pdf-lib/ts3.4/cjs/api/form/PDFCheckBox.d.ts

Create and modify PDF files with JavaScript

import PDFDocument from "../PDFDocument";
import PDFPage from "../PDFPage";
import { AppearanceProviderFor } from "./appearances";
import PDFField, { FieldAppearanceOptions } from "./PDFField";
import { PDFRef, PDFAcroCheckBox } from "../../core";
/**
 * Represents a check box field of a [[PDFForm]].
 *
 * [[PDFCheckBox]] fields are interactive boxes that users can click with their
 * mouse. This type of [[PDFField]] has two states: `on` and `off`. The purpose
 * of a check box is to enable users to select from one or more options, where
 * each option is represented by a single check box. Check boxes are typically
 * square in shape and display a check mark when they are in the `on` state.
 */
export default class PDFCheckBox extends PDFField {
    /**
     * > **NOTE:** You probably don't want to call this method directly. Instead,
     * > consider using the [[PDFForm.getCheckBox]] method, which will create an
     * > instance of [[PDFCheckBox]] for you.
     *
     * Create an instance of [[PDFCheckBox]] from an existing acroCheckBox and ref
     *
     * @param acroCheckBox The underlying `PDFAcroCheckBox` for this check box.
     * @param ref The unique reference for this check box.
     * @param doc The document to which this check box will belong.
     */
    static of: (acroCheckBox: PDFAcroCheckBox, ref: PDFRef, doc: PDFDocument) => PDFCheckBox;
    /** The low-level PDFAcroCheckBox wrapped by this check box. */
    readonly acroField: PDFAcroCheckBox;
    private constructor();
    /**
     * Mark this check box. This operation is analogous to a human user clicking
     * a check box to fill it in a PDF reader. This method will update the
     * underlying state of the check box field to indicate it has been selected.
     * PDF libraries and readers will be able to extract this value from the
     * saved document and determine that it was selected.
     *
     * For example:
     * ```js
     * const checkBox = form.getCheckBox('some.checkBox.field')
     * checkBox.check()
     * ```
     *
     * This method will mark this check box as dirty, causing its appearance
     * streams to be updated when either [[PDFDocument.save]] or
     * [[PDFForm.updateFieldAppearances]] is called. The updated appearance
     * streams will display a check mark inside the widgets of this check box
     * field.
     */
    check(): void;
    /**
     * Clears this check box. This operation is analogous to a human user clicking
     * a check box to unmark it in a PDF reader. This method will update the
     * underlying state of the check box field to indicate it has been deselected.
     * PDF libraries and readers will be able to extract this value from the
     * saved document and determine that it was not selected.
     *
     * For example:
     * ```js
     * const checkBox = form.getCheckBox('some.checkBox.field')
     * checkBox.uncheck()
     * ```
     *
     * This method will mark this check box as dirty. See [[PDFCheckBox.check]]
     * for more details about what this means.
     */
    uncheck(): void;
    /**
     * Returns `true` if this check box is selected (either by a human user via
     * a PDF reader, or else programmatically via software). For example:
     * ```js
     * const checkBox = form.getCheckBox('some.checkBox.field')
     * if (checkBox.isChecked()) console.log('check box is selected')
     * ```
     * @returns Whether or not this check box is selected.
     */
    isChecked(): boolean;
    /**
     * Show this check box on the specified page. For example:
     * ```js
     * const helvetica = await pdfDoc.embedFont(StandardFonts.Helvetica)
     * const page = pdfDoc.addPage()
     *
     * const form = pdfDoc.getForm()
     * const checkBox = form.createCheckBox('some.checkBox.field')
     *
     * checkBox.addToPage(page, {
     *   x: 50,
     *   y: 75,
     *   width: 25,
     *   height: 25,
     *   textColor: rgb(1, 0, 0),
     *   backgroundColor: rgb(0, 1, 0),
     *   borderColor: rgb(0, 0, 1),
     *   borderWidth: 2,
     *   rotate: degrees(90),
     * })
     * ```
     * This will create a new widget for this check box field.
     * @param page The page to which this check box widget should be added.
     * @param options The options to be used when adding this check box widget.
     */
    addToPage(page: PDFPage, options?: FieldAppearanceOptions): void;
    /**
     * Returns `true` if any of this check box's widgets do not have an
     * appearance stream for its current state. For example:
     * ```js
     * const checkBox = form.getCheckBox('some.checkBox.field')
     * if (checkBox.needsAppearancesUpdate()) console.log('Needs update')
     * ```
     * @returns Whether or not this check box needs an appearance update.
     */
    needsAppearancesUpdate(): boolean;
    /**
     * Update the appearance streams for each of this check box's widgets using
     * the default appearance provider for check boxes. For example:
     * ```js
     * const checkBox = form.getCheckBox('some.checkBox.field')
     * checkBox.defaultUpdateAppearances()
     * ```
     */
    defaultUpdateAppearances(): void;
    /**
     * Update the appearance streams for each of this check box's widgets using
     * the given appearance provider. If no `provider` is passed, the default
     * appearance provider for check boxs will be used. For example:
     * ```js
     * const checkBox = form.getCheckBox('some.checkBox.field')
     * checkBox.updateAppearances((field, widget) => {
     *   ...
     *   return {
     *     normal: { on: drawCheckBox(...), off: drawCheckBox(...) },
     *     down: { on: drawCheckBox(...), off: drawCheckBox(...) },
     *   }
     * })
     * ```
     * @param provider Optionally, the appearance provider to be used for
     *                 generating the contents of the appearance streams.
     */
    updateAppearances(provider?: AppearanceProviderFor<PDFCheckBox>): void;
    private updateWidgetAppearance;
}
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