Button Highlight in Interactive PDF from InDesign CC

But it is counter intuitive, I spend all that time designing custom buttons because Adobe allows me too and then they get destroyed. As I said it makes sense with Text Fields but is rather useless and not meaningful with buttons , Don't You Agree? Adobe needs to change this or tell designers not to waste their time developing custom buttons.

I have read similar complaints on other forums.

Not only does it ruin the ready state it also adds a Black Outline on the click. Wish I could have designed this in Flash wouln't be an issue..... Thank you Steve Jobs (where ever you are)

In my 20 years of working with Adobe products I have never found a problem that someone hasn't hacked a work around, come on folks anyone?

Thanks for the effort Larry but I get the same result with one or three or fifteen buttons (in order to fully test a radio button you must have a least two present), do you have "Highlight" turned off in your Acrobat? If not I would like to know how you did it. Did you use a button from the "Button Library"?, are you using CC or CC 2014? Maybe you can share you InDesign File .....

I am pretty sure there is a way to accomplish this I saw a video online where someone was able to do so, I have reached out to the individual but have not heard back from him.

Thanks

Mark

I am guessing I need to rebuild this thing in Illustrator to see if that will be a work around

Thanks Larry, I originally began this as an Illustrator file with buttons added in acrobat but if you take a look at the attached you will see that it could only be done in InDesign exporting to interactive PDF.

I will give that a try and see how it looks. Crazy I just got home and checked out the PDF  with Acrobat X and the buttons react differently. Also opened on my IPad and the buttons do not show at all..... arrrrrrrg I curse Steve Jobs every tine I get and interactive to design and build, this would have been a piece of cake with ActionScript

Hey buddy I did find a solution to this it requires going into the Javascript section:

As you noticed, the highlighting of fields is an user preference. Therefore, changing the setting behind the user's back is considered to be "not nice".

However, there is a way which is accepted:

• you create a simple document-level script (note that when you add it, you will delete the function definition, and then add the text):

(Document JavaScripts)

var rths = app.runtimeHighlight ;
app.runtimeHighlight = false ;

• in the willClose Document JavaScript, you will add:

(Set Document Actions)

app.runtimeHighlight = rths ;


And that should do it. You are saving the user's setting in the variable rths, and when you close the document, you reset it.

Hope this can help.

Geigreg I am a designer as well and understand try this along with my code above:

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In Acrobat X Pro, you will use the JavaScript panel in the Tools pane; you may have to unhide JavaScript from the dropdown menu in the top right corner of the Tools pane.

For adding the Document-level script, you then click on Document JavaScripts. A dialog opens where you will enter the name of the script (for example "highlighting". Then, a text editing box opens, where you can enter code. Select everything and delete it. Then add the code as described above. Confirm and close dialogs.

For the willClose script, click on Set Document Actions. A dialog opens where you can chose the events. Select Document will close. A text edigint box opens, where you can enter code. Enter the code as described above. Confirm and close dialogs.

Save the document and reopen it.

Hope this can help.

My buttons were created in InDesign as well and this worked perfectly. You must be missing something. If you could send me one page with buttons on it I will take a look.

Sorry took so long to get back been swamped but it looks like you have it all set up correctly.

I just found out that my last PDF doesn't render correctly in Chrome. Chrome defaults to it's native PDF viewer and it ignores the javascript. Damn Steve Jobs this would not be an issue If I could use Flash!!!!!! I will let you know if I find a solution.

I deployed the method I posted above but the JavaScript is ignored by Chromes PDF viewer. If it is working for you you must have disabled it in your Chrome settings.

My PDF just has some navigation buttons in it mostly and I would be happy if I could get the to render without a BLUE box on top of them, totally destroys the design and makes the button text difficult to read. This is crazy. I understand if it as field that is required to be filled in I could live with that but a Button? why should it appear with a form field blue box on top?