Forms - Dropdown - Adding multiline options

kieron coyle

Not sure if its possible yet but I haven't figured it out. When using lists or dropdown forms on PDF's to create for example a full list of addresses on a drawing template, you can only add a single line to each option. The ability to add multiple lines to a option would save so much hassle.

pnoyes

MultilineDropdown.pdf

The only way I can think of doing this is to a dropdown populate a multiline textbox via JavaScript. Here is the code that does this. It is a document level script:

var field = this.getField("LocationDropdown");

// Set the keystroke script
field.setAction("Keystroke", 'if (event.willCommit) {\
    var addresses = {\
        "NY": "New York Office\\n123 Broadway\\nNew York, NY 10001\\nPhone: (212) 555-0123",\
        "LA": "Los Angeles Office\\n456 Sunset Blvd\\nLos Angeles, CA 90028\\nPhone: (323) 555-0456",\
        "CHI": "Chicago Office\\n789 Michigan Ave\\nChicago, IL 60611\\nPhone: (312) 555-0789"\
    };\
    this.getField("AddressField").value = addresses[event.value] || "";\
}');

This requires a Dropdown named "LocationDropdown" that already has NY, LA and CHI as options. It also needs a textbox named "AddressField" that has multiline set to true.