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Advanced options / settings
To open advanced settings file:
- menu
Settings
/ Advanced options...
- or with Command Palette:
Ctrl + K
, type adv
to narrow down to command, press Enter
to select Advanced Options...
command
This opens a text file in Notepad with all the advanced settings. Make changes and save the file.
To reset to default settings, delete settings file and SumatraPDF will re-create it with default state.
Most settings take effect immediately after you save the settings file. Some settings (e.g. UseTabs
) require closing and re-starting SumatraPDF.
Here are some things you can customize:
- keyboard shortcuts
- width of tab with
Tab Width
- window background color with
FixedPageUI.BackgroundColor
- color used to highlight text with
FixedPageUI.SelectionColor
- hide scrollbars with
FixedPageUI.HideScrollbars
Advanced settings file also stores the history and state of opened files so that we can e.g. re-open on the page