Navigation in Vue Pdfviewer component
16 Mar 20237 minutes to read
The PDF Viewer supports different internal and external navigations.
Toolbar page navigation option
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 EnableNavigation property and use the following code snippet,
<template>
<div id="app">
<ejs-pdfviewer
id="pdfViewer"
:serviceUrl="serviceUrl"
:documentPath="documentPath"
:enableNavigation="true">
</ejs-pdfviewer>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import Vue from 'vue';
import { PdfViewerPlugin, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView,
Annotation, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch } from '@syncfusion/ej2-vue-pdfviewer';
Vue.use(PdfViewerPlugin);
export default {
name: 'app',
data () {
return {
serviceUrl:"https://ej2services.syncfusion.com/production/web-services/api/pdfviewer"
documentPath:"PDF_Succinctly.pdf"
};
},
provide: {
PdfViewer: [ Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView,
Annotation, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch ]}
}
</script>
Also, you can programmatically perform page navigation options as follows.
<template>
<div>
<button v-on:click="goToFirstPage">Go To First Page</button>
<button v-on:click="goToLastPage">Go To last Page</button>
<button v-on:click="goToNextPage">Go To Next Page</button>
<button v-on:click="goToPage">Go To Page</button>
<button v-on:click="goToPreviousPage">Go To Previous Page</button>
<ejs-pdfviewer
id="pdfViewer"
:serviceUrl="serviceUrl"
:documentPath="documentPath">
</ejs-pdfviewer>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import Vue from 'vue';
import { PdfViewerPlugin, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation,
BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch,
Annotation, FormDesigner, FormFields } from '@syncfusion/ej2-vue-pdfviewer';
Vue.use(PdfViewerPlugin);
export default {
data () {
return {
serviceUrl:"https://ej2services.syncfusion.com/production/web-services/api/pdfviewer",
documentPath:"PDF_Succinctly.pdf",
};
},
provide: {
PdfViewer: [ Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView,ThumbnailView,
Print, TextSelection, TextSearch, Annotation, FormDesigner, FormFields ]},
methods: {
//Go To First Page
goToFirstPage: function () {
var viewer = document.getElementById('pdfViewer').ej2_instances[0];
viewer.navigation.goToFirstPage();
},
//Go To Last Page
goToLastPage: function () {
var viewer = document.getElementById('pdfViewer').ej2_instances[0];
viewer.navigation.goToLastPage();
},
//Go To Next Page
goToNextPage: function () {
var viewer = document.getElementById('pdfViewer').ej2_instances[0];
viewer.navigation.goToNextPage();
},
//Go To Page
goToPage: function () {
var viewer = document.getElementById('pdfViewer').ej2_instances[0];
viewer.navigation.goToPage(4);
},
//Go To Previous Page
goToPreviousPage: function () {
var viewer = document.getElementById('pdfViewer').ej2_instances[0];
viewer.navigation.goToPreviousPage();
}
}
}
</script>
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.
<template>
<div id="app">
<ejs-pdfviewer
id="pdfViewer"
:serviceUrl="serviceUrl"
:documentPath="documentPath"
:enableBookmark="true">
</ejs-pdfviewer>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import Vue from 'vue';
import { PdfViewerPlugin, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, Annotation,
BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch } from '@syncfusion/ej2-vue-pdfviewer';
Vue.use(PdfViewerPlugin);
export default {
name: 'app',
data () {
return {
serviceUrl:"https://ej2services.syncfusion.com/production/web-services/api/pdfviewer"
documentPath:"PDF_Succinctly.pdf"
};
},
provide: {
PdfViewer: [ Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView,
Annotation, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch ]}
}
</script>
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.
<template>
<div id="app">
<ejs-pdfviewer
id="pdfViewer"
:serviceUrl="serviceUrl"
:documentPath="documentPath"
:enableThumbnail="true">
</ejs-pdfviewer>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import Vue from 'vue';
import { PdfViewerPlugin, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, Annotation,
BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch } from '@syncfusion/ej2-vue-pdfviewer';
Vue.use(PdfViewerPlugin);
export default {
name: 'app',
data () {
return {
serviceUrl:"https://ej2services.syncfusion.com/production/web-services/api/pdfviewer"
documentPath:"PDF_Succinctly.pdf"
};
},
provide: {
PdfViewer: [ Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView,
Annotation, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch ]}
}
</script>
Hyperlink navigation
Hyperlink navigation features enables navigation to the URLs (website links) in a PDF file.
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.
<template>
<div id="app">
<ejs-pdfviewer
id="pdfViewer"
:serviceUrl="serviceUrl"
:documentPath="documentPath"
:enableHyperlink="true">
</ejs-pdfviewer>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import Vue from 'vue';
import { PdfViewerPlugin, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation,
Annotation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView, ThumbnailView,
Print, TextSelection, TextSearch } from '@syncfusion/ej2-vue-pdfviewer';
Vue.use(PdfViewerPlugin);
export default {
name: 'app',
data () {
return {
serviceUrl:"https://ej2services.syncfusion.com/production/web-services/api/pdfviewer"
documentPath:"PDF_Succinctly.pdf"
};
},
provide: {
PdfViewer: [ Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, Annotation,
BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch ]}
}
</script>
You can change the open state of the hyperlink in the PDF Viewer by using the following code snippet.
<template>
<div id="app">
<ejs-pdfviewer
id="pdfViewer"
:serviceUrl="serviceUrl"
:documentPath="documentPath"
:enableHyperlink="true"
:hyperlinkOpenState="hyperlinkOpenState">
</ejs-pdfviewer>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import Vue from 'vue';
import { PdfViewerPlugin, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation,
Annotation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView, ThumbnailView,
Print, TextSelection, TextSearch } from '@syncfusion/ej2-vue-pdfviewer';
Vue.use(PdfViewerPlugin);
export default {
name: 'app',
data () {
return {
serviceUrl:"https://ej2services.syncfusion.com/production/web-services/api/pdfviewer"
documentPath:"PDF_Succinctly.pdf",
hyperlinkOpenState:"NewTab"
};
},
provide: {
PdfViewer: [ Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView,
Annotation, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch ]}
}
</script>
