Touch-optimized UI mode - Checkboxes in Thumbnails panel for multiple pages selection

[Loki@99]

Hi,

It's a feature request.

Issue
- Can't perform a multiple pages selection from a custom range without a physical keyboard
- As reported in the following Microsoft Feeback Hub link, holding the ctrl key cannot select multiple items
when using the default touch keyboard layout. Only traditionnal keyboard layout works.
https://aka.ms/AAqh9xk
(You may not be able to open the link due to region limitation)

Solution
Add checkboxes in Thumbnails panel for multiple pages selection in Touch-optimized UI mode

checkboxes.jpg

Additional info
- The feature is available in PDF Annotator
- There is a similar behavior when unplugging the physical keyboard of a 2-in-1 device in Windows 11 File explorer

Thanks for considering this,

[Daniel - PDF-XChange]

Hello, Loki@99

Thank you for the suggestion, I have passed this along to the Dev team for consideration.

RT#7049: FR: Add "selection checkbox" to pages in thumbnails pane

Kind regards,

[Loki@99]

Hi Daniel,

Thanks for the ticket.

I think that it should be tested with the pinch to zoom thumbnails gesture (T#6893) in your testing builds to avoid eventual touch events conflicts when these features see an implementation.

Thanks for passing this,

[Daniel - PDF-XChange]

Hello, Loki@99

I will make a note on those tickets just in case.

Kind regards,