How to make form elements read only?
If you want to make certain form elements in your document read only you can set the AnnotationFlags.LOCKEDCONTENTS
flag on the associated WidgetAnnotation
. While the form elements will still be displayed in the document clicking on them won’t start the form editing view making them read only.
List<FormElement> formElements = document.getFormProvider().getFormElements(); for (FormElement formElement : formElements) { // This will prevent the user from making changes to this form element. formElement.getAnnotation() .setFlags(EnumSet.of(AnnotationFlags.LOCKEDCONTENTS)); }