PdfTextField Class

Represents a box or space for text fill-in data typically entered from a keyboard.

Inheritance Hierarchy

Namespace: SautinSoft.Pdf.Forms
Assembly: SautinSoft.Pdf (in SautinSoft.Pdf.dll) Version: 2025.10.22

Syntax

public sealed class PdfTextField : PdfVariableTextField

Public NotInheritable Class PdfTextField
	Inherits PdfVariableTextField

The PdfTextField type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	AllowRichTextFormat	(PDF 1.5) Gets a value indicating whether the value of this field shall be a rich text string. Default value: .
	CheckSpelling	(PDF 1.4) Gets a value indicating whether the text entered in the field shall be spell-checked. Default value: .
	CombOfCharacters	(PDF 1.5) Gets the number of equally spaced positions the field shall be automatically divided into. Default value: .
	FieldType	Gets the Text value. (Overrides PdfFieldFieldType)
	LimitOfCharacters	Gets the maximum length of the field’s text, in characters. Default value: .
	MultiLine	Gets a value indicating whether the field may contain multiple lines of text. Default value: .
	Password	Gets a value indicating whether the field is intended for entering a secure password that should not be echoed visibly to the screen. Default value: .
	Required	If set, the field shall have a value at the time it is exported by a submit-form action (see 12.7.5.2, "Submit-Form Action").
	ScrollLongText	(PDF 1.4) Gets a value indicating whether the field shall scroll to accommodate more text than fits within its rectangle. Default value: .
	UsedForFileSelection	(PDF 1.4) Gets a value indicating whether the text entered in the field represents the pathname of a file whose contents shall be submitted as the value of the field. Default value: .
	Value	Gets or sets the PdfTextField value as an instance of a String.

Extension Methods

	Name	Description
	GetArray	Gets the PdfArray that serves as a backing storage of the specified PdfObject or if no PdfArray serves as a backing storage of the specified PdfObject. (Defined by PdfObjectExtensions)
	GetDictionary	Gets the PdfDictionary that serves as a backing storage of the specified PdfObject. (Defined by PdfObjectExtensions)
	GetOrAddDictionary	Gets the PdfDictionary that serves as a backing storage of the specified PdfObject. (Defined by PdfObjectExtensions)