diff --git a/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/controls/float.js b/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/controls/float.js
index 8a0e527c3b..5a6ac5d9d6 100644
--- a/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/controls/float.js
+++ b/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/controls/float.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 frappe.ui.form.ControlFloat = class ControlFloat extends frappe.ui.form.ControlInt {
+	static input_mode = "decimal";
 	parse(value) {
 		value = this.eval_expression(value);
 		return isNaN(parseFloat(value)) ? null : flt(value, this.get_precision());