Use case: calling a GraphQL API, which is specific about numbers, and expects numbers, not strings, in the JSON request. I have a select with number keys.
Demo: https://snippet.webix.com/c7lkz9wp
In the save.update method, we could convert the string to Number, but Webix not stringify numeric keys in the first place, or are there good reasons to always stringify numeric keys? Or is there some limitation like no 0s for ids?
There are 2 problems here
a) native js code issue. The keys of structure are always string, while you are using numbers, js code converts them silently to strings
for (var key in { 3:"a" }) console.log(typeof key);
will return “string”
b) while Webix preserves data types, the handling of “id” is a bit different, its value is always converted to string
You can add a scheme for the widget, which will set correct data type after edit operation
Please check https://snippet.webix.com/2cpspxg2