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Create Expandable Text Field Forms

Adobe Acrobat Pro needs to have the ability to create expandable text field forms that allow the text box to expand when the user types similar to what you can do with Livecycle.

This is a feature that has been requested a lot online. Currently Acrobat Pro only allows multi-line text field forms with a scroll bar, but you cannot create an expanding text field form that increases in the height of the text field to accomodate more text.

The functionality to create this even in Livecycle is too clunky and complicated to use.

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  • Catherine commented  ·   ·  Report

    We've been Under Review on this feature for 3 years. Please roll out this update.

  • Confused Engineer commented  ·   ·  Report

    From everything I understand this is just a simple feature to add. I have no idea why they do not want to implement it.

  • Richy Brophy commented  ·   ·  Report

    Is there any progress on this? I see requests going back to 2017. It would seem to be an obvious requirement for any decent form building software. Can we get an update to tell us if this is going to be developed at all? And if so, some idea of when this might be rolled out?
    thanks

  • Pamala Combs commented  ·   ·  Report

    I received a request for this today and it's something that I've long wanted and stumbled across this post. We need this! I have Adobe Acrobat Pro Ext and have to turn down work because the client wants this and I can't do it for her.

  • Rianne commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is an imperative capability. Covid shutdowns forced many Government agencies to rely on electronic requests for emergency orders from the public. People filling out forms under duress or after they've been assaulted don't have the time/ability to fill out a separate addendum to their statement because the information doesn't fit into the space provided on the mandatory State forms. We could keep using Word versions, but they suck and putting together autofill PDF packets is wayyy more user friendly- except for this one BIG HUGE ISSUE. I really hope it gets resolved in the near future. Unfortunately for local Governments and Law Enforcement agencies getting the approval/funding to implement AEM is not that simple and would take for-freaking-ever if even possible for my organization. The public needs PDF forms that are fully usable now. Reach out to me if you have questions. Public safety and the courts rely so heavily on remote filings now since the pandemic, and it will not go back. Your tools help immensely, but need some improvements.

  • Sandi McDonald commented  ·   ·  Report

    I too, need this capability and do not have access to someone to write me a java script to accomplish what Adobe has known for years is a necessary feature in this day of 'everything online".

    Sandi

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Apparently with Brad's post in 2017, it took 2 years to move this request to the "Under Review" pile. Now, 2 years later maybe we will see it move to the next pile. I'm hoping the next pile isn't "Under Review-1". Can we crowdsource an UpVote?

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    I was in a chat session the other day with them to see if this was resolved yet. They told me that i would have to pay someone to write a javascript thing to add into the "action" on my text field that i wanted to expand. mmmm, if they know that javascript will work (which i am not a programmer) then why can't Adobe just add that capability into the program. I was asked to submit my suggestion to their wishlist. Since there are lots of people on your forum who are already asking and wishing for it for years, why am i adding this to a wishlist??? :-)

  • Vickie Miller commented  ·   ·  Report

    I too am waiting........patiently, but years? Them saying they know this feature needs to be added and still not added? Why so long of a wait?

  • Rochelle D commented  ·   ·  Report

    Why is this feature still not available in Adobe? Seriously guys... This should have been available years ago!!!

  • David Beeman commented  ·   ·  Report

    Still no feature addition with Adobe? I too bought Adobe Acrobat Pro thinking it could do this basic task. Does anyone have an alternative? Besides Experience Manager?

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    I would like to know alternates as well. If Adobe is unwilling to respond to anyone maybe it's time to move elsewhere.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    I would love to know what alternates are out there too. I've looked at several but none of them have this ability.

    Was actually looking for more info on the Experience Manager and the costs involved - asked twice to have someone contact me - with the understanding that the only reason I'm looking at this option is if it has the ability to do expanding text field forms. Never heard from anyone. :-)

  • Edwin Gamino commented  ·   ·  Report

    Any suggestions on alternate software that might do this function.

  • Mike Kallet commented  ·   ·  Report

    This has been requested now for years. ADOBE ... let us know if you're going to do this or not. Under review for over two years is unacceptable

  • Glened commented  ·   ·  Report

    I need this so bad... This feature is so necessary... please add it to acrobat dc.

  • NinjarificMarmalaide commented  ·   ·  Report

    absolutely dying for this feature! It's the only feature I'm missing to make super functional forms.

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