Stirling-PDF/frontend
Anthony Stirling 772dd4632e
PDF Text editor changes (#5726)
# Description of Changes

 - Reduced lightweight editor JSON size:
- Omit heavy page resources and contentStreams in lazy/lightweight
flows.
      - Omit form fields in lazy metadata/editor bootstrapping flows.
      - Strip inline font program blobs from lazy initial payloads.
  - Added page-based font loading:
      - New endpoint to fetch fonts for a specific cached page:
        GET /api/v1/convert/pdf/text-editor/fonts/{jobId}/{pageNumber}
- Frontend now loads page fonts alongside page data and merges into
local doc state.
  - Reduced save payload duplication:
- Partial export now sends only changed pages (no repeated full-document
font/metadata payload each save).
  - Preserved round-trip/export safety:
- Missing lightweight fields (resources/contentStreams) are interpreted
as “preserve existing from cached PDF.”
- Annotation semantics fixed so explicit empty annotation lists can
clear annotations.
- Fixed a regression where lazy mode could fall back to full export and
lose overlays; lazy now stays on cached
        partial export path when dirty pages exist.
  - Logging/noise reduction
  - Transport optimization:
- Enabled HTTP compression for JSON/problem responses. (might remove
later tho in testing)
      
      
      ### Outcome

  - Much smaller JSON payloads for giant PDFs.
  - Fewer duplicated bytes over the wire.
  - Page-scoped loading of heavy font data.
- Better reliability for preserving overlays/vector/background content
during export.


## Checklist

### General

- [ ] I have read the [Contribution
Guidelines](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md)
- [ ] I have read the [Stirling-PDF Developer
Guide](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/devGuide/DeveloperGuide.md)
(if applicable)
- [ ] I have read the [How to add new languages to
Stirling-PDF](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/devGuide/HowToAddNewLanguage.md)
(if applicable)
- [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code
- [ ] My changes generate no new warnings

### Documentation

- [ ] I have updated relevant docs on [Stirling-PDF's doc
repo](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-Tools.github.io/blob/main/docs/)
(if functionality has heavily changed)
- [ ] I have read the section [Add New Translation
Tags](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/devGuide/HowToAddNewLanguage.md#add-new-translation-tags)
(for new translation tags only)

### Translations (if applicable)

- [ ] I ran
[`scripts/counter_translation.py`](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/docs/counter_translation.md)

### UI Changes (if applicable)

- [ ] Screenshots or videos demonstrating the UI changes are attached
(e.g., as comments or direct attachments in the PR)

### Testing (if applicable)

- [ ] I have tested my changes locally. Refer to the [Testing
Guide](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/devGuide/DeveloperGuide.md#6-testing)
for more details.
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public Preserve local paths for desktop saves (#5543) 2026-02-13 23:15:28 +00:00
scripts Headless windows installer (#5664) 2026-02-06 18:06:01 +00:00
src PDF Text editor changes (#5726) 2026-02-16 17:36:13 +00:00
src-tauri Preserve local paths for desktop saves (#5543) 2026-02-13 23:15:28 +00:00
.gitignore
eslint.config.mjs
index.html photo scan V2 (#5255) 2025-12-30 18:55:56 +00:00
package-lock.json feat(frontend): Upgrade embedPDF to v2.6.0 and migrate to pdf-lib fork, fix attachment/bookmark panel (#5723) 2026-02-14 20:55:27 +00:00
package.json feat(frontend): Upgrade embedPDF to v2.6.0 and migrate to pdf-lib fork, fix attachment/bookmark panel (#5723) 2026-02-14 20:55:27 +00:00
playwright.config.ts
postcss.config.js
README.md
tailwind.config.js
tsconfig.core.json feat(form-fill): FormFill tool with context and UI components for PDF form filling (#5711) 2026-02-13 15:10:48 +00:00
tsconfig.core.vite.json Stop type checking TypeScript files that won't be run (#5607) 2026-01-30 15:27:35 +00:00
tsconfig.desktop.json Stop type checking TypeScript files that won't be run (#5607) 2026-01-30 15:27:35 +00:00
tsconfig.desktop.vite.json Stop type checking TypeScript files that won't be run (#5607) 2026-01-30 15:27:35 +00:00
tsconfig.json Stop type checking TypeScript files that won't be run (#5607) 2026-01-30 15:27:35 +00:00
tsconfig.proprietary.json feat(form-fill): FormFill tool with context and UI components for PDF form filling (#5711) 2026-02-13 15:10:48 +00:00
tsconfig.proprietary.vite.json feat(form-fill): FormFill tool with context and UI components for PDF form filling (#5711) 2026-02-13 15:10:48 +00:00
vite-env.d.ts
vite.config.ts Preserve local paths for desktop saves (#5543) 2026-02-13 23:15:28 +00:00
vitest.config.ts Stop type checking TypeScript files that won't be run (#5607) 2026-01-30 15:27:35 +00:00

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Testing the Bundled Runtime

Before building the full Tauri app, you can test the bundled runtime:

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