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islandgirl23
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December 29, 2021

how to highlight floating field entry

  • December 29, 2021
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Good day,

I would like a floating field entry to be highlighted.  How can I do this?  I cannot figure this out and I am not sure if it can be done.  Your help is appreciated.

Thank you.

 

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Mayank_Tiwari
Adobe Employee
Mayank_TiwariAdobe Employee
Adobe Employee
December 29, 2021

you may do it with the script below. Suppose the name of floating field is "temp".

 

form1.temp.ui.oneOfChild.border.fill.color.value = "255, 255, 255";

 You may change the RGB value as per your requirement. 

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    islandgirl23Author
    Level 5
    January 2, 2022

    Good day,

    It doesn't seem to be working.  I tried your reply and also looked at PulkitJain's attachment.  I also tried the action builder as well and it doesn't highlight the floating field either.  This is what the action builder enters in the enter event of the floating field (responddate):

    this.resolveNode("$").ui.oneOfChild.border.fill.color.value = "255, 255, 0";

     

      Mayank_Tiwari
      Adobe Employee
      Mayank_TiwariAdobe Employee
      Adobe Employee
      January 2, 2022

      I just tried the following script on the mouseEnter event, and it is working as expected for me:

       

       form1.#subform[0].DecimalField1::mouseEnter - (JavaScript, client)


xfa.resolveNode("form1.#subform.DecimalField1").ui.oneOfChild.border.fill.color.value = "255, 255, 0";

      Here is the output:

       

       

        Pulkit_Jain_
        Adobe Employee
        Pulkit_Jain_Adobe Employee
        Adobe Employee
        December 29, 2021

        @islandgirl23 

        This helpdoc[0] provides good information on different options to highlight the current field that a form filler is working with or highlight fields that a form filler is required to fill.

         

        For example, add an enter event to the Name field:
Name.border.edge.color.value = "0,0,255";

For example, add an exit event to the Name field:
Name.border.edge.color.value = "255,255,255";

         

        Not specific to any particular fieldtype but you may implement the same on any field.

         

        Hope it helps!

         

        [0] - https://help.adobe.com/en_US/AEMForms/6.1/DesignerScriptingBasics/WS92d06802c76abadb57cc1b6e12a92343946-7ff6.2.html 

          radzmar
          radzmar
          Level 10
          January 3, 2022

          You can modify the xml source of your text to highlight the text portion of the floating field. It's just some needle work, but works fine. 

           

          Here's a sample of the xHTML you'll need.

          <exData contentType="text/html">
                  <body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:xfa="http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/"><p style="letter-spacing:0in;background-color:#ffffff;">Lorem<span style="xfa-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;background-color:#ff0000"><span xfa:embedType="uri" xfa:embedMode="raw" xfa:embed="#floatingField000041"/></span> Ipsum Dolor</p></body>
               </exData>

          The result then looks this way, where the value 123 is populated from a floating field.

           

           

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            islandgirl23Author
            Level 5
            January 3, 2022

            Great!.  Thank you.  So, can you provide step by step of how I can accomplish this using Livecycle?

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