Color picker data is changing when it hits Google sheet (ie #008000 is missing 00)

  • rivalpro
    Asked on March 24, 2019 at 10:28 AM

    I am using the color picker in my form for one of the fields. Usually, it works fine but when the color starts with "00" (ie #008000) Google sheets is missing the first "00" (ie 8000) which messes up the rest of a transaction.

    How do I ensure that Google sheets will not reformat the number? I already have the column set as "Plain Text"

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  • Victoria_K
    Replied on March 24, 2019 at 12:30 PM

    Widget is likely passing the data as number if there are only numeric characters. The workaround would be to convert output to string value (text) via Form Calculation widget. But, it seems that you have already applied this change to your form. 

    How-to-Manipulate-Text-String-with-Conditions-and-Calculation

    Please let us know if this does not work as expected.

  • rivalpro
    Replied on March 26, 2019 at 9:43 PM
    Hi
    So that helps with the 00 portion but I just had a submission of the
    default value in the color section but nothing was passed to Form
    calculation. It resulted in just a "#". Any ideas how to fix this?
    Thank you,
    Andrew
    RivalProductions.net
    info@RivalProductions.net
    @Rival_Productions
    ...
  • Jed_C
    Replied on March 26, 2019 at 11:44 PM

    The workaround is to change your spreadsheet format to "Plain Text". Please watch my sample screencast here https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cqeteC0Ni6.

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    Let us know if you have any questions or if you need further assistance.