# Decimal separator

**URL:** <https://www.five.org/t/decimal-separator/510>\
**Category:** How do I?\
**Created:** [January 31, 2025, 3:27am UTC](https://www.five.org/t/decimal-separator/510 "2025-01-31T03:27:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![JeanXXIV](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/www.five.org/jeanxxiv/32/548_2.png) [@JeanXXIV](https://www.five.org/u/JeanXXIV)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 3:27am UTC](https://www.five.org/t/decimal-separator/510/1 "2025-01-31T03:27:22Z")

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Hello, is there a way to change the decimal separator to a comma? In display but also in input using the comma key.  
 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/five/original/2X/4/49d5e14ab1cf956692bbcf0cbb6b389c6fb42fd7.png)  
Five doesn’t seem to use my locale settings.  
Thanks!

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**Author:** ![RileyAnderssen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f8ce5/32.png) [@RileyAnderssen](https://www.five.org/u/RileyAnderssen)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2025, 10:11pm UTC](https://www.five.org/t/decimal-separator/510/2 "2025-02-02T22:11:17Z")

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Hello,

You could make a custom display type for this.

First, create a custom display type and set the display type to currency. Then, within the field data of this custom display type, add the following:

 ![Screenshot 2025-02-03 at 8.10.31 am](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/five/original/2X/f/f8dc0295030dc25be54d1a5afcbf94ce8ac68ea9.png)

Now add this as the display type wherever you use your currency values.

Let me know if theres any issues!

Thanks,  
Riley.

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**Author:** ![JeanXXIV](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/www.five.org/jeanxxiv/32/548_2.png) [@JeanXXIV](https://www.five.org/u/JeanXXIV)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 1:44am UTC](https://www.five.org/t/decimal-separator/510/3 "2025-02-03T01:44:28Z")

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Ok, so simple! Well, the input still requires a period, but I don’t think that will bother users. What’s important is the display in forms and reports. Thanks a lot!

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/five/original/2X/1/18f6d499599c949edeb506803a61b98e6a59c2b5.png)