Table 198 – Action types

Action type

Description

Discussed in sub-clause

GoTo

Go to a destination in the current document.

12.6.4.2, “Go-To Actions”

GoToR

(“Go-to remote”) Go to a destination in another document.

12.6.4.3, “Remote Go-To Actions”

GoToE

(“Go-to embedded”; PDF 1.6) Go to a destination in an embedded file.

12.6.4.4, “Embedded Go-To Actions”

Launch

Launch an application, usually to open a file.

12.6.4.5, “Launch Actions”

Thread

Begin reading an article thread.

12.6.4.6, “Thread Actions”

URI

Resolve a uniform resource identifier.

12.6.4.7, “URI Actions”

Sound

(PDF 1.2) Play a sound.

12.6.4.8, “Sound Actions”

Movie

(PDF 1.2) Play a movie.

12.6.4.9, “Movie Actions”

Hide

(PDF 1.2) Set an annotation’s Hidden flag.

12.6.4.10, “Hide Actions”

Named

(PDF 1.2) Execute an action predefined by the conforming reader.

12.6.4.11, “Named Actions”

SubmitForm

(PDF 1.2) Send data to a uniform resource locator.

12.7.5.2, “Submit-Form Action”

ResetForm

(PDF 1.2) Set fields to their default values.

12.7.5.3, “Reset-Form Action”

ImportData

(PDF 1.2) Import field values from a file.

12.7.5.4, “Import-Data Action”

JavaScript

(PDF 1.3) Execute a JavaScript script.

12.6.4.16, “JavaScript Actions”

SetOCGState

(PDF 1.5) Set the states of optional content groups.

12.6.4.12, “Set-OCG-State Actions”

Rendition

(PDF 1.5) Controls the playing of multimedia content.

12.6.4.13, “Rendition Actions”

Trans

(PDF 1.5) Updates the display of a document, using a transition dictionary.

12.6.4.14, “Transition Actions”

GoTo3DView

(PDF 1.6) Set the current view of a 3D annotation

12.6.4.15, “Go-To-3D-View Actions,”