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Possible? Expanding dropdown menu view so more content is visible?

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Hi guys,
I am struggling with dropdowns. When I expand them, they only show 4 items and also they're not scrollable, which is extremely annoying and not user-friendly. Is there a way to fix that?

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JR Boulay

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You should consider using a JavaScript popup menu:

https://opensource.adobe.com/dc-acrobat-sdk-docs/library/jsapiref/JS_API_AcroJS.html#popupmenuex

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try67

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This has its own issues, though. For example:

- The list can't be scrolled with the mouse.

- You can't jump to an item by pressing the first letter in its name.

- The selected value is not saved anywhere, unless you copy it in your script to a separate field.

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Thom Parker

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Are you on a Mac? If so, then there is a known bug with dropdowns on the Mac, which is that limited entries are shown. A couple of people on this forum have reported only seeing one dropdown entry.

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KlookAuthor

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Yes, I'm on a Mac, but I had it tested by a friend on Windows and he saw the same.

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try67

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A drop-down should show something like 8 items in the list, and should be scrollable. Are you sure this is a drop-down field? Can you send a screenshot (preferably full-screen) of what you're seeing?

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KlookAuthor

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Is it possible to modify the look & behaviour? Yes, it is a dropdown list. Unfortunately I can't share the whole document, but here's what every dropdown on the PDF looks like. Thanks for your help (again)!

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KlookAuthor

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Oh and to specify: I can scroll it, but only by clicking on the arrows, not with the mouse...

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Bernd Alheit

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Dropdowns are scrollable.

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