Breadcrumbs

Currency

The Currency component collects money amounts. It shows a currency symbol and formats the amount as the user types, while storing a plain number.

Currency symbol

A Currency component added in the form builder shows a dollar sign ($) by default. To show a different symbol:

  1. Open the Currency component's settings.

  2. On the Display tab, enter the symbol in Currency Symbol, for example $, £ or EUR.

  3. Save the component.

currency-symbol-setting.png
Currency Symbol on the Display tab

A custom symbol is always shown before the amount. Leave Currency Symbol empty to go back to the default.

currency-in-form.png
The default symbol, and a field with Currency Symbol set to £

Currency Symbol requires GlobalForms version 10.16 or greater.

Separators and decimals

Currency follows the same locale rules as the Number component: thousands separators and the decimal symbol follow the user's locale, and users can type a decimal with either . or ,. The currency symbol does not change these rules. See Number.

Stored value

Only the number is stored, for example 1234.5, without the symbol or separators. Use the value directly in calculations and rules.