Right-justify a field

Question

I would like a text field to expand to the left when I type a long string into it. Right now it expands to the right. Is this possible? I tried using the paragraph controls and the anchor controls but no luck.
It is a price field that is near some other text so when a person types in a long string I need it to expand left.
Can anyone help?

Answer 1

Hi,
I have been trying to do something similar and with the help of Niall's wonderful resources, in particular "Expanding textfields maintaining horizontal position" - http://www.assuredynamics.com/index.php/portfolio/expanding-textfields-maintaining-horizon tal-position/ - I managed to work something out. However it only works in quirky way and I can't figure out why. Basically I have a text field that expands or contracts according to how long the entry is. I have set the text field to "Expand to fit". What I am trying to do is keep the text field on the right-hand side of the page but within the page limits of course. So when a long entry is made into the text field it should move to the left to accommodate the long entry. Here is the script I have used (JavaScript, exit event, ES3):
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form1.#pageSet[0].TitlePage.DocNum::exit - (JavaScript, client)
//check to see if text field is empty. If empty do not want field to change at all.
if  (this.rawValue != null)
//sets maximum width to empty to allow text field to resize when the entry is shorter than the space allowed
{this.maxW = "";
//get width of text field
var vNewWidth = xfa.layout.w(this, "mm");
//enter width of page
var vPageWidth = "203.65";
//calculate the x positions of the text field after an entry has been made
var vMeasure = vPageWidth - vNewWidth;
//set the x coordinate of the field
this.x = (vMeasure + "mm").toString();}
//resets the text field position if the entry is deleted
else {
this.x = "157.444mm";
this.w = "45.662mm"}
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When I enter a value and exit the text field it resizes but does not reposition. If I click back in the text field and then exit it will then reposition. Why isn't this doing it all (resizing and repositioning) the first time around? What am I missing?
Thanks,
Greig