diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Form.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Form.pm
index 8573145af..6b70bd0fa 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Form.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Form.pm
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Base forms package. Eliminates some of the normal code work that goes along with
  $html = WebGUI::Form::file({name=>"image"});
  $html = WebGUI::Form::formHeader();
  $html = WebGUI::Form::filterContent({value=>"javascript"});
+ $html = WebGUI::Form::float({name=>"distance"});
  $html = WebGUI::Form::group({name=>"groupToPost"});
  $html = WebGUI::Form::hidden({name=>"wid",value=>"55"});
  $html = WebGUI::Form::hiddenList({name=>"wid",value=>"55",options=>\%options});
@@ -542,6 +543,58 @@ sub formHeader {
 
 }
 
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=head2 float ( hashRef )
+
+Returns an floating point field.
+
+=over
+
+=item name
+
+The name field for this form element.
+
+=item value
+
+The default value for this form element.
+
+=item maxlength
+
+The maximum number of characters to allow in this form element.  Defaults to 11.
+
+=item extras
+
+If you want to add anything special to this form element like javascript actions, or stylesheet information, you'd add it in here as follows:
+
+ 'onChange="this.form.submit()"'
+
+=item size
+
+The number of characters wide this form element should be. There should be no reason for anyone to specify this.
+
+=back
+
+=cut
+
+sub float {
+        my $value = $_[0]->{value} || 0;
+        my $size = $_[0]->{size} || 11;
+        my $output = '<script language="JavaScript" src="'.$session{config}{extrasURL}.'/floatCheck.js"></script>';
+	$output .= text({
+		name=>$_[0]->{name},
+		value=>$value,
+		size=>$size,
+		extras=>'onKeyUp="doFloatCheck(this.form.'.$_[0]->{name}.')" '.$_[0]->{extras},
+		maxlength=>$_[0]->{maxlength}
+		});
+	return $output;
+}
+
+
+
+
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 =head2 group ( hashRef ] )
@@ -843,23 +896,12 @@ sub integer {
         my ($output, $size, $value);
         $value = $_[0]->{value} || 0;
         $size = $_[0]->{size} || 11;
-        $output = '<script language="JavaScript">function doNumCheck(field) {
-		var valid = "0123456789"
-		var ok = "yes";
-		var temp;
-		for (var i=0; i<field.value.length; i++) {
-			temp = "" + field.value.substring(i, i+1);
-			if (valid.indexOf(temp) == "-1") ok = "no";
-		}
-		if (ok == "no") {
-			field.value = field.value.substring(0, (field.value.length) - 1);
-		}
-		} </script>';
+        $output = '<script language="JavaScript" src="'.$session{config}{extrasURL}.'/numberCheck.js"></script>';
 	$output .= text({
 		name=>$_[0]->{name},
 		value=>$value,
 		size=>$size,
-		extras=>'onKeyUp="doNumCheck(this.form.'.$_[0]->{name}.')"'.$_[0]->{extras},
+		extras=>'onKeyUp="doNumCheck(this.form.'.$_[0]->{name}.')" '.$_[0]->{extras},
 		maxlength=>$_[0]->{maxlength}
 		});
 	return $output;
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/HTMLForm.pm b/lib/WebGUI/HTMLForm.pm
index a93c53ec6..f42b2e1b4 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/HTMLForm.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/HTMLForm.pm
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Package that makes HTML forms typed data and significantly reduces the code need
  $f->fieldType("dataType",\%supportedTypes,"Type of Field");
  $f->file("image","Image to Upload");
  $f->filterContent("filterThisContent","Filter This Content");
+ $f->float("distance","5.1");
  $f->group("groupToPost","Who can post?");
  $f->hidden("wid","55");
  $f->HTMLArea("description","Description");
@@ -661,6 +662,78 @@ sub filterContent {
 }
 
 
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=head2 float ( name [ label, value, maxlength, extras, subtext, size, uiLevel ] )
+
+Adds an integer row to this form.
+
+=over
+
+=item name
+
+The name field for this form element.
+
+=item label
+
+The left column label for this form row.
+
+=item value
+
+The default value for this form element.
+
+=item maxlength
+
+The maximum number of characters to allow in this form element.  Defaults to 11.
+
+=item extras
+
+If you want to add anything special to this form element like javascript actions, or stylesheet information, you'd add it in here as follows:
+
+ 'onChange="this.form.submit()"'
+
+=item subtext
+
+Extra text to describe this form element or to provide special instructions.
+
+=item size
+
+The number of characters wide this form element should be. There should be no reason for anyone to specify this.
+
+=item uiLevel
+
+The UI level for this field. See the WebGUI developer's site for details. Defaults to "0".
+
+=back
+
+=cut
+
+sub float {
+	my ($output);
+	my ($self, @p) = @_;
+	my ($name, $label, $value, $maxlength, $extras, $subtext, $size, $uiLevel) =
+		rearrange([qw(name label value maxlength extras subtext size uiLevel)], @p);
+	if (_uiLevelChecksOut($uiLevel)) {
+		$output = WebGUI::Form::float({
+			"name"=>$name,
+			"value"=>$value,
+			"maxlength"=>$maxlength,
+			"size"=>$size,
+			"extras"=>$extras
+			});
+		$output .= _subtext($subtext);
+		$output = $self->_tableFormRow($label,$output);
+	} else {
+		$output = WebGUI::Form::hidden({
+			"name"=>$name,
+			"value"=>$value
+			});
+	}
+	$self->{_data} .= $output;
+} 
+
+
+
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 =head2 group ( name [ label, value, size, multiple, extras, subtext, uiLevel, excludeGroups ] )
diff --git a/www/extras/floatCheck.js b/www/extras/floatCheck.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..78167de70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www/extras/floatCheck.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+function doFloatCheck(field) {
+	var valid = "0123456789"
+        var ok = "yes";
+        var points = 0;
+        var temp;
+        for (var i=0; i<field.value.length; i++) {
+        	temp = "" + field.value.substring(i, i+1);
+                if (valid.indexOf(temp) == "-1") {
+                	if (temp == ".") {
+                        	points++;
+                        } else {
+                                ok = "no";
+                        }
+                }
+        }
+        if (points > 1) ok = "no";
+        if (ok == "no") {
+                field.value = field.value.substring(0, (field.value.length) - 1);
+        }
+}
+
diff --git a/www/extras/numberCheck.js b/www/extras/numberCheck.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6a5c345ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www/extras/numberCheck.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+function doNumCheck(field) {
+	var valid = "0123456789"
+        var ok = "yes";
+        var temp;
+        for (var i=0; i<field.value.length; i++) {
+        	temp = "" + field.value.substring(i, i+1);
+                if (valid.indexOf(temp) == "-1") ok = "no";
+        }
+        if (ok == "no") {
+                field.value = field.value.substring(0, (field.value.length) - 1);
+        }
+}
+