rotate a text field

[gamzes93533812]

Hi,

I have various text fields in an AcroForm, and I would like to rotate these fields. I am aware that there is an in-built option of orientation to 0,90,180, 270 degrees. But, my desire is to change the orientation to different degrees such as 25 or 35 for each text field independently.

Is there a solution to do it?

I would appreciate any help/example/guidance.

[try67]

Not possible.

[Thom Parker]

Can't do this with a text field, but you can do it with a text markup annotation.

[try67 · Accepted solution]

In theory, yes, but if you try to rotate a FreeText annotation by 45 degrees, for example, the text gets cut off:

[gamzes93533812]

Thank you for the feedback try67​ and Thom Parker​

Maybe I clarify my intention, and one could kindly advice me a more proper way to do it.

I am creating a sort of complex diagram, in which the user clicks on a button and expands other buttons. And these buttons "visually" should be linked by lines. Please see the below image for a very simplified version of the idea. The "text field" I was mentioning were the lines of which I imagined to create by simply inserting consecutive "- - -".

[try67]

Using text fields for that is probably the most complicated way of doing it... Just use a Line annotation. You can easily control its exact location by setting the first and last points, and you can set it to be dashed by setting the dash property.

[gamzes93533812]

Thank you for your response.

But, can I somehow assign interactive show/hide option to that annotation (like in any form field)?

I mean can I show/hide it on mouse click to a button field?

[try67]

Yes, that can be done using a script, by setting the annotation's hidden property.