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Create custom document annotations using JavaScript

Create custom PDF, Word, Excel, or PowerPoint annotations with this JavaScript sample (no servers or other external dependencies required). Annotations can be customized in several different ways – you can change appearances and behaviors, selection box and control handles. Change one of our pre-built annotations or create your own custom annotations that integrate directly into your workflow. A common example of a custom annotation would be creating a 'complete' annotation stamp that triggers a back-end workflow to mark a task item as complete. This sample works on all browsers (including IE11) and mobile devices without using plug-ins. To see an example visit our custom annotation demo. Learn more about our JavaScript PDF Library.

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(function(exports) {
  const TRIANGLE_TOOL_NAME = 'AnnotationCreateTriangle';
  WebViewer(
    {
      path: '../../../lib',
      initialDoc: 'https://pdftron.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/pl/demo-annotated.pdf',
    },
    document.getElementById('viewer')
  ).then(instance => {
    samplesSetup(instance);
    const { registerTool, setHeaderItems, setToolMode, unregisterTool, iframeWindow } = instance.UI;
    const { documentViewer, annotationManager, Annotations, Tools, Math } = instance.Core;
    // stamp.js
    const customStampTool = window.createStampTool(instance);
    const TriangleAnnotation = exports.TriangleAnnotationFactory.initialize(Annotations, Math);
    const TriangleCreateTool = exports.TriangleCreateToolFactory.initialize(Tools, TriangleAnnotation);

    // register the annotation type so that it can be saved to XFDF files
    documentViewer.getAnnotationManager().registerAnnotationType(TriangleAnnotation.prototype.elementName, TriangleAnnotation);
    // function to check if an annotation is a triangle annotation. allows WebViewer UI to be able to style a selected custom triangle annotation
    const isTriangleAnnot = annotation =>
      annotation && annotation[exports.TriangleAnnotationFactory.ANNOT_TYPE] && annotation[exports.TriangleAnnotationFactory.ANNOT_TYPE] === exports.TriangleAnnotationFactory.TRIANGLE_ANNOT_ID;
    const addTriangleTool = () => {
      registerTool(
        {
          toolName: TRIANGLE_TOOL_NAME,
          toolObject: new TriangleCreateTool(documentViewer),
          buttonImage:
            '<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor">' +
            '<path d="M12 7.77L18.39 18H5.61L12 7.77M12 4L2 20h20L12 4z"/>' +
            '<path fill="none" d="M0 0h24v24H0V0z"/>' +
            '</svg>',
          buttonName: 'triangleToolButton',
          tooltip: 'Triangle',
        },
        TriangleAnnotation,
        annotation => isTriangleAnnot(annotation)
      );

      const triangleButton = {
        type: 'toolButton',
        toolName: TRIANGLE_TOOL_NAME,
      };

      setHeaderItems(header => {
        header
          .getHeader('toolbarGroup-Annotate')
          .get('highlightToolGroupButton')
          .insertBefore(triangleButton);
      });
      setToolMode(TRIANGLE_TOOL_NAME);
    };

    const addCustomStampTool = () => {
      // Register tool
      registerTool({
        toolName: 'CustomStampTool',
        toolObject: customStampTool,
        buttonImage: '../../../samples/annotation/custom-annotations/stamp.png',
        buttonName: 'customStampToolButton',
        tooltip: 'Approved Stamp Tool',
      });

      // Add tool button in header
      setHeaderItems(header => {
        header
          .getHeader('toolbarGroup-Annotate')
          .get('highlightToolGroupButton')
          .insertBefore({
            type: 'toolButton',
            toolName: 'CustomStampTool',
          });
      });
      setToolMode('CustomStampTool');
    };

    const removeCustomStampTool = () => {
      unregisterTool('CustomStampTool');
      setToolMode('AnnotationEdit');
    };

    const removeTriangleTool = () => {
      unregisterTool(TRIANGLE_TOOL_NAME);
      setToolMode('AnnotationEdit');
    };

    document.getElementById('custom-stamp').onchange = e => {
      if (e.target.checked) {
        addCustomStampTool();
      } else {
        removeCustomStampTool();
      }
    };

    document.getElementById('custom-triangle-tool').onchange = e => {
      if (e.target.checked) {
        addTriangleTool();
      } else {
        removeTriangleTool();
      }
    };

    iframeWindow.document.body.ondragover = e => {
      e.preventDefault();
      return false;
    };

    let dropPoint = {};
    iframeWindow.document.body.ondrop = e => {
      const scrollElement = documentViewer.getScrollViewElement();
      const scrollLeft = scrollElement.scrollLeft || 0;
      const scrollTop = scrollElement.scrollTop || 0;
      dropPoint = { x: e.pageX + scrollLeft, y: e.pageY + scrollTop };
      e.preventDefault();
      return false;
    };

    const addStamp = (imgData, point, rect) => {
      point = point || {};
      rect = rect || {};
      const { documentViewer } = instance.Core;
      const doc = documentViewer.getDocument();
      const displayMode = documentViewer.getDisplayModeManager().getDisplayMode();
      const page = displayMode.getSelectedPages(point, point);
      if (!!point.x && page.first == null) {
        return; // don't add to an invalid page location
      }
      const pageNumber = page.first !== null ? page.first : documentViewer.getCurrentPage();
      const pageInfo = doc.getPageInfo(pageNumber);
      const pagePoint = displayMode.windowToPage(point, pageNumber);
      const zoom = documentViewer.getZoomLevel();

      const stampAnnot = new Annotations.StampAnnotation();
      stampAnnot.PageNumber = pageNumber;
      const rotation = documentViewer.getCompleteRotation(pageNumber) * 90;
      stampAnnot.Rotation = rotation;
      if (rotation === 270 || rotation === 90) {
        stampAnnot.Width = rect.height / zoom;
        stampAnnot.Height = rect.width / zoom;
      } else {
        stampAnnot.Width = rect.width / zoom;
        stampAnnot.Height = rect.height / zoom;
      }
      stampAnnot.X = (pagePoint.x || pageInfo.width / 2) - stampAnnot.Width / 2;
      stampAnnot.Y = (pagePoint.y || pageInfo.height / 2) - stampAnnot.Height / 2;

      stampAnnot.setImageData(imgData);
      stampAnnot.Author = annotationManager.getCurrentUser();

      annotationManager.deselectAllAnnotations();
      annotationManager.addAnnotation(stampAnnot);
      annotationManager.redrawAnnotation(stampAnnot);
      annotationManager.selectAnnotation(stampAnnot);
    };

    // create a stamp image copy for drag and drop
    const sampleImg = document.getElementById('sample-image');
    const div = document.createElement('div');
    const img = document.createElement('img');
    img.id = 'sample-image-copy';
    div.appendChild(img);
    div.style.position = 'absolute';
    div.style.top = '-500px';
    div.style.left = '-500px';
    document.body.appendChild(div);
    const el = sampleImg;
    img.src = el.src;
    const height = el.height;
    const width = (height / img.height) * img.width;
    img.style.width = `${width}px`;
    img.style.height = `${height}px`;
    const c = document.createElement('canvas');
    const ctx = c.getContext('2d');
    c.width = width;
    c.height = height;
    ctx.drawImage(img, 0, 0, width, height);
    img.src = c.toDataURL();

    sampleImg.ondragstart = e => {
      e.target.style.opacity = 0.5;
      const copy = e.target.cloneNode(true);
      copy.id = 'stamp-image-drag-copy';
      const el = document.getElementById('sample-image-copy');
      copy.src = el.src;
      copy.style.width = el.width;
      copy.style.height = el.height;
      copy.style.padding = 0;
      copy.style.position = 'absolute';
      copy.style.top = '-1000px';
      copy.style.left = '-1000px';
      document.body.appendChild(copy);
      e.dataTransfer.setDragImage(copy, copy.width * 0.5, copy.height * 0.5);
      e.dataTransfer.setData('text', '');
    };

    sampleImg.ondragend = e => {
      const el = document.getElementById('stamp-image-drag-copy');
      addStamp(e.target.src, dropPoint, el.getBoundingClientRect());
      e.target.style.opacity = 1;
      document.body.removeChild(document.getElementById('stamp-image-drag-copy'));
      e.preventDefault();
    };

    sampleImg.onclick = e => {
      addStamp(e.target.src, {}, document.getElementById('sample-image-copy'));
    };

    document.getElementById('file-open').onchange = e => {
      const fileReader = new FileReader();
      fileReader.onload = () => {
        const result = fileReader.result;
        const uploadImg = new Image();
        uploadImg.onload = () => {
          const imgWidth = 250;
          addStamp(result, {}, { width: imgWidth, height: (uploadImg.height / uploadImg.width) * imgWidth });
        };
        uploadImg.src = result;
      };
      if (e.target.files && e.target.files.length > 0) {
        fileReader.readAsDataURL(e.target.files[0]);
      }
    };
  });
})(window);