How do I save a value that is a zero (integer) in a field without typing it twice?

[karlmacklin]

I have a property, ourScore that is supposed to be an int. Think of a score in a game of hockey for example:

With following settings:

When the editor creates this document the score should be zero to start with.

Great!
However if one tries to publish this, you can’t:

Using the DeliveryApiExtensions I can already here preview what I get via the content delivery API:
"ourScore": null

So this makes sense, you can’t publish it if it doesn’t validate (I wish Umbraco would say which value is incorrect but that’s for future updates I hope).

However.. if I erase that 0 and then type in a new 0 and save, it is:
"ourScore":0

And the document can be published.

Is there any way to force the zero to be a real zero value?
Removing the validation just hides the problem and you end up with null values where there should be a true zero value.

Only solution I can think of is a ContentSavingNotification that transforms null values on these fields to a true zero. Is there any smoother solution?

[LuukPeters (Luuk Peters (Proud Nerds))]

I would create a bug report, sound like a bug to me.

Having said that, for now, the ContentSavingNotification is quite an elegant solution in my opinion.