---
title: PDFAction
framework: pdfkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Class
path: pdfkit/pdfaction
---

# PDFAction

An action that is performed when, for example, a PDF annotation is activated or an outline item is clicked.

## Declaration

```swift
class PDFAction
```

## Overview

Overview A PDFAction object represents an action associated with a PDF element, such as an annotation or a link, that the viewer application can perform. See the Adobe PDF Specification for more about actions and action types. PDFAction is an abstract superclass of the following concrete classes: PDFActionGoTo PDFActionNamed PDFActionRemoteGoTo PDFActionResetForm PDFActionURL

## Topics

### Action Types

- [PDFActionGoTo](pdfkit/pdfactiongoto.md)
- [PDFActionNamed](pdfkit/pdfactionnamed.md)
- [PDFActionRemoteGoTo](pdfkit/pdfactionremotegoto.md)
- [PDFActionResetForm](pdfkit/pdfactionresetform.md)
- [PDFActionURL](pdfkit/pdfactionurl.md)
- [PDFActionNamedName](pdfkit/pdfactionnamedname.md)

### Getting the Action Type

- [type](pdfkit/pdfaction/type.md)

## Relationships

### Inherits From

- [NSObject](objectivec/nsobject-swift.class.md)

### Inherited By

- [PDFActionGoTo](pdfkit/pdfactiongoto.md)
- [PDFActionNamed](pdfkit/pdfactionnamed.md)
- [PDFActionRemoteGoTo](pdfkit/pdfactionremotegoto.md)
- [PDFActionResetForm](pdfkit/pdfactionresetform.md)
- [PDFActionURL](pdfkit/pdfactionurl.md)

### Conforms To

- [CVarArg](swift/cvararg.md)
- [CustomDebugStringConvertible](swift/customdebugstringconvertible.md)
- [CustomStringConvertible](swift/customstringconvertible.md)
- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [Hashable](swift/hashable.md)
- [NSCopying](foundation/nscopying.md)
- [NSObjectProtocol](objectivec/nsobjectprotocol.md)

## See Also

### Accessing Information About an Annotation

- [page](pdfkit/pdfannotation/page.md)
- [modificationDate](pdfkit/pdfannotation/modificationdate.md)
- [userName](pdfkit/pdfannotation/username.md)
- [type](pdfkit/pdfannotation/type.md)
- [action](pdfkit/pdfannotation/action.md)
- [PDFDestination](pdfkit/pdfdestination.md)