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Form/Form Fields #61

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schacki opened this issue Mar 22, 2013 · 15 comments · Fixed by #1796
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Form/Form Fields #61

schacki opened this issue Mar 22, 2013 · 15 comments · Fixed by #1796
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@schacki
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schacki commented Mar 22, 2013

Hi all,
it would be really helpful to me, if any form input fields would be transformed to fillable input fields in the PDF document. To me it seems like this feature would be missing. Is that correct? If so, are there any plans to add this feature?
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Juergen
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Hi,

There is no current plan to do this, but I’m curious of how it could work. AFAIK cairo’s PDF backend itself does not allow this, but maybe form fields could be added in a post-processing step, like we do for hyperlinks and bookmarks/outline?

Does anyone feel like reading the PDF spec to figure this out?

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MarZab commented Mar 15, 2016

And while someone is doing that I would like to have Digital Signature Fields too. :)

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djit commented Jun 21, 2016

+1000 for Digital Signature: this will be the killer feature for me.

@liZe
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liZe commented Jun 21, 2016

Does anyone feel like reading the PDF spec to figure this out?

Anyone? 😉

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@hicham-elmansouri
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Hi All,
Any update on this? I can try if it's strill pending.

@liZe
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liZe commented May 12, 2017

Hi @hicham-elmansouri,

Sorry, there's no update on this. But it's probably no that hard to fix it, even if it may be a bit long and painful.

Here are the steps if you're interested in fixing this issue:

  • Add a method gathering the form fields, just like it's done for anchors in Document.resolve_links (in document.py).
  • Call this method in pdf.py to build the list of the fields positions (in prepare_metadata).
  • Read the PDF documentation and find how we can create form fields (probably in 8.6).
  • Add the form fields in the PDF (in pdf.py, in the write_pdf_metadata function).

Good luck!

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liZe commented Sep 8, 2017 •
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If we use pdfrw, the 4th point that was the hard part is now really easier.

Anyone interested?

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any updates?

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liZe commented Dec 27, 2018

any updates?

No. If anyone is interested, my previous comment is the way to go!

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msornay commented Oct 16, 2019

I might give it a shot. Should I still follow this?

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liZe commented Oct 16, 2019

I might give it a shot. Should I still follow this?

Here are the new steps:

  • Add a method gathering the form fields, just like it's done for anchors in Document.resolve_links (in document.py).
  • Call this method at the end of Document.write_pdf to build the list of the fields positions.
  • Read the PDF documentation and find how we can create form fields (probably in 8.6).
  • Add the form fields in the PDF at the end of Document.write_pdf.

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hashimaziz1 commented May 30, 2020 •
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Also really need this feature, it's crucial for my documents to be fillable, and the only solutions that I know of for doing this are either proprietary, like Adobe Acrobat, or GUIs like Foxit.

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Another +1 for this feature, would love to see it happen

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grewn0uille commented May 5, 2021 •
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Hello!

(The survey is now closed. Thanks for all your answers! We’ll share the results soon 😉)

If you’re interested in forms, we created a short survey where you can give a boost to this feature and help us to improve WeasyPrint 😉

Vote for it!

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grewn0uille commented Sep 12, 2022 •
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Hello!

As it’s soon our 2-year anniversary as CourtBouillon, we opened a short survey to know more about your expectations.
Don’t hesitate to support this feature and give it a boost 🚀!

The survey will be opened until October 10th.

Update: the survey is now closed. You can find the results here.

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print/py-weasyprint: Update to 59.0.
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Version 59.0
------------

Released on 2023-05-11.

This version also includes the changes from unstable b1 version listed
below.

Bug fixes:

* `#1864 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/1864>`_:
  Handle overflow for svg and symbol tags in SVG images
* `#1867 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/pull/1867>`_:
  Remove duplicate compression of attachments
* `d0ad5c1 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/commit/d0ad5c1>`_:
  Override use tag children instead of drawing their references
* `93df1a5 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/commit/93df1a5>`_:
  Don’t resize the same image twice when the --dpi option is set
* `#1874 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/pull/1874>`_:
  Drawn underline and overline behind text


Version 59.0b1
--------------

Released on 2023-04-14.

**This version is experimental, don't use it in production. If you find bugs,
please report them!**

Command-line API:

* The ``--optimize-size`` option and its short equivalent ``-O`` have been
  deprecated. To activate or deactivate different size optimizations, you can
  now use:

  * ``--uncompressed-pdf``,
  * ``--optimize-images``,
  * ``--full-fonts``,
  * ``--hinting``,
  * ``--dpi <resolution>``, and
  * ``--jpeg-quality <quality>``.

* A new ``--cache-folder <folder>`` option has been added to store temporary
  data in the given folder on the disk instead of keeping them in memory.

Python API:

* Global rendering options are now given in ``**options`` instead of dedicated
  parameters, with slightly different names. It means that the signature of the
  ``HTML.render()``, ``HTML.write_pdf()`` and ``Document.write_pdf()`` has
  changed. Here are the steps to port your Python code to v59.0:

  1. Use named parameters for these functions, not positioned parameters.
  2. Rename some the parameters:

     * ``image_cache`` becomes ``cache`` (see below),
     * ``identifier`` becomes ``pdf_identifier``,
     * ``variant`` becomes ``pdf_variant``,
     * ``version`` becomes ``pdf_version``,
     * ``forms`` becomes ``pdf_forms``.

* The ``optimize_size`` parameter of ``HTML.render()``, ``HTML.write_pdf()``
  and ``Document()`` has been removed and will be ignored. You can now use the
  ``uncompressed_pdf``, ``full_fonts``, ``hinting``, ``dpi`` and
  ``jpeg_quality`` parameters that are included in ``**options``.

* The ``cache`` parameter can be included in ``**options`` to replace
  ``image_cache``. If it is a dictionary, this dictionary will be used to store
  temporary data in memory, and can be even shared between multiple documents.
  If it’s a folder Path or string, WeasyPrint stores temporary data in the
  given temporary folder on disk instead of keeping them in memory.

New features:

* `#1853 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/pull/1853>`_,
  `#1854 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/1854>`_:
  Reduce PDF size, with financial support from Code & Co.
* `#1824 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/1824>`_,
  `#1829 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/pull/1829>`_:
  Reduce memory use for images
* `#1858 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/1858>`_:
  Add an option to keep hinting information in embedded fonts

Bug fixes:

* `#1855 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/1855>`_:
  Fix position of emojis in justified text
* `#1852 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/1852>`_:
  Don’t crash when line can be split before trailing spaces
* `#1843 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/1843>`_:
  Fix syntax of dates in metadata
* `#1827 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/1827>`_,
  `#1832 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/pull/1832>`_:
  Fix word-spacing problems with nested tags

Documentation:

* `#1841 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/1841>`_:
  Add a paragraph about unsupported calc() function


Version 58.1
------------

Released on 2023-03-07.

Bug fixes:

* `#1815 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/1815>`_:
  Fix bookmarks coordinates
* `#1822 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/1822>`_,
  `#1823 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/pull/1823>`_:
  Fix vertical positioning for absolute replaced elements

Documentation:

* `#1814 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/pull/1814>`_:
  Fix broken link pointing to samples


Version 58.0
------------

Released on 2023-02-17.

This version also includes the changes from unstable b1 version listed
below.

Bug fixes:

* `#1807 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/1807>`_:
  Don’t crash when out-of-flow box is split in out-of-flow parent
* `#1806 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/1806>`_:
  Don’t crash when fixed elements aren’t displayed yet in aborted line
* `#1809 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/1809>`_:
  Fix background drawing for out-of-the-page transformed boxes


Version 58.0b1
--------------

Released on 2023-02-03.

**This version is experimental, don't use it in production. If you find bugs,
please report them!**

New features:

* `#61 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/61>`_,
  `#1796 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/pull/1796>`_:
  Support PDF forms, with financial support from Personalkollen
* `#1173 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/1173>`_:
  Add style for form fields

Bug fixes:

* `#1777 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/1777>`_:
  Detect JPEG/MPO images as normal JPEG files
* `#1771 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/pull/1771>`_:
  Improve SVG gradients


Version 57.2
------------

Released on 2022-12-23.

Bug fixes:

* `0f2e377 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/commit/0f2e377>`_:
  Print annotations with PDF/A
* `0e9426f <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/commit/0e9426f>`_:
  Hide annotations with PDF/UA
* `#1764 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/1764>`_:
  Use reference instead of stream for annotation appearance stream
* `#1783 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/pull/1783>`_:
  Fix multiple font weights for @font-face declarations


Version 57.1
------------

Released on 2022-11-04.

Dependencies:

* `#1754 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/pull/1754>`_:
  Pillow 9.1.0 is now needed

Bug fixes:

* `#1756 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/pull/1756>`_:
  Fix rem font size for SVG images
* `#1755 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/1755>`_:
  Keep format when transposing images
* `#1753 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/1753>`_:
  Don’t use deprecated ``read_text`` function when ``files`` is available
* `#1741 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/1741>`_:
  Generate better manpage
* `#1747 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/1747>`_:
  Correctly set target counters in pages’ absolute elements
* `#1748 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/1748>`_:
  Always set font size when font is changed in line
* `2b05137 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/commit/2b05137>`_:
  Fix stability of font identifiers

Documentation:

* `#1750 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/pull/1750>`_:
  Fix documentation spelling


Version 57.0
------------

Released on 2022-10-18.

This version also includes the changes from unstable b1 version listed
below.

New features:

* `a4fc7a1 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/commit/a4fc7a1>`_:
  Support image-orientation

Bug fixes:

* `#1739 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/1739>`_:
  Set baseline on all flex containers
* `#1740 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/1740>`_:
  Don’t crash when currentColor is set on root svg tag
* `#1718 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/1718>`_:
  Don’t crash with empty bitmap glyphs
* `#1736 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/1736>`_:
  Always use the font’s vector variant when possible
* `eef8b4d <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/commit/eef8b4d>`_:
  Always set color and state before drawing
* `#1662 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/1662>`_:
  Use a stable key to store stream fonts
* `#1733 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/1733>`_:
  Don’t remove attachments when adding internal anchors
* `3c4fa50 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/commit/3c4fa50>`_,
  `c215697 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/commit/c215697>`_,
  `d275dac <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/commit/d275dac>`_,
  `b04bfff <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/commit/b04bfff>`_:
  Fix many bugs related to PDF/UA structure

Performance:

* `dfccf1b <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/commit/dfccf1b>`_:
  Use faces as fonts dictionary keys
* `0dc12b6 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/commit/0dc12b6>`_:
  Cache add_font to avoid calling get_face too often
* `75e17bf <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/commit/75e17bf>`_:
  Don’t call process_whitespace twice on many children
* `498d3e1 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/commit/498d3e1>`_:
  Optimize __missing__ functions

Documentation:

* `863b3d6 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/commit/863b3d6>`_:
  Update documentation of installation on macOS with Homebrew


Version 57.0b1
--------------

Released on 2022-09-22.

**This version is experimental, don't use it in production. If you find bugs,
please report them!**

New features:

* `#1704 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/pull/1704>`_:
  Support PDF/UA, with financial support from Novareto
* `#1454 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/1454>`_:
  Support variable fonts

Bug fixes:

* `#1058 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/1058>`_:
  Fix bullet position after page break, with financial support from OpenZeppelin
* `#1707 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/1707>`_:
  Fix footnote positioning in multicolumn layout, with financial support from Code & Co.
* `#1722 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/1722>`_:
  Handle skew transformation with only one parameter
* `#1715 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/1715>`_:
  Don’t crash when images are truncated
* `#1697 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/1697>`_:
  Don’t crash when attr() is used in text-decoration-color
* `#1695 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/pull/1695>`_:
  Include language information in PDF metadata
* `#1612 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/1612>`_:
  Don’t lowercase letters when capitalizing text
* `#1700 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/1700>`_:
  Fix crash when rendering footnote with repagination
* `#1667 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/1667>`_:
  Follow EXIF metadata for image rotation
* `#1669 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/1669>`_:
  Take care of floats when remvoving placeholders
* `#1638 <https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint/issues/1638>`_:
  Use the original box when breaking waiting children
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