ExternalViewers

[H5820121]

Can you please add arguments to ExternalViewers for the coordinates, and if possible for the zoom, something like that %x %y %z?
Thanks!

[GitHubRulesOK]

Unclear how that would be defined SumatraPDF based on MuPDF uses screen Top Left XY many related aps would use PDF system of Bottom Left but again many use different scalar / unit for systems call.

You can call Edge.lnk test.pdf#page=%p&zoom=175 but trying to force page location is highly variable and fickle among browsers

above was from

CommandLine = "C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --pdf-upsell-disabled --enable-features=msEdgeEpubReaderEnabled  "file:///%1#page=%p&zoom=175"

[H5820121]

@GitHubRulesOK "SumatraPDF based on MuPDF uses screen Top Left XY" I need this for set shortcut key to scroll to the top of the page, and like this: [ CommandLine = "SumatraPDF.exe" -reuse-instance -scroll %x,0 "%1" Name = scroll to the top Key = 8 ] And scroll to the bottom of the page: [ CommandLine = "SumatraPDF.exe" -reuse-instance -scroll %x,1200 "%1" Name = scroll to the bottom Key = 9 ] And for PDF-XChange Editor, the help there says: " zoom=<scale>[,<left>,<top>] – sets the zoom and scroll factors using float or integer values. For example, a scale value of 100 indicates a zoom value of 100%. Scroll values left and top are in a coordinate system where 0,0 represents the top left corner of the visible page regardless of document rotation. " ‫בתאריך יום ד׳, 24 ביולי 2024 ב-23:24 מאת ‪GitHubRulesOK‬‏ <‪ ***@***.***‬‏>:‬

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Unclear how that would be defined SumatraPDF based on MuPDF uses screen Top Left XY many related aps would use PDF system of Bottom Left but again many use different scalar / unit for systems call. You can call Edge.lnk test.pdf#page=%p&zoom=175 but trying to force page location is highly variable and fickle among browsers image.png (view on web) <https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f881f33a-c83f-4194-927f-3d0f6528b4d9> above was from CommandLine = "C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --pdf-upsell-disabled --enable-features=msEdgeEpubReaderEnabled "file:///%1#page=%p&zoom=175" — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#4397 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AZFMFTHHLJPPJF3T2MQWKQDZOAEO7AVCNFSM6AAAAABLNEQEJSVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDENBYHAZTMNZZGY> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[GitHubRulesOK]

@H5820121

unclear of what the %x is supposed to be 4 years ago there were 2 examples for different user requirements one to top of page the other to middle top, but there is no concept of "middle" in a PDF

ExternalViewers [
	[
		CommandLine = "C:\Program Files\SumatraPDF\SumatraPDF.exe" -reuse-instance -scroll 47,58
		Name = Brutalscroll
		Filter = *.pdf
	]
]

and

ExternalViewers [
	[
		CommandLine = "C:\Program Files\SumatraPDF\SumatraPDF.exe" "%1" -page %p -scroll 407,58
		Name = &Back To Second Column
		Filter = *.pdf
	]
]

[H5820121]

@GitHubRulesOK "but there is no concept of "middle" in a PDF" For this exactly I need the %X, so that the scroll to the top of the page is according to what I manually placed the middle according to the margins of the document (I use a lot of documents where the left and right margins are unequal and I have to position the middle manually, which is how I want it to scroll to the top of the page when the X position is saved). And as I said, I need it for the PDF-XChange Editor as well. Hope the developer @kjk can fulfill my request, thanks! ‫בתאריך יום ה׳, 25 ביולי 2024 ב-20:32 מאת ‪GitHubRulesOK‬‏ <‪ ***@***.***‬‏>:‬

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@H5820121 <https://github.com/H5820121> unclear of what the %x is supposed to be 4 years ago there were 2 examples for different user requirements one to top of page the other to middle top, but there is no concept of "middle" in a PDF ExternalViewers [ [ CommandLine = "C:\Program Files\SumatraPDF\SumatraPDF.exe" -reuse-instance -scroll 47,58 Name = Brutalscroll Filter = *.pdf ] ] and ExternalViewers [ [ CommandLine = "C:\Program Files\SumatraPDF\SumatraPDF.exe" "%1" -page %p -scroll 407,58 Name = &Back To Second Column Filter = *.pdf ] ] — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#4397 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AZFMFTAJQBXDJ6YKQE5RCZTZOEZC3AVCNFSM6AAAAABLNEQEJSVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDENJRGA2DGMRXGY> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[kjk]

For your use case, you probably can use DDE commands: https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/docs/DDE-Commands

[H5820121]

@GitHubRulesOK Could you please help me, I saw in the DDE documentation the command "[SetView("<pdffilepath>","<view mode>",<zoom level>[,<scrollX>,<scrollY>])]" What is DDE, and where do I write the DDE command? ‫בתאריך יום ה׳, 25 ביולי 2024 ב-21:40 מאת ‪Krzysztof Kowalczyk‬‏ <‪ ***@***.***‬‏>:‬

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[H5820121]

@kjk Thanks, but that doesn't help me about the PDF-XChange Editor. ‫בתאריך יום ה׳, 25 ביולי 2024 ב-21:40 מאת ‪Krzysztof Kowalczyk‬‏ <‪ ***@***.***‬‏>:‬

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[GitHubRulesOK]

@kjk
I think the point here is similar to what Nod5 wanted some time ago which was a DDE or CLI export of some current X Y Z either mouse OR top left corner position to be applied externally.

Thus 2 / 4 different OUTPUTS but perhaps both a current zoom level

for example #483 and #1411

[kjk]

This is just a can of worms.

It's unclear what the coordinate should be and there is no standard so it would likely have to be customized for each program you want to launch.

I'll accept a PR but no plans to work on this myself.