Form Controls

The following elements can be present in PDF forms:

Check Box

Presents one or more choices that can be selected or de-selected freely.

Radio Buttons

Presents a group of choices from which a respondent can select only one item. When adding radio buttons, all buttons in a group must be given the same control name.

Text Field

Lets a respondent fill in text such as name, address, date, time, numbers, currency, zip codes. A form that is received my have a preset format, and all responses must conform to the rules for that format. When creating a form, you can set the formats and properties: see Creating and Editing Form Fields.  

Digital Signature Field

Lets you add a digital signature to the PDF form to certify it has not been changed since the signature was applied.

Button

This has an action linked to it, such as Back to Top or Submit.

List Box

This lets the respondent choose from a list of given text choices.

Combo Box

This lets the respondent choose from a list of given text choices or type in any response.

Comb Box

This is available as a special type of Text Field. Set comb parameters under Text Field Options.

This table shows you which form controls are available for different procedures.

See Creating and Editing Form Fields on how to manually place form controls onto a page, define their properties, resize, move and align controls and how to set their tabbing order.

Note

Do not edit form controls or run FormTyper on a form with active XFA controls.

See also: Form Preferences and the Form Controls Panel.

To see how form controls are affected when a document is flattened, see Flattening Documents. You can use Document Inspection to remove form fields and actions.

Form Controls