Bug 382860 - Okular does not execute any basic PDF form action
Summary: Okular does not execute any basic PDF form action
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: okular
Classification: Applications
Component: PDF backend (show other bugs)
Version: 1.1.0
Platform: Manjaro Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Okular developers
URL:
Keywords: usability
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2017-07-28 14:36 UTC by Uwe Stöhr
Modified: 2024-03-24 12:09 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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Description Uwe Stöhr 2017-07-28 14:36:31 UTC
attachment 106922 [details] is a PDF form I created with the latest pdflatex. It fulfils the PDF form specification as is used as reference PDF for for the program LyX. The PDF looks and works fine using Adobe Reader under windows. Under Linux using Okular 1.1.3 there are several bugs. (attachment 106923 [details] is the TeX source code of the form.)

This report is about executing the basic actions of PDF forms:
- open the PDF and go to sec. 4
- There you have 3 buttons. Click one of them

result: nothing happens. This is a Save As button to save the form as a new PDF, a button to print and a button to view in fullscreen. The first 2 actions are essential feature of PDF forms. Without it most forms from administrations cannot be used and users would be forced to use Adobe reader under Windows to fill out and send forms.
Comment 1 Uwe Stöhr 2017-07-28 14:58:18 UTC
The program Evince supports at least to print the PDF.
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2017-10-18 01:32:49 UTC
Confirmed with Okular from git master and Poppler 0.6.0 (also from git master).

Albert or Oliver, is this a problem with Okular, or Poppler?
Comment 3 Oliver Sander 2017-10-18 08:24:25 UTC
I would assume that both Okular and poppler will need additional work here, but I do not know for sure.
Comment 4 Nate Graham 2017-10-18 15:30:25 UTC
Reading this again, the fact that it works in Evince--which also uses Poppler--implies that the issue is in Okular.
Comment 5 Uwe Stöhr 2020-11-25 11:37:30 UTC
The bug is still in Okular 1.11 (tested on Windows using the nightly build 585).

The improvement is that the button to show the form in fullscreen works now, the button to reset the form and to print it, are still not working.
Comment 6 Pratham Gandhi 2024-03-24 12:09:24 UTC
All 3 actions work fine now in the latest Okular version.