Creating a button that hides/reveals dropdown lists

Question

I am trying to create a form that includes multiple dropdown lists that are coded to populate a text box with the information. I have already successfully implemented code to autopopulate text boxes based on the dropdowns. I do not want the dropdown lists to appear visible in the final version of the document.

Is there a way to add a button or checkbox that will hide these dropdown lists? I understand this is going to include some javascript in order to function (if possible), if so would anyone be able to point me in the right direction?

I am very new to javascript and have been teaching myself throught this project so any feedback, tips, examples you may have will be greatly appreciated.

PDF Automation Station · Answer

You can do it with a mouse up action script in either a button or a check box. Do you want the trigger to toggle the visibility or just turn it off? Here's the button script (assuming the dropdowns are called Dropdown1, Dropdown2, and Dropdown3):

this.getField("Dropdown1").display=display.hidden;

this.getField("Dropdown2").display=display.hidden;

this.getField("Dropdown3").display=display.hidden;

If all your fields have the same root name with period and suffix (example: Dropdown.1, Dropdown.2, and Dropdown.3) you would only need one line of code:

this.getField("Dropdown").display=display.hidden;

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