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# pdfcraft-forms
Interactive forms (AcroForm, ISO 32000-2 §12.7). Layer L3; depends on `pdfcraft-cos` and
`pdfcraft-fonts`.
## API
```rust
let all: Vec<Field> = fields(&doc); // terminal fields with widgets, options, flags, /DA
let snapshot = fields_with_adopted(&doc); // fields and page-only adoption count in one pass
let all = snapshot.items;
let adopted = snapshot.adopted_page_fields;
set_value(&mut doc, "name", &FieldValue::Text("Ada".into()))?;
set_value(&mut doc, "agree", &FieldValue::Check(true))?;
set_value(&mut doc, "size", &FieldValue::Radio(Some("L".into())))?;
set_value(&mut doc, "toppings", &FieldValue::Choice(vec!["Ham".into()]))?;
reset(&mut doc, None)?; // Clear form (back to /DV)
// Prepare a form
let name = add_field(&mut doc, 0, [72.0, 700.0, 216.0, 722.0], &NewField::Text { multiline: false }, None)?; // "Text1"
set_props(&mut doc, &name, &FieldProps { name: Some("email".into()), required: Some(true), ..Default::default() })?;
// A partial appearance edit keeps each widget's other styles and custom /DA font.
set_props(&mut doc, "email", &FieldProps {
appearance: Some(LookPatch { width: Some(3.0), fill: Some(None), ..Default::default() }),
..Default::default()
})?;
delete_field(&mut doc, "email")?;
```
## Behaviour
- Inheritable attributes (`/FT`, `/Ff`, `/V`, `/DV`, `/DA`, `/Q`, `/MaxLen`) are resolved down the
field tree; the form's `/DA` and `/Q` are the last fallback.
- Text and choice fields get new appearance streams (`/Tx BMC … EMC`): auto-size (`0 Tf`), comb,
multiline wrapping, password masking, quadding, `/MK` background and border, list-box selection.
The `/DA` font is used when `/DR` has it as a simple font; otherwise Helvetica (WinAnsi).
- Check boxes and radio buttons switch `/V` and each widget's `/AS`. Widgets with no appearances
get PdfCraft's own (a drawn check mark or dot; no symbol font needed).
- Values are validated (options, `MaxLen`, single vs multi-select, NoToggleToOff, read-only) and a
failed call changes nothing.
- `FieldProps::appearance` applies a `LookPatch` independently to each widget. `None` keeps
a property; `Some(None)` removes a border/fill colour. Unchanged `/DA`, custom font resources,
widget-specific `/DA` overrides, indirect `/MK` and `/BS` contents, dash arrays and unknown
dictionary keys are preserved. It is mutually exclusive with the complete `look` replacement.
Use the engine's `Edit::Batch` to change several fields atomically in one undo step.
- `/RV` (rich text) is removed when a value is set so it can't contradict `/V`.
- New fields follow Acrobat: names Text1, Check Box1, Group1 (radio groups), Dropdown1, List Box1,
Button1, Date1, Signature1; `/Helv` is added to `/DR`; appearances are drawn at once. Radio
buttons joining a group become kid widgets with their own export state. Renaming changes only
the last part of a dotted name.
## Not yet
Rich-text values and exact appearance metrics/layout remain incomplete. JavaScript
execution and FDF/XFDF exchange are integrated through the engine; this crate provides
field actions and native AF rules. `/MK /R` rotation (0, 90, 180, 270) is drawn into the
appearance.