It's not scientific, you can't set the units of the stroke by right clicking on the ruler?

[dublove]

It's not scientific, you can't set the units of the stroke by right clicking on the ruler?

I'm going to go ahead and start a suggestion if that's really not possible.

[Anubhav M]

Hello @dublove,

I understand that this functionality is important to you. Would you mind creating a UserVoice for this feature request (https://adobe.ly/3YVPoXb) and adding your comments there? Doing this will help us prioritize this request, and you will be notified of any updates.

Feel free to reach out if you have more questions or need assistance. We'd be happy to help.

Anubhav

[dublove]

Already recommended.
Honestly, some of the features are useful, but not many people realize it.
So it's not like the ones with fewer votes aren't adopted.
There are so many basic features that should be improved instead of going for the new and trendy ones that are bound to be of little use.

https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601021-adobe-indesign-feature-requests/suggestions/49822839-it... 

[rob day]

Hi @dublove , Same is true for other type related fields (i.e., Font Size). In case you don’t know, you can use any unit’s abbreviation in those fields—5mm gets converted to 14.173 points:

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

To add to what @rob day suggested - you can even do math operations - "+", "-", "*", "/".

[dublove]

That's one way. But I'm not very used to it.
I'm still used to seeing what I need