Fill Color in Text and Properties doesn't hold

Forum|Forum|6 years ago
May 27, 2020
3 replies
1143 views

See Screen Shot attached. In Adobe Acrobat Pro DC, after creating a form, I need to cover existing text with white box to type over it. When I go to the Text Field Properties - Fill Color to make the box white, it doesn't take and it stays clear. Anyone have this same issue?

Thank you!

This topic has been closed for replies.

Thom Parker

Community Expert

Please post your form. Or a sample that has the same issue.

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often

Bernd Alheit

Community Expert

You can set the color with Javascript code.

ls_rbls

Community Expert

looks like you're on a mac... which version?

Also, which version and Acrobat product are you using?

If your Acrobat was working fine befor, can you tell if this started happening recently with every document that you open or just one, spcially after an update was applied?

Technical Generalist

bridgetm2668190Author

Participant

Hi,

I am on Mac OS Catalina V10.15.14. Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017. Because I still have this issue, when I draw a box over the text, I set the stroke to 6 or so and it covers up the text. I wish I knew Javascript. Thanks for trying to solve this issue, I'm surprised there hasn't been a fix yet, it's a big problem.

try67

Community Expert

The code to do it is simple:

this.getField("Text1").fillColor = color.white;

Replace "Text1" with the actual field name.

Sign up

To post, reply, or follow discussions, please sign in with your Adobe ID.

Sign in to Adobe Community

To post, reply, or follow discussions, please sign in with your Adobe ID.