Table 194 – Entries in an annotation’s additional-actions dictionary

Key

Type

Value

E

dictionary

(Optional; PDF 1.2) An action that shall be performed when the cursor enters the annotation’s active area.

X

dictionary

(Optional; PDF 1.2) An action that shall be performed when the cursor exits the annotation’s active area.

D

dictionary

(Optional; PDF 1.2) An action that shall be performed when the mouse button is pressed inside the annotation’s active area.

U

dictionary

(Optional; PDF 1.2) An action that shall be performed when the mouse button is released inside the annotation’s active area.

For backward compatibility, the A entry in an annotation dictionary, if present, takes precedence over this entry (see Ta b l e 168 ).

Fo

dictionary

(Optional; PDF 1.2; widget annotations only) An action that shall be performed when the annotation receives the input focus.

Bl

dictionary

(Optional; PDF 1.2; widget annotations only) (Uppercase B, lowercase L) An action that shall be performed when the annotation loses the input focus.

PO

dictionary

(Optional; PDF 1.5) An action that shall be performed when the page containing the annotation is opened.

EXAMPLE 1 When the user navigates to it from the next or previous page or by means of a link annotation or outline item.

The action shall be executed after the O action in the page’s additional-actions dictionary (see ) and the OpenAction entry in the document Catalog (see ), if such actions are present.

PC

dictionary

(Optional; PDF 1.5) An action that shall be performed when the page containing the annotation is closed.

EXAMPLE 2 When the user navigates to the next or previous page, or follows a link annotation or outline item.

The action shall be executed before the C action in the page’s additional-actions dictionary (see ), if present.

PV

dictionary

(Optional; PDF 1.5) An action that shall be performed when the page containing the annotation becomes visible.

PI

dictionary

(Optional; PDF 1.5) An action that shall be performed when the page containing the annotation is no longer visible in the conforming reader’s user interface.