PDF forms / form fields are shown

[CePeU]

On most PDF readers form fields are highlighted, while this is great for input it is not so nice for reading. I found at least one PDF reader which does not highlight form fields. Could it be made optional that form fields are shown or ignored? Preferably with a toggle switch. That way input could be done assisted with highlighting and normal play could be made without. Idealy the form fields can be normally accessed even if not highlighted.

[farling42]

That is a feature of the pdfjs library provided by Foundry, I don't think that I have any control of its presentation.

[CePeU]

Are you able to access the level of transparency?

[farling42]

In the CSS, there is a variable called --annotation-unfocused-field-background which is used for the background of all editable fields. In viewer.css there scripts/pdfjs/web/viewer.css, there is a section

:root {
  --annotation-unfocused-field-background: url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=UTF-8,<svg width='1px' height='1px' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'><rect width='100%' height='100%' style='fill:rgba(0, 54, 255, 0.13);'/></svg>");
}

.annotationLayer .textWidgetAnnotation input,
.annotationLayer .textWidgetAnnotation textarea,
.annotationLayer .choiceWidgetAnnotation select,
.annotationLayer .buttonWidgetAnnotation.checkBox input,
.annotationLayer .buttonWidgetAnnotation.radioButton input {
  background-image: var(--annotation-unfocused-field-background);
  border: 0px solid transparent;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  font-size: 9px;
  height: 100%;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0 3px;
  vertical-align: top;
  width: 100%;
}

Replacing the top block with the following removes the fill effect on editable fields:

:root {
  --annotation-unfocused-field-background: ;
}

[CePeU]

The last parameter of rgb is transparency if I remember correctly from my studies while learning CSS for foundry. So maybe if you change: style='fill:rgba(0, 54, 255, 0.13) --> style='fill:rgba(0, 54, 255, 0.0) ? That way the change would be minimal. As allways ignore me if I talk rubish.

I checked and it should work. Maybe you can make it a CSS variable which you can adjust. You could then make it an input in module preferences. A toggle in addition would still be nice.

[farling42]

I've made a simple update, so this will be available as a module option in version 0.18.0

[CePeU]

Thank you :) It drove me nut's that a professional viewer like Acrobat does not seem to allow to customize something like that :). It took some time but I found a reader which ignored it so it seemed optional. I will really like that option in PDF Pager!

[farling42]

0.18.0 should be available now.