Within Infopath I am having formatting issues where entered text appears differently in a Rich Text Field between a field that is marked read/write and one that is marked read only.
This seems to only impact lists (all numbered lists and bulleted lists) and does NOT appear to impact paragraph text.
The desired result is to have text entered within a Rich Text field display the same regardless if the field is an input field or marked read-only. Text is being manually formatted using a soft-return to provide extra space for improved readability.
To illustrate the observed behaivour:
Text entered within Rich Text Field (Sample)
The following text is manually formatted using soft returns (shift - return)
1. Line of text one. <shift-return>
2. Line of text two. <shift-return>
3. Line of text three. <shift-return>
Viewing Results (Rich Text Field Read/Write)
When file is opened and viewed the data within the field appears as expected with spacing. (This is the Rich Text field marked read/write)
1. Line of text one.
2. Line of text two.
3. Line of text three.
Viewing Results (Rich Text Field Read-Only)
When the same rich text field is set as READ-ONLY the soft returns seem to disappear and the text is crammed together.
1. Line of text one.
2. Line of text two.
3. Line of text three.
Note: The data in the field appears to retain the correct formatting because it displays correctly when the field is set for read-write, however it displays incorrectly when the field is marked read-only
Additional Findings
If a numbered list is pasted in from Microsoft Word (with extra line spacing manually entered using shift-return within Word) the list displays correctly with the soft returns in the same rich text field regardless if it is marked read/write or read-only.
Any thoughts on why soft returns are acting wonky within a rich text field when the field is marked read only?