Move Field

PDF forms often require layout adjustments after creation. Using Aspose.PDF for Python, developers can move existing form fields to a new position without recreating them.

This example shows how to reposition the “Country” field by specifying new coordinates for its placement within the page. The FormEditor class provides the move_field method to relocate fields within a PDF page.

1. Open the existing PDF form.
2. Create a FormEditor object.
3. Bind the PDF document to the FormEditor.
4. Move the ‘Country’ field to a new position using coordinates.
5. Save the modified document.

from io import FileIO
import sys
from os import path
import aspose.pdf as ap
import aspose.pdf.facades as pdf_facades

sys.path.append(path.join(path.dirname(__file__), ".."))

from config import set_license, initialize_data_dir


def move_field(infile, outfile):
    # Create FormEditor object
    form_editor = pdf_facades.FormEditor()
    # Bind document to FormEditor
    form_editor.bind_pdf(infile)
    # Move field to new page
    form_editor.move_field("Country", 200, 600, 280, 620)
    # Save updated document
    form_editor.save(outfile)