q2 and was wondering if there is a workaround to this issue.
http://www.telerik.com/help/silverlight/radmaskedinput-changes.html

I am already extending the RadMaskedNumericInput so I don't mind working with the templates or overiding some function if I have to.

Thanks!

[Pavel R. Pavlov]

Hello Sintayehu,

In order to achieve your requirements you can try subscribing to the KeyDown event of the RadMaskedNumericInput and detect if the "+" key is pressed. If so you can manually multiply the Value of the control by -1.

You can use similar to this logic.

if (e.Key == Key.Add)
{
    myControl.Value *= -1;
}

Regards,
Pavel R. Pavlov
Telerik

[Sintayehu]

Thank you Pavel.

I did try your approach and it works nicely for the Value but doesn't always update the displayed sign when the updateValueEvent is in Lost focus mode.

I am using the following and seems to do what I need it to do:

//if + key is detected remove the negative sign

if (e.Key == Key.Add || ((e.Key==Key.Unknown)&&(e.PlatformKeyCode == 187)))

{
    // this is the control

     if (this.IsNegativeValue)

         this.ToggleNegativeSignKey();

}

[Pavel R. Pavlov]

Hi Sintayehu,

Are you saying that when you set the UpdateValueEvent to LostFocus the Value property of the control is not updated? I tried to reproduce this behavior with our latest official release on our side and it seems that the code works as expected.

Is it possible for you to try to isolate this issue in a separate project and send it over? By doing so we can further investigate the reported behavior and suggest an approach in your scenario.

Regards,
Pavel R. Pavlov
Telerik