Cannot retick a checkbox after unticking it in a form
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Description
Distribution
Mint 22
Package version
4.2.2
Frequency
Always
Bug description
In a PDF form, after unticking a ticked checkbox, it cannot be ticked again.
Steps to reproduce
- Download a PDF form (e.g. https://media.wizards.com/2022/dnd/downloads/DnD_5E_CharacterSheet_FormFillable.pdf) and open in Document Viewer
- Tick and untick any checkbox
- Try to tick the same checkbox again
Expected behavior
The checkbox should be able to be ticked
Additional information
It seems that ticking and unticking a checkbox fundamentally changes something about the PDF. If you follow the steps below:
- Open a PDF form in Document Viewer
- Tick and untick any checkbox
- Save a copy to disk
- Open the copy in Firefox
- Tick the same checkbox (it works)
- Save a second copy to disk
- Open the second copy (in either Document Viewer or Firefox)
Even though it looked like the checkbox was able to be reticked in Firefox, the checkbox remains unticked in the second copy.
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue in Document Viewer with the linked D&D character-sheet PDF by ticking, unticking, and reticking a checkbox. Compare the saved PDF behavior in Firefox and Document Viewer; done means a checkbox can be unticked, reticked, and saved without losing that state.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100