p-inputnumber: Not allowing to start the decimal with DOT(.)

[RanjithkumarRajendran]

Reopened the ticket - #16069

Describe the bug

Describe the bug
<p-inputNumber
[min]="1"
[max]="24"
[minFractionDigits]="1"
[maxFractionDigits]="2"

In the above input number,

Below cases are working

If i am trying to enter 0.5, it is working
if I am trying to enter 5.75 it is working
Case which is not working.
if i am trying to enter as .5, i can see only 5 (dot is missing) if we need dot, we need to start with 0.

Tried same thing in primeng component as well- https://primeng.org/inputnumber

Pull Request Link

No response

Reason for not contributing a PR

• Lack of time
• Unsure how to implement the fix/feature
• Difficulty understanding the codebase
• Other

Other Reason

No response

Reproducer

https://stackblitz.com/edit/inputnumber-github-hhjujy-qamqwj?file=src%2Fapp%2Fapp.component.html

Environment

All

Angular version

17.3.12

PrimeNG version

v19

Node version

20.12.2

Browser(s)

Chrome

Steps to reproduce the behavior

Go to the text box
enter the value as .5, your will see as 5

Expected behavior

Go to the text box
enter the value as .5, your have to see as .5 or 0.5 (auto prefixed with 0 if it started with .)

[RanjithkumarRajendran]

@mertsincan for your reference, creating the issue.

[mertsincan]

Thanks a lot for the update!