Trying to center justify a drop down field (Adobe Acrobat Pro 2017)

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September 11, 2018
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I can't seem to alter the justification of the data in the field. It is automatically left justified. I have a list of items that I need to have centered and not left justified.

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Correct answer try67

Not possible. You can add spaces (or tabs, using a script) before the

items, though.

mary helens142890

Inspiring

If I'm undertanding correctly and you are talking about the alignment of text that a user will enter (or has entered) inside a FIELD, you can adjust the alignment in the field's PROPERTIES menu >> in the OPTIONS tab.

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try67

Community Expert

This is a text field. The question was about a drop-down field...

mary helens142890

Inspiring

Ahhhhh. I understand.

Mary Helen Shuff | Art Director & Senior Graphic Designer | 508-Compliancy Coordinator | Forms Coordinator | Printing Liaison

try67

Correct answer

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Not possible. You can add spaces (or tabs, using a script) before the

items, though.

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renerg5thAuthor

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Where can you add a script, I tried looking for that as well?

try67

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You don't add this script. You need to execute it (from the JS Console, for example) to set the items of the field.

The code would be something like this:

this.getField("Dropdown1").setItems(["\tItem1", "\tItem 1.1", "\t\tItem 1.2", "\tItem 2"]);

The "\t" escape character is a tab. I used it twice to create indentation, but you can use it only once to align the text (somewhat) to the center of the field.

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