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How to create form that has interactive fields?

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Jul 27, 2020 Jul 27, 2020

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Hello, 

Trying to create one form instead of multiple. Would like to be something like if "If Question 1 is checked yes, then Question 2 appears (or is ungreyed out or something)" IF Question 1 is checked no, then Question 2 remains hidden or N/A" etc. Is there an easy way to do this beside javascript?

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Hi AAcosta,

 

If what you mean by "easy way" like an Acrobat built-in feature that doesn't require JavaScript to achieve this I would say no. JavaScript is the way to go here.

 

If I understood your inquiry correctly, in  your particular scenario, in which the action of checking  a yes or no answer will display or hide other field(s),  that  is very easy to do with a script.

 

If this was my form I'd rather use a pair of radio-buttons so that the user can toggle between two choices only: a YES or a NO answer selection. And additionally I would  employ a javscript with a condition to make one field visible and the other hidden based on what the user selects, for example.

 

I am still unclear when you say "Trying to create one form instead of multiple".

 

If you're referring to multiple field objects (not PDF forms) then the scripting becomes trickier as you will need to consider all the different conditions that will affect the behavior (or the output) of all the other field objects that would interact together when a user ticks a checkbox or a radio button.

 

 

 

 

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