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June 2, 2025
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How can i show the entire selected option in a dropdown list?

  • June 2, 2025
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good day,

 

I have a client that put a lot of info in a dropdown list, one selection could be a few sentences.

 

Once selected, is there a way to dynamically show the entire selection? I'm within a table cell here where I've got a dropdown list, can i dynamically expand it to show the entire content selected?

 

thx,

 

Patrick

 

최고의 답변: radzmar

It's absolutely possible to archive this, but it's a bit complicated. Since dropdowns can't display values in multiple lines you'll need to build a construct of a dropdown field underneath an expandable text field. Then you'll have to programm events to control when which field is visible and to copy selected value from the dropdown over to the text field. 

 

To get this work in a table cell put both fields on top of each other in a subform that has a positioned layout. Then drag the subform into the table cell. 

 

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Vijay_Katoch
Community Advisor
Community Advisor
June 3, 2025

With the drop down alone its difficult i guess, the " expand to fit " property is disabled for dropdown.

One another workaround is to take hidden textfield along with dropdown and show/hide these 2 as per the selection. I dont know if it will solve your purpose.

patrickpai작성자
Level 4
June 10, 2025

Hi,

 

I did think about something like this as a solution, but i was just wondering if there was another way 🙂

sudhansh
Adobe Employee
Adobe Employee
June 5, 2025

@patrickpai to confirm - are you are referring to the requirement in XFA based form (created in Designer)?

Khushwant_Singh
Adobe Employee
Adobe Employee
June 9, 2025

@patrickpai , please confirm the information @sudhansh has asked to help you further.