Business Overview (Details) shares in Millions, $ in Millions		1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 09, 2020	Jan. 31, 2021 shares	Dec. 31, 2021 segment	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Product Information [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments			1
Number of operating segments			2
Number of shares sold (in shares) | shares		33.5
Fortive Separation Agreement | Affiliated Entity
Product Information [Line Items]
Payable to Fortive within 90 days | $				$ 86.1
Vontier | Disposal Group, Disposed of by Means Other than Sale, Not Discontinued Operations, Spinoff | Fortive
Product Information [Line Items]
Spinoff transaction, percentage of outstanding common stock distributed (as a percent)	80.10%
Shares of Vontier converted into shares of Fortive (in shares)	2.5