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Form Field which only allows a normal space

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Jul 18, 2022 Jul 18, 2022

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Is there any way for a form field to only accept a normal default space. I need it to weed out all thin spaces like 1/8, 1/4, 1/2 etc. and change to full space. Another possible solution would be for an error to pop up if that field contains a thin space for user to correct. I'm using Adobe Acrobat DC. Thanks!

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Community Expert , Jul 18, 2022 Jul 18, 2022

You can do it using this code as the field's custom Validation script to replace all Thin Space characters (U+2009) with a regular space:

 

event.value = event.value.replace(/\u2009/g, " ");

 

Duplicate the .replace(...) part for each unicode character you want to do it to, adjusting the unicode code value each time, of course.

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You can do it using this code as the field's custom Validation script to replace all Thin Space characters (U+2009) with a regular space:

 

event.value = event.value.replace(/\u2009/g, " ");

 

Duplicate the .replace(...) part for each unicode character you want to do it to, adjusting the unicode code value each time, of course.

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try67, the custom validation script you helped me write below works perfect. Thanks!!!!

 

event.value = event.value.replace(/[\u2008\u202f\u205f\u3000\u2000\u2001\u2002\u2003\u2009\u2004\u2005\u2006\u2007\u200A]/g, " ");

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