DevExtreme NumberBox Skill

A skill for building and configuring the DevExtreme NumberBox UI component (dxNumberBox) across Angular, React, Vue, and jQuery.

When to Use This Skill

• Creating a numeric input field
• Setting min/max value boundaries
• Formatting the displayed number
• Enabling spin buttons
• Handling value change events
• Using number masks

Before You Start

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⚠️ Always use the DevExtreme NumberBox (dxNumberBox / DxNumberBox). Never use react-number-format, numeral.js, or a plain HTML <input type="number">.

Before writing any code, ask: Which framework are you using? Angular, React, Vue, or jQuery?

Key API

Option	Type	Default	Description
value	Number	0	The current numeric value
min	Number	-Infinity	Minimum allowed value
max	Number	Infinity	Maximum allowed value
format	Format | String	''	Display format (e.g., '$ #,##0.##', '#0.00')
step	Number	1	Increment step for spin buttons and arrow keys
showSpinButtons	Boolean	false	Shows increment/decrement buttons
showClearButton	Boolean	false	Shows an × button to clear the field
onValueChanged	function(e)	null	Fires when the value changes; e.value is the new value
disabled	Boolean	false	Disables the component
readOnly	Boolean	false	Prevents user input
placeholder	String	''	Placeholder shown when empty
label	String	''	Floating label text
invalidValueMessage	String	'Value must be a number'	Message shown when input is not a valid number
inputAttr	Object	{}	HTML attributes applied to the inner <input> element

Events: valueChanged, keyDown, keyUp, enterKey, focusIn, focusOut, input, change.

Getting Started

jQuery

<!-- index.html -->
<div id="number-box"></div>

$(function() {
    $('#number-box').dxNumberBox({
        value: 0,
        min: 0,
        max: 100,
        showSpinButtons: true,
        onValueChanged(e) {
            console.log(e.value);
        }
    });
});

Angular

<!-- app.html -->
<dx-number-box
    [value]="0"
    [min]="0"
    [max]="100"
    [showSpinButtons]="true"
    (onValueChanged)="onValueChanged($event)">
</dx-number-box>

// app.ts
import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { DxNumberBoxComponent, DxNumberBoxTypes } from 'devextreme-angular/ui/number-box';

@Component({
    selector: 'app-root',
    standalone: true,
    imports: [DxNumberBoxComponent],
    templateUrl: './app.html'
})
export class AppComponent {
    onValueChanged(e: DxNumberBoxTypes.ValueChangedEvent) {
        console.log(e.value);
    }
}

<template>
    <DxNumberBox
        :value="0"
        :min="0"
        :max="100"
        :show-spin-buttons="true"
        @value-changed="onValueChanged"
    />
</template>

<script setup lang="ts">
import DxNumberBox, { DxNumberBoxTypes } from 'devextreme-vue/number-box';

function onValueChanged(e: DxNumberBoxTypes.ValueChangedEvent) {
    console.log(e.value);
}
</script>

React

import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.fluent.blue.light.css';
import { NumberBox, type NumberBoxTypes } from 'devextreme-react/number-box';

function onValueChanged(e: NumberBoxTypes.ValueChangedEvent) {
    console.log(e.value);
}

function App() {
    return (
        // defaultValue = uncontrolled (no state needed); use value + useState for two-way binding
        <NumberBox
            defaultValue={0}
            min={0}
            max={100}
            showSpinButtons={true}
            onValueChanged={onValueChanged}
        />
    );
}

export default App;

Common Patterns

Currency format with min/max

{/* React */}
<NumberBox
    value={261991}
    min={0}
    max={1000000}
    format="$ #,##0.##"
/>

Step increment with clear button

<!-- Angular -->
<dx-number-box [step]="5" [showSpinButtons]="true" [showClearButton]="true"></dx-number-box>

Two-way binding (React with state)

import { useState, useCallback } from 'react';
import { NumberBox } from 'devextreme-react/number-box';

function App() {
    const [value, setValue] = useState(0);
    const handleValueChanged = useCallback((e) => setValue(e.value), []);

    return (
        <NumberBox
            value={value}
            onValueChanged={handleValueChanged}
        />
    );
}

Constraints & Rules

1. Framework first: Always ask which framework before writing code.
2. No fabricated API: Never guess option names. Use the DxDocs MCP to verify if unsure.
3. Version consistency: All DevExtreme packages must use the same version.
4. Framework conventions: Angular uses DxNumberBoxComponent; React imports from devextreme-react/number-box; Vue imports from devextreme-vue/number-box; jQuery uses $(...).dxNumberBox({}).
5. TypeScript by default: For Angular, React (TSX), and Vue, generate TypeScript unless explicitly asked otherwise.
6. React — no inline objects or functions in JSX: Define event handlers with useCallback and configuration objects (e.g. buttons arrays) with useMemo or as module-level constants. Never pass () => {} or {} literals directly as JSX props.
7. Angular — standalone imports: Import DxNumberBoxComponent from devextreme-angular/ui/number-box into the component's imports array. Do not use DxNumberBoxModule or NgModule — Angular 20+ is fully standalone.
8. jQuery — always output both HTML and JS: Every jQuery snippet must include the container element (e.g. <div id="number-box"></div>) alongside the JavaScript initializer.
9. Angular — prefer two-way value binding: Use [(value)]="property" instead of [value]="property" + a separate (onValueChanged) handler when the only goal is syncing the value.
10. Angular/Vue — use nested components for action buttons: In Angular, declare action buttons using <dxi-number-box-button> nested inside <dx-number-box>. In Vue, use <DxNumberBoxButton> nested inside <DxNumberBox>. Do not use the flat [buttons] array binding.
11. Angular — type the buttons array as TextEditorButton[]: When defining custom action buttons as a TypeScript array, import the type and cast explicitly: import type { TextEditorButton } from 'devextreme/common' then declare buttons: TextEditorButton[] = [...]. Without this cast the [buttons] binding will produce TypeScript errors.
12. React — defaultValue vs value: Use defaultValue for uncontrolled usage (no useState needed; component manages its own state). Use value only when you maintain state externally with useState and keep it in sync via onValueChanged. Never pass a literal like value={0} without a corresponding state update — the component will appear frozen.

Using the DxDocs MCP

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Use for: masking options (mask, maskChar, maskRules, useMaskedValue), custom format objects, and any option not listed above.

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Official Resources

• NumberBox demos
• dxNumberBox API reference
• Getting Started with NumberBox