Is there a way to format instructional text to my text field that disappears when clicked?

[MissyS1414]

I have the prompt text figured out using this script taken from this forum: Is there a way to add instructional text to my text field that will disappear when clicked? (PDF For...

// Custom Format script for text field

if (!event.value) {

event.value = "Instructional text goes here";

event.target.display = display.noPrint;

} else {

event.target.display = display.visible;

}

Is their a way to change the prompt text's size and make it different from the type size I have set for them to fill out in the form. I want the type size of the prompt to be smaller than what size they use to fill it out.

[Bernd Alheit]

This is a form text field.

[Tara5F91]

So is that a "yes - it can be done" Or "No - it cannot be done"

[Bernd Alheit]

I don't know.

[try67]

Yes, it can be done. You would need to write a script to iterate over all the fields in the file (using numFields and getNthFieldName), check which ones are text fields (using getField and the type property) and then apply the code to them as the Format script (using the setAction method).

[chris_2649]

Hello just chiming in here to ask a question, can I add multiple forms like this in one document? LIke if I did an instructional text for Your Phone Number, could I then use the same script for say Your Email, and just change the intructional text for a different field?

[try67]

Do you mean you want to use the same string for both fields, and be able to edit it in one place, and have it automatically apply to all of them?

[Thom Parker]

Yes, you can do it that way. Or you could turn the code into a document level function, where the text is an input to the function, then call that function in all of the "format" scripts where it is needed. 

Note that this script replaces any built-in formatting. So, if you want the field formatted in some specific way, then you'll need to create a custom formatting script to add to the code.