Formatting text field line spacing in JS

[MamaDesignKitty]

Is it possible to set line spacing for a text field / variable?

var strWord1 = this.getField("CityName").valueAsString;
event.value = strWord1 +" is hosting an event..."

I've seen that it can't be done within Form Edit mode. Is it possible with JS?

Thanks!

[try67]

Not possible with a script.

[bebarth]

Hi,

Given the try67's answer I'm not sure to correctly understand the question, but it is possible to set the line spacing of a text field set in rich text! See the attached file...

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[try67]

I stand corrected! However, this is an undocumented property, so use it at your own risk... It does work nicely, though.

[MamaDesignKitty]

Thank you @bebarth for the answer! Sadly I am not skilled enough to look at this document and know how to add it to my script to make it work. Any additional help would be greatly appreciated!

[MamaDesignKitty · Accepted solution]

Ok, so I actually kept looking and I found this amazing custom keystroke script that worked great!

var spans = event.richValue;
if (spans !== undefined && event.willCommit) {
for ( var i = 0; i < spans.length; i++ ) {
spans[i].textSize = 10; // font size
spans[i].linespacing = 15; // linespacing

// restore line breaks
if (spans[i].endParagraph) spans[i].text += "\r";

// reset styles to default
spans[i].fontStyle = "normal";
spans[i].fontWeight = 400;
spans[i].strikethrough = false;
spans[i].underline = false;
spans[i].textColor = color.black;
spans[i].alignment = "left";
spans[i].fontFamily = ["Arial"];
}

event.richValue = spans;
}

Thanks also to Alex at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25380882/linespacing-in-multiline-fields

[Vivienne37309854uq2f]

Hi, I'm having this same issue, but the keystroke script is not working.  I think it's because I don't have an person typing in the form, but rather the data is being mapped to fields from smartsheet.  Is there a script that would work in the Format section instead of the Keystroke section?