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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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radzmar
radzmar
New Participant
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
    New Participant
    January 3, 2022

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

      Pulkit_Jain_
      Pulkit_Jain_
      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 

        Mayank_Tiwari
        Mayank_Tiwari
        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
          New Participant
          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
            Mayank_Tiwari
            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:

             

             

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