[Enhancement]: More controls for PDF viewer #961

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opened 2025-10-14 18:12:40 -06:00 by navan · 0 comments

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Originally created by @adityachandelgit on 11/22/2024

Type of Enhancement

Web Interface/Frontend

Describe the Feature/Enhancement

The author has noted that Audiobookshelf currently utilizes PDF.js for rendering PDF files. However, the customization options are quite limited—you can only zoom in and out of the page. Features like two-page viewing, vertical or horizontal scrolling, and other advanced viewing options, as seen in Calibre-Web's PDF viewer, are not available.

Are there any plans to introduce or enable these features in Audiobookshelf?

Why would this be helpful?

This is make pdf viewing experience a whole lot better.

Future Implementation (Screenshot)

This is how calibre-web's pdf viewer looks like. It is also using pdf.js

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0967f449-85e3-443b-aab7-3e781a60be7b

Audiobookshelf Server Version

v2.17.2

Current Implementation (Screenshot)

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c641be43-e675-411d-b3dd-b6a9e9967eb3

*Originally created by @adityachandelgit on 11/22/2024* ### Type of Enhancement Web Interface/Frontend ### Describe the Feature/Enhancement The author has noted that Audiobookshelf currently utilizes PDF.js for rendering PDF files. However, the customization options are quite limited—you can only zoom in and out of the page. Features like two-page viewing, vertical or horizontal scrolling, and other advanced viewing options, as seen in Calibre-Web's PDF viewer, are not available. Are there any plans to introduce or enable these features in Audiobookshelf? ### Why would this be helpful? This is make pdf viewing experience a whole lot better. ### Future Implementation (Screenshot) This is how calibre-web's pdf viewer looks like. It is also using pdf.js https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0967f449-85e3-443b-aab7-3e781a60be7b ### Audiobookshelf Server Version v2.17.2 ### Current Implementation (Screenshot) https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c641be43-e675-411d-b3dd-b6a9e9967eb3