Navigation in React PDF Viewer component

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09 Jun 2021 / 4 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.,

import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import * as React from 'react';
import { PdfViewerComponent, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView,
ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch, Annotation, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-pdfviewer';
import { RouteComponentProps } from 'react-router';

export class App extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
  render() {
return ( <div>
    <div className='control-section'>
        {/* Render the PDF Viewer */}
        <PdfViewerComponent id="container" documentPath="PDF_Succinctly.pdf" enableNavigation={true}
         serviceUrl="https://ej2services.syncfusion.com/production/web-services/api/pdfviewer" style={{ 'height': '640px' }}>
            <Inject services={[Toolbar, Annotation, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch]} />
        </PdfViewerComponent>
      </div>
    </div>
);
  }
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));

import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import * as React from 'react';
import { PdfViewerComponent, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch, Annotation, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-pdfviewer';
export class App extends React.Component {
    render() {
        return (<div>
    <div className='control-section'>
        
        <PdfViewerComponent id="container" documentPath="PDF_Succinctly.pdf" enableNavigation={true} serviceUrl="https://ej2services.syncfusion.com/production/web-services/api/pdfviewer" style={{ 'height': '640px' }}>
            <Inject services={[Toolbar, Annotation, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch]}/>
        </PdfViewerComponent>
      </div>
    </div>);
    }
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));

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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.,

import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import * as React from 'react';
import { PdfViewerComponent, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView,
ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch, Annotation, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-pdfviewer';
import { RouteComponentProps } from 'react-router';

export class App extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
  render() {
return ( <div>
    <div className='control-section'>
        {/* Render the PDF Viewer */}
        <PdfViewerComponent id="container" documentPath="PDF_Succinctly.pdf" enableBookmark={true}
         serviceUrl="https://ej2services.syncfusion.com/production/web-services/api/pdfviewer" style={{ 'height': '640px' }}>
            <Inject services={[Toolbar, Annotation, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch]} />
        </PdfViewerComponent>
      </div>
    </div>
);
  }
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));

import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import * as React from 'react';
import { PdfViewerComponent, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch, Annotation, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-pdfviewer';
export class App extends React.Component {
    render() {
        return (<div>
    <div className='control-section'>
        
        <PdfViewerComponent id="container" documentPath="PDF_Succinctly.pdf" enableBookmark={true} serviceUrl="https://ej2services.syncfusion.com/production/web-services/api/pdfviewer" style={{ 'height': '640px' }}>
            <Inject services={[Toolbar, Annotation, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch]}/>
        </PdfViewerComponent>
      </div>
    </div>);
    }
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));

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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.,

import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import * as React from 'react';
import { PdfViewerComponent, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView,
ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch, Annotation, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-pdfviewer';
import { RouteComponentProps } from 'react-router';

export class App extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
  render() {
return ( <div>
    <div className='control-section'>
        {/* Render the PDF Viewer */}
        <PdfViewerComponent id="container" documentPath="PDF_Succinctly.pdf" enableThumbnail={true}
         serviceUrl="https://ej2services.syncfusion.com/production/web-services/api/pdfviewer" style={{ 'height': '640px' }}>
            <Inject services={[Toolbar, Annotation, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch]} />
        </PdfViewerComponent>
      </div>
    </div>
);
  }
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));

import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import * as React from 'react';
import { PdfViewerComponent, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch, Annotation, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-pdfviewer';
export class App extends React.Component {
    render() {
        return (<div>
    <div className='control-section'>
        
        <PdfViewerComponent id="container" documentPath="PDF_Succinctly.pdf" enableThumbnail={true} serviceUrl="https://ej2services.syncfusion.com/production/web-services/api/pdfviewer" style={{ 'height': '640px' }}>
            <Inject services={[Toolbar, Annotation, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch]}/>
        </PdfViewerComponent>
      </div>
    </div>);
    }
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));

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

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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.,

import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import * as React from 'react';
import { PdfViewerComponent, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView,
ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch, Annotation, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-pdfviewer';
import { RouteComponentProps } from 'react-router';

export class App extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
  render() {
return ( <div>
    <div className='control-section'>
        {/* Render the PDF Viewer */}
        <PdfViewerComponent id="container" documentPath="PDF_Succinctly.pdf" enableHyperlink={true}
         serviceUrl="https://ej2services.syncfusion.com/production/web-services/api/pdfviewer" style={{ 'height': '640px' }}>
            <Inject services={[Toolbar, Annotation, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch]} />
        </PdfViewerComponent>
      </div>
    </div>
);
  }
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));

import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import * as React from 'react';
import { PdfViewerComponent, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch, Annotation, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-pdfviewer';
export class App extends React.Component {
    render() {
        return (<div>
    <div className='control-section'>
        
        <PdfViewerComponent id="container" documentPath="PDF_Succinctly.pdf" enableHyperlink={true} serviceUrl="https://ej2services.syncfusion.com/production/web-services/api/pdfviewer" style={{ 'height': '640px' }}>
            <Inject services={[Toolbar, Annotation, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch]}/>
        </PdfViewerComponent>
      </div>
    </div>);
    }
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));

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

import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import * as React from 'react';
import { PdfViewerComponent, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView,
ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch, Annotation, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-pdfviewer';
import { RouteComponentProps } from 'react-router';

export class App extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
  render() {
return ( <div>
    <div className='control-section'>
        {/* Render the PDF Viewer */}
        <PdfViewerComponent id="container" documentPath="PDF_Succinctly.pdf" enableHyperlink="true" hyperlinkOpenState={NewTab}
         serviceUrl="https://ej2services.syncfusion.com/production/web-services/api/pdfviewer" style={{ 'height': '640px' }}>
            <Inject services={[Toolbar, Annotation, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch]} />
        </PdfViewerComponent>
      </div>
    </div>
);
  }
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));

import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import * as React from 'react';
import { PdfViewerComponent, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch, Annotation, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-pdfviewer';
export class App extends React.Component {
    render() {
        return (<div>
    <div className='control-section'>
        
        <PdfViewerComponent id="container" documentPath="PDF_Succinctly.pdf" enableHyperlink="true" hyperlinkOpenState={NewTab} serviceUrl="https://ej2services.syncfusion.com/production/web-services/api/pdfviewer" style={{ 'height': '640px' }}>
            <Inject services={[Toolbar, Annotation, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch]}/>
        </PdfViewerComponent>
      </div>
    </div>);
    }
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('sample'));

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Navigation in React PDF Viewer component

Bookmark navigation

Thumbnail navigation

Hyperlink navigation

Table of content navigation

See also

Navigation in React PDF Viewer component

Toolbar page navigation option

Bookmark navigation

Thumbnail navigation

Hyperlink navigation

Table of content navigation

See also