how do I use a drop down menu to link internally

[johnh40249409]

I'm using Acrobat Pro DC. I want to use a drop down menu to link internally in my PDF document. I think its possible and the solution is probably with JavaScript. I am very new to JS. I have the drop down created via forms, but nothing I add into the preferences in JS is doing the trick. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

[try67]

Do you mean something like "if item A is selected, go to page 2; if item B is selected go to page 5; etc."?

[johnh40249409]

Yes exactly

[try67 · Accepted solution]

OK. So first tick the box that says "Commit the selected value immediately" under the drop-down's Properties, Options tab, and then enter this code as its custom validation script:

if (event.value=="A") this.pageNum = 1; // Go to page 2

if (event.value=="B") this.pageNum = 4; // Go to page 5, etc.

Adjust the values and page numbers, as required.

[johnh40249409]

SWEET!

THANK YOU!

I got it to work.

now is there anyway to set the linking to a destination instead of a page number? I'm thinking in terms of flexibility as the destination stays with the page no matter where is gets moved to?

[johnh40249409]

and I just found the answer. this is after setting destinations in the book mark area thinger... 

if (event.value=="PageB")this.gotoNamedDest("PageC");//go to page 2

try67, thanks ever so much for the help its greatly appreciated!!

[try67]

You got it right! It's just important to realize that Destinations and Bookmarks are not the same thing. Bookmarks can point to destinations, though.