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June 1, 2018
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When I make a text field form invisible, I can't write in it. WHY?

  • June 1, 2018
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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!

Correct answer Bernd Alheit

In the preferences disable the highlight of form fields.

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Participating Frequently
February 12, 2025

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

Legend
June 1, 2018

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?

Participant
June 1, 2018

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

Bernd Alheit
Community Expert
Bernd AlheitCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
June 1, 2018

In the preferences disable the highlight of form fields.

Bernd Alheit
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 1, 2018

A invisible form field can be filled with JavaScript code.

Participant
June 1, 2018

Can you do that in Acrobat?

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