@embedpdf/plugin-form

PDF forms for EmbedPDF: fills in fields and builds forms.

This plugin comes with each EmbedPDF framework package. Import it from the one you use:

In React

Many PDFs are forms: text boxes, checkboxes, dropdowns, signature fields. Register formPlugin() and put <FormLayer> in each page, and people can fill them in:

form-layer.tsx

import { FormLayer, formPlugin } from '@embedpdf/react/form';
import { interactionPlugin } from '@embedpdf/react/interaction';
import { RenderLayer, renderPlugin } from '@embedpdf/react/render';
import { Viewer } from '@embedpdf/react/runtime';
import { Stage, stagePlugin } from '@embedpdf/react/stage';
import { engine } from './pdf';

const plugins = [stagePlugin(), renderPlugin(), interactionPlugin(), formPlugin()];

export function FormViewer() {
  return (
    <Viewer engine={engine} plugins={plugins}>
      <Stage>
        {() => (
          <>
            <RenderLayer />
            <FormLayer />
          </>
        )}
      </Stage>
    </Viewer>
  );
}

Each field becomes a real HTML control, placed and styled like the field in the PDF: people type in text boxes, tick checkboxes, pick from lists, and move between fields with Tab. A value is saved into the document as it's entered, so it's there when the PDF is downloaded, and every PDF app shows it. The form layer paints the fields as the engine draws them, so while it's on the page, the render layer leaves them out of the page picture.

Documentation

• Building forms: Turn any PDF into a form: place text boxes, checkboxes, radio buttons, lists and signature fields, and change their settings.

License

Apache-2.0