How to change the default font for drop down lists (PDF interactive form)?

You can run this script in the JavaScript Console to batch change the font of all comboboxes inside a document:

for (var i = 0; i < numFields; i++) {

    var fName = getNthFieldName(i);

    var f = getField(fName);

    if ((f != null) && (f.type == "combobox")) {

        f.textFont = font.Times;

    }

}

I was able to replicate the problem and yes, I believe it's a bug.

Times Roman should be applied to it as with other form fields.

Until it's corrected, adjust the properties of each box to use Times Roman (not Times New Roman). Times Roman is listed in the top section of the Properties / Appearance / Font which are the default fonts for PDFs. Don't use the use the fonts lower down in the list as they probably won't be embedded and might have missing characters to your form's users.

Question: would you double check that this happens on Combo Boxes? For me, Combos were fine but List Boxes had the crazy font.

To clarify: Combo Boxes use a drop down list.

List Boxes use a scrolling list with up/down arrows on the right.

I'll log this as a bug with Adobe. Thanks Rolzay​ for spotting this.

Can you reply with a bit more details?

Which version of InDesign are you using?

InDesign calls drop-down lists "combo lists." Is that what you're creating?

Does this happen only to drop-down lists, but to other form elements too?