Multi-Line Drop Down List - Need HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Former Community Member]

OK..I am a noobie to the Designer process --- this is my first time putting a document together.



I have a question:



I have created a form in which I have a drop down list. However, there is only so much text that is "visible" in the form (there is no room to expand)



As it will not wrpa around to a second line, is there a way to have the drop down do multi-lines (for just one selection)?



i.e. to look like this in the form:



BCS 3243

CORROSIVE, UN1824, PGII, 8, MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET ATTACHED



Does this make sense?



Thanks



Chris

[Former Community Member]

I don't know anyway to automatically wrap a list item. But it can be done manually. The list item would need a hard-return somewhere in the string to force it to wrap. This can't be done using the Designer UI, but it can be done through script.



Using javascript:



xfa.resolveNode("form1.#subform[0].ListBox1").addItem("This item1 is\nwrapped.")

xfa.resolveNode("form1.#subform[0].ListBox1").addItem("This item2 is\nwrapped.")

xfa.resolveNode("form1.#subform[0].ListBox1").addItem("This item3 is\nwrapped.")



Mark

[Former Community Member]

Mark;



Actually....I'd prefer to do it manually.



However, I am such a Noob that I don't know how to accomplish this by Javascript.



Can someone walk me through the basics?



Thanks

Chris

[Former Community Member]

Chris:



If you put the above script in the initialize event of the list box that should do the trick. Unfortunately, I just realized you are trying to do this with a dropdown list. I should have read your issue more carefully. Sorry. Unfortunately, it doesn't work for dropdown lists, which leads me to believe that it is not possible.



Mark.

[Former Community Member]

Chris, to clarify what you require. If your dropdown box has an entry, e.g. "Bacon, Eggs and Hashbrowns", and you want it to appear on 2 lines, the first line being "Bacon, Eggs" with the second line being "and Hashbrowns", e.g.:



Bacon, Eggs

and Hashbrowns



I have created a script on the change event function. I created this for Designer 7.1.2 for use in Reader 7.0.9, Reader 8.1.2, and Acrobat Pro 7. I don't know if it will work if created in LiveCycle ES.



Is this what you need?

[Mark_Lindberg]

You can make the DropDown list display a single value on multiple lines by inserting a newline character into the text - "\n". In the example above, the source would look like: "Bacon, Eggs\n and Hashbrowns". The trick for you is to figure out where you want to insert the newline. I have used JavaScript in the past to split long strings, inserting the newline at the point of the last blank character before position X. I cannot locate that script right now.



Hope this helps.

Mark

[Former Community Member]

On the DropdownList, select the Change event and it would look like this:



if (xfa.event.newText == "Bacon, Eggs and Hashbrowns"){

(xfa.event.change = "Bacon, Eggs \nand Hashbrowns");

}