Events and notifications

Listen for events and notifications to trigger workflows and automations or to customize behavior.

PSPDFKit SDKs are deployed in some of the world’s most popular applications, such as those made by Autodesk, Disney, UBS, Dropbox, IBM, and Lufthansa.

Key capabilities

• Viewer — Hook into page changes, document loading, and more

• Annotation — Listen for changes originating from the UI or server

• Forms — Trigger actions in sync with form field inputs

• Text selection — Retrieve text or subscribe to change events

• Events — Hook into events that dispatch whenever an action occurs

• Analytics — Collect data based on user activity

Guides for events and notifications

Viewer events
How to hook into document loading events, page changes, and more

Annotation events
Learn about the events dispatched for annotation changes

Form events
How to detect user input in form fields

Text selection events
How to retrieve selected text and text located within a selection range

Analytics
How to collect usage data based on a user’s activity

Events
Learn about the events that are dispatched every time an action occurs