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Cornish Scone
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January 15, 2024
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In Acrobat Pro, is it possible for letters input in a text field to be automatically made uppercase?

  • January 15, 2024
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Further, is possible to restrict the text field to letters and hyphens?

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    Correct answer try67

    You can do it using this code as the field's custom Keystroke script:

     

    event.rc = /^[-a-z]*$/i.test(event.change);
event.value = event.value.toUpperCase();

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    JR Boulay
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    JR BoulayCommunity Expert
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    January 15, 2024

    "is possible to restrict the text field to letters and hyphens?"

    Only letters can be in upper case.

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    try67
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    try67Community ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    January 15, 2024

    You can do it using this code as the field's custom Keystroke script:

     

    event.rc = /^[-a-z]*$/i.test(event.change);
event.value = event.value.toUpperCase();
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    Cornish SconeAuthor
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    January 16, 2024

    Thank you! I had omitted that the field should be able to accept spaces as well, but then adding a space to the character class, as follows, sorted that out.

    event.rc = /^[-a-z ]*$/i.test(event.change);
event.value = event.value.toUpperCase();

     

    Nesa Nurani
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    Nesa NuraniCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 16, 2024

    If you want to show uppercase as soon as you type it, replace:

    event.value = event.value.toUpperCase();

    with:

    event.change = event.change.toUpperCase();

     

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