Units in the quantity section

[shoalcreek5]

Checklist

• [X] I read and understood the Contributing Guidelines.
• [X] This is not a question.
• [X] This is not a technical issue.
• [X] This is not a duplicate of an existing issue.
• [X] This idea is not already possible.
• [X] I believe my idea falls into the projects scope and should be offered as part of the built-in functionality.

Purpose

On the shopping list, sometimes quantities need to be weight-based units. For example, sugar and produce are often sold by weight and a unit would clarify. If I enter 5 for apples, do I need 5 kg of apples or do I need 5 apples? Currently, the app only allows the number pad with no way of entering units.

Solution

Allow the full keyboard while entering quantities. Additionally, of not currently allowed, allow alphabetic text in the quantity field for an item.

Why are the currently avialable solutions not sufficient?

As explained above, without the type of quantity, it is sometimes impossible to tell how much to buy. I can use another note taking app instead. That's often just as easy, I suppose.

Can you help us with this feature request?

No, I don't have time, skills or willings for any of that.

Additional information

No response

[Abrynos]

Generally the idea of units is interesting, but implementing it would severely decrease the quality of user workflow. Changing the default keyboard from numbers to normal text, means every time a user wants to input the amount, they have to manually press at least one key on their keyboard to be able to tap the numbers.

I understand that sometimes you want to specify whether you need 5 apples of 5 kilogramms of apples, but usually (at least for me) no thinking whatsoever is required to remember which unit I need of an item, as soon as I see, that it is on my shopping list.