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Navigation in JavaScript PDF Viewer control

24 May 2022 / 4 minutes to read

The ASP.NET Core PDF Viewer supports different internal and external navigations.

Toolbar page navigation option

The default toolbar of PDF Viewer contains the following navigation options

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
<title>Essential JS 2</title>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" />
<meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2" />
<meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="resources/favicon.ico" />
<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />

<!--style reference from app-->
<link href="/styles/styles.css" rel="stylesheet" />

<!--system js reference and configuration-->
<script src="node_modules/systemjs/dist/system.src.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="system.config.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
<!--Element which will render as PdfViewer -->
<div id="PdfViewer"></div>
</body>

</html>

You can enable/disable page navigation option in PDF Viewer using the following code snippet.,

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import { PdfViewer, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation,ThumbnailView,BookmarkView, TextSelection} from '@syncfusion/ej2-pdfviewer';

PdfViewer.Inject(Toolbar,Magnification,Navigation, LinkAnnotation,ThumbnailView,BookmarkView, TextSelection);

let pdfviewer: PdfViewer = new PdfViewer({enableNavigation: true, documentPath:'PDF_Succinctly.pdf'});
pdfviewer.serviceUrl = 'https://ej2services.syncfusion.com/production/web-services/api/pdfviewer';
pdfviewer.appendTo('#PdfViewer');

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Also, you can programmatically perform page navigation options as follows.

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
<title>Essential JS 2</title>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" />
<meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2" />
<meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="resources/favicon.ico" />
<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />

<!--style reference from app-->
<link href="/styles/styles.css" rel="stylesheet" />

<!--system js reference and configuration-->
<script src="node_modules/systemjs/dist/system.src.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="system.config.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
<!--Element which will render as PdfViewer -->
<button id="goToFirstPage">Go To First Page</button>
<button id="goToLastPage">Go To last Page</button>
<button id="goToNextPage">Go To Next Page</button>
<button id="goToPage">Go To Page</button>
<button id="goToPreviousPage">Go To Previous Page</button>
<div id="PdfViewer"></div>
</body>

</html>
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import {PdfViewer, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print TextSelection, TextSearch, Annotation, FormFields } from '@syncfusion/ej2-pdfviewer';

PdfViewer.Inject(Toolbar,Magnification,Navigation, LinkAnnotation,ThumbnailView,BookmarkView, TextSelection, TextSearch, Annotation, FormFields );

let viewer: PdfViewer = new PdfViewer();
viewer.serviceUrl =
  'https://ej2services.syncfusion.com/production/web-services/api/pdfviewer';
viewer.appendTo('#pdfViewer');
viewer.load('PDF_Succinctly.pdf', null);

// Go To First Page
document.getElementById('goToFirstPage').addEventListener('click', () => {
  viewer.navigation.goToFirstPage();
});
// Go To Last Page
document.getElementById('goToLastPage').addEventListener('click', () => {
  viewer.navigation.goToLastPage();
});
// Go To Next Page
document.getElementById('goToNextPage').addEventListener('click', () => {
  viewer.navigation.goToNextPage();
});
// Go To Page
document.getElementById('goToPage').addEventListener('click', () => {
  viewer.navigation.goToPage(4);
});
// Go To Previous Page
document.getElementById('goToPreviousPage').addEventListener('click', () => {
  viewer.navigation.goToPreviousPage();
});

Find the here to perform the page navigation options programmatically.

Bookmark navigation

The Bookmarks saved in PDF files are loaded and made ready for easy navigation. You can enable/disable bookmark navigation by using the following code snippet.,

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import { PdfViewer, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, Annotation, ThumbnailView,BookmarkView, TextSelection} from '@syncfusion/ej2-pdfviewer';

PdfViewer.Inject(Toolbar,Magnification,Navigation, Annotation, LinkAnnotation,ThumbnailView,BookmarkView, TextSelection);

let pdfviewer: PdfViewer = new PdfViewer({enableBookmark: true, documentPath:'PDF_Succinctly.pdf'});
pdfviewer.serviceUrl = 'https://ej2services.syncfusion.com/production/web-services/api/pdfviewer';
pdfviewer.appendTo('#PdfViewer');

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Thumbnail navigation

Thumbnails is the miniature representation of actual pages in PDF files. This feature displays thumbnails of the pages and allows navigation. You can enable/disable thumbnail navigation by using the following code snippet.,

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import { PdfViewer, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, Annotation, LinkAnnotation,ThumbnailView,BookmarkView, TextSelection} from '@syncfusion/ej2-pdfviewer';

PdfViewer.Inject(Toolbar,Magnification,Navigation, Annotation, LinkAnnotation,ThumbnailView,BookmarkView, TextSelection);

let pdfviewer: PdfViewer = new PdfViewer({enableThumbnail: true, documentPath:'PDF_Succinctly.pdf'});
pdfviewer.serviceUrl = 'https://ej2services.syncfusion.com/production/web-services/api/pdfviewer';
pdfviewer.appendTo('#PdfViewer');

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Hyperlink navigation features enables navigation to the URLs (website links) in a PDF file.

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Table of content navigation

Table of contents navigation allows users to navigate to different parts of a PDF file that are listed in the table of contents section.

You can enable/disable link navigation by using the following code snippet.,

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import { PdfViewer, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, Annotation, LinkAnnotation,ThumbnailView,BookmarkView, TextSelection} from '@syncfusion/ej2-pdfviewer';

PdfViewer.Inject(Toolbar,Magnification,Navigation, Annotation, LinkAnnotation,ThumbnailView,BookmarkView, TextSelection);

let pdfviewer: PdfViewer = new PdfViewer({enableHyperlink: true, documentPath:'PDF_Succinctly.pdf'});
pdfviewer.serviceUrl = 'https://ej2services.syncfusion.com/production/web-services/api/pdfviewer';
pdfviewer.appendTo('#PdfViewer');

You can change the open state of the hyperlink in the PDF Viewer by using the following code snippet,

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import { PdfViewer, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, Annotation, LinkAnnotation,ThumbnailView,BookmarkView, TextSelection} from '@syncfusion/ej2-pdfviewer';

PdfViewer.Inject(Toolbar,Magnification,Navigation, Annotation, LinkAnnotation,ThumbnailView,BookmarkView, TextSelection);

let pdfviewer: PdfViewer = new PdfViewer({enableHyperlink: true, documentPath:'PDF_Succinctly.pdf', hyperlinkOpenState:'NewTab'});
pdfviewer.serviceUrl = 'https://ej2services.syncfusion.com/production/web-services/api/pdfviewer';
pdfviewer.appendTo('#PdfViewer');

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