Force decimal point instead of comma in HTML5 number input (client-side)

Question

I have seen that some browsers localize the input type=\"number\" notation of numbers.

So now, in fields where my application displays longitude and la

Answer 1

I found a blog article which seems to explain something related:
HTML5 input type=number and decimals/floats in Chrome

In summary:

• the step helps to define the domain of valid values
• the default step is 1
• thus the default domain is integers (between min and max, inclusive, if given)

I would assume that's conflating with the ambiguity of using a comma as a thousand separator vs a comma as a decimal point, and your 51,983 is actually a strangely-parsed fifty-one thousand, nine hundred and eight-three.

Apparently you can use step="any" to widen the domain to all rational numbers in range, however I've not tried it myself. For latitude and longitude I've successfully used:

It might not be pretty, but it works.