how to break a text line in a drop down to a text field

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July 28, 2019
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This should be pretty easy. I made a drop down with rather long entry listings. The selection from the drop down shows into a text field (multi-line). What I wanna do is control how the text flows in the text field. I wanna break the line of text where I want it to break to the next line. In essence making a double space or single. I've tried placing the \n and \r in the drop down listing but that didn't do anything. So, I was wondering how that would be done (or even if it's possible). Can someone help me figure this out? It's driving me a little more nuts. Thanks.

Acrobat SDK and JavaScript

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gkaiseril

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Have you tried to use JavaScript to set the dropdown/list box item/optional value?

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pdfUser1Author

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Thanks for getting back to me and for your suggestion. I tried this script -

this.getField("Footings").setItems(new Array(["All posts will be set into 2' x 3' concrete.\n\nWork will be performed in a professional workmanlike manner."],["All posts will be set into 3' x 3' concrete.\n\nWork will be performed in a professional workmanlike manner."],["All posts will be set into 4' x 3' concrete.\n\nWork will be performed in a professional workmanlike manner."],["All posts will be set into 5' x 3' concrete.\n\nWork will be performed in a professional workmanlike manner."],["All posts will be set into 6' x 3' concrete.\n\nWork will be performed in a professional workmanlike manner."]));

but this script spaces the entries in the drop down. Looks bad. Although, it puts the text into the text field the way I want. I don't want the line spacing in the drop down though. Is there a way to have it both ways?