Navigation in React Pdfviewer component

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The PDF Viewer supports several internal and external navigation options.

The default toolbar of the PDF Viewer contains the following page navigation options:

Go to page: Navigate to a specific page of a PDF document.
Show next page: Navigate to the next page.
Show previous page: Navigate to the previous page.
Show first page: Navigate to the first page.
Show last page: Navigate to the last page.

Enable or disable page navigation in the PDF Viewer using the following code snippet.

Standalone
Server-Backed
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import * as React from 'react';
import './index.css';
import { PdfViewerComponent, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView,
         ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch, Annotation, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-pdfviewer';

function App() {
    return (<div>
    <div className='control-section'>
    {/* Render the PDF Viewer */}
      <PdfViewerComponent
        id="container"
        documentPath="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/content/pdf/pdf-succinctly.pdf"
        resourceUrl="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/31.2.2/dist/ej2-pdfviewer-lib"
        enableNavigation={true}
        style={{ 'height': '640px' }}>

              <Inject services={[ Toolbar, Annotation, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation,
                                  BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch ]} />
      </PdfViewerComponent>
    </div>
  </div>);
}
const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('sample'));
root.render(<App />);
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import * as React from 'react';
import './index.css';
import { PdfViewerComponent, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView,
         ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch, Annotation, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-pdfviewer';

function App() {
    return (<div>
    <div className='control-section'>
    {/* Render the PDF Viewer */}
      <PdfViewerComponent
        id="container"
        documentPath="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/content/pdf/pdf-succinctly.pdf"
        enableNavigation={true}
        serviceUrl="https://document.syncfusion.com/web-services/pdf-viewer/api/pdfviewer"
        style={{ 'height': '640px' }}>

              <Inject services={[ Toolbar, Annotation, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation,
                                  BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch ]} />
      </PdfViewerComponent>
    </div>
  </div>);
}
const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('sample'));
root.render(<App />);

PDF Viewer page navigation toolbar

Bookmarks embedded in PDF files are loaded for quick navigation. Enable or disable bookmark navigation using the following code snippet.

Standalone
Server-Backed
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import * as React from 'react';
import './index.css';
import { PdfViewerComponent, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView,
         ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch, Annotation, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-pdfviewer';

function App() {
    return (<div>
    <div className='control-section'>
    {/* Render the PDF Viewer */}
      <PdfViewerComponent
        id="container"
        documentPath="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/content/pdf/pdf-succinctly.pdf"
        resourceUrl="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/31.2.2/dist/ej2-pdfviewer-lib"
        enableBookmark={true}
        style={{ 'height': '640px' }}>

              <Inject services={[ Toolbar, Annotation, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation,
                                  BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch ]} />
      </PdfViewerComponent>
    </div>
  </div>);
}
const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('sample'));
root.render(<App />);
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import * as React from 'react';
import './index.css';
import { PdfViewerComponent, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView,
         ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch, Annotation, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-pdfviewer';

function App() {
    return (<div>
    <div className='control-section'>
    {/* Render the PDF Viewer */}
      <PdfViewerComponent
        id="container"
        documentPath="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/content/pdf/pdf-succinctly.pdf"
        enableBookmark={true}
        serviceUrl="https://document.syncfusion.com/web-services/pdf-viewer/api/pdfviewer"
        style={{ 'height': '640px' }}>

              <Inject services={[ Toolbar, Annotation, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation,
                                  BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch ]} />
      </PdfViewerComponent>
    </div>
  </div>);
}
const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('sample'));
root.render(<App />);

PDF Viewer bookmark panel

Thumbnails are miniature representations of the pages in a PDF. This feature displays page thumbnails and enables quick navigation. Enable or disable thumbnail navigation using the following code snippet.

Standalone
Server-Backed
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import * as React from 'react';
import './index.css';
import { PdfViewerComponent, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView,
         ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch, Annotation, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-pdfviewer';

function App() {

  return (<div>
    <div className='control-section'>
    {/* Render the PDF Viewer */}
      <PdfViewerComponent
        id="container"
        documentPath="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/content/pdf/pdf-succinctly.pdf"
        resourceUrl="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/31.2.2/dist/ej2-pdfviewer-lib"
        enableThumbnail={true}
        style={{ 'height': '640px' }}>

              <Inject services={[ Toolbar, Annotation, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation,
                                  BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch ]} />
      </PdfViewerComponent>
    </div>
  </div>);
}
const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('sample'));
root.render(<App />);
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import * as React from 'react';
import './index.css';
import { PdfViewerComponent, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView,
         ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch, Annotation, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-pdfviewer';

function App() {

  return (<div>
    <div className='control-section'>
    {/* Render the PDF Viewer */}
      <PdfViewerComponent
        id="container"
        documentPath="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/content/pdf/pdf-succinctly.pdf"
        enableThumbnail={true}
        serviceUrl="https://document.syncfusion.com/web-services/pdf-viewer/api/pdfviewer"
        style={{ 'height': '640px' }}>

              <Inject services={[ Toolbar, Annotation, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation,
                                  BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch ]} />
      </PdfViewerComponent>
    </div>
  </div>);
}
const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('sample'));
root.render(<App />);

Hyperlink navigation enables navigation to external URLs contained in a PDF file.

PDF Viewer hyperlink navigation example

Table of contents navigation lets users jump to sections listed in a PDF’s table of contents.

Enable or disable link navigation using the following code snippet.

Standalone
Server-Backed
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import * as React from 'react';
import './index.css';
import { PdfViewerComponent, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView,
         ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch, Annotation, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-pdfviewer';

function App() {

  return (<div>
    <div className='control-section'>
    {/* Render the PDF Viewer */}
      <PdfViewerComponent
        id="container"
        documentPath="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/content/pdf/pdf-succinctly.pdf"
        resourceUrl="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/31.2.2/dist/ej2-pdfviewer-lib"
        enableHyperlink={true}
        style={{ 'height': '640px' }}>

              <Inject services={[ Toolbar, Annotation, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation,
                                  BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch ]} />
      </PdfViewerComponent>
    </div>
  </div>);
}
const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('sample'));
root.render(<App />);
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import * as React from 'react';
import './index.css';
import { PdfViewerComponent, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView,
         ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch, Annotation, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-pdfviewer';

function App() {

  return (<div>
    <div className='control-section'>
    {/* Render the PDF Viewer */}
      <PdfViewerComponent
        id="container"
        documentPath="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/content/pdf/pdf-succinctly.pdf"
        enableHyperlink={true}
        serviceUrl="https://document.syncfusion.com/web-services/pdf-viewer/api/pdfviewer"
        style={{ 'height': '640px' }}>

              <Inject services={[ Toolbar, Annotation, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation,
                                  BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch ]} />
      </PdfViewerComponent>
    </div>
  </div>);
}
const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('sample'));
root.render(<App />);

Change the hyperlink open state using the following code snippet.

Standalone
Server-Backed
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import * as React from 'react';
import './index.css';
import { PdfViewerComponent, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView,
         ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch, Annotation, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-pdfviewer';

function App() {

  return (<div>
    <div className='control-section'>
    {/* Render the PDF Viewer */}
      <PdfViewerComponent
        id="container"
        documentPath="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/content/pdf/pdf-succinctly.pdf"
        resourceUrl="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/31.2.2/dist/ej2-pdfviewer-lib"
        enableHyperlink="true"
        hyperlinkOpenState="NewTab"
        style={{ 'height': '640px' }}>

              <Inject services={[ Toolbar, Annotation, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation,
                                  BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch ]} />
      </PdfViewerComponent>
    </div>
  </div>);
}
const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('sample'));
root.render(<App />);
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import * as React from 'react';
import './index.css';
import { PdfViewerComponent, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView,
         ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch, Annotation, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-pdfviewer';

function App() {

  return (<div>
    <div className='control-section'>
    {/* Render the PDF Viewer */}
      <PdfViewerComponent
        id="container"
        documentPath="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/content/pdf/pdf-succinctly.pdf"
        enableHyperlink="true"
        hyperlinkOpenState="NewTab"
        serviceUrl="https://document.syncfusion.com/web-services/pdf-viewer/api/pdfviewer"
        style={{ 'height': '640px' }}>

              <Inject services={[ Toolbar, Annotation, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation,
                                  BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch ]} />
      </PdfViewerComponent>
    </div>
  </div>);
}
const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('sample'));
root.render(<App />);

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