Man page 1 : xpdf

left/right arrow buttons

    Move to the previous/next page.

double left/right arrow buttons

    Move backward or forward by ten pages.

dashed left/right arrow buttons

    Move backward or forward along the history path.

'Page' entry box

    Move to a specific page number. Click in the box to activate it, type the page number, then hit return.

zoom popup menu

    Change the zoom factor (see the description of the -z option above).

binoculars button

    Find a text string.

print button

    Bring up a dialog for generating a PostScript file. The dialog has options to set the pages to be printed and the PostScript file name. The file name can be '-' for stdout or '|command' to pipe the PostScript through a command, e.g., '|lpr'.

'?' button

    Bring up the 'about xpdf' window.

link info

    The space between the '?' and 'Quit' buttons is used to show the URL or external file name when the mouse is over a link.

'Quit' button

    Quit xpdf.

Pressing the right mouse button will post a popup menu with the following commands:

Open...

    Open a new PDF file via a file requester.

Open in new window...

    Create a new window and open a new PDF file via a file requester.

Reload

    Reload the current PDF file. Note that Xpdf will reload the file automatically (on a page change or redraw) if it has changed since it was last loaded.

Save as...

    Save the current file via a file requester.

Continuous view

    Toggles between single page and continuous view modes.

Rotate counterclockwise

    Rotate the page 90 degrees counterclockwise.

Rotate clockwise

    Rotate the page 90 degrees clockwise. The two rotate commands are intended primarily for PDF files where the rotation isn't correctly specified in the file.

Zoom to selection

    Zoom in to the currently selected rectangle.

Close

    Close the current window. If this is the only open window, the document is closed, but the window is left open (i.e., this menu command won't quit xpdf).

Quit

    Quit xpdf.

If the PDF contains an outline (a.k.a., bookmarks), there will be an outline pane on the left side of the window. The width of the outline pane is adjustable with a vertical split bar via the knob near its bottom end.

Dragging the mouse with the left button held down will highlight an arbitrary rectangle. Any text inside this rectangle will be copied to the X selection buffer.

Clicking on a hyperlink will jump to the link's destination. A link to another PDF document will make xpdf load that document. A 'launch' link to an executable program will display a dialog, and if you click 'ok', execute the program. URL links call an external command (see the

WEB BROWSERS section below).

Dragging the mouse with the middle button held down pans the window.

o

    Open a new PDF file via a file requester.

r

    Reload the current PDF file. Note that Xpdf will reload the file automatically (on a page change or redraw) if it has changed since it was last loaded.

control-L

    Redraw the current page.

control-W

    Close the current window.

f or control-F

    Find a text string.

control-G

    Find next occurrence.

control-P

    Print.

n

    Move to the next page. Scrolls to the top of the page, unless scroll lock is turned on.

p

    Move to the previous page. Scrolls to the top of the page, unless scroll lock is turned on.

R <Space>

    Scroll down on the current page; if already at bottom, move to next page.

R <Backspace>

    Scroll up on the current page; if already at top, move to previous page.

v

    Move forward along the history path.

b

    Move backward along the history path.

<Home>

    Scroll to top of current page.

<End>

    Scroll to bottom of current page.

control-<Home>

    Scroll to first page of document.

control-<End>

    Scroll to last page of document.

arrows

    Scroll the current page.

g

    Activate the page number text field ("goto page").

0

    Set the zoom factor to 125% (ready for increment and decrement).

+

    Zoom in (increment the zoom factor by 1).

-

    Zoom out (decrement the zoom factor by 1).

z

    Set the zoom factor to 'page' (fit page to window).

w

    Set the zoom factor to 'width' (fit page width to window).

h

    Set the zoom factor to 'height' (fit page height to window).

alt-F

    Toggle full-screen mode.

q

    Quit xpdf.

The following commands are supported:

• gotoPage( page )
      Go to the specified page.
• gotoPageNoScroll( page )
      Go to the specified page, with the current relative scroll position.
• gotoDest( dest )
      Go to a named destination.

gotoLastPage

    Go to the last page in the PDF file.

gotoLastPageNoScroll

    Go to the last page in the PDF file, with the current relative scroll position.

nextPage

    Go to the next page.

nextPageNoScroll

    Go to the next page, with the current relative scroll position.

prevPage

    Go to the previous page.

prevPageNoScroll

    Go to the previous page, with the current relative scroll position.

pageUp

    Scroll up by one screenful.

pageDown

    Scroll down by one screenful.

• scrollLeft( n )
      Scroll left by npixels.
• scrollRight( n )
      Scroll right by npixels.
• scrollUp( n )
      Scroll up by npixels.
• scrollDown( n )
      Scroll down by npixels.
• scrollUpPrevPage( n )
      Scroll up by npixels, moving to the previous page if appropriate.
• scrollDownPrevPage( n )
      Scroll down by npixels, moving to the next page if appropriate.

scrollToTopEdge

    Scroll to the top edge of the current page, with no horizontal movement.

scrollToBottomEdge

    Scroll to the bottom edge of the current page, with no horizontal movement.

scrollToLeftEdge

    Scroll to the left edge of the current page, with no vertical movement.

scrollToRightEdge

    Scroll to the right edge of the current page, with no vertical movement.

scrollToTopLeft

    Scroll to the top-left corner of the current page.

scrollToBottomRight

    Scroll to the bottom-right corner of the current page.

goForward

    Move forward along the history path.

goBackward

    Move backward along the history path.

• zoomPercent( z )
      Set the zoom factor to z %.

zoomFitPage

    Set the zoom factor to fit-page.

zoomFitWidth

    Set the zoom factor to fit-width.

zoomFitHeight

    Set the zoom factor to fit-height.

zoomIn

    Zoom in - go to the next higher zoom factor.

zoomOut

    Zoom out - go the next lower zoom factor.

continuousMode

    Go to continuous view mode.

singlePageMode

    Go to single-page view mode.

toggleContinuousMode

    Toggle between continuous and single page view modes.

fullScreenMode

    Go to full-screen mode.

windowMode

    Go to window (non-full-screen) mode.

toggleFullScreenMode

    Toggle between full-screen and window modes.

open

    Open a PDF file in this window, using the open dialog.

openInNewWin

    Open a PDF file in a new window, using the open dialog.

• openFile( file )
      Open a specified PDF file in this window.
• openFileInNewWin( file )
      Open a specified PDF file in a new window.
• openFileAtDest( file , dest )
      Open a specified PDF file in this window and go to a named destination.
• openFileAtDestInNewWin( file , dest )
      Open a specified PDF file in a new window and go to a named destination.

reload

    Reload the current PDF file.

redraw

    Redraw the window.

raise

    Raise the window to the front.

closeWindow

    Close the window.

• run( external-command-string )
      Run an external command. The following escapes are allowed in the command string:

    %f => PDF file name (or an empty string if no
          file is open)
    %b => PDF file base name, i.e., file name minus
          the extension (or an empty string if no
          file is open)
    %u => link URL (or an empty string if not over
          a URL link)
    %x => selection upper-left x coordinate
          (or 0 if there is no selection)
    %y => selection upper-left y coordinate
          (or 0 if there is no selection)
    %X => selection lower-right x coordinate
          (or 0 if there is no selection)
    %Y => selection lower-right y coordinate
          (or 0 if there is no selection)
    %% => %

openOutline

    Open the outline pane.

closeOutline

    Close the outline pane.

toggleOutline

    Toggle the outline pane between open and closed.

• scrollOutlineDown( n )
      Scroll the outline down by nincrements.
• scrollOutlineUp( n )
      Scroll the outline up by nincrements.

focusToDocWin

    Set the keyboard focus to the main document window.

focusToPageNum

    Set the keyboard focus to the page number text box.

find

    Open the 'find' dialog.

findNext

    Finds the next occurrence of the search string (no dialog).

print

    Open the 'print' dialog.

about

    Open the 'about' dialog.

quit

    Quit from xpdf.

The following commands depend on the current mouse position:

startSelection

    Start a selection, which will be extended as the mouse moves.

endSelection

    End a selection.

startPan

    Start a pan, which will scroll the document as the mouse moves

endPan

    End a pan.

postPopupMenu

    Display the popup menu.

followLink

    Follow a hyperlink (does nothing if the mouse is not over a link).

followLinkInNewWin

    Follow a hyperlink, opening PDF files in a new window (does nothing if the mouse is not over a link). For links to non-PDF files, this command is identical to followLink.

followLinkNoSel

    Same as followLink, but does nothing if there is a non-empty selection. (This is useful as a mouse button binding.)

followLinkInNewWinNoSel

    Same as followLinkInNewWin, but does nothing if there is a non-empty selection. (This is useful as a mouse button binding.)

The default mouse bindings are as follows:

    bind mousePress1    any         startSelection
    bind mouseRelease1  any         endSelection followLinkNoSel
    bind mousePress2    any         startPan
    bind mouseRelease2  any         endPan
    bind mousePress3    any         postPopupMenu
    bind mousePress4    any         scrollUpPrevPage(16)
    bind mousePress5    any         scrollDownNextPage(16)
    bind mousePress6    any         scrollLeft(16)
    bind mousePress7    any         scrollRight(16)

The default key bindings are as follows:

    bind ctrl-home      any         gotoPage(1)
    bind home           any         scrollToTopLeft
    bind ctrl-end       any         gotoLastPage
    bind end            any         scrollToBottomRight
    bind pgup           any         pageUp
    bind backspace      any         pageUp
    bind delete         any         pageUp
    bind pgdn           any         pageDown
    bind space          any         pageDown
    bind left           any         scrollLeft(16)
    bind right          any         scrollRight(16)
    bind up             any         scrollUp(16)
    bind down           any         scrollDown(16)
    bind o              any         open
    bind O              any         open
    bind r              any         reload
    bind R              any         reload
    bind f              any         find
    bind F              any         find
    bind ctrl-f         any         find
    bind ctrl-g         any         findNext
    bind ctrl-p         any         print
    bind n              scrLockOff  nextPage
    bind N              scrLockOff  nextPage
    bind n              scrLockOn   nextPageNoScroll
    bind N              scrLockOn   nextPageNoScroll
    bind p              scrLockOff  prevPage
    bind P              scrLockOff  prevPage
    bind p              scrLockOn   prevPageNoScroll
    bind P              scrLockOn   prevPageNoScroll
    bind v              any         goForward
    bind b              any         goBackward
    bind g              any         focusToPageNum
    bind 0              any         zoomPercent(125)
    bind +              any         zoomIn
    bind -              any         zoomOut
    bind z              any         zoomFitPage
    bind w              any         zoomFitWidth
    bind h              any         zoomFitHeight
    bind alt-f          any         toggleFullScreenMode
    bind ctrl-l         any         redraw
    bind ctrl-w         any         closeWindow
    bind ?              any         about
    bind q              any         quit
    bind Q              any         quit

Previous versions of xpdf included a "viKeys" X resource. It is no longer available, but the following bindings are equivalent:

    bind h any scrollLeft(16)
    bind l any scrollRight(16)
    bind k any scrollUp(16)
    bind j any scrollDown(16)