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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0004261ScribusPDFpublic06-Sep-17 12:3806-Oct-08 11:32
Reporterskunk 
Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityfeatureReproducibilityalways
StatusacknowledgedResolutionopen 
PlatformLinuxOSSlackwareOS Version10.2
Product Version1.3.3.3 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0004261: PDF-Comments used as links are invisible in exported PDF
DescriptionWhenever I mark some text as link which, when clicked, should lead the user to another page within the document, the text-link in the exported pdf is not visible, though the link is still there and works (mouse-pointer changes and document skips to the right page). This ocurred in Sribus version 1.3.3.2 and 1.3.3.3, with PDF version 1.4 and 1.5. I did not try other combinations. I use Acrobat Reader version 7 to view the documents, but I also tried xpdf with the same result.
Steps To ReproduceCreate new document with several pages. Insert some text on the first page, mark it as PDF-Comment, set it to type = Link, chose some other page within the document as target and then export the pdf: The link becomes invisible.
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Attached Files? file icon InvisibleLink.sla [^] (45,594 bytes) 06-Sep-17 12:38

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(0012547)
fschmid (administrator)
06-Sep-17 22:10

Yep, that's the way pdf links are working. You must use 2 objects. One for the text of the link, and then the link object above the text.
(0012554)
ringerc (administrator)
06-Sep-18 03:56

That's really a PDF implementation detail though. Couldn't Scribus abstract that so the user can make any object a PDF link, and Scribus will automatically create both the normal object (for visual appearance) and the PDF link object when it outputs the PDF?
(0012558)
skunk (reporter)
06-Sep-18 14:39

Oh, maybe I should have read a little bit more about PDF. Still it seems strange to me, I didn't expect that it was default behaviour. What's the use of invisible links? It would be a good idea to abstract the link-feature in Scribus, though this is certainly not one of the most important things to do. However, sorry for bothering you.
(0012846)
fschmid (administrator)
06-Oct-08 11:32
edited on: 06-Oct-08 11:32

Have played around a bit with appearance streams today. For link annotations they are ignored by Acrobat Reader. :-( Thats documented in Implementation Note 79 in the Appendix H of the PDF-References.


- Issue History
Date Modified Username Field Change
06-Sep-17 12:38 skunk New Issue
06-Sep-17 12:38 skunk File Added: InvisibleLink.sla
06-Sep-17 22:10 fschmid Note Added: 0012547
06-Sep-18 03:56 ringerc Note Added: 0012554
06-Sep-18 04:31 ringerc Status new => acknowledged
06-Sep-18 14:39 skunk Note Added: 0012558
06-Oct-08 11:32 fschmid Note Added: 0012846
06-Oct-08 11:32 fschmid Note Edited: 0012846



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