DecimalField: "Field is required" message despite entering a number

[mich-j]

• [x] OS: Ubuntu 23.10 x86_64
• [x] Python Version: 3.11.6
• [x] Gooey Version: 1.0.8.1
• [x] Thorough description of problem
  • [x] Expected Behavior: Setting widget as DecimalField for an argument results in capability of inputting an floating point value.
  • [x] Actual Behavior: After typing a floating point number into a DecimalField, error message saying "This field is required" pops up. This stops the application from going forward to the execution stage. I tried both typing a number and setting it using plus and minus buttons.
• [x] A minimal code example

from gooey import Gooey, GooeyParser

ps = GooeyParser()


@Gooey()
def parse_args():
    ps.add_argument("val", widget="DecimalField", action="store")


parse_args()

args = ps.parse_args()

• [x] Screenshot:

By the way, thank you very much for creating Gooey, it's super helpful for me!

[Katzmann1983]

You are missing the - infront of the first argument "-val"

[SarthakNikhal]

@Katzmann1983 Is this an issue or can it be made better if we added '-' internally before the arguments? Let me know if I can work on this if it has to be done.

[mich-j]

You are missing the - infront of the first argument "-val"

This was the case, thank you! I think this may be a bug, if DecimalField requires user to put some numbers in, it should not work with optional argument (with "--"), but with positional (i.e. required argument, without dashes).

[moqmar]

I have the same issue, but I get This field is required in every case when setting required=True (both with a single dash and two dashes) or using a positional, no matter the number that is put in.