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Participant
Jun 1, 2018 11:18 AM UTC
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When I make a text field form invisible, I can't write in it. WHY?

I have made af pdf, where the customer have to fill in som fields.

It works fine when I keep the form text field visible (so that you see the blue field).
But I want to make it INvisible. When I do that I also loose the opportunity to write in it… WHY? I simply can't figure it out.

Please help!

Bernd Alheit
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Community Expert
Jun 1, 2018 1:58 PM UTC

In the preferences disable the highlight of form fields.

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jmcarthy99
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Feb 12, 2025 5:29 PM UTC

Go to your preferences in Acrobat. Go to Forms and turn off "Show border hover color for fields"

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Legend
Jun 1, 2018 11:40 AM UTC

An invisible form s completely invisible. The blue box isn’t even part of it. Everything typed into it is invisible, it’s as if it doesn’t exist. Are you saying you want working form fields but no blue box?

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Participant
Jun 1, 2018 11:43 AM UTC

Yes, thats what I'm saying:
I want to be able to write in them – but not seeing the blue box :-)

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Bernd Alheit
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Bernd AlheitCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
Jun 1, 2018 1:58 PM UTC

In the preferences disable the highlight of form fields.

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Bernd Alheit
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Community Expert
Jun 1, 2018 11:36 AM UTC

A invisible form field can be filled with JavaScript code.

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Participant
Jun 1, 2018 11:38 AM UTC

Can you do that in Acrobat?

Does that mean, that you can't just fill / write directly in the pdf / Acrobat?

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