How to reset a text field based on a drop down selection

Question

Is there a way to reset (clear entered data) when a drop down selection is changed? I have a form that has different form fields display based on the drop down selection.

For example:

If Drop down selection= "dd1"

Then Text boxes "Text 1" and "Text 2" are visable and "Text 3" and "Text 4" are hidden

If Drop down selection= "dd2"

Then Text boxes "Text 3" and "Text 4" are visable and "Text 1" and "Text 2" are hidden

The values of "Text 1" and "Text 2" OR "Text 3" and "Text 4" need to populate in two text fields at the end of the form. The problem that I am having is that if someone first selects "dd1" and fills out "Text 1" and "Text 2" and then changes their mind and changes their selection to "dd2", and enters new values for the now corresponding "Text 3" and "Text 4", the populated value for the two text fields at the end of the form still show the values for "Text 1" and "Text 2" because the text fields are hidden when the new selection is made, but not cleared. Any help would be appreciated!

Nesa Nurani · Accepted Answer

That is very close. I was able to see the issues by using your file rather than mine, because all the fields are on one page. I now see that the original script is working, BUT the fields don't populate until after the drop down is reselected after the corresponding fields ("TEXTA.Text1" "TEXTA.Text2" "TEXTB.Text1" "TEXTB.Text2") are filled in. The user would not have any reason to go back to the drop down after the corresponding fields are filled, unless they made a mistake. Ideally, how the form would work is:

On page 1 of form, user would make a drop down selection ("dd1""dd2""ddOther") and the appropriate text boxes would appear ("TEXTA.Text1"and "TEXTA.Text2"OR"TEXTB.Text1"and"TEXTB.Text2")
User fills in the text boxes that have appeared and continues forward filling out the form.
At the end of the form (in this case, p.5), the corresponding text boxes ("Print Name1" and "Print Name2" would be populated with the previously entered values.

Is there a way to make the corresponding text box fill without going back and toggling the drop down selection?

Yes, move script to calculate.

Nesa Nurani · Answer

Two fields at the end of the form I assume field1 populate from text1 and text3 and field 2 populate from text 2 and text4 fields?

You can use this script as Validation of dropdown field:

if(event.value == "dd1"){
this.getField("Field1").value = this.getField("Text1").value;
this.getField("Field2").value = this.getField("Text2").value;}
else if( event.value == "dd2"){
this.getField("Field1").value = this.getField("Text3").value;
this.getField("Field2").value = this.getField("Text4").value;}
else {
this.getField("Field1").value = "";
this.getField("Field2").value = "";}

Rename fields as needed.

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