[NumberField] Allow the character 'e' as a shortcut for scientific notation

[Xen0o2]

Related page

https://master--base-ui.netlify.app/base-ui/react-number-field/

Kind of issue

Other

Issue description

Allow inputting the character e as a shortcut for scientific notation

Context

Writing non-numeric authorized character in number input

Search keywords: number input base-ui

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[atomiks]

In the new Number Field in v1.0.0-alpha.1, we only allow - and ., and + if the formatting permits it.

I believe e isn't allowed at all, even if you've set scientific as a formatting option. However, I understand it's useful to use scientific notation as a shortcut (e.g. it's easier to input 1e9 than 1000000000, and I do use this feature in Google Sheets), so we can look into supporting this.

[Xen0o2]

Would be a cool feature, and above all in the component introduction you're talking about the fact that e is authorized.

And the . character is not allowed either.

[atomiks]

The one on the live website underwent an API rewrite in our new alpha version (@base_ui/[email protected]), so it's been recently replaced.

You can take a look at the new one's docs here. It allows . (including , if the locale permits), and + if formatting permits, but not e yet as I mentioned above.