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import PDFDocument from 'src/api/PDFDocument';
import PDFPage from 'src/api/PDFPage';
import PDFFont from 'src/api/PDFFont';
import PDFImage from 'src/api/PDFImage';
import PDFField, {
FieldAppearanceOptions,
assertFieldAppearanceOptions,
} from 'src/api/form/PDFField';
import {
AppearanceProviderFor,
normalizeAppearance,
defaultTextFieldAppearanceProvider,
} from 'src/api/form/appearances';
import { rgb } from 'src/api/colors';
import { degrees } from 'src/api/rotations';
import {
RichTextFieldReadError,
ExceededMaxLengthError,
InvalidMaxLengthError,
} from 'src/api/errors';
import { ImageAlignment } from 'src/api/image/alignment';
import { TextAlignment } from 'src/api/text/alignment';
import {
PDFHexString,
PDFRef,
PDFStream,
PDFAcroText,
AcroTextFlags,
PDFWidgetAnnotation,
} from 'src/core';
import {
assertIs,
assertIsOneOf,
assertOrUndefined,
assertPositive,
assertRangeOrUndefined,
} from 'src/utils';
/**
* Represents a text field of a [[PDFForm]].
*
* [[PDFTextField]] fields are boxes that display text entered by the user. The
* purpose of a text field is to enable users to enter text or view text values
* in the document prefilled by software. Users can click on a text field and
* input text via their keyboard. Some text fields allow multiple lines of text
* to be entered (see [[PDFTextField.isMultiline]]).
*/
export default class PDFTextField extends PDFField {
/**
* > **NOTE:** You probably don't want to call this method directly. Instead,
* > consider using the [[PDFForm.getTextField]] method, which will create an
* > instance of [[PDFTextField]] for you.
*
* Create an instance of [[PDFTextField]] from an existing acroText and ref
*
* @param acroText The underlying `PDFAcroText` for this text field.
* @param ref The unique reference for this text field.
* @param doc The document to which this text field will belong.
*/
static of = (acroText: PDFAcroText, ref: PDFRef, doc: PDFDocument) =>
new PDFTextField(acroText, ref, doc);
/** The low-level PDFAcroText wrapped by this text field. */
readonly acroField: PDFAcroText;
private constructor(acroText: PDFAcroText, ref: PDFRef, doc: PDFDocument) {
super(acroText, ref, doc);
assertIs(acroText, 'acroText', [[PDFAcroText, 'PDFAcroText']]);
this.acroField = acroText;
}
/**
* Get the text that this field contains. This text is visible to users who
* view this field in a PDF reader.
*
* For example:
* ```js
* const textField = form.getTextField('some.text.field')
* const text = textField.getText()
* console.log('Text field contents:', text)
* ```
*
* Note that if this text field contains no underlying value, `undefined`
* will be returned. Text fields may also contain an underlying value that
* is simply an empty string (`''`). This detail is largely irrelevant for
* most applications. In general, you'll want to treat both cases the same
* way and simply consider the text field to be empty. In either case, the
* text field will appear empty to users when viewed in a PDF reader.
*
* An error will be thrown if this is a rich text field. `pdf-lib` does not
* support reading rich text fields. Nor do most PDF readers and writers.
* Rich text fields are based on XFA (XML Forms Architecture). Relatively few
* PDFs use rich text fields or XFA. Unlike PDF itself, XFA is not an ISO
* standard. XFA has been deprecated in PDF 2.0:
* * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XFA
* * http://blog.pdfshareforms.com/pdf-2-0-release-bid-farewell-xfa-forms/
*
* @returns The text contained in this text field.
*/
getText(): string | undefined {
const value = this.acroField.getValue();
if (!value && this.isRichFormatted()) {
throw new RichTextFieldReadError(this.getName());
}
return value?.decodeText();
}
/**
* Set the text for this field. This operation is analogous to a human user
* clicking on the text field in a PDF reader and typing in text via their
* keyboard. This method will update the underlying state of the text field
* to indicate what text has been set. PDF libraries and readers will be able
* to extract these values from the saved document and determine what text
* was set.
*
* For example:
* ```js
* const textField = form.getTextField('best.superhero.text.field')
* textField.setText('One Punch Man')
* ```
*
* This method will mark this text field as dirty, causing its appearance
* streams to be updated when either [[PDFDocument.save]] or
* [[PDFForm.updateFieldAppearances]] is called. The updated streams will
* display the text this field contains inside the widgets of this text
* field.
*
* **IMPORTANT:** The default font used to update appearance streams is
* [[StandardFonts.Helvetica]]. Note that this is a WinAnsi font. This means
* that encoding errors will be thrown if this field contains text outside
* the WinAnsi character set (the latin alphabet).
*
* Embedding a custom font and passing it to
* [[PDFForm.updateFieldAppearances]] or [[PDFTextField.updateAppearances]]
* allows you to generate appearance streams with characters outside the
* latin alphabet (assuming the custom font supports them).
*
* If this is a rich text field, it will be converted to a standard text
* field in order to set the text. `pdf-lib` does not support writing rich
* text strings. Nor do most PDF readers and writers. See
* [[PDFTextField.getText]] for more information about rich text fields and
* their deprecation in PDF 2.0.
*
* @param text The text this field should contain.
*/
setText(text: string | undefined) {
assertOrUndefined(text, 'text', ['string']);
const maxLength = this.getMaxLength();
if (maxLength !== undefined && text && text.length > maxLength) {
throw new ExceededMaxLengthError(text.length, maxLength, this.getName());
}
this.markAsDirty();
this.disableRichFormatting();
if (text) {
this.acroField.setValue(PDFHexString.fromText(text));
} else {
this.acroField.removeValue();
}
}
/**
* Get the alignment for this text field. This value represents the
* justification of the text when it is displayed to the user in PDF readers.
* There are three possible alignments: left, center, and right. For example:
* ```js
* const textField = form.getTextField('some.text.field')
* const alignment = textField.getAlignment()
* if (alignment === TextAlignment.Left) console.log('Text is left justified')
* if (alignment === TextAlignment.Center) console.log('Text is centered')
* if (alignment === TextAlignment.Right) console.log('Text is right justified')
* ```
* @returns The alignment of this text field.
*/
getAlignment(): TextAlignment {
const quadding = this.acroField.getQuadding();
// prettier-ignore
return (
quadding === 0 ? TextAlignment.Left
: quadding === 1 ? TextAlignment.Center
: quadding === 2 ? TextAlignment.Right
: TextAlignment.Left
);
}
/**
* Set the alignment for this text field. This will determine the
* justification of the text when it is displayed to the user in PDF readers.
* There are three possible alignments: left, center, and right. For example:
* ```js
* const textField = form.getTextField('some.text.field')
*
* // Text will be left justified when displayed
* textField.setAlignment(TextAlignment.Left)
*
* // Text will be centered when displayed
* textField.setAlignment(TextAlignment.Center)
*
* // Text will be right justified when displayed
* textField.setAlignment(TextAlignment.Right)
* ```
* This method will mark this text field as dirty. See
* [[PDFTextField.setText]] for more details about what this means.
* @param alignment The alignment for this text field.
*/
setAlignment(alignment: TextAlignment) {
assertIsOneOf(alignment, 'alignment', TextAlignment);
this.markAsDirty();
this.acroField.setQuadding(alignment);
}
/**
* Get the maximum length of this field. This value represents the maximum
* number of characters that can be typed into this field by the user. If
* this field does not have a maximum length, `undefined` is returned.
* For example:
* ```js
* const textField = form.getTextField('some.text.field')
* const maxLength = textField.getMaxLength()
* if (maxLength === undefined) console.log('No max length')
* else console.log(`Max length is ${maxLength}`)
* ```
* @returns The maximum number of characters allowed in this field, or
* `undefined` if no limit exists.
*/
getMaxLength(): number | undefined {
return this.acroField.getMaxLength();
}
/**
* Set the maximum length of this field. This limits the number of characters
* that can be typed into this field by the user. This also limits the length
* of the string that can be passed to [[PDFTextField.setText]]. This limit
* can be removed by passing `undefined` as `maxLength`. For example:
* ```js
* const textField = form.getTextField('some.text.field')
*
* // Allow between 0 and 5 characters to be entered
* textField.setMaxLength(5)
*
* // Allow any number of characters to be entered
* textField.setMaxLength(undefined)
* ```
* This method will mark this text field as dirty. See
* [[PDFTextField.setText]] for more details about what this means.
* @param maxLength The maximum number of characters allowed in this field, or
* `undefined` to remove the limit.
*/
setMaxLength(maxLength?: number) {
assertRangeOrUndefined(maxLength, 'maxLength', 0, Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER);
this.markAsDirty();
if (maxLength === undefined) {
this.acroField.removeMaxLength();
} else {
const text = this.getText();
if (text && text.length > maxLength) {
throw new InvalidMaxLengthError(text.length, maxLength, this.getName());
}
this.acroField.setMaxLength(maxLength);
}
}
/**
* Remove the maximum length for this text field. This allows any number of
* characters to be typed into this field by the user. For example:
* ```js
* const textField = form.getTextField('some.text.field')
* textField.removeMaxLength()
* ```
* Calling this method is equivalent to passing `undefined` to
* [[PDFTextField.setMaxLength]].
*/
removeMaxLength() {
this.markAsDirty();
this.acroField.removeMaxLength();
}
/**
* Display an image inside the bounds of this text field's widgets. For example:
* ```js
* const pngImage = await pdfDoc.embedPng(...)
* const textField = form.getTextField('some.text.field')
* textField.setImage(pngImage)
* ```
* This will update the appearances streams for each of this text field's widgets.
* @param image The image that should be displayed.
*/
setImage(image: PDFImage) {
const fieldAlignment = this.getAlignment();
// prettier-ignore
const alignment =
fieldAlignment === TextAlignment.Center ? ImageAlignment.Center
: fieldAlignment === TextAlignment.Right ? ImageAlignment.Right
: ImageAlignment.Left;
const widgets = this.acroField.getWidgets();
for (let idx = 0, len = widgets.length; idx < len; idx++) {
const widget = widgets[idx];
const streamRef = this.createImageAppearanceStream(
widget,
image,
alignment,
);
this.updateWidgetAppearances(widget, { normal: streamRef });
}
this.markAsClean();
}
/**
* Set the font size for this field. Larger font sizes will result in larger
* text being displayed when PDF readers render this text field. Font sizes
* may be integer or floating point numbers. Supplying a negative font size
* will cause this method to throw an error.
*
* For example:
* ```js
* const textField = form.getTextField('some.text.field')
* textField.setFontSize(4)
* textField.setFontSize(15.7)
* ```
*
* > This method depends upon the existence of a default appearance
* > (`/DA`) string. If this field does not have a default appearance string,
* > or that string does not contain a font size (via the `Tf` operator),
* > then this method will throw an error.
*
* @param fontSize The font size to be used when rendering text in this field.
*/
setFontSize(fontSize: number) {
assertPositive(fontSize, 'fontSize');
this.acroField.setFontSize(fontSize);
this.markAsDirty();
}
/**
* Returns `true` if each line of text is shown on a new line when this
* field is displayed in a PDF reader. The alternative is that all lines of
* text are merged onto a single line when displayed. See
* [[PDFTextField.enableMultiline]] and [[PDFTextField.disableMultiline]].
* For example:
* ```js
* const textField = form.getTextField('some.text.field')
* if (textField.isMultiline()) console.log('Multiline is enabled')
* ```
* @returns Whether or not this is a multiline text field.
*/
isMultiline(): boolean {
return this.acroField.hasFlag(AcroTextFlags.Multiline);
}
/**
* Display each line of text on a new line when this field is displayed in a
* PDF reader. For example:
* ```js
* const textField = form.getTextField('some.text.field')
* textField.enableMultiline()
* ```
* This method will mark this text field as dirty. See
* [[PDFTextField.setText]] for more details about what this means.
*/
enableMultiline() {
this.markAsDirty();
this.acroField.setFlagTo(AcroTextFlags.Multiline, true);
}
/**
* Display each line of text on the same line when this field is displayed
* in a PDF reader. For example:
* ```js
* const textField = form.getTextField('some.text.field')
* textField.disableMultiline()
* ```
* This method will mark this text field as dirty. See
* [[PDFTextField.setText]] for more details about what this means.
*/
disableMultiline() {
this.markAsDirty();
this.acroField.setFlagTo(AcroTextFlags.Multiline, false);
}
/**
* Returns `true` if this is a password text field. This means that the field
* is intended for storing a secure password. See
* [[PDFTextField.enablePassword]] and [[PDFTextField.disablePassword]].
* For example:
* ```js
* const textField = form.getTextField('some.text.field')
* if (textField.isPassword()) console.log('Password is enabled')
* ```
* @returns Whether or not this is a password text field.
*/
isPassword(): boolean {
return this.acroField.hasFlag(AcroTextFlags.Password);
}
/**
* Indicate that this text field is intended for storing a secure password.
* For example:
* ```js
* const textField = form.getTextField('some.text.field')
* textField.enablePassword()
* ```
* Values entered into password text fields should not be displayed on the
* screen by PDF readers. Most PDF readers will display the value as
* asterisks or bullets. PDF readers should never store values entered by the
* user into password text fields. Similarly, applications should not
* write data to a password text field.
*
* **Please note that this method does not cause entered values to be
* encrypted or secured in any way! It simply sets a flag that PDF software
* and readers can access to determine the _purpose_ of this field.**
*/
enablePassword() {
this.acroField.setFlagTo(AcroTextFlags.Password, true);
}
/**
* Indicate that this text field is **not** intended for storing a secure
* password. For example:
* ```js
* const textField = form.getTextField('some.text.field')
* textField.disablePassword()
* ```
*/
disablePassword() {
this.acroField.setFlagTo(AcroTextFlags.Password, false);
}
/**
* Returns `true` if the contents of this text field represent a file path.
* See [[PDFTextField.enableFileSelection]] and
* [[PDFTextField.disableFileSelection]]. For example:
* ```js
* const textField = form.getTextField('some.text.field')
* if (textField.isFileSelector()) console.log('Is a file selector')
* ```
* @returns Whether or not this field should contain file paths.
*/
isFileSelector(): boolean {
return this.acroField.hasFlag(AcroTextFlags.FileSelect);
}
/**
* Indicate that this text field is intended to store a file path. The
* contents of the file stored at that path should be submitted as the value
* of the field. For example:
* ```js
* const textField = form.getTextField('some.text.field')
* textField.enableFileSelection()
* ```
*/
enableFileSelection() {
this.acroField.setFlagTo(AcroTextFlags.FileSelect, true);
}
/**
* Indicate that this text field is **not** intended to store a file path.
* For example:
* ```js
* const textField = form.getTextField('some.text.field')
* textField.disableFileSelection()
* ```
*/
disableFileSelection() {
this.acroField.setFlagTo(AcroTextFlags.FileSelect, false);
}
/**
* Returns `true` if the text entered in this field should be spell checked
* by PDF readers. See [[PDFTextField.enableSpellChecking]] and
* [[PDFTextField.disableSpellChecking]]. For example:
* ```js
* const textField = form.getTextField('some.text.field')
* if (textField.isSpellChecked()) console.log('Spell checking is enabled')
* ```
* @returns Whether or not this field should be spell checked.
*/
isSpellChecked(): boolean {
return !this.acroField.hasFlag(AcroTextFlags.DoNotSpellCheck);
}
/**
* Allow PDF readers to spell check the text entered in this field.
* For example:
* ```js
* const textField = form.getTextField('some.text.field')
* textField.enableSpellChecking()
* ```
*/
enableSpellChecking() {
this.acroField.setFlagTo(AcroTextFlags.DoNotSpellCheck, false);
}
/**
* Do not allow PDF readers to spell check the text entered in this field.
* For example:
* ```js
* const textField = form.getTextField('some.text.field')
* textField.disableSpellChecking()
* ```
*/
disableSpellChecking() {
this.acroField.setFlagTo(AcroTextFlags.DoNotSpellCheck, true);
}
/**
* Returns `true` if PDF readers should allow the user to scroll the text
* field when its contents do not fit within the field's view bounds. See
* [[PDFTextField.enableScrolling]] and [[PDFTextField.disableScrolling]].
* For example:
* ```js
* const textField = form.getTextField('some.text.field')
* if (textField.isScrollable()) console.log('Scrolling is enabled')
* ```
* @returns Whether or not the field is scrollable in PDF readers.
*/
isScrollable(): boolean {
return !this.acroField.hasFlag(AcroTextFlags.DoNotScroll);
}
/**
* Allow PDF readers to present a scroll bar to the user when the contents
* of this text field do not fit within its view bounds. For example:
* ```js
* const textField = form.getTextField('some.text.field')
* textField.enableScrolling()
* ```
* A horizontal scroll bar should be shown for singleline fields. A vertical
* scroll bar should be shown for multiline fields.
*/
enableScrolling() {
this.acroField.setFlagTo(AcroTextFlags.DoNotScroll, false);
}
/**
* Do not allow PDF readers to present a scroll bar to the user when the
* contents of this text field do not fit within its view bounds. For example:
* ```js
* const textField = form.getTextField('some.text.field')
* textField.disableScrolling()
* ```
*/
disableScrolling() {
this.acroField.setFlagTo(AcroTextFlags.DoNotScroll, true);
}
/**
* Returns `true` if this is a combed text field. This means that the field
* is split into `n` equal size cells with one character in each (where `n`
* is equal to the max length of the text field). The result is that all
* characters in this field are displayed an equal distance apart from one
* another. See [[PDFTextField.enableCombing]] and
* [[PDFTextField.disableCombing]]. For example:
* ```js
* const textField = form.getTextField('some.text.field')
* if (textField.isCombed()) console.log('Combing is enabled')
* ```
* Note that in order for a text field to be combed, the following must be
* true (in addition to enabling combing):
* * It must not be a multiline field (see [[PDFTextField.isMultiline]])
* * It must not be a password field (see [[PDFTextField.isPassword]])
* * It must not be a file selector field (see [[PDFTextField.isFileSelector]])
* * It must have a max length defined (see [[PDFTextField.setMaxLength]])
* @returns Whether or not this field is combed.
*/
isCombed(): boolean {
return (
this.acroField.hasFlag(AcroTextFlags.Comb) &&
!this.isMultiline() &&
!this.isPassword() &&
!this.isFileSelector() &&
this.getMaxLength() !== undefined
);
}
/**
* Split this field into `n` equal size cells with one character in each
* (where `n` is equal to the max length of the text field). This will cause
* all characters in the field to be displayed an equal distance apart from
* one another. For example:
* ```js
* const textField = form.getTextField('some.text.field')
* textField.enableCombing()
* ```
*
* In addition to calling this method, text fields must have a max length
* defined in order to be combed (see [[PDFTextField.setMaxLength]]).
*
* This method will also call the following three methods internally:
* * [[PDFTextField.disableMultiline]]
* * [[PDFTextField.disablePassword]]
* * [[PDFTextField.disableFileSelection]]
*
* This method will mark this text field as dirty. See
* [[PDFTextField.setText]] for more details about what this means.
*/
enableCombing() {
if (this.getMaxLength() === undefined) {
const msg = `PDFTextFields must have a max length in order to be combed`;
console.warn(msg);
}
this.markAsDirty();
this.disableMultiline();
this.disablePassword();
this.disableFileSelection();
this.acroField.setFlagTo(AcroTextFlags.Comb, true);
}
/**
* Turn off combing for this text field. For example:
* ```js
* const textField = form.getTextField('some.text.field')
* textField.disableCombing()
* ```
* See [[PDFTextField.isCombed]] and [[PDFTextField.enableCombing]] for more
* information about what combing is.
*
* This method will mark this text field as dirty. See
* [[PDFTextField.setText]] for more details about what this means.
*/
disableCombing() {
this.markAsDirty();
this.acroField.setFlagTo(AcroTextFlags.Comb, false);
}
/**
* Returns `true` if this text field contains rich text. See
* [[PDFTextField.enableRichFormatting]] and
* [[PDFTextField.disableRichFormatting]]. For example:
* ```js
* const textField = form.getTextField('some.text.field')
* if (textField.isRichFormatted()) console.log('Rich formatting enabled')
* ```
* @returns Whether or not this field contains rich text.
*/
isRichFormatted(): boolean {
return this.acroField.hasFlag(AcroTextFlags.RichText);
}
/**
* Indicate that this field contains XFA data - or rich text. For example:
* ```js
* const textField = form.getTextField('some.text.field')
* textField.enableRichFormatting()
* ```
* Note that `pdf-lib` does not support reading or writing rich text fields.
* Nor do most PDF readers and writers. Rich text fields are based on XFA
* (XML Forms Architecture). Relatively few PDFs use rich text fields or XFA.
* Unlike PDF itself, XFA is not an ISO standard. XFA has been deprecated in
* PDF 2.0:
* * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XFA
* * http://blog.pdfshareforms.com/pdf-2-0-release-bid-farewell-xfa-forms/
*/
enableRichFormatting() {
this.acroField.setFlagTo(AcroTextFlags.RichText, true);
}
/**
* Indicate that this is a standard text field that does not XFA data (rich
* text). For example:
* ```js
* const textField = form.getTextField('some.text.field')
* textField.disableRichFormatting()
* ```
*/
disableRichFormatting() {
this.acroField.setFlagTo(AcroTextFlags.RichText, false);
}
/**
* Show this text field on the specified page. For example:
* ```js
* const ubuntuFont = await pdfDoc.embedFont(ubuntuFontBytes)
* const page = pdfDoc.addPage()
*
* const form = pdfDoc.getForm()
* const textField = form.createTextField('best.gundam')
* textField.setText('Exia')
*
* textField.addToPage(page, {
* x: 50,
* y: 75,
* width: 200,
* height: 100,
* textColor: rgb(1, 0, 0),
* backgroundColor: rgb(0, 1, 0),
* borderColor: rgb(0, 0, 1),
* borderWidth: 2,
* rotate: degrees(90),
* font: ubuntuFont,
* })
* ```
* This will create a new widget for this text field.
* @param page The page to which this text field widget should be added.
* @param options The options to be used when adding this text field widget.
*/
addToPage(page: PDFPage, options?: FieldAppearanceOptions) {
assertIs(page, 'page', [[PDFPage, 'PDFPage']]);
assertFieldAppearanceOptions(options);
if (!options) options = {};
if (!('textColor' in options)) options.textColor = rgb(0, 0, 0);
if (!('backgroundColor' in options)) options.backgroundColor = rgb(1, 1, 1);
if (!('borderColor' in options)) options.borderColor = rgb(0, 0, 0);
if (!('borderWidth' in options)) options.borderWidth = 1;
// Create a widget for this text field
const widget = this.createWidget({
x: options.x ?? 0,
y: options.y ?? 0,
width: options.width ?? 200,
height: options.height ?? 50,
textColor: options.textColor,
backgroundColor: options.backgroundColor,
borderColor: options.borderColor,
borderWidth: options.borderWidth ?? 0,
rotate: options.rotate ?? degrees(0),
hidden: options.hidden,
page: page.ref,
});
const widgetRef = this.doc.context.register(widget.dict);
// Add widget to this field
this.acroField.addWidget(widgetRef);
// Set appearance streams for widget
const font = options.font ?? this.doc.getForm().getDefaultFont();
this.updateWidgetAppearance(widget, font);
// Add widget to the given page
page.node.addAnnot(widgetRef);
}
/**
* Returns `true` if this text field has been marked as dirty, or if any of
* this text field's widgets do not have an appearance stream. For example:
* ```js
* const textField = form.getTextField('some.text.field')
* if (textField.needsAppearancesUpdate()) console.log('Needs update')
* ```
* @returns Whether or not this text field needs an appearance update.
*/
needsAppearancesUpdate(): boolean {
if (this.isDirty()) return true;
const widgets = this.acroField.getWidgets();
for (let idx = 0, len = widgets.length; idx < len; idx++) {
const widget = widgets[idx];
const hasAppearances =
widget.getAppearances()?.normal instanceof PDFStream;
if (!hasAppearances) return true;
}
return false;
}
/**
* Update the appearance streams for each of this text field's widgets using
* the default appearance provider for text fields. For example:
* ```js
* const helvetica = await pdfDoc.embedFont(StandardFonts.Helvetica)
* const textField = form.getTextField('some.text.field')
* textField.defaultUpdateAppearances(helvetica)
* ```
* @param font The font to be used for creating the appearance streams.
*/
defaultUpdateAppearances(font: PDFFont) {
assertIs(font, 'font', [[PDFFont, 'PDFFont']]);
this.updateAppearances(font);
}
/**
* Update the appearance streams for each of this text field's widgets using
* the given appearance provider. If no `provider` is passed, the default
* appearance provider for text fields will be used. For example:
* ```js
* const helvetica = await pdfDoc.embedFont(StandardFonts.Helvetica)
* const textField = form.getTextField('some.text.field')
* textField.updateAppearances(helvetica, (field, widget, font) => {
* ...
* return drawTextField(...)
* })
* ```
* @param font The font to be used for creating the appearance streams.
* @param provider Optionally, the appearance provider to be used for
* generating the contents of the appearance streams.
*/
updateAppearances(
font: PDFFont,
provider?: AppearanceProviderFor<PDFTextField>,
) {
assertIs(font, 'font', [[PDFFont, 'PDFFont']]);
assertOrUndefined(provider, 'provider', [Function]);
const widgets = this.acroField.getWidgets();
for (let idx = 0, len = widgets.length; idx < len; idx++) {
const widget = widgets[idx];
this.updateWidgetAppearance(widget, font, provider);
}
this.markAsClean();
}
private updateWidgetAppearance(
widget: PDFWidgetAnnotation,
font: PDFFont,
provider?: AppearanceProviderFor<PDFTextField>,
) {
const apProvider = provider ?? defaultTextFieldAppearanceProvider;
const appearances = normalizeAppearance(apProvider(this, widget, font));
this.updateWidgetAppearanceWithFont(widget, font, appearances);
}
}