Rotating only one tab of multiple tabs of the same document?

[DannyCrane]

In the PDF-XChange Editor, it is possible to duplicate a tab so as to view the same document in two tabs (right click on tab -> duplicate tab). However, if you rotate the view in one of the tabs by 90° (using one of the green circular arrows in "start" or "rotate view" in "view"), the other tab is also rotated.

Is there a possibility of rotating only one view or tab with the other tab remaining in the same orientation as before?

Thank you for any answers.

[Willy Van Nuffel]

Hi,

It seems indeed like it is not possible to show a same document in two different orientations.
@pdf-xchange support : Maybe this can be something for a new feature request ?

Solutions that I see at this moment:
- making a (temporal) copy/duplicate of the document and open that next to the original
- open the same document in another pdf-viewer

Does that help ?

[DannyCrane]

Hi Willy,

thank you for confirming that it's impossible at the moment.

Also thank you for your workaround solutions. They absolutely help.

If this could be a feature in the future, that would be great.

Again thank you for your help!

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Hello DannyCrane, Willy,

I will ask our devs to consider this, however it might be technically challenging to implement that, so at this time I can not promise whether this will be approved or not!

Kind regards,
Stefan

[ManceJoan]

Unfortunately, as of now, the rotation setting in PDF-XChange Editor applies across all tabs of the same document because it's a view state tied to the document, not the individual tab. A workaround would be to open a second instance of the application and load the same document there — that way, you can have different view rotations independently. Not ideal, but it gets the job done in many cases.

[Jordan - PDF XChange]

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Hello ManceJoan,

We've just heard back from our devs that this is not likely to be implemented as it is quite complex and niche.

Kind regards,
Stefan