How to flow text from one text field to another. It can't be a multi-line field.

[jessel519]

I am creating an interactive form that also has to have the ability to be printed and filled in manually. How can I get the text to flow from one text field to the one below it when both text fields are not the same width? For this reason, it can't be one multi-line field. I have enclosed a screen-shot to illustrate my attempt to continue the flow of text from Text Field 22 to Text Field 23. Thank you.

[try67]

It's not possible to do that smoothly in a PDF form.

[jessel519]

I have viewed some older posts mentioning adding a JavaScript in the Custom Keystroke Script field, is that what you are referring to when you say "not smoothly"? I tried those but I could not get the JavaScript to take. Any other suggestions? I would consider a "not smooth" solution.

[try67 · Accepted solution]

"Not smoothly" means that you lose at least one character when moving from the first field to the second, and you also can't move back from the second field to the first when you use the backspace.

I would advise against trying it. If you can, re-design the form so that both lines begin on the same position, and then use a single multi-line field. If you can't do that, just leave with the fields being independent of one another. The user will be able to tab between them.

[jessel519]

Thank you.