With recent changes, specifically PR 14515 *and* the previous patch, the `createObjectURL` helper function is now only used with the SVG back-end.
All other call-sites, throughout the code-base, are now using `URL.createObjectURL(...)` directly and it no longer seems necessary to keep exposing the helper function in the API.
Finally, the `createObjectURL` helper function is moved into the `src/display/svg.js` file to avoid unnecessarily duplicating this code on both the main- and worker-threads.
Given that most of the code-base is already using native functionality, we can update these unit-tests similarily as well.
- For the `blob:`-URL test, we simply use `URL.createObjectURL(...)` and `Blob` directly instead.
- For the `data:`-URL test, we simply use `btoa` to do the Base64 encoding and then build the final URL-string.
This is essentially a *continuation* of PR 7926, where we added support for rejecting the current `PDFDocumentLoadingTask`-promise by throwing inside of the `onPassword`-callback.
Hence the naive way to address [bug 1754421](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1754421) would be to simply throw in the `onPassword`-callback used in the default viewer. However it unfortunately turns out to not work, since the password input/validation is asynchronous, and we thus need another approach.
The simplest solution that I can come up with here, is thus to *extend* the `onPassword`-callback to also reject the current `PDFDocumentLoadingTask`-instance if an `Error` is explicitly passed as the input to the callback function. (This doesn't feel great, but I cannot see a better solution that isn't really complicated.)
While it's obviously fine to use the same PDF document in different reference-tests, note how we e.g. have both `eq` and `text` tests for one document, we should always avoid adding *duplicate* files in the `test/pdfs/` folder.
The file used in this test-case is *identical* to, i.e. the md5 entry perfectly matches, the file used with the `xfa_bug1716380` test-case.
While it's obviously fine to use the same PDF document in different reference-tests, note how we e.g. have both `eq` and `text` tests for one document, we should always avoid adding *duplicate* files in the `test/pdfs/` folder.
This appears to be consistent with the behaviour in both Adobe Reader and PDFium (in Google Chrome); this is essentially the same approach as used for a single decimal point in PR 9827.
Please note that while we "support" some (by now) fairly old browsers, that essentially means that the library (and viewer) will load and that the basic functionality will work as intended.[1]
However, in older browsers, some functionality may not be available and generally we'll ask users to update to a modern browser when bugs (specific to old browsers) are reported.[2]
There's always a question of just how old browsers the PDF.js contributors can realistically support, and here I'm suggesting that we place the cut-off point at approximately *three* years.
With that in mind, this patch updates the *minimum* supported browsers (and environments) as follows:
- Chrome 73, which was released on 2019-03-12; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome_version_history
- Firefox ESR (as before); see https://wiki.mozilla.org/Release_Management/Calendar
- Safari 12.1, which was released on 2019-03-25; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safari_version_history#Safari_12
- Node.js 12, which was release on 2019-04-23 (and will soon reach EOL); see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node.js#Releases
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[1] Assuming a `legacy`-build is being used, of course.
[2] In general it's never a good idea to use an old/outdated browser, since those may contain *known* security vulnerabilities.
Note that the *browser* findbar in Firefox uses "Title Case" for the labels, and it thus seem like a good idea to ensure that `PDFFindBar` in consistent with that.
Furthermore, the new label added in PR #13261 uses the "Title Case" format which means that currently the default viewer findbar looks inconsistent.
*Please note:* Based on the official Firefox localization docs, see https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/l10n/overview.html#string-updates, changing only the casing should *not* require updating the key:
> 1) If the change is minor, like fixing a spelling error or case, the developer should update the en-US translation without changing the l10n-id.
When the viewer becomes narrow, the `PDFFindBar` will (forcibly) wrap its elements to prevent it from extending to the full window width.
Currently, after PR 13261, this now leads to the `findResultsCount` span taking up vertical space *unconditionally* when the findbar is wrapped. To avoid a blank space being shown in this case, before searching has begun, place the `findResultsCount` span in a "message" rather than an "options" container.
- get original index in using a dichotomic seach instead of a linear one;
- normalize the text in using NFD;
- convert the query string into a RegExp;
- replace whitespaces in the query with \s+;
- handle hyphens at eol use to break a word;
- add some \s* around punctuation signs
[api-minor] Remove the `normalizeWhitespace` option in the `PDFPageProxy.{getTextContent, streamTextContent}` methods (issue 14519, PR 14428 follow-up)
With these changes, we'll now *always* replace all whitespaces with standard spaces (0x20). This behaviour is already, since many years, the default in both the viewer and the browser-tests.
Either the latest Chromium update, the latest Puppeteer update, or a combination of them both are now causing the Windows bot to timeout during the browser-tests; please see PR 14392.
- it aims to fix#14502 and bug 1721335;
- Acrobat and Pdfium do the same;
- it'll avoid to have truncated data when printed;
- change the factor to compute font size in using field height: lineHeight = 1.35*fontSize
- this is the value used by Acrobat.
- in order to not have truncated strings on the bottom, add few basic metrics for standard fonts.
This `disableCreateObjectURL` option was originally introduced all the way back in PR 4103 (eight years ago), in order to work-around `URL.createObjectURL()`-bugs specific to Internet Explorer.
In PR 8081 (five years ago) the `disableCreateObjectURL` option was extended to cover Google Chrome on iOS-devices as well, since that configuration apparently also suffered from `URL.createObjectURL()`-bugs.[1]
At this point in time, I thus think that it makes sense to re-evaluate if we should still keep the `disableCreateObjectURL` option.
- For Internet Explorer, support was explicitly removed in PDF.js version `2.7.570` which was released one year ago and all IE-specific compatibility code (and polyfills) have since been removed.
- For Google Chrome on iOS-devices, while we still "support" such configurations, it's *not* the focus of any development and platform-specific bugs are thus often closed as WONTFIX.
Note here that at this point in time, the `disableCreateObjectURL` option is *only* being used in the viewer and any `URL.createObjectURL()`-bugs browser/platform bugs will thus not affect the main PDF.js library. Furthermore, given where the `disableCreateObjectURL` option is being used in the viewer the basic functionality should also remain unaffected by these changes.[2]
Furthermore, it's also possible that the `URL.createObjectURL()`-bugs have been fixed in *browser* itself since PR 8081 was submitted.[3]
Obviously you could argue that this isn't a lot of code, w.r.t. number of lines, and you'd be technically correct. However, it does add additional complexity in a few different viewer components which thus add overhead when reading and working with this code.
Finally, assuming the `URL.createObjectURL()`-bugs are still present in Google Chrome on iOS-devices, I think that we should ask ourselves if it's reasonable for the PDF.js project (and its contributors) to keep attempting to support a configuration if the *browser* developers still haven't fixed these kind of bugs!?
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[1] According to https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!topic/chromium-html5/RKQ0ZJIj7c4, which is linked in PR 8081, that bug was mentioned/reported as early as the 2014 (eight years ago).
[2] Viewer functionality such as e.g. downloading and printing may be affected.
[3] I don't have access to any iOS-devices to test with.
