Input fields accepts standard abbreviations

[mahlerrd]

While trying to make sensible maximums for some aggregated switch traffic, I find it very hard to verify I have the right numbers in text boxes. I end up squinting a lot at numbers like

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10000000000000

and trying to determine if I just wrote 10 Tb or 1 Tb.

I would love it if the standard text input boxes for limits would accept one of the following things:

1) the normal SI abbreviations and bit/Byte postfix so I could write 10TB for 10 Terabytes or 120kb for 120 kilobits.

2) exponentiation, so instead of 1000000000000 you could write 1x10E9.

I understand eiher of these would be complex to implement, but perhaps there's already a library that will do it?

I wouldn't be adverse to other solutions, either. Maybe dividing each into two and making a number entry then a drop down with standard SI abbreviations afterwards.

Thanks for listening!