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GOV.UK Design System numeric text-input guidance
Documents numeric entry guidance, inputmode numeric for whole numbers, explicit number error messages, too-low and too-high messages, between-range messages, decimal money wording, and cautions against using input type number without user-research support because accidental increments and unclear invalid-entry feedback can harm completion.
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| Pattern | Supported decision | Required contract | Claim note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spinbutton / numeric stepper | Choose a spinbutton for one bounded numeric value that changes in predictable increments. | Increment and decrement controls change the value by the declared step and stop at the lower and upper bounds. | GOV.UK numeric guidance cautions against type number without user research and provides specific error wording for numeric entry, bounds, and decimal money values. |
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Publisher: GOV.UK Design System. Last checked: .