Does anyone have a script to make text flow to a second field when first field is full (first field has an indent)

[katebasart]

Hi,

I am working on forms that have 2 or more lines to fill out, but the first line is indented. I would like to add a script to the custom field box to have the text continue into the next field when the first one is full. I see some old scripts online, but nothing that I can get to work, and I am not a script writer. I'm wondering if anyone has something that would work? Thanks! [Adobe Acrobat DC, forms]

[try67]

Not possible.

[JR Boulay]

Place this JavaScript as a keystroke format script in the first field:

if (event.fieldFull || event.willCommit) this.getField("NextTabField").setFocus();

Where "NextTabField" is the name of the 2th field.

[katebasart]

Thanks, but the script doesn't work for me.

[gkaiseril]

There appears to be no reliable code for this.

[JR Boulay]

Here is a sample file: [removed, see below for details]

Here is the documentation: http://help.adobe.com/livedocs/acrobat_sdk/9.1/Acrobat9_1_HTMLHelp/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp...

[katebasart]

Thank you, that works perfectly!

[try67]

Not really... You'll notice that when you jump from one field to the next you lose a character. Also, if you back-space and delete the characters in one field it won't go back to the previous one. And if you manually delete the contents of a field the cursor will not go back to it, unless you reset the whole form. These issues are why I wrote it can't be done in a PDF file.

[katebasart]

You're right. I didn't check any of that until now, and it's true I lost a character, can't backspace, etc. Thanks for pointing all of that out. I'm going back to the old method of just making a big box for people to type in instead of trying to use separate lines. Too bad.

[JR Boulay · Accepted solution]

You'll notice that when you jump from one field to the next you lose a character.

I just found the right script, the previous one was actually not perfect.

Place this script as a doc-level script:

function autoTab(doc, event, cNext)
{
    if (event.rc && AFMergeChange(event).length == event.target.charLimit)
        {doc.getField(cNext).setFocus();}
}

And place this script as a custom keystroke script:

autoTab(this, event, "NextFieldName");

Beware that the "Limit of n characters" must be settled in each field.

Here is a new sample file that works fine: Fichiers partagés - Acrobat.com

Also check out these 2 topics where you can find more elaborated scripts made by… gkaiseril.

- Debenu's Planet PDF Forum - Discussion forum for Acrobat & PDF

- http://acrobatusers.com/forum/forms-acrobat/auto-tab

[HispaFam]

It worked for me! Thank you! =D