By default, the ColorBox applies value after an end user clicks the "Apply" button. To change this behavior, assign 'instantly' to the applyValueMode option. In this case, the widget applies the value immediately after an end user chooses a color in the drop-down editor.

jQuery

JavaScript

$(function() {
    $("#colorBoxContainer").dxColorBox({
        value: "#FF0000",
        applyValueMode: 'instantly'
    });
});

Angular

HTML

TypeScript

<dx-color-box
    [(value)]="color"
    applyValueMode="instantly">
</dx-color-box>

import { DxColorBoxModule } from "devextreme-angular";
// ...
export class AppComponent {
    color: string = "#FF0000"
}
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
        DxColorBoxModule
    ],
    // ...
})

Vue

App.vue

<template>
    <DxColorBox
        :value.sync="color"
        apply-value-mode="instantly"
    />
</template>

<script>
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.common.css';
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';

import DxColorBox from 'devextreme-vue/color-box';

export default {
    components: {
        DxColorBox
    },
    data() {
        return {
            color: "#FF0000"
        };
    }
}
</script>

React

App.js

import React from 'react';
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.common.css';
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';

import ColorBox from 'devextreme-react/color-box';

class App extends React.Component {
    constructor(props) {
        super(props);

        this.state = {
            color: "#FF0000"
        };
        this.handleValueChange = this.handleValueChange.bind(this); 
    }

    handleValueChange(e) {
        this.setState({
            color: e.value
        });
    }

    render() {
        return (
            <ColorBox
                value={this.state.color}
                applyValueMode="instantly"
                onValueChanged={this.handleValueChange}
            />
        );
    }
}
export default App;

To process a new ColorBox value, you need to handle the value change event. If the handling function is not going to be changed during the lifetime of the widget, assign it to the onValueChanged option when you configure the widget.

jQuery

JavaScript

$(function() {
    $("#colorBoxContainer").dxColorBox({
        onValueChanged: function (e) {
            const previousValue = e.previousValue;
            const newValue = e.value;
            // Event handling commands go here
        }
    });
});

Angular

HTML

TypeScript

<dx-color-box ...
    [(value)]="color"
    (onValueChanged)="handleValueChange($event)">
</dx-color-box>

import { DxColorBoxModule } from "devextreme-angular";
// ...
export class AppComponent {
    color: string = "#FF0000";

    handleValueChange (e) {
        const previousValue = e.previousValue;
        const newValue = e.value;
        // Event handling commands go here
    }
}
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
        DxColorBoxModule
    ],
    // ...
})

Vue

App.vue

<template>
    <DxColorBox
        :value.sync="color"
        @value-changed="handleValueChange"
    />
</template>

<script>
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.common.css';
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';

import DxColorBox from 'devextreme-vue/color-box';

export default {
    components: {
        DxColorBox
    },
    data() {
        return {
            color: "#FF0000"
        };
    },
    methods: {
        handleValueChange: function (e) {
            const previousValue = e.previousValue;
            const newValue = e.value;
            // Event handling commands go here
        }
    }
}
</script>

React

App.js

import React from 'react';
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.common.css';
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';

import ColorBox from 'devextreme-react/color-box';

class App extends React.Component {
    constructor(props) {
        super(props);

        this.state = {
            color: "#FF0000"
        };
        this.handleValueChange = this.handleValueChange.bind(this);
    }

    handleValueChange(e) {  
        const previousValue = e.previousValue;
        const newValue = e.value;
        // Event handling commands go here

        this.setState({
            color: newValue
        });
    }

    render() {
        return (
            <ColorBox
                value={this.state.color}
                onValueChanged={this.handleValueChange}
            />
        );
    }
}
export default App;

If you are going to change event handlers at runtime, or if you need to attach several handlers to the value change event, subscribe to this event using the on(eventName, eventHandler) method. This approach is more typical of jQuery.

JavaScript

var valueChangedHandler1 = function (e) {
    var previousValue = e.previousValue;
    var newValue = e.value;
    // First handler of the "valueChanged" event
};

var valueChangedHandler2 = function (e) {
    var previousValue = e.previousValue;
    var newValue = e.value;
    // Second handler of the "valueChanged" event
};

$("#colorBoxContainer").dxColorBox("instance")
    .on("valueChanged", valueChangedHandler1)
    .on("valueChanged", valueChangedHandler2);

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