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# PDFAppearanceCharacteristics

An object that represents appearance characteristics of a widget annotation.

```
class PDFAppearanceCharacteristics
```

## Topics

### Configuring a Widget’s Appearance

[`backgroundColor`](/documentation/PDFKit/PDFAppearanceCharacteristics/backgroundColor)

The background color of the widget annotation.

[`borderColor`](/documentation/PDFKit/PDFAppearanceCharacteristics/borderColor)

The border color of the widget annotation.

[`caption`](/documentation/PDFKit/PDFAppearanceCharacteristics/caption)

The text that the button widget annotation displays when the user isn’t interacting with it.

[`controlType`](/documentation/PDFKit/PDFAppearanceCharacteristics/controlType)

The type of button widget annotation.

[`downCaption`](/documentation/PDFKit/PDFAppearanceCharacteristics/downCaption)

The text that the button widget annotation displays when the user holds down on it.

[`rolloverCaption`](/documentation/PDFKit/PDFAppearanceCharacteristics/rolloverCaption)

The text that the widget annotation displays when the user hovers the pointer over it.

[`rotation`](/documentation/PDFKit/PDFAppearanceCharacteristics/rotation)

The number of degrees, in multiples of 90, that the widget annotation rotates counterclockwise relative to the page.

[`appearanceCharacteristicsKeyValues`](/documentation/PDFKit/PDFAppearanceCharacteristics/appearanceCharacteristicsKeyValues)

A dictionary that contains a deep copy of the appearance characteristic key-value pairs.

[`PDFAppearanceCharacteristicsKey`](/documentation/PDFKit/PDFAppearanceCharacteristicsKey)

Keys to control a widget’s appearance.


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