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DisableAntiAlias advanced setting and CmdToggleAntiAlias commandCmdShowAnnotations, CmdHideAnnotations, CmdToggleShowAnnotations commands for temporarily hiding / showing annotationsCmdToggleInverseSearch to temporarily disable mouse click invoking tex inverse searchbgcolor, opacity, textsize, borderWidth arguments to CmdCreateAnnot* commandsAnnotations.FreeTextBackgroundColor and Annotations.FreeTextOpacity advanced settingsHomePageSortByFrequentlyRead = true to revert to pre-3.6 behavior of sorting by frequency of use.: we show everything (like in 3.5)#), you can press Delete to remove the entry from historyF1 to launch browser with documentation)LazyLoading advanced setting, defaults to true. When restoring a session lazy loading delays loading a file until its tab is selected. Makes SumatraPDF startup faster.Ctrl + K):
CmdCloseAllTabs : "Close All Tabs"CmdCloseTabsToTheLeft : "Close Tabs To The Left"CmdDeleteFile: "Delete File"CmdToggleFrequentlyRead : "Toggle Frequently Read"CmdToggleLinks : "Toggle Show Links"CmdInvokeInverseSearchCmdMoveTabRight (Ctrl + Shift + PageUp), CmdMoveTabLeft (Ctrl + Shift + PageDown) to move tabs left / right, like in ChromeShortcuts:
CmdCreateAnnot* commands take a color argument, openedit to automatically open edit annotations window when creating an annotation, copytoclipboard to copy selection to clipboard and setcontent to set contents of annotation to selectionCmdScrollDown, CmdScrollUp : integer argument, how many lines to scrollCmdGoToNextPage, CmdGoToPrevPage : integer argument, how many pages to advanceCmdNextTabSmart, CmdPrevTabSmart (Smart Tab Switch), shortcut: Ctrl + Tab, Ctrl + Shift + TabUIFontSize advanced settingTreeFontWeightOffset advanced settingShowLinks advanced setting and "Toggle Show Links" (CmdToggleLinks) for command paletteReuseInstance setting to trueKey arg to ExternalViewers advanced setting (keyboard shortcut)Key arg to SelectionHandlers advanced setting (keyboard shortcut)Ctrl is pressed will always open in new tab (vs. activating existing tab).webp filesCmdCreateAnnotHighlight etc. no longer copies selection to clipboard by default. To get that behavior back, you can use copytoclipboard argument instead.Ctrl + Tab is now CmdNextTabSmart, was CmdNextTab. Ctrl + Shift + Tab is now CmdPrevTabSmart, was CmdPrevTab. You can re-bind it if you prefer old behaviorCmdCommandPalette takes optional mode argument: @ for tab selection, # for selecting from file history and > for commands.CmdCommandPalette only shows commands. Because of that removed CmdCommandPaletteNoFiles because now CmdCommandPalette behaves like itCmdCommandPaletteOnlyTabs, replaced by CmdCommandPaletteNoFiles @Ctrl + Shift + K no longer active, use Ctrl + K. You can restore this shortcut by binding it to CmdCommandPalette > command.Name field for shortcuts. If given, the command will show up in Command Palette (Ctrl + K)i is now CmdTogglePageInfo, I is CmdInvertColors. Several people were confused by accidentally typing i to invert colors, is less likely to type it accidentallyThemes section. See docs.CmdDuplicateInNewTab (Open Current Document In New Tab) commandSettings / Theme or Ctrl + K command Select next theme)
you can use i (invert colors) to match the background / text color of rendered
PDF document. Due to technical limitations, it doesn't work well with imagesi (invert colors) is remembered in settingsCmdEditAnnotations select annotation under cursor and open annotation edit windowCmdShowCursorPosition => CmdToggleCursorPositionAnnotations [ FreeTextColor, FreeTextSize, FreeTextBorderWidth ] settingsCtrl + click to select annotation and then move via drag & dropCmdCommandPaletteOnlyTabs command with Alt + K shortcut.avif images (including inside .cbz/,cbr files)exif metadata in .jpeg and .png images/A "page=<pageno>#nameddest=<dest>search=<string>Next Tab / Prev Tab commands with Ctrl + PageUp / Ctrl + PageDown shortcutsNoHomeTab advanced option to disable thatnext file in folder / prev file in folder commands>, only show commands, not files (like in Visual Studio Code)reopen last closed command (Ctrl + Shift + T, like in web browsers)clear history commandCmdOpenWithExplorer, CmdOpenWithDirectoryOpus, CmdOpenWithTotalCommander, CmdOpenWithDoubleCommander commandsCmdCloseOtherTabs, CmdCloseTabsToTheRight commands from command palettePgUp / PgDown and a few more in keyboard shortcuts-disable-auto-rotation cmd-line print option-dde cmd-line optionHOME and END in find edit fieldBackspace in edit fieldCopy Image context menu for comic book files-set-color-range and -bg-color replacing MainWindowBackground-all-users cmd-line arg for system-wide installAnnotations.TextIconColor and TextIconType advanced settingsAnnotations.UnderlineColor advanced settingAnnotations.DefaultAuthor advanced settingi keyboard shortcuts inverts document colors Shift + i does what i used to do i.e. show page numberu and Shift + u keyboard shortcuts adds underline annotation for currently selected textDelete / Backspace keyboard shortcuts delete an annotation under mouse cursor.svg files-search cmd-line option and [Search("<file>", "<search-term>")] DDE command.heic image files (if Windows heic codec is installed)SmoothScroll advanced setting).chm filesadded support for adding / removing / editing annotations in PDF files. Read the tutorial
new toolbar
added ability to hide scrollbar (more screen space for the document). Use right-click context menu.
add -paperkind=${num} printing option (checkin)
Minor improvements and bug-fixes:
TreeFontSize = 12.ps files.xps filesfb2.zip files (#1657)Alt + Space opens a sys menuThis release upgrades the core PDF parsing and rendering library mupdf to the latest version. This fixes PDF rendering bugs and improves performance.
Added support for multiple windows with tabs:
File / New Window (Ctrl-n) which opens a new windowCtrl-Shift-n shortcut opens current file in a new window. The same file is now opened in 2 windows that you can re-arrange as needed-new-window cmd-line option will open the document in new windowSHIFT when drag&dropping files from Explorer (and other apps), the file will be opened in a new windowImproved management of favorites:
This release no longer supports Windows XP. Latest version that support XP is 3.1.2 that you can download from
https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/download-prev.html
RestoreSession advanced settingF11 : Fullscreen mode (still also Ctrl + Shift + L)F5 : Presentation mode (also Shift + F11, still also Ctrl + L)m to start. Keep pressing m to change measurement unitsFullPathInTitle, UseSysColors (no longer exposed through the Options dialog), UseTabsCtrl + PgDn, Ctrl + Right : go to next pageCtrl + PgUp, Ctrl + Left : go to previous pageShowMenuBar, ReloadModifiedDocuments, CustomScreenDPICtrl-L)F9 - show/hide menu (not remembered after quitting)F8 - show/hide toolbarCtrl-Up : page upCtrl-Down : page down-manga-mode [1|true|0|false] for proper display of manga comic books.mobi files from command line.mobi files at once-named-dest also matches strings in table of contentsCtrl + Shift + Right opens next PDF document in the current folder, Ctrl + Shift + Left opens previous document)-title cmd-line option was removedCtrl-C to copy it to a clipboardShift + Left Mouse now scrolls the document, Ctrl + Left mouse still creates a rectangular selection (for copying images)c shortcut toggles continuous mode+ / * on the numeric keyboard now do zoom and rotationCtrl-Y as a shortcut for Custom ZoomCtrl-A as a shortcut for Select All TextCtrl + and Ctrl – as shortcuts for zooming (matches Adobe Reader)Cancel when entering a password-restrict and -title cmd-line options (contributed by Matthew Wilcoxson)Ctrl-P as print shortcutF11 as full-screen shortcut-nameddest command-line option and DDE commands for jumping to named destination (contributed by Alexander Klenin)-reuse-instance command-line option (contributed by William Blum)-lang $lang-print-dialog (contributed by Peter Astrand)-esc-to-exit-bgcolor $color.pdf extension registration on Vistar keybinding for reloading currently open PDF fileCtrl-Shift-+ and Ctrl-Shift-- keybindings to rotate clockwise and counter-clockwise (just like Acrobat Reader)prefs.txt to sumatrapdfprefs.txt