zoom settings reverted, when clicking on bookmark

The PDF-XChange Viewer for End Users
+++ FREE +++

Moderators: PDF-XChange Support, Daniel - PDF-XChange, Chris - PDF-XChange, Sean - PDF-XChange, Paul - PDF-XChange, Vasyl - PDF-XChange, Ivan - Tracker Software, Stefan - PDF-XChange

Arioch
User
Posts: 20
Joined: Tue Jun 22, 2010 11:08 pm

zoom settings reverted, when clicking on bookmark

Post by Arioch »

i open the PDF file,

i click on toolbar onto "Fit width" zoom button
Really, to read the book that is usual option.

Then i click on the Bookmarks sidepanel to jump into specific part of the book.
It jumps, yet zoom is reset to "Fit whole page", which is usable for overlooking the page. but not read it.
User avatar
Stefan - PDF-XChange
Site Admin
Posts: 19930
Joined: Mon Jan 12, 2009 8:07 am

Re: zoom settings reverted, when clicking on bookmark

Post by Stefan - PDF-XChange »

Hello Arioch,

If you don;t already have the latest build of our Viewer please update:
https://www.pdf-xchange.com/product ... nge-viewer

Then launch the viewer, and go to Edit -> Preferences -> Page Display
At the bottom there is a setting that will allow you to override the zoom factor in a bookmark so your reading would be much more smoother.

Regards,
Stefan
Arioch
User
Posts: 20
Joined: Tue Jun 22, 2010 11:08 pm

Re: zoom settings reverted, when clicking on bookmark

Post by Arioch »

thanks.

however i cannot understand the reasoning behind default mode, when "go to" via bookmark, ink, etc reset user-customized zoom.
To me it looks like mixing completely orthogonal notions.
User avatar
Stefan - PDF-XChange
Site Admin
Posts: 19930
Joined: Mon Jan 12, 2009 8:07 am

Re: zoom settings reverted, when clicking on bookmark

Post by Stefan - PDF-XChange »

Hello Arioch,

By PDF Specification the bookmark can carry a zoom level information - e.g. when the bookmark wants to take you to the bottom right corner of page 17 where there is a note written with Font size 5 :), but over 90% of the bookmarks are just taking you to a section on a new page and modifying your zoom factor is not necessary - yet some documents do add this zoom factor to each and every bookmark.

That's why we introduced the "override" setting as it is now.

Best,
Stefan
Arioch
User
Posts: 20
Joined: Tue Jun 22, 2010 11:08 pm

Re: zoom settings reverted, when clicking on bookmark

Post by Arioch »

hmm, i'd say then zoom override should be a property of a note, not of a bookmark :-)

okay, may you make this behaviour non-determined ?
Let wait until 1st such a bookmark be met in real, then ask user what does he want.

Just a usual "never show again" dialog.