# Decimal places in input fields

**URL:** https://discourse.slicer.org/t/decimal-places-in-input-fields/33880
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 20, 2024, 4:27am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/decimal-places-in-input-fields/33880 "2024-01-20T04:27:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![Hamburgerfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Hamburgerfinger](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Hamburgerfinger)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2024, 4:27am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/decimal-places-in-input-fields/33880/1 "2024-01-20T04:27:10Z")

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Can I increase the precision of input fields in Slicer? For example, say I want to rescale an image using the ShiftScaleImageFilter (Simple Filters module), and my scale factor needs to be small - say it is 0.0002311… I run out of digits because only 5 are allowed after the decimal point:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/d/7/d7fc30ef70a558cc1d525c22cd64191d8c146900.png)

Is there an easy fix/setting for this that I am missing?

Thanks!

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### Author: ![muratmaga](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/muratmaga/32/3622_2.png) [@muratmaga](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/muratmaga)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2024, 4:49am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/decimal-places-in-input-fields/33880/2 "2024-01-20T04:49:03Z")

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Temporarily you can increase the precision fields by hitting ctrl+ (or command + if you are in Mac).

If you want to make these changes permanent go to Application Settings-\>Units and change the precision of the length field.

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### Author: ![Hamburgerfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Hamburgerfinger](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Hamburgerfinger)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2024, 1:25pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/decimal-places-in-input-fields/33880/3 "2024-01-20T13:25:10Z")

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Thanks! That solution works for some modules (like the “transforms” or “volumes” module), but it does not work in the “simple filters” module for some reason…

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### Author: ![muratmaga](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/muratmaga/32/3622_2.png) [@muratmaga](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/muratmaga)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2024, 5:23pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/decimal-places-in-input-fields/33880/4 "2024-01-20T17:23:48Z")

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Interesting, which filter are you using, and what platform are you on? For resample, it works fine for me on Mac.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/7/6/7669efb7124a73ca60edd7c9d4ef51a5921d09e7.png)

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### Author: ![muratmaga](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/muratmaga/32/3622_2.png) [@muratmaga](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/muratmaga)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2024, 5:25pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/decimal-places-in-input-fields/33880/5 "2024-01-20T17:25:44Z")

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I see you are using shiftscale and indeed it doesn’t work. Can you file a quick issues report at the slicer github page [GitHub - Slicer/Slicer: Multi-platform, free open source software for visualization and image computing.](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer)?