PDF Form Designer Editing

Question

Hi,I would like to know if it is possible to edit and reposition a text/label of an existing form through the form designer?

Shamini Kiruba Sobers · Answer

Hi Albert, 

Greetings from Syncfusion support. 

You can edit and re-position the form fields as shown in the below video screenshot. 
https://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/support/directtrac/general/ze/ScreenCapture_9-7-2021_7.06.54_PM-313225780 

Also, please refer the following UG link to edit and update the form fields programmatically. 
https://ej2.syncfusion.com/angular/documentation/pdfviewer/form-designer/create-fillable-PDF-forms/create-programmatically/#editupdate-form-field-programmatically 

Kindly let us know if this helps or share us more details if your requirement is different. 

Regards, 
Shamini

Albert K · Answer

Hi Shamini,The video you sent me is blank but it is ok.   What I want to achieve is not just editing the the formfield input but other objects in the PDF.  For example the demo below.  I want to be able to reposition and edit the label "1. Name", replace the background image, etc.   Is that possible?https://ej2.syncfusion.com/angular/demos/#/material/pdfviewer/form-designer

Selvakumar Murugan · Answer

Hi Albert, 
Syncfusion PDF Viewer allows to edit and add form fields using the form designer support. You cannot change the original document content, background image of the PDF document. 
Please let us know if you need any further assistance with this.     
 
Regards,Selvakumar

Albert K · Answer

Dear Selvakumar,Thank you for the explanation.  It is not very useful if only the form fields are only editable since most of the time the description texts, images or labels also need changing. Is there any other way to create, modify, delete elements including form fields interactively on a PDF with Syncfusion?.     Thank you.

Selvakumar Murugan · Answer

Hi Albert, 

Thanks for the update. 

In our PDF Viewer, we can able to change the properties of the form fields name, value, font, color, and border using the form designer support. Please refer to the below documentation. 

Documentation Link: https://ej2.syncfusion.com/angular/documentation/pdfviewer/form-designer/create-fillable-PDF-forms/create-with-user-interface-interaction/#edit-or-update-the-form-field-dynamically 

However, you add and edit the form fields of the PDF by using our Syncfusion PDF C# library. Kindly refer to the following documentations link for more information.   

Documentation Link:  
https://help.syncfusion.com/file-formats/pdf/working-with-forms 
https://help.syncfusion.com/file-formats/pdf/working-with-images 

Please let us know if you have any concerns about this. 

Regards,Selvakumar

Albert K · Answer

Hi Selvakumar,The url provided

https://help.syncfusion.com/file-formats/pdf/working-with-forms  looks like it is doing the creation of PDF with code.   Is there a module that allows for end-user to create an entire PDF with form field from scratch via interactive UI.Thank you.

Desika Rajendran · Answer

Hi Albert, 
 
We do not have the support for creating PDF with form labels in the UI level. Only the support forms fields as mentioned in the documentation are allowed to add from UI. Also, as we mentioned earlier you can create the PDF with form fields using PDF base libraries. 
 
Regards, 
Desika