kb(numericTextbox): clarifications on scientific notation behavior from the framework

Author: marin-bratanov

knowledge-base/numerictextbox-scientific-format-small-numbers.md

@@ -35,16 +35,27 @@ Use a sufficiently small number and bind it to the Numeric Textobox, then focus
 <TelerikNumericTextBox Decimals="6" @bind-Value="@Performance" Format="@format"></TelerikNumericTextBox>
 
 @code{
-    decimal Performance { get; set; } = 0.000070m;
+    double Performance { get; set; } = 0.000070;
 
     string format = "#0.000000";
+
+    protected override void OnInitialized()
+    {
+        //this will show the scientific notation in the console too
+        Console.WriteLine(Performance);
+
+        base.OnInitialized();
+    }
 }
 ````
 
 ## Cause\Possible Cause(s)
+
+Sufficiently small (or large) numbers may be rendered as strings by the framework in scientific notation (see the example above).
+
 The Telerik Numeric Textbox renders the `Format` parameter when it is not focused through a simple `.ToString(Format)` call, but when focused, it needs to take into account the `Decimals` and so it has to round the value before calling `.ToString()` to it to render it in the input.
 
-This rounding makes types with lower precision (such as `double`) show up in sceintific notation (such as `7E-05`) instead of the expected decimal notation (such as `0.000070`).
+This rounding makes types with lower precision (such as `double`) show up in sceintific notation (such as `7E-05`) instead of the expected decimal notation (such as `0.000070`) while the `Format` may be set to something that does not manifest this behavior and thus mask the problem.
 
 You can find a sample approximation of the rounding code at the time of writing here: