Javascript to turn fields ON and OFF

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September 6, 2021
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In Acrobat Pro DC I have a form with many fields. I would like to make a button that when clicked will turn OFF 20 of those fields. When I click the button again it will turn ON those 20 fields. Currently I am able to do that with 2 buttons using javascript. One button is the OFF button and the other button is the ON button. I no longer want to use 2 buttons to do this. Is it possible to use just 1 button to turn the 20 fields OFF and ON by clicking the one button once or twice.

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Nesa Nurani

Community Expert

By ON/OFF you mean to set field to readonly?

Since you didn't provide fields names, use this:

this.getField("Text1").readonly = this.getField("Text1").readonly == false ? true : false;

Change field name to your field name and repeat line for other fields.

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sbc707Author

Known Participant

Nesa,

You are a God send. Thank you so much for your help. When the fields are
turned OFF they are no longer highlighted in blue and can only be read not
filled in with text. When the fields are turned ON they are now highlighted
in blue and you can enter text. This is the javascript I am using now for 2
buttons, one for OFF and one for ON. I want to incorporate it so I only
have to click one button to turn the fields OFF or ON by clicking the
button twice. Hope I am making myself clear.
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*BUTTON 1 NO – Turns OFF Juvenile Text Fields*

this.getField("Juvenile Name").readonly =true; this.getField("Juvenile
Address").readonly =true; this.getField("Juvenile Residence
Phone").readonly =true; this.getField("Juvenile Business Phone").readonly
=true; this.getField("Juvenile Notified By").readonly =true;
this.getField("Juvenile Date").readonly =true; this.getField("Juvenile
Time").readonly =true; this.getField("Juvenile Disposition").readonly
=true; this.getField("Juvenile Released To").readonly =true;
this.getField("Juvenile Released Date").readonly =true;
this.getField("Juvenile Released Time").readonly =true;
this.getField("Juvenile By Name").readonly =true; this.getField("Juvenile
Reason").readonly =true; this.getField("Juvenile School Attended").readonly
=true; this.getField("Juvenile Grade").readonly =true;
this.getField("Juvenile Description of Property").readonly =true;
this.getField("Juvenile Value of Property").readonly =true;
this.getField("Juvenile Check Parent").readonly =true;
this.getField("Juvenile Check Legal Custodian").readonly =true;
this.getField("Juvenile Check Other").readonly =true;
this.getField("Juvenile Check Defendant").readonly =true;
this.getField("Juvenile Check Defendant Parents").readonly =true;
this.getField("Juvenile Check Yes 2").readonly =true;
this.getField("Juvenile Check Yes 1").readonly =true;
this.getField("Juvenile Check Yes Property Crime").readonly =true;
this.getField("Juvenile Check No Property Crime").readonly =true;

===========================

*BUTTON 2 YES – Turns ON Juvenile Text Fields*

this.getField("Juvenile Name").readonly =false; this.getField("Juvenile
Address").readonly =false; this.getField("Juvenile Residence
Phone").readonly =false; this.getField("Juvenile Business Phone").readonly
=false; this.getField("Juvenile Notified By").readonly =false;
this.getField("Juvenile Date").readonly =false; this.getField("Juvenile
Time").readonly =false; this.getField("Juvenile Disposition").readonly
=false; this.getField("Juvenile Released To").readonly =false;
this.getField("Juvenile Released Date").readonly =false;
this.getField("Juvenile Released Time").readonly =false;
this.getField("Juvenile By Name").readonly =false; this.getField("Juvenile
Reason").readonly =false; this.getField("Juvenile School
Attended").readonly =false; this.getField("Juvenile Grade").readonly
=false; this.getField("Juvenile Description of Property").readonly =false;
this.getField("Juvenile Value of Property").readonly =false;
this.getField("Juvenile Check Parent").readonly =false;
this.getField("Juvenile Check Legal Custodian").readonly =false;
this.getField("Juvenile Check Other").readonly =false;
this.getField("Juvenile Check Defendant").readonly =false;
this.getField("Juvenile Check Defendant Parents").readonly =false;
this.getField("Juvenile Check Yes 2").readonly =false;
this.getField("Juvenile Check Yes 1").readonly =false;
this.getField("Juvenile Check Yes Property Crime").readonly =false;
this.getField("Juvenile Check No Property Crime").readonly =false;

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try67

Community Expert

Nesa's script will do that. You can use an array with all the field names to do it more efficiently, like this:

var fields = ["Text1", "Text2", "Radio1", "Button4"]; // Change to actual field names
for (var i in fields) {
	var f = this.getField(fields[i]);
	f.readonly = !f.readonly;
}

PS. Please do not post your private details to this forum. You're likely to get contacted by scammers.

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