Drop down list / combo or list box properties that would be useful

Hi there,
I teach a class at a local college on Creating PDF forms. I have been going to a few forums and there are a few things I think would be useful to add to the dropdown and list items for the next version of Acrobat Pro.
1.) Adding a selection for Null or blank. In my list I have on top select an Item as default - should the value be 0 or left as blank? I would like something that would validate instead of leaving a blank area. I don't want to have to install a 3rd party plugin like form router.
2.) Multi-line Selections for items at least 2 lines would be good.
3.) Allow a way that I can copy and paste all my items and/or values in at once from excel or word. If I am doing countires I shouldn't have to type everything in again. I know this can be done in LC
4.) A library in Acrobat to store some of my dropdown menue that I would use often to create forms. Month, Days of Week, Provinces or State.
5.) Also a date callendar picker like in LC would be good as well for clients and speed up entry.
Would be interested to know if Adobe is planning any of these upgrades in a future version since LifeCycle is not available for Mac or Creative Cloud?

Don't expect any answers as to what Adobe is planning on doing. The people posting here are 99% users, just like you, not Adobe employees. And those who do know will probably not say so, anyway...
1) That's possible using a script. But you can always add a single space as the default value...
2) Also possible with a script, but very buggy and not recommended.
3) Also possible with a script.
4) That one's easy. Use a blank PDF file where you create those menus, and then you could simply copy them over to your other files from there.
5) There are currently two date pickers available for Acrobat forms: The one by FormRouter and a newer one by Max Wyss, which is not free but is quite good and uses a dialog object instead of form fields.
You can request new features here, by the way:
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform

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