% used for JavScript code
\newboolean{insdljs}
\IfFileExists{insdljs.sty}
- {\usepackage{insdljs}
+ {\usepackage[pdftex]{insdljs}
\setboolean{insdljs}{true}}
{\setboolean{insdljs}{false}}
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
-action=mailto:forms@lyx.test?subject={The submitted PDF form},method=post
+action=mailto:forms@lyx.test?subject=The submitted PDF form, method=post
\end_layout
\end_inset
\begin_layout Standard
\series bold
-action=mailto:forms@lyx.test?subject={The submitted PDF form},
+action=mailto:forms@lyx.test?subject=The submitted PDF form,
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
-reference "sec:Form-field-and"
+reference "sec:Form-field-customization"
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
-PDF viewer action buttons
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-One often needs basic actions to be done by the PDF viewer program.
- For example to print the form.
- Such PDF program-specific actions can be triggered by adding inserting
- the custom inset
-\family sans
-PDFAction
-\family default
-.
- The PDF viewer programs
-\emph on
-Acrobat
-\emph default
- and
-\emph on
-Adobe Reader
-\emph default
- can handle all possible actions while other PDF viewers might only support
- some of them.
- However, all PDF viewer programs support the basic things like printing,
- save
-\begin_inset space ~
-\end_inset
-
-as, view in fullscreen etc..
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-To specify the action insert its name to the
-\family sans
-Action
-\family default
- inset.
- A list with possible actions can be found in sec.
-\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
-\end_inset
-
-5
-\begin_inset Quotes eld
-\end_inset
-
-Acrobat-specific behavior
-\begin_inset Quotes erd
-\end_inset
-
- of the documentation of the LaTeX package
-\series bold
-hyperref
-\series default
-,
-\begin_inset CommandInset citation
-LatexCommand cite
-key "hyperref"
-
-\end_inset
-
-.
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-Here are some examples:
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Description
-Printing:
-\begin_inset Flex PDFAction
-status open
-
-\begin_layout Plain Layout
-
-\begin_inset Argument 1
-status open
-
-\begin_layout Plain Layout
-Print
-\end_layout
-
-\end_inset
-
-Print the document
-\end_layout
-
-\end_inset
-
-
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Description
-Save
-\begin_inset space ~
-\end_inset
-
-as:
-\begin_inset Flex PDFAction
-status open
-
-\begin_layout Plain Layout
-
-\begin_inset Argument 1
-status open
-
-\begin_layout Plain Layout
-SaveAs
-\end_layout
-
-\end_inset
-
-Save document as
-\end_layout
-
-\end_inset
-
-
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Description
-View
-\begin_inset space ~
-\end_inset
-
-in
-\begin_inset space ~
-\end_inset
-
-fullscreen:
-\begin_inset Flex PDFAction
-status open
-
-\begin_layout Plain Layout
-
-\begin_inset Argument 1
-status open
-
-\begin_layout Plain Layout
-FullScreen
-\end_layout
-
-\end_inset
-
-View the form in fullscreen
-\end_layout
-
-\end_inset
-
-
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Section
-Form field and button customization
+Form field customization
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
-name "sec:Form-field-and"
+name "sec:Form-field-customization"
\end_inset
\series bold
height
\series default
-has no effect for push, submit and reset buttons.
-\end_layout
-
-\end_inset
-
-
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-As workaround use
-\series bold
-
-\backslash
-raisebox
-\series default
- as described in sec.
-\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
-\end_inset
-
- 5.6.2
-\begin_inset Quotes eld
-\end_inset
-
-Vertical Alignment
-\begin_inset Quotes erd
-\end_inset
-
- in LyX's
-\emph on
-EmbeddedObjects
-\emph default
- manual.
- In the button below this code was used:
-\begin_inset Newline newline
-\end_inset
-
-
-\family sans
-
-\backslash
-raisebox{-0.8cm}{}
-\backslash
-raisebox{1cm}{}Send your data via mail
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-\begin_inset Note Greyedout
-status open
-
-\begin_layout Plain Layout
-
-\series bold
-Note
-\series default
- that the
+and
\series bold
-width
+width
\series default
-has no effect for push, submit and reset buttons.
+ has no effect for push, submit and reset buttons.
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-As workaround use
-\series bold
-
-\backslash
-makebox
-\series default
- as described in sec.
+As workaround use the box method described in sec.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
- 5.6.2
-\begin_inset Quotes eld
-\end_inset
-Vertical Alignment
-\begin_inset Quotes erd
-\end_inset
+\begin_inset CommandInset ref
+LatexCommand ref
+reference "sub:Action-button-customization"
- in LyX's
-\emph on
-EmbeddedObjects
-\emph default
- manual.
- In the reset button below this code was used:
-\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
-\family sans
-
-\backslash
-makebox[7cm]{Reset the form}
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
-Submit button with cyan background color and increased height:
+Submit button without border, with cyan background color and increased height:
\begin_inset VSpace defskip
\end_inset
\backslash
colorbox{cyan}{
\backslash
-raisebox{-0.8cm}{}
+parbox[c][4
\backslash
-raisebox{1cm}{}Send your data via mail}
+totalheight]{5cm}{
+\backslash
+centering Send your data via mail}}
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
-Dynamic form fields
+PDF viewer action buttons
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-It is also possible to have dynamic form fields.
- This means that depending on the actions of the user fields can (dis)appear
- or change their appearance.
- To use this feature, add these lines to your document preamble:
+One often needs basic actions to be done by the PDF viewer program.
+ For example to print the form.
+ Such PDF program-specific actions can be triggered by adding inserting
+ the custom inset
+\family sans
+PDFAction
+\family default
+.
+ The PDF viewer programs
+\emph on
+Acrobat
+\emph default
+ and
+\emph on
+Adobe Reader
+\emph default
+ can handle all possible actions while other PDF viewers might only support
+ some of them.
+ However, all PDF viewer programs support the basic things like printing,
+ save
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+as, view in fullscreen etc..
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-
-\series bold
-
-\backslash
-usepackage[pdftex]{insdljs}
+To specify the action insert its name to the
+\family sans
+Action
+\family default
+ inset.
+ A list with possible actions can be found in sec.
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+\end_inset
+
+5
+\begin_inset Quotes eld
+\end_inset
+
+Acrobat-specific behavior
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\end_inset
+
+ of the documentation of the LaTeX package
+\series bold
+hyperref
+\series default
+,
+\begin_inset CommandInset citation
+LatexCommand cite
+key "hyperref"
+
+\end_inset
+
+.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+Here are some examples:
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Description
+Printing:
+\begin_inset Flex PDFAction
+status open
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+\begin_inset Argument 1
+status open
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+Print
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+Print the document
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Description
+Save
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+as:
+\begin_inset Flex PDFAction
+status open
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+\begin_inset Argument 1
+status open
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+SaveAs
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+Save document as
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Description
+View
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+in
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+fullscreen:
+\begin_inset Flex PDFAction
+status open
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+\begin_inset Argument 1
+status open
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+FullScreen
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+View the form in fullscreen
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Subsection
+Action button customization
+\begin_inset CommandInset label
+LatexCommand label
+name "sub:Action-button-customization"
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+Customizing the action buttons requires some complicated LaTeX code because
+ things like the width, height and border separation cannot be specified
+ as button parameters.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+The easiest way to customize the buttons is to fill it with a custom box:
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Enumerate
+Create a normal LyX box of your choice
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Enumerate
+Use the menu
+\family sans
+View\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+Source
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+Pane
+\family default
+ to show the source code window (if not already shown)
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Enumerate
+set the cursor into the box and copy the corresponding LaTeX code from the
+ source window
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Enumerate
+paste it t the content of the
+\family sans
+PDFAction
+\family default
+ inset.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+For example the button should be 4
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+\end_inset
+
+cm wide and have the height of 2 lines.
+ Then create this parbox:
+\begin_inset Newline newline
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset Box Frameless
+position "c"
+hor_pos "c"
+has_inner_box 1
+inner_pos "c"
+use_parbox 1
+use_makebox 0
+width "4cm"
+special "none"
+height "2in"
+height_special "totalheight"
+status open
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+\noindent
+Save form as
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset Newline newline
+\end_inset
+
+and copy its LaTeX code to the button
+\family sans
+PDFAction
+\family default
+ inset.
+ To center the text in the button add
+\backslash
+centering right before the button text.
+ This is the result:
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+\begin_inset Flex PDFAction
+status open
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+\begin_inset Argument 1
+status open
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+SaveAs
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\backslash
+parbox[c][2
+\backslash
+totalheight]{4cm}{
+\backslash
+centering Save form as}
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+To customize the border color, add the command
+\series bold
+menubordercolor={r g b}
+\series default
+ to the additional options in the document settings under
+\family sans
+PDF
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+properties
+\family default
+ and replace
+\series bold
+r
+\series default
+,
+\series bold
+g
+\series default
+ and
+\series bold
+b
+\series default
+ with a number between 0 and 1 for the colors red, green and blue.
+ If you want to change the border color only for certain buttons, use the
+ layout
+\family sans
+PDF
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+link
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+setup
+\family default
+ before the button and insert there the command
+\series bold
+menubordercolor
+\series default
+.
+ The default value of
+\series bold
+menubordercolor
+\series default
+ is
+\series bold
+{1 0 0}
+\series default
+.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout PDF Link Setup
+menubordercolor={0.1 0.9 0.5}
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+An example with
+\series bold
+menubordercolor={0.1 0.9 0.5}
+\series default
+:
+\begin_inset Newline newline
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset Flex PDFAction
+status open
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+\begin_inset Argument 1
+status open
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+SaveAs
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\backslash
+parbox[c][2
+\backslash
+totalheight]{4cm}{
+\backslash
+centering Save form as}
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+To change the border width use the command
+\series bold
+pdfborder={0 0 w}
+\series default
+ where
+\series bold
+w
+\series default
+ is the width in pixels.
+ The default value of
+\series bold
+pdfborder
+\series default
+ is
+\series bold
+{0 0 1}
+\series default
+.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+\begin_inset Note Greyedout
+status open
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+\series bold
+Note:
+\series default
+
+\series bold
+pdfborder
+\series default
+ affects all link types, not only the menu links.
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout PDF Link Setup
+pdfborder={0 0 4}, menubordercolor={1 1 0}
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+An example with a 4
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+pixel thick yellow border:
+\begin_inset Newline newline
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset Flex PDFAction
+status open
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+\begin_inset Argument 1
+status open
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+SaveAs
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\backslash
+parbox[c][2
+\backslash
+totalheight]{4cm}{
+\backslash
+centering Save form as}
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+To change the background color insert the command
+\series bold
+
+\backslash
+colorbox{color}{
+\series default
+ at the beginning of the button inset and a
+\series bold
+}
+\series default
+ at the end.
+
+\series bold
+color
+\series default
+ is hereby the name of the color as described in sec.
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+\end_inset
+
+5.7
+\begin_inset Quotes eld
+\end_inset
+
+Colored Boxes
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\end_inset
+
+ of LyX's
+\emph on
+EmbeddedObjects
+\emph default
+ manual.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout PDF Link Setup
+pdfborder={0 0 0}
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+An example without a border and with a background color:
+\begin_inset Newline newline
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset Flex PDFAction
+status open
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+\begin_inset Argument 1
+status open
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+SaveAs
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\backslash
+colorbox{lime}{
+\backslash
+parbox[c][2
+\backslash
+totalheight]{4cm}{
+\backslash
+centering Save form as}}
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout PDF Link Setup
+pdfborder={0 0 1}, menubordercolor={1 0 0}
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Section
+Dynamic form fields
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+It is also possible to have dynamic form fields.
+ This means that depending on the actions of the user fields can (dis)appear
+ or change their appearance.
+ To use this feature, add these lines to your document preamble:
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+
+\series bold
+
+\backslash
+usepackage[pdftex]{insdljs}
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
General hints
\end_layout
+\begin_layout Itemize
+All braces and brackets in form parameters must be inserted as TeX code!
+\end_layout
+
\begin_layout Itemize
To be able to use all kinds of colors and color definitions you must load
the LaTeX package
projects / features.git / commitdiff