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ENH: Allow free-text annotation to have transparent border/background #1664

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37 changes: 23 additions & 14 deletions pypdf/generic/_annotations.py
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ def free_text(
italic: bool = False,
font_size: str = "14pt",
font_color: str = "000000",
border_color: str = "000000",
background_color: str = "ffffff",
border_color: Optional[str] = "000000",
background_color: Optional[str] = "ffffff",
) -> DictionaryObject:
"""
Add text in a rectangle to a page.
Expand All @@ -83,9 +83,10 @@ def free_text(
italic: Print the text in italic
font_size: How big the text will be, e.g. '14pt'
font_color: Hex-string for the color, e.g. cdcdcd
border_color: Hex-string for the border color, e.g. cdcdcd
border_color: Hex-string for the border color, e.g. cdcdcd.
Use `None` for no border.
background_color: Hex-string for the background of the annotation,
e.g. cdcdcd
e.g. cdcdcd. Use `None` for transparent background.

Returns:
A dictionary object representing the annotation.
Expand All @@ -98,10 +99,11 @@ def free_text(
font_str = f"{font_str}{font} {font_size}"
font_str = f"{font_str};text-align:left;color:#{font_color}"

bg_color_str = ""
for st in hex_to_rgb(border_color):
bg_color_str = f"{bg_color_str}{st} "
bg_color_str = f"{bg_color_str}rg"
default_appearance_string = ""
if border_color:
for st in hex_to_rgb(border_color):
default_appearance_string = f"{default_appearance_string}{st} "
default_appearance_string = f"{default_appearance_string}rg"

free_text = DictionaryObject()
free_text.update(
Expand All @@ -112,14 +114,21 @@ def free_text(
NameObject("/Contents"): TextStringObject(text),
# font size color
NameObject("/DS"): TextStringObject(font_str),
# border color
NameObject("/DA"): TextStringObject(bg_color_str),
# background color
NameObject("/C"): ArrayObject(
[FloatObject(n) for n in hex_to_rgb(background_color)]
),
NameObject("/DA"): TextStringObject(default_appearance_string),
}
)
if border_color is None:
# Border Style
free_text[NameObject("/BS")] = DictionaryObject(
{
# width of 0 means no border
NameObject("/W"): NumberObject(0)
}
)
if background_color is not None:
free_text[NameObject("/C")] = ArrayObject(
[FloatObject(n) for n in hex_to_rgb(background_color)]
)
return free_text

@staticmethod
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions tests/test_generic.py
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -720,8 +720,8 @@ def test_annotation_builder_free_text():
italic=True,
font_size="20pt",
font_color="00ff00",
border_color="0000ff",
background_color="cdcdcd",
border_color=None,
background_color=None,
)
writer.add_annotation(0, free_text_annotation)

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