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Sort items inside a listbox

Forum|Forum|6 years ago
November 14, 2019
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I have some listboxes whose items are filled in by a script and/or via a CSV.

1. I would like items containing "T*T" to appear at the top of the list, sorted alphabetically. (As this word is censored by the forum I wrote it "T * T", you can see it on the screenshot)
2. I would like items containing "ADE" (and not containing "T*T") to appear next, sorted alphabetically.
3. And I would like all the other items to appear after, sorted alphabetically.

See screenshot: white list is the current, yellow list is what I want.

Is it possible?

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JR Boulay

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Community Expert

Thank you.

Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe

Thom Parker

Community Expert

Hi JR, here's a 30sec script

var oFld = this.getField("List1");
var len = oFld.numItems;
var aItems = [];
for(var i=0;i<len;i++)
aItems.push([oFld.getItemAt(i,false),oFld.getItemAt(i,true)]);
oFld.setItems(aItems.sort())

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often

JR Boulay

Author

Community Expert

Thank you Thom!

Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe

JR Boulay

Author

Community Expert

I cannot, items are sometimes added in several times by multiple scripts.

Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe

Bernd Alheit

Community Expert

Then get the items from the listbox, sort the items, and add the items to the listbox.

Bernd Alheit

Community Expert

Sort the items before you add it to the listbox.

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