Scaling quantity ranges for ingredients

[TheElbinho]

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Some recipes give ranges for the quantity of an ingredient like "30-45 grams of gelatin". Currently there is no way to enter this into mealie (somewhat related to #2926).

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Add an operator like "to" to mark a range, so that the input will be accepted and the scaler knows to multiply both ends of the range (so that "30 to 45" scaled by 2 becomes "60 to 90"

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Could be a translation problem, you probably don't want to change the operator based on the translation, so maybe a dash "-" would be the most universal sign. But dependent on how the quantity input is handled, it would be necessary to make sure that "30-45" doesn't get interpreted as "-15"

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[boc-the-git]

My suggested solution for this is that in your instance, work out the measurement you want (say 38g in your 30-45 example) and update the recipe to have that.
It gives you a more meaningful recipe and solves this problem.

[mblauser]

This would work for recipes that have already been made, likely several times (enough to know the preferred amount). Mealie seemingly allows for the addition and searching of recipes which may not have been made; certainly not adjusted for the individual taste preference of others. The author presents a complete (and in my opinion, elegant) enhanced user flow for ingredients.

[TheElbinho]

My current workaround is entering the minimum and adding the range in the notes. It is fine, but I think my suggested feature would be better. Although if no-one else sees a problem here, I can live with the featureset as it is

[mblauser]

Your suggestion is well thought out from a usability perspective. A small icon to expand the UI into a range input (by default hidden) would be a nice method to invoke this feature.

[xad001x0w]

I'll add my voice to this as something I'd make use of. I've just started using Mealie and the first few recipes I've entered all had ranged ingredients: "3-4 cloves of garlic, 6-7 sage leaves, 100-200ml of water" etc

I'm guessing the simplest option would be to store min and max values for an ingredient if someone enters an ingredient amount including a dash. That way there would still be numeric values in the database to make scaling calculations easier.