Want Dropdown Selection to Trigger Color Change

[Allison Tyler]

Rusty Java user here. Thanks in advance for the help!

In the form below, I need the user's selection from the drop down menu (Dropdown12)  in the Status column (selections are Green, Yellow, Red, N/A) to color that box the corresponding color. I'm running this script as a custom validation script in the Validate tab. I have the "Commit selected value immediately" box checked on the Options tab. 

This script turns the dropdown menu background to the correct color (except for black which isn't doing anything), but does not turn the box itself a color. Is what I'm trying to do available in Acrobat?

Thank you!

if (event.value=="Green")event.target.fillColor=color.green;

else if (event.value=="Yellow")event.target.fillColor=color.yellow;

else if (event.value=="Red") event.target.fillColor=red;

else if (event.value=="N/A") event.target.fillColor==black;

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[Nesa Nurani · Accepted solution]

Add color.before red and black:
color.red and color.black
And remove one equal sign when setting color black:
event.target.fillColor==black;

[Allison Tyler]

Thank you for correcting that! I made the change, but the only color change is still the drop down menu background when the selection is made. Their choice in the column remains in black text on the blue background. And, curiously, when the user now clicks on the other cells in the first row, the color of the cell turns from blue to red.

[try67]

You must disable the fields highlighting to see the fill color of the fields.

[Allison Tyler]

That was helpful, thank you very much! However, the row is now red no matter what color option I select in the Status row.

[Allison Tyler]

Sorry, in the Status Column, not row.

[Nesa Nurani]

Post the script you used or share the file if you can.

[Allison Tyler]

Thank you!

if (event.value=="Green")event.target.fillColor=color.green;

else if (event.value=="Yellow")event.target.fillColor=color.yellow;

else if (event.value=="Red") event.target.fillColor=color.red;

else if (event.value=="N/A") event.target.fillColor=color.black;

[try67]

The code is fine. Share the file if it's not working.

[try67]

Works fine for me.

[Allison Tyler]

It doesn't work for the other 10 people who have tried it.

[try67]

Where did they try it? In what application?

[Allison Tyler]

Hi. We're all opening it in Acrobat. The users are selecting an option in the Status column. That dropdown menu turns the selected color and upon exit the field color disappears.

[try67]

Did you disable the fields highlighting, as I've instructed above?

[Allison Tyler]

If you're talking about Apperance in the Dropdown Properties the fill color is set to nothing. Is there somewhere else this is changed? I also have "Commit Selected Value Immediately" selected on the Options tab in the Drowndown Properties.

[Nesa Nurani]

You can turn it off under Preferences ⇾ Forms ⇾ Show border hover color for fields.

Every user needs to do it on their computer.

[Allison Tyler]

Holy crow, I had NO idea a global preference like that needed to be adjusted, and for every user! It works! Thank you SO incredibly much. This was driving me bonkers. I appreciate you sharing your expertise and helping me accomplish this task, Nesa. Thank you! 

[try67]

You're welcome...

[Allison Tyler]

I really appreciate your help! Thanks, again!