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There are many ways to navigate around the document.

Scrolling with keyboard #

Up, Down, Left, Right refers to arrow keys.
  • k, j, h, l : scroll up / down / left / right
  • Up, Down : scroll up / down
  • n, Left : go to next page (aligns top of page with top of window)
  • p, Right : go to previous page (aligns top of page with top of window)
  • Shift + Down, Shift + Up : scroll forward / backward by a page
  • Space, Shift + Space : scroll forward / backward by a page
  • Home, End : go to first / last page
  • g, Ctrl + g : go to page (text field in toolbar or dialog if toolbar not shown)

Scrolling with mouse and touch pad #

  • click on scrollbar to scroll up or down by page
  • Shift + click on scrollbar : scrolls to that position
  • scroll up / down with mouse scroll wheel or touch pad scrolling gesture
  • press Alt while scrolling : scrolls faster (by half page instead of by line)
  • mouse over scrollbar : scrolls faster (by half page instead of by line)

Zooming and changing view #

With keyboard #

  • +, - : zoom in / out
  • Ctrl + +, Ctrl + - : zoom in / out
  • Ctrl + y : dialog to set custom zoom level (between 8.3% and 6400%)
  • c : toggle continuous view
  • Ctrl + 0 : set zoom to fit whole page (or pages in multi-column view)
  • Ctrl + 1 : set 100% zoom
  • Ctrl + 2 : set zoom to fit width of page (or pages in multi-column view)
  • Ctrl + 3 : set zoom to fit content (like fit whole page but we auto-remove borders)
  • Fit Height (View / Zoom menu or command palette): scale so the page fills the window height (may scroll horizontally)
  • Ctrl + 6 : single page view i.e. single column
  • Ctrl + 7 : facing view i.e. 2 columns (pages)
  • Ctrl + 8 : 2 columns (pages) but offset by one page
For comic books and manga (right-to-left reading, double-page spreads, LimitToWindowWidth), see Comics and manga.

With mouse #

  • Ctrl + mouse scroll wheel : zoom in / out
  • Ctrl + touch pad scroll gesture : zoom in / out
  • pinch zoom gesture on touch screen

Zoom levels #

Zooming in and out steps through a fixed list of zoom levels. This is the built-in list, and also the value of the ZoomLevels advanced setting that reproduces it:
ZoomLevels = 8.33 12.5 18 25 33.33 50 66.67 75 100 125 150 200 300 400 600 800 1000 1200 1600 2000 2400 3200 4800 6400
Setting ZoomLevels replaces the built-in list rather than adding to it, so the way to change the steps is to copy the line above and edit it. Fit Page, Fit Width and Fit Content are always available regardless of the list.
Ver 3.7+: the largest level in the list is also the highest zoom that can be set at all, in the Custom Zoom dialog (Ctrl + y) and everywhere else. So to zoom further than 6400% — into a large map, say, where the detail is in the file but the old limit hid it — add the levels you want on the end:
ZoomLevels = 8.33 12.5 18 25 33.33 50 66.67 75 100 125 150 200 300 400 600 800 1000 1200 1600 2000 2400 3200 4800 6400 12800 25600 51200 102400
Levels up to 1000000 (10000x) are accepted; anything larger is ignored. How far a particular document can be zoomed also depends on its size: all of its pages are laid out on a single canvas measured in pixels, so a long document stops zooming in earlier than a short one does.
Certain actions add navigation point. You can go back and forward in the history of navigation points (similar to browser back button) with:
  • Alt + Left, Backspace : go back in history
  • Alt + Right, Shift + Backspace : go forward in history
After following an internal hyperlink (footnote, TOC entry), use Alt + Left to go back. See Hyperlinks.
Actions that add navigation point:
  • explicitly going to a page (g, Ctrl + g)
  • clicking on links within documents
  • going to a page via Bookmarks tree view
  • navigating via favorites (Ctrl + b)
  • Ctrl + Tab / Ctrl + Shift + Tab : next / previous tab. Ver 3.6+: Smart Tab Switch (tab list while Ctrl is held). To get pre-3.6 immediate strip-order switching on those keys, rebind them to CmdNextTab / CmdPrevTab — see Tabs and windows
  • Ctrl + Page Down : next tab (strip order, no popup)
  • Ctrl + Page Up : previous tab (strip order, no popup)

Moving tabs #

v.3.6+
  • Ctrl + Shift + Page Down : move tab right
  • Ctrl + Shift + Page Up : move tab left
  • Shift + Control + Right : go to next file in current folder
  • Shift + Control + Left : go to previous file in current folder

Related commands #

You can assign your own keyboard shortcuts. Here are related commands:
  • CmdScrollUp, CmdScrollDown
  • CmdScrollLeft, CmdScrollRight
  • CmdScrollUpHalfPage, CmdScrollDownHalfPage
  • CmdScrollLeftPage, CmdScrollRightPage
  • CmdScrollDownPage, CmdScrollUpPage
  • CmdGoToNextPage, CmdGoToPrevPage
  • CmdGoToFirstPage, CmdGoToLastPage
  • CmdNavigateBack, CmdNavigateForward
  • CmdOpenNextFileInFolder, CmdOpenPrevFileInFolder
Tab commands:
  • CmdNextTab, CmdPrevTab, CmdNextTabSmart, CmdPrevTabSmart
Zooming and view commands:
  • CmdZoomIn, CmdZoomOut
  • CmdZoomCustom
  • CmdZoomFitPage
  • CmdZoomActualSize
  • CmdZoomFitWidth
  • CmdZoomFitContent
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