LighterPack displays the total quantity of units in each section. Usually, users have only integer values for units of things that they carry, and in that case, this feature works fine.
But at https://lighterpack.com/r/zu7cb9, it's not working fine. The consumables section of my list looks like this:
Possible solution
The quantity being displayed with so many digits is category.subtotalQty in client/components/category.vue. In turn, I think that the bug can be fixed by changing this line in the calculateSubtotal() function: https://github.com/galenmaly/lighterpack/blob/master/client/dataTypes.js#L107. But I am out of my depth, so I'm reluctant to file a PR.
Related: why use fractional quantities for gear?
You may wonder: does it ever make sense for users to input fractional quantities. Yes, it does. For example, a user may carry a different amount of water for each trip. But instead of creating a new "water" gear item for each trip, the cleaner approach is to create a single "water" item—1L of water, weighing 1kg—and then to adjust the quantity as needed for individual trips. For example, you may take 1.0 "quantity" of water for this month's trip, 2.25 "quantity" of water for next month's trip, and 3.33 "quantity" of water for the trip after that—all without creating separate "water" items for each trup.
LighterPack displays the total quantity of units in each section. Usually, users have only integer values for units of things that they carry, and in that case, this feature works fine.
But at https://lighterpack.com/r/zu7cb9, it's not working fine. The consumables section of my list looks like this:
Possible solution
The quantity being displayed with so many digits is
category.subtotalQtyin client/components/category.vue. In turn, I think that the bug can be fixed by changing this line in the calculateSubtotal() function: https://github.com/galenmaly/lighterpack/blob/master/client/dataTypes.js#L107. But I am out of my depth, so I'm reluctant to file a PR.Related: why use fractional quantities for gear?
You may wonder: does it ever make sense for users to input fractional quantities. Yes, it does. For example, a user may carry a different amount of water for each trip. But instead of creating a new "water" gear item for each trip, the cleaner approach is to create a single "water" item—1L of water, weighing 1kg—and then to adjust the quantity as needed for individual trips. For example, you may take 1.0 "quantity" of water for this month's trip, 2.25 "quantity" of water for next month's trip, and 3.33 "quantity" of water for the trip after that—all without creating separate "water" items for each trup.