X Y Co-ordinates of mouse inside the PDF

[Priya]

Hi,

Thanks for the great tool - amazing. I have a small requirement.

I need to know the X & Y co-ordinates of some locations inside my PDFs (in inches). I am using the Distance measurement tool inside your measurement toolbox for this purpose. I click on the (0,0) location first and then I click on the target location to get the X & Y values of that point.

Is there a simpler way to do it? Someway in which I can get the co-ordinates displayed on the menu bar on a single click?

This is quite urgent.Any suggestions will be appreciated.

Regards,
Priya

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Hello Priya,

Using only tools that are available in the Viewer I am afraid there is no easier way.

If you are comfortable with computers you could try running the following JavaScript when you have the document opened in our Viewer:

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console.println( "("+this.mouse X/72+","+ this.mouseY/72+")" );

Please note that the string should have mouse and X without a space between them but due to some spam filters we have if I write it correctly it is hidden by a "this is spam" message

To open the JS Console Press "Ctrl + J" and to execute the script - when pointing the mouse at the location you want - use Ctrl + Enter (with the JS window having focus).

Please note that coordinates (0,0) on a PDF Page is the lower left corner if the page has not been rotated!

Best,
Stefan