Bookmark Sidebar Requests

[Special]

1) Can we get an option for a more compact version of it, maybe just hide the little Book icons to condense the spacing an extra bit more, or maybe an option to disable word wrapping, or the ability to change font size. An example of what I'm after, Editor is on the left, and SumatraPDF is on the right.



2) Also, can we get the Bookmark Sidebar to appear while in Fullscreen mode (F11), one that only shows itself when you hover the mouse over it, but then it hides once your off it, basically have it work like this little guy.

[David.P]

Try and make a right mouse click into the bookmarks pane. Alternatively, use the "Options" button as shown in your screenshot. You might be surprised which bookmarks view options you find there

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Thanks for the help David P!

Special - you can indeed make the bookmarks appear quite more compact with the options available.
As for full screen - it is unfortunately not possible to display the bookmarks in that mode

Regards,
Stefan

[Special]

1) Man, can't believe I missed this, pretty much fixes my nit pick here, although a smaller font would be welcomed, Small, Medium, Large, adding a Very Small size would be awesome, if doable.

As for full screen - it is unfortunately not possible to display the bookmarks in that mode

That's why it's a feature request, I was wondering/hoping if something like this could be added to a future build, I remember a while back someone here said that the fullscreen view would get an overhaul with many new features coming.

[Will - Tracker Supp]

Hi Special,

1) Man, can't believe I missed this, pretty much fixes my nit pick here, although a smaller font would be welcomed, Small, Medium, Large, adding a Very Small size would be awesome, if doable.

Glad to hear that! I'll pass along the suggestion for the different text sizes for consideration

That's why it's a feature request, I was wondering/hoping if something like this could be added to a future build, I remember a while back someone here said that the fullscreen view would get an overhaul with many new features coming.

It might not seem like it, but this would require quite a bit of work, if it's even possible. This is because of the way that the Editor's UI works 'under the hood' - I'll pass it along and will see what can be done.

Cheers,

[rakunavi]

Hello all,

As for full screen - it is unfortunately not possible to display the bookmarks in that mode

This can be done by using software that can switch the active window (e.g. autohotkey). The key is to undock the bookmarks pane and make it floating before displaying it in full screen.

Normally, the bookmarks pane would be hidden behind in the full-screen mode, but if a script is set to activate the hidden bookmarks pane with a specific key or mouse button, the bookmarks pane can be displayed even in full-screen mode. This is convenient because the bookmarks pane will be hidden behind when you clicked on the document view.

FullScreenImage.png

When using PDF-XCE for intensive document reading, it is ideal to display text as large as possible without displaying any unnecessary elements on the screen, so you will naturally use full-screen mode more frequently. Therefore, the desire to access the bookmark pane while in full-screen mode is quite natural.

In addition, when the bookmark pane is used in docked mode, the position and size of the document view changes as the bookmarks are switched on and off, which is very irritating to the eyes. In this respect, the method described above merely switches whether the bookmarks pane is displayed in front of or behind the document view, so the size and position of the content displayed in the document view is not affected at all. This makes very easy on the eyes and allows you to access the bookmarks pane in a relaxed state.

I have attached a sample autohotkey script and a verification video for your reference. In the first half of the video, the bookmark pane is docked and switched On/Off. In the second half of the video, the bookmark pane is floating and switched On/Off with a hotkey assigned to the script in full screen.

CapturedVideoWithSampleScript.zip

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F12::
IfWinActive, Bookmarks ahk_exe PDFXEdit.exe
{
	MouseGetPos, Pos_X, Pos_Y
	CenterPosX := Floor(A_ScreenWidth/2)
	CenterPosY := Floor(A_ScreenHeight/2)
	Click, %CenterPosX% %CenterPosY%
	MouseMove, Pos_X, Pos_Y, 0
} else IfWinExist, Bookmarks ahk_exe PDFXEdit.exe
	WinActivate, Bookmarks ahk_exe PDFXEdit.exe
else
	Send ^b
return

Ideally, it would be nice if the bookmarks pane in full-screen mode would appear automatically when the mouse is moved to the left edge of the screen, just as the taskbar appears automatically when the mouse is moved to the bottom edge of the window when the taskbar is set to be hidden.

Now, this concludes my tips and feature request. Thank you for taking the time to read this message.

Best regards,
rakunavi

- PDF-XChange Editor Plus Version: 9.5 build 366.0
- OS Version: Windows 11 Home 22H2 Build 22621.1105
- PC Model: Lenovo IdeaPad C340-15IWL, HP All-in-One 22-c0xx

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Hello rakunavi,

Many thanks for this! That is quite a nice solution and I am sure the AutoHotKey will be useful to others as well!

As for having the panes "float in/out" on mouse hover - I will pass this along for consideration, but as usual - can not make any promises as to whether this will be approved, and if it is - when it might actually be implemented.

Kind regards,
Stefan