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Show / hide auto adjusting fields

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March 14, 2022
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I'm working on creating a installation manual and some of the steps have multiple ways performing the installation. I've already created the buttons that would show / hide the fileds but doing it that way takes up a lot of space. The way it is as of now I have to accommadate the projected space and I was wondering if there was a way to have it auto adjust the page when the button is clicked to minimize space until clicked. I attached a picture to illustrate what I'm looking for.

C_Option is the way it is currently

Option is that way I want it to be

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Nesa Nurani

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Have you consider using layers?

You can read about it here:

https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/pdf-layers.html

and you can watch this video to see how to use them:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akF7wa0ggvQ

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TP80Author

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will check out video to see which is best fit my needs, thank you

try67

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There's no easy way of doing it. The entire contents of the file will have to be composed out of fields, and it will require using a lot of custom-made scripts.

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TP80Author

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I can do complex, just need a starting point.

try67

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To show a field:

this.getField("FieldName").display = display.visible;

To hide a field:

this.getField("FieldName").display = display.hidden;

To move a field:

this.getField("FieldName").rect = [0, 100, 100, 200];

The array defines the location of the field on the page in the following format [bottom-left x, bottom-left y, top-right x, top-right y].

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