diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 26f4720..1edec00 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -67,8 +67,13 @@
 # Others
 - [X] Add `select-none` to input labels, etc.
 - [X] Add indicators to components (select, datetime input etc)
+- [ ] Add proxies for setting component values
+  - [ ] formatted/phonenumberinput
+  - [ ] multichoice/taginput
+  - [ ] blob/fileselectbox (?)
 - [ ] Test all components!
 - [ ] Where to put the "click-to-copy" textboxes? Does `Swatch`
   belong to this category?
 - [ ] Add `aria-*` attributes to all components
 - [ ] react-refractor, fix rendering on Lynx!
+- [ ] Limit component props to only those that are relevant
diff --git a/categories/formatted/react/src/components/PhoneNumberInput/index.tsx b/categories/formatted/react/src/components/PhoneNumberInput/index.tsx
index a74f8ef..85ecb3d 100644
--- a/categories/formatted/react/src/components/PhoneNumberInput/index.tsx
+++ b/categories/formatted/react/src/components/PhoneNumberInput/index.tsx
@@ -85,11 +85,41 @@ export const PhoneNumberInput = React.forwardRef<
   const defaultRef = React.useRef<PhoneNumberInputDerivedElement>(null);
   const ref = forwardedRef ?? defaultRef;
 
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    const { current: currentRaw } = defaultRef;
+    const current = currentRaw as unknown as PhoneNumberInputDerivedElement;
+    const forwardedRefProxy = new Proxy(current, {
+      get(target, prop, receiver) {
+        return Reflect.get(target, prop, receiver) as unknown;
+      },
+      set(target, prop, newValue, receiver) {
+        if (prop === 'value') {
+          setPhoneNumber(newValue as string);
+          current.value = newValue as string;
+          return true;
+        }
+        return Reflect.set(target, prop, newValue, receiver);
+      },
+    }) as unknown as PhoneNumberInputDerivedElement;
+
+    if (typeof forwardedRef === 'function') {
+      forwardedRef(forwardedRefProxy);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (typeof forwardedRef === 'object' && forwardedRef) {
+      const mutableForwardedRef = forwardedRef as React.MutableRefObject<
+        PhoneNumberInputDerivedElement
+      >;
+      mutableForwardedRef.current = forwardedRefProxy;
+    }
+  }, [forwardedRef, defaultRef]);
+
   const handlePhoneInputChange = (phoneNumberValue: Value) => {
     if (!(typeof ref === 'object' && ref)) {
       return;
     }
-    const { current: input } = ref;
+    const { current: input } = defaultRef;
     if (!input) {
       return;
     }
@@ -156,7 +186,7 @@ export const PhoneNumberInput = React.forwardRef<
         size={length}
         value={value}
         onChange={onChange}
-        ref={ref}
+        ref={defaultRef}
         aria-labelledby={labelId}
         type="tel"
         id={id}
diff --git a/showcases/web-kitchensink-reactnext/src/pages/categories/formatted/index.tsx b/showcases/web-kitchensink-reactnext/src/pages/categories/formatted/index.tsx
index cbabd65..b99e4f3 100644
--- a/showcases/web-kitchensink-reactnext/src/pages/categories/formatted/index.tsx
+++ b/showcases/web-kitchensink-reactnext/src/pages/categories/formatted/index.tsx
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@ import {NextPage} from 'next';
 import {DefaultLayout} from '@/components/DefaultLayout';
 import {Section, Subsection} from '@/components/Section';
 import * as Formatted from '@tesseract-design/web-formatted-react';
+import {useRef} from 'react';
+import {ActionButton} from '@tesseract-design/web-action-react';
 
 const TemporalPage: NextPage = () => {
+  const phoneNumberRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
   return (
     <DefaultLayout title="Formatted">
       <Section title="PhoneNumberInput">
@@ -18,6 +21,25 @@ const TemporalPage: NextPage = () => {
             onChange={(e) => { console.log('change', e.currentTarget.name, e.currentTarget, e.currentTarget.value)}}
           />
         </Subsection>
+        <Subsection title="With Ref">
+          <Formatted.PhoneNumberInput
+            label="Phone"
+            name="phone"
+            enhanced
+            border
+            ref={phoneNumberRef}
+            onChange={(e) => { console.log('change', e.currentTarget.name, e.currentTarget, e.currentTarget.value)}}
+          />
+          <ActionButton
+            onClick={() => {
+              if (phoneNumberRef.current) {
+                phoneNumberRef.current.value = '+639123456789';
+              }
+            }}
+          >
+            Set Value
+          </ActionButton>
+        </Subsection>
       </Section>
       <Section title="EmailInput">
         <Subsection title="Default">