Pan function in WebViewer 3.0

[Jessie Lin]

Hi, 

I am trying to upgrade the WebViewer 3.0 but found out the Pan and Text selection are not in ToolMode options any more.  When I call setToolMode(PDFTron.WebViewer.ToolMode.Pan) to enable Pan, it doesn't work. Also when I click the Pan button on the console, the cursor is changed but the icon button is not active. Please can you explain what's the recent behavior of Pan feature in WebViewer 3.0? Thank you.

Best regards,

Jessie 

[Justin Jung]

Hello Jessie,

That sounds strange. The following code should trigger Pan tool.

readerControl.setToolMode(window.PDFTron.WebViewer.ToolMode.Pan);

Can you reproduce the same issue in showcase?

The new default tool behaviour is that when you hover over text, you will automatically be able to select text without switching to text select tool. Annotation multi-selecting happens when you click and drag. Also, if you hold space bar, pan tool is activated. This is similar to the behaviour in other PDF viewers, such as Acrobat.

Justin Jung

Software Developer

PDFTron Systems Inc.

[Dhaya Benmessaoud]

Hi, I can confirm that "Pan" and "TextSelect" are not available anymore in PDFTron.WebViewer.ToolMode, and it is reflected in the documentation. Is that a mistake or is there another way to trigger those tool modes. As of now we managed to handle every breaking change from 2.2.2 to 3.0.1 but couldn't find a way to set those 2 tool modes.

Regards,

Dhaya

[Justin Jung]

The default tool has been created by merging AnnotationSelect, TextSelect and Pan tools. Normally it stays as AnnotationSelect, but when you hover over text it would auto-switch to TextSelect tool. Also, when you hold space bar, it switches to Pan tool. Did this behaviour work with your default tool?

If you wish to disable the auto-switching between AnnotationSelect and TextSelect tools, you can refer to this post: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/pdfnet-webviewer/ojYlx6L8FFc/4841NA8wBAAJ