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PDF Viewer Toolbar Commands

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The built-in PDF viewer toolbars allow you to show a search box, switch display modes, navigate between pages and edit the document. If the default toolbars do not meet your requirements, you can set ShowToolbar and ShowEditToolbar to false to hide them. To implement a custom toolbar, you can use PDF viewer commands listed below:

Show, Share and Close Commands

ShowOpenFileDialog
Returns the command that invokes the file explorer to select a PDF file to open.
ShowSaveFileDialog
Returns the command that invokes the system file picker dialog to save the current PDF document.
ShareDocument
Returns the command that invokes a share UI prompting the user to choose an app to share with.
CloseDocument
Returns the command that closes the document.
GoToFirstPage
Returns the command that navigates the document to the first page.
GoToLastPage
Returns the command that navigates the document to the last page.
GoToNextPage
Returns the command that navigates the document to the next page.
GoToPreviousPage
Returns the command that navigates the document to the previous page.

Search Commands

SearchBackward
Returns the command that searches the text string passed in parameters backward in the document starting from the previous page.
SearchForward
Returns the command that searches the text string passed in parameters forward in the document starting from the current page.
PrintDocument
Returns the command that invokes the system print dialog.

Open Outlines, Thumbnails and Annotations Pages

ToggleOutlines
Returns the command that invokes the built-in Outlines page.
ToggleThumbnails
Returns the command that invokes the built-in Thumbnails page.
ToggleAnnotations
Returns the command that invokes the built-in Annotations page.

Zoom Commands

ZoomIn
Returns the command that zooms in the current document.
ZoomOut
Returns the command that zooms out of the current document.

Selection Commands

ClearSelection
Returns the command that resets the selection.
CopySelection
Returns the command that copies the selected content to the clipboard.

Text Effect Commands

HighlightSelectedText
Returns the command that highlights selected text with a filled rectangle.
SquiggleSelectedText
Returns the command that underlines selected text with a squiggle line.
StrikethroughSelectedText
Returns the command that applies strikethrough to selected text.
UnderlineSelectedText
Returns the command that underlines selected text with a straight line.

Annotation Commands

DeleteSelectedAnnotation
Returns the command that removes the selected annotation.
SelectNextAnnotation
Returns the command that selects the next annotation in the current document.
SelectPreviousAnnotation
Returns the command that selects the previous annotation in the current document.
ToggleAnnotations
Returns the command that invokes the built-in Annotations page.

Example

The following example implements a custom toolbar that allows users to invoke the system file explorer:

<Grid RowDefinitions="40,*">
    <dx:DXToolbar Grid.Row="0">
        <dx:ToolbarButton Icon="open" Command="{Binding Commands.ShowOpenFileDialog, Source={x:Reference pdfViewer}}"/>
    </dx:DXToolbar>
    <dx:PdfViewer x:Name="pdfViewer" Grid.Row="1" ShowToolbar="False"/>
</Grid>