Navigation in React Pdfviewer component

5 Jan 202418 minutes to read

The PDF Viewer supports different internal and external navigations.

The default toolbar of PDF Viewer contains the following navigation options

Go to page:- Navigates to the specific page of a PDF document.
Show next page:- Navigates to the next page of PDF a document.
Show previous page:- Navigates to the previous page of a PDF document.
Show first page:- Navigates to the first page of a PDF document.
Show last page:- Navigates to the last page of a PDF document.

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

Standalone
Server-Backed
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import * as React from 'react';
import './index.css';
import { PdfViewerComponent, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView,
         ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch, Annotation, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-pdfviewer';

function App() {
    return (<div>
    <div className='control-section'>
    {/* Render the PDF Viewer */}
      <PdfViewerComponent
        id="container"
        documentPath="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/content/pdf/pdf-succinctly.pdf"
        resourceUrl="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/24.1.41/dist/ej2-pdfviewer-lib"
        enableNavigation={true}
        style={{ 'height': '640px' }}>

              <Inject services={[ Toolbar, Annotation, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, 
                                  BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch ]} />
      </PdfViewerComponent>
    </div>
  </div>);
}
const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('sample'));
root.render(<App />);
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import * as React from 'react';
import './index.css';
import { PdfViewerComponent, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView,
         ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch, Annotation, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-pdfviewer';

function App() {
    return (<div>
    <div className='control-section'>
    {/* Render the PDF Viewer */}
      <PdfViewerComponent
        id="container"
        documentPath="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/content/pdf/pdf-succinctly.pdf"
        enableNavigation={true}
        serviceUrl="https://services.syncfusion.com/react/production/api/pdfviewer"
        style={{ 'height': '640px' }}>

              <Inject services={[ Toolbar, Annotation, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, 
                                  BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch ]} />
      </PdfViewerComponent>
    </div>
  </div>);
}
const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('sample'));
root.render(<App />);

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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.,

Standalone
Server-Backed
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import * as React from 'react';
import './index.css';
import { PdfViewerComponent, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView,
         ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch, Annotation, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-pdfviewer';

function App() {
    return (<div>
    <div className='control-section'>
    {/* Render the PDF Viewer */}
      <PdfViewerComponent
        id="container"
        documentPath="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/content/pdf/pdf-succinctly.pdf"
        resourceUrl="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/24.1.41/dist/ej2-pdfviewer-lib"
        enableBookmark={true}
        style={{ 'height': '640px' }}>

              <Inject services={[ Toolbar, Annotation, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, 
                                  BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch ]} />
      </PdfViewerComponent>
    </div>
  </div>);
}
const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('sample'));
root.render(<App />);
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import * as React from 'react';
import './index.css';
import { PdfViewerComponent, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView,
         ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch, Annotation, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-pdfviewer';

function App() {
    return (<div>
    <div className='control-section'>
    {/* Render the PDF Viewer */}
      <PdfViewerComponent
        id="container"
        documentPath="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/content/pdf/pdf-succinctly.pdf"
        enableBookmark={true}
        serviceUrl="https://services.syncfusion.com/react/production/api/pdfviewer"
        style={{ 'height': '640px' }}>

              <Inject services={[ Toolbar, Annotation, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, 
                                  BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch ]} />
      </PdfViewerComponent>
    </div>
  </div>);
}
const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('sample'));
root.render(<App />);

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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.,

Standalone
Server-Backed
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import * as React from 'react';
import './index.css';
import { PdfViewerComponent, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView,
         ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch, Annotation, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-pdfviewer';

function App() {

  return (<div>
    <div className='control-section'>
    {/* Render the PDF Viewer */}
      <PdfViewerComponent
        id="container"
        documentPath="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/content/pdf/pdf-succinctly.pdf"
        resourceUrl="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/24.1.41/dist/ej2-pdfviewer-lib"
        enableThumbnail={true}
        style={{ 'height': '640px' }}>

              <Inject services={[ Toolbar, Annotation, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, 
                                  BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch ]} />
      </PdfViewerComponent>
    </div>
  </div>);
}
const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('sample'));
root.render(<App />);
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import * as React from 'react';
import './index.css';
import { PdfViewerComponent, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView,
         ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch, Annotation, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-pdfviewer';

function App() {

  return (<div>
    <div className='control-section'>
    {/* Render the PDF Viewer */}
      <PdfViewerComponent
        id="container"
        documentPath="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/content/pdf/pdf-succinctly.pdf"
        enableThumbnail={true}
        serviceUrl="https://services.syncfusion.com/react/production/api/pdfviewer"
        style={{ 'height': '640px' }}>

              <Inject services={[ Toolbar, Annotation, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, 
                                  BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch ]} />
      </PdfViewerComponent>
    </div>
  </div>);
}
const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('sample'));
root.render(<App />);

Hyperlink navigation

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.,

Standalone
Server-Backed
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import * as React from 'react';
import './index.css';
import { PdfViewerComponent, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView,
         ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch, Annotation, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-pdfviewer';

function App() {

  return (<div>
    <div className='control-section'>
    {/* Render the PDF Viewer */}
      <PdfViewerComponent
        id="container"
        documentPath="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/content/pdf/pdf-succinctly.pdf"
        resourceUrl="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/24.1.41/dist/ej2-pdfviewer-lib"
        enableHyperlink={true}
        style={{ 'height': '640px' }}>

              <Inject services={[ Toolbar, Annotation, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, 
                                  BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch ]} />
      </PdfViewerComponent>
    </div>
  </div>);
}
const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('sample'));
root.render(<App />);
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import * as React from 'react';
import './index.css';
import { PdfViewerComponent, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView,
         ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch, Annotation, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-pdfviewer';

function App() {

  return (<div>
    <div className='control-section'>
    {/* Render the PDF Viewer */}
      <PdfViewerComponent
        id="container"
        documentPath="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/content/pdf/pdf-succinctly.pdf"
        enableHyperlink={true}
        serviceUrl="https://services.syncfusion.com/react/production/api/pdfviewer"
        style={{ 'height': '640px' }}>

              <Inject services={[ Toolbar, Annotation, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, 
                                  BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch ]} />
      </PdfViewerComponent>
    </div>
  </div>);
}
const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('sample'));
root.render(<App />);

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

Standalone
Server-Backed
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import * as React from 'react';
import './index.css';
import { PdfViewerComponent, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView,
         ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch, Annotation, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-pdfviewer';

function App() {

  return (<div>
    <div className='control-section'>
    {/* Render the PDF Viewer */}
      <PdfViewerComponent
        id="container"
        documentPath="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/content/pdf/pdf-succinctly.pdf"
        resourceUrl="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/24.1.41/dist/ej2-pdfviewer-lib"
        enableHyperlink="true"
        hyperlinkOpenState="NewTab"
        style={{ 'height': '640px' }}>

              <Inject services={[ Toolbar, Annotation, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, 
                                  BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch ]} />
      </PdfViewerComponent>
    </div>
  </div>);
}
const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('sample'));
root.render(<App />);
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import * as React from 'react';
import './index.css';
import { PdfViewerComponent, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView,
         ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch, Annotation, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-pdfviewer';

function App() {

  return (<div>
    <div className='control-section'>
    {/* Render the PDF Viewer */}
      <PdfViewerComponent
        id="container"
        documentPath="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/content/pdf/pdf-succinctly.pdf"
        enableHyperlink="true"
        hyperlinkOpenState="NewTab"
        serviceUrl="https://services.syncfusion.com/react/production/api/pdfviewer"
        style={{ 'height': '640px' }}>

              <Inject services={[ Toolbar, Annotation, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, 
                                  BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch ]} />
      </PdfViewerComponent>
    </div>
  </div>);
}
const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('sample'));
root.render(<App />);

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Navigation in React Pdfviewer component

Toolbar page navigation option

Bookmark navigation

Thumbnail navigation

Hyperlink navigation

Table of content navigation

See also