Plain-text DOIs in PDFs (e.g. 10.1109/WICSA.2015.29) are now clickable and open https://doi.org/..., like URLs and email addresses already were. The new DisableAutoLinks advanced setting turns off auto-linking of URLs, emails and DOIs (#5703).

Set Inverse Search Command Line (CmdSetInverseSearch, Ctrl + K command palette) opens a dialog to configure the SyncTeX inverse-search command, with detected TeX editors in a drop-down and a link to the LaTeX integration docs. Works from the home page without an open document.

New AllowExternalImages advanced setting (off by default for security): when enabled, PDFs can display images stored in separate files next to the PDF (“external image streams”), matching Acrobat (#3731).

The citation hover preview now also works for plain-text references like [12] that aren’t real links, showing the matching bibliography entry. Links inside the preview popup are clickable, the popup stays open while you move onto it, and the mouse wheel scrolls the document (Shift + wheel scrolls the popup, Ctrl + wheel zooms it). The preview is off by default since 2026-06-22; enable it by setting CitationHoverDelay to a positive value.