Questions tagged [textfield]
Use textfield tag when you have a question about the \TextField macro in the hyperref package.
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How to make Textfield font match page font?
so for work I wanted to create a pdf logbook template with fillable fields, so i can quickly create a new logbook entry. For that I wanted to use the hyperref package with textfields etc.
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Can the combo menu be copied to a text field?
If possible, what should be the parameters so that what is listed in the \ChoiceMenu combo appears in the \TextField field?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[...
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TextField is showing the right way in VS Code but not in the final PDF
I have a problem with this code:
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage[pdftex]{hyperref}
\usepackage{pifont}
\usepackage{pgffor}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\...
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Hyperref text field not fillable in long list
I have encoutered a strange behaviour in a fillable PDF. I've created a form to fill out, which contains a large list of different fillable lines, 20 in total. All entries are nearly identical, except ...
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Use keyval values in hyperref's TextField event.value
I am creating a document with a lot of input and output text fields with hyperref's TextField. The output text fields should be customizable, so I created a function which should take some arguments (...
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\TextField is not adjusting to the height of the longtable cell
I'm creating a longtable in LaTeX, where the last column always contains a \textfield meant to be filled later in the PDF. I want each \textfield to have a fixed width while its height adjusts ...
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hyperref Textfield Output of default value from input field
I have a document with a lot of \TextField input text fields where the user is supposed to add some values. Later in the document I am using a read-only \TextField to output the previously set values. ...
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Fillable form output difference between adobe document cloud reader vs chrome pdfviewer
I am trying to produce a fillable form that can then be saved. When I view the form with evince or the Chrome pdf viewer, everything looks fine. When viewing through the adobe cloud-based viewer, ...
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How to implement conditional fields in fillable PDF forms created in LaTeX?
Following this question How to dynamically format a number with thousand separators in a `\TextField` of a fillable pdf?
My goal now is to have certain fields appear or become hidden based on the user'...
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How to make \CheckBox independent?
i tried to create a pdf-Form using the hyperref package and the Form environment. This Form should include with multiple checkboxes, with the option, that many boxes can be selected at the same time. ...
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How to make text inside textfield bold by default
I tried various combinations (fontWeight=bfseries, font=bfseries) in the new command definition to make the input text boldface by default but have not succeeded so far. I would be grateful for any ...
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breakable textfield
is there any way to have a fillable textfield which is breakable across two pages, i.e. not
to be forced to one page only?
MWE:
\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{letter}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\...
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pdflatex for pdf with interactive/fillable box with adjustable height to input
Following up on this question from August 2023, is there any update on creating a form on a hyperref generated pdf, with height adjustable (without rescaling) to the context, so it can be saved/...
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Fillable Text Form with auto-scalable height
I'm trying to set many fillable Text boxes for a pdf document.
However, I want the HEIGHT of the Text Form to ve variable, adjusting its height depending on tyhe amount of text entered by the user. As ...
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Textfield with description right below the input box
I’m trying to recreate something like the below form. Essentially, a text input field with the description right below. Is this possible?
with borderstyle=U I can pretty much get the box to look ...
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