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Command Palette
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Available in version 3.4 or later.

Commands #

Use Ctrl + K to invoke the command palette, or click the command-palette button to the left of the SumatraPDF title on the home page:
Command Palette
The command palette is a fast and convenient way to:
  • access all SumatraPDF functionality via commands: the default view and >
  • # : open a file from history
  • @ : switch to another tab
  • & : navigate pages with thumbnails
  • % : jump to a table of contents entry in the current document
  • $ : jump to a favorite (current document’s favorites first, then others)
  • * : jump to an annotation in the current PDF
  • = : change a setting
  • : : combined view (replicates behavior before ver 3.6)
How to use it:
  • press Ctrl + K to show the command palette window
  • enter text to narrow down list of matches
  • Up / Down arrows navigate between matches
  • Page Up / Page Down jump a page of matches
  • Home / End go to the first / last match when the caret is already at the start / end of the query (Ctrl + Home / Ctrl + End always do)
  • Ctrl + A selects the query
  • Ctrl + C copies the selected query text (Ctrl + V pastes into the query)
  • Enter executes the selected match (or double-click it with the mouse)
  • Escape closes the window (or click outside it)
By default, it shows the available commands.

Switching between tabs #

Type @ to switch between open tabs:
Command Palette

File history #

Type # to open a file from the list of previously opened files:
Command Palette

Table of contents #

Type % to jump to a table of contents entry of the current document (or press Shift + F12, which is bound to the CmdCommandPaletteTOC command). That command can also be a toolbar button.
The list shows the fully expanded table of contents, indented to reflect the tree hierarchy. The entry closest to the current page is pre-selected. Type to filter, then Enter (or double-click) to navigate to the selected entry.

Page thumbnails #

Type & to open the thumbnail grid for the current document. The current page is selected initially. Use the arrow keys, Home, End, mouse, or the scrollbar to navigate; Enter opens the selected page and Escape closes the grid.

Favorites #

Type $ to jump to a favorite (bookmark):
Favorites of the current document are listed first, followed by favorites of other documents (labeled with the file name). Type to filter, then Enter (or double-click) to navigate to the selected favorite. Picking a favorite in another document opens that document.
You can bind a keyboard shortcut to open the palette directly in favorites mode with the CmdCommandPaletteFavorites command (see Managing favorites). The same command can be a toolbar button.

Annotations #

Type * to jump to an annotation in the current PDF. * Annotations appears in the mode row once annotations have been collected and the document has at least one. Collection runs in the background the first time the command palette or Find Annotation needs them, and the result is reused (including when there are none).
Rows match the Find Annotation list: type, contents, page number. Filter with the same syntax (:t=text, :a=kjk, :c+, plain words). Enter or double-click selects the annotation and jumps to it.

Settings #

Type = to change a setting without opening Advanced Options. Every setting holding a single value is listed by its dotted name, with its current value on the right; a value that isn’t the default is shown in bold, and those settings are listed first. Type to filter by name or by value. Settings holding a list, and the compact ones like WindowMargin, are only editable in Advanced Options.
Enter on a true / false setting toggles it. Any other setting asks for a value: the query becomes =<name> = <value>, and
  • a setting restricted to a fixed set of values (Toolbar, Scrollbars, PrintScale, …) lists them; type to narrow the list, Enter picks one
  • any other setting takes what you type, starting from the current value
The change takes effect immediately, exactly as if it had been saved from Advanced Options - no restart. You can also type the whole thing at once, e.g. =ZoomIncrement = 25; the name can be the last part of a dotted setting (Units for FixedPageUI.PageGrid.Units) as long as only one setting ends with it.

Combined view #

Type : for a combined view (replicates 3.4 and 3.5 behavior):
Command Palette

Replicate 3.4 and 3.5 behavior #

In 3.6, we changed the default command palette view from combined (:) to commands only (>).
You can replicate pre-3.6 behavior by adding to advanced settings:
Shortcuts [
  [
    Key = Ctrl + K
    Command = CmdCommandPalette :
  ]
]
The default command for the Ctrl + K keyboard shortcut is CmdCommandPalette.
This changes it to CmdCommandPalette :, which replicates 3.4⁄3.5 behavior.
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