Dropdown box fill with dashes in blank space after entering value.

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May 3, 2024
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I have a dropdown list in acrobat form. I want to achive this that after selection of item from dropdown list it will calculate the blank space available in the dropdown box and fill it with "------------------".

The number of "dashes" required to fill the box will change depending on the item selection from the dropdown list. Thanks in advance. Please Help!!!

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Correct answer try67

Yes. Default value is blank.

Use this code:

if (event.value!=event.target.defaultValue) {
	var selectedText = event.value;
	var remainingSpace = 30 - selectedText.length;
	var dashes = "-".repeat(remainingSpace);
	var filledText = selectedText + dashes;
	event.value = filledText;
}

try67

Community Expert

Why do you need to calculate it? The values of the drop-down box are fixed, aren't they? Just count how many dashes fit for each value and then hard-code it in your script. Calculating the length of a random string in a (non-monospaced) font is extremely difficult.

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elendil84Author

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I apolozize for my shortcommings. I am unable to code it in the way you are instructing.

try67

Community Expert

All you need to do is the following:

if (event.value=="Option 1") event.value = "Option 1---------";

else if (event.value=="Option 2") event.value = "Option 2-----------";

else if (event.value=="Option 3") event.value = "Option 3---------------";

etc.

And use it as the field's custom Format script.

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