From a57ee6c2a2fe83577fce085f1ad9e1ed266bcabf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eva Lott <evalott100@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 09:24:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fixed bug where the correct widget pvi format wasn't used

---
 src/pandablocks_ioc/_pvi.py  | 2 +-
 tests/test-bobfiles/DATA.bob | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/pandablocks_ioc/_pvi.py b/src/pandablocks_ioc/_pvi.py
index c2476ce0..293bee17 100644
--- a/src/pandablocks_ioc/_pvi.py
+++ b/src/pandablocks_ioc/_pvi.py
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ def add_automatic_pvi_info(
         else:
             widget = TextRead(format=None)
 
-        component = SignalR(name=pvi_name, pv=record_name, widget=TextRead())
+        component = SignalR(name=pvi_name, pv=record_name, widget=widget)
         access = "r"
 
     add_pvi_info_to_record(record, record_name, access)
diff --git a/tests/test-bobfiles/DATA.bob b/tests/test-bobfiles/DATA.bob
index 34fa3566..ec0050f7 100644
--- a/tests/test-bobfiles/DATA.bob
+++ b/tests/test-bobfiles/DATA.bob
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
       </font>
       </font>
       <horizontal_alignment>1</horizontal_alignment>
+      <format>6</format>
     </widget>
   </widget>
   <widget type="group" version="2.0.0">
@@ -291,6 +292,7 @@
       </font>
       </font>
       <horizontal_alignment>1</horizontal_alignment>
+      <format>6</format>
     </widget>
   </widget>
 </display>