Editing IP in setup cumbersome because of validation

3.2.4 release

With the new Setup>Device>Network concept of changing an IP address there's also new (and a bit stricter) error checking. This makes it harder to edit an address:

Current IP address:
192.168.12.101

New IP address:
192.168.43.101

So move the cursor behind the 12 and want to clear (backspace) the 2 and the 1, so i can then enter 43. But the validation prohibits empty octets.

The process for the 3rd octet that i hoped to achieve is: 12 -> 1 -> (empty) -> 4 -> 3
The process for the 3rd octet i have to perform: 12 -> 1 -> 14 -> move cursor -> 4 -> move cursor -> 43

I'm aware this sounds like a small change, but because the old IP field in the shell didn't validate this diligently i've tripped over this multiple times.

thx, ueli

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