Can hide a button, but not a textfield

[Former Community Member]

Is this a bug, or am I missing something trivial?



1. Create an empty form with Adobe Designer 8 ES, and choose the Acrobat Reader 7 format for saving the file.

Rename the form "form1" (if it is not the case already).

2. Place a textfield and rename it Textfield1

3. Place a button and rename it Button1

4. Place another button and change the dispalyed text to "Hide", and associate the following javascript to the 'click' event:

xfa.form.form1.Textfield1.presence="invisible";

xfa.form.form1.Button1.presence="invisible";



Try this form. When you click the "Hide" button:

Button1 is hiddin

but Textfield1 remains visible.



Any idea?

[Former Community Member]

I just tried it and it works fine for me. Which version of the Designer and which version of Acrobat are you using to view the form?

[Former Community Member]

Solved... the form was not dynamic.

Solution: Tools > options > managment of document : File type -> XML dynamic form

(transltated from a localized version, sorry if the labels are actually diffenrent)