https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=155142
Bug ID: 155142
Summary: FORMCONTROLS: Add form control to prevent scrolling in
text boxes
Product: LibreOffice
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: enhancement
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Created attachment 187076
--> https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/attachment.cgi?id=187076&action=edit
Screenshot showing the Adobe Acrobat 'Scroll long text' option
Most of the forms I use are ultimately designed for signing with locked fields
and the ability to print the final document with integrity.
The default behavior of both single- and multi-line text boxes is to allow them
to scroll once the end is reached. If the form user unwittingly enters too much
text, the final printed product will be incomplete as the scrolled text will
truncate. Therefore scrolling in text boxes must be disallowed for some forms.
This ability exists in Adobe Acrobat: text box properties, options tab, 'Scroll
long text' tickbox. This is ticked by default (screenshot attached). At the
moment I need to post-process each PDF form in Acrobat and untick this for all
text boxes.
I propose a new field in text box form controls, 'Allow scrolling' with 2
options 'Yes' / 'No'. It could be placed just beneath the 'Text type' option.
If no was selected then the exported PDF, when opened in Acrobat, would have
the 'Scroll long text' option unticked.
Thanks for your consideration.
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