2018.4 Migration Guide

PSPDFKit for Web 2018.4 adds support for shape annotations (lines, rectangles, ellipses, polylines, and polygons), blend modes, and much more.

If you’re maintaining a Server installation, be sure to check out the 2018.4 Server Migration Guide.

API Changes

• This version removes the Instance#renderCover API method in favor of Instance#renderPageAsArrayBuffer. We deprecated this API in PSPDFKit 2018.2.

Notable Changes

• All covers will now contain annotations as well.

• The following classes are now used for dropdowns instead of sliders:

  • .PSPDFKit-Ink-Annotation-Toolbar-Opacity

  • .PSPDFKit-Ink-Annotation-Toolbar-Line-Width

  • .PSPDFKit-Text-Annotation-Toolbar-Opacity

  • .PSPDFKit-Text-Markup-Annotation-Toolbar-Opacity

• The .ColorSet class was replaced by .PSPDFKit-Input-Color-Dropdown. The color dropdowns are now separated into foreground and background color for each annotation. The combinations for the annotations are:

  • Text: .PSPDFKit-Text-Annotation-Toolbar-Font-Color / .PSPDFKit-Text-Annotation-Toolbar-Background-Color

  • Ink: .PSPDFKit-Ink-Annotation-Toolbar-Stroke-Color / .PSPDFKit-Ink-Annotation-Toolbar-Background-Color

• The order of defaultToolbarItems was changed.

• A new toolbar item for shape annotations was added to the defaultToolbarItems.

• We fixed an issue with PDFs that didn’t have permissions to modify annotations and forms. These PDFs did not render any forms before.

For a full list of changes, check out the changelog.