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Cursor Modes

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The PDF Viewer has the following cursor modes:

Mode Example Description How to Activate
Select Tool select-cursor Used to select text and images in a document. Right-click within the document and select Select Tool in the context menu or set the PdfViewerControl.CursorMode property to SelectTool.
Hand Tool PDF_Hand Used for navigation. Move the mouse while pressing the left button to navigate through the document. Drag the mouse pointer to scroll the document. Right-click within the document and select Hand Tool in the context menu or set the PdfViewerControl.CursorMode property to HandTool.
Marquee Zoom Tool PDF_Marquee Used to change the zoom level and view a particular part of the page. Click to increase the zoom level, or click while pressing the Ctrl key to decrease the zoom level. Drag a rectangle around the page portion to zoom in on it. Right-click within the document and select Marquee Zoom in the context menu or set the PdfViewer.CursorMode property to MarqueeZoom.
Text Markup Tools HighlightTextTool Used to highlight, underline or strike out text. Click one of the Text ribbon group buttons on the Comment tab or set the PdfViewerControl.CursorMode to TextHighlightTool, TextStrikethroughTool, or TextUnderlineTool.
Sticky Note tool image Used to create text annotations or sticky notes. Click Sticky Note on the Comment ribbon tab or set the PdfViewerControl.CursorMode to StickyNoteTool.