[Question] Are you considering supporting PDF form fields (AcroForm) and JavaScript functionality in the future?

[GrooveSino]

typst is awesome, it has perfectly handled creating a static file, but I would like to ask:

Have you ever considered or planned to support the following PDF feature extensions?

• AcroForm form fields: interactive controls such as text boxes, buttons, checkboxes, etc.;
• JavaScript support: scripts that automatically execute when the document opens, button-triggered actions, etc.;

These features are very useful in certain scenarios (such as interactive forms, animation effects, etc.). Currently, it seems that the Rust community does not yet have a mature lightweight PDF library supporting AcroForm + JS.

I understand these features are not part of the core typesetting functionality, but I wonder if there is a possibility of support or any technical difficulties?

Looking forward to your reply and suggestions, thank you for your efforts and maintenance 🙏

[laurmaedje]

The answer potentially differs between pdf-writer and Typst. For pdf-writer, I'm open to adding support for basically anything that's in the PDF standard. For Typst, we don't have plans to support JS in PDFs. Forms we do want to add at some point, though I'm not sure which exact standard we're going to implement.