diff --git a/sources/editor/ui/elementpropertieseditorwidget.cpp b/sources/editor/ui/elementpropertieseditorwidget.cpp
index e04b0bc01..e63f8338f 100644
--- a/sources/editor/ui/elementpropertieseditorwidget.cpp
+++ b/sources/editor/ui/elementpropertieseditorwidget.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class EditorDelegate : public QItemDelegate
 			{
 				auto *line_edit = new QLineEdit(parent);
 				auto *validator = new QRegularExpressionValidator(
-					QRegularExpression(QStringLiteral(R"(^[0-9]*\.?[0-9]{0,4}$)")), line_edit);
+					QETInformation::numericInfoPattern(), line_edit);
 				line_edit->setValidator(validator);
 				line_edit->setPlaceholderText(tr("ex. 80.5"));
 				line_edit->setToolTip(tr("Nombre décimal avec un point comme séparateur (ex. 80.5)"));
diff --git a/sources/qetinformation.cpp b/sources/qetinformation.cpp
index d5df1cea1..d6c2f769b 100644
--- a/sources/qetinformation.cpp
+++ b/sources/qetinformation.cpp
@@ -216,6 +216,18 @@ QString QETInformation::elementInfoToVar(const QString &info)
 		return (QString ("%{void}"));
 }
 
+/**
+ * @brief QETInformation::numericInfoPattern
+ * @return the pattern used to validate numeric elementInformation
+ * fields (currently width/height/depth): digits with an optional "."
+ * as decimal separator, requiring at least one digit overall so a
+ * lone "." can never be a complete, acceptable value on its own.
+ */
+QRegularExpression QETInformation::numericInfoPattern()
+{
+	return QRegularExpression(QStringLiteral(R"(^[0-9]+\.?[0-9]{0,2}$|^[0-9]*\.[0-9]{1,2}$)"));
+}
+
 /**
  * @brief QETInformation::infoToVar
  * @param info
diff --git a/sources/qetinformation.h b/sources/qetinformation.h
index 569d9021b..492258b17 100644
--- a/sources/qetinformation.h
+++ b/sources/qetinformation.h
@@ -18,17 +18,19 @@
 #ifndef QETINFORMATION_H
 #define QETINFORMATION_H
 
-#include <QStringList>
 #include <QHash>
+#include <QRegularExpression>
+#include <QStringList>
 
 /**
  * Inside this namespace you will find all information used in QElectrotech for
  * element, conductor and diagram.
  * Each information have 3 values :
- * #1 the info key = the key of an information as a QString used in the code (example : label)
- * #2 the info key to variable = the key in form of a variable.
- * This is used by the user to replace a variable by the string of this variable (example : %{label})
- * #3 the info key translated to the current local (example label in dutch = Betriebsmittelkennzeichen)
+ * #1 the info key = the key of an information as a QString used in the code
+ * (example : label) #2 the info key to variable = the key in form of a
+ * variable. This is used by the user to replace a variable by the string of
+ * this variable (example : %{label}) #3 the info key translated to the current
+ * local (example label in dutch = Betriebsmittelkennzeichen)
  */
 namespace QETInformation
 {
@@ -158,6 +160,8 @@ namespace QETInformation
 	QStringList elementEditorElementInfoKeys();
 	QString elementInfoToVar(const QString &info);
 
+	QRegularExpression numericInfoPattern();
+
 	QStringList terminalElementInfoKeys();
 
 	QString infoToVar(const QString &info);
diff --git a/sources/ui/elementinfopartwidget.cpp b/sources/ui/elementinfopartwidget.cpp
index dcb5f6842..2c44e51bd 100644
--- a/sources/ui/elementinfopartwidget.cpp
+++ b/sources/ui/elementinfopartwidget.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ ElementInfoPartWidget::ElementInfoPartWidget(
 	if (key_ == QETInformation::ELMT_WIDTH || key_ == QETInformation::ELMT_HEIGHT || key_ == QETInformation::ELMT_DEPTH)
 	{
 		auto *validator = new QRegularExpressionValidator(
-			QRegularExpression(QStringLiteral(R"(^[0-9]*\.?[0-9]{0,4}$)")), ui->line_edit);
+			QETInformation::numericInfoPattern(), ui->line_edit);
 		ui->line_edit->setValidator(validator);
 		ui->line_edit->setPlaceholderText(tr("ex. 80.5"));
 		ui->line_edit->setToolTip(tr("Nombre décimal avec un point comme séparateur (ex. 80.5)"));