[okular] [Bug 421984] Add adress bar, w current page ie [path/to/doc/doc.pdf#page=43], use as a link

[David Hurka]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=421984

--- Comment #3 from David Hurka <david.hurka at mailbox.org> ---
(In reply to 9juhnke from comment #2)
> An address bar is a dialog box,
> you can add or remove something. In my opinion, the possibilities
> listed are monolog fields, either-or-fields, and widely dispersed.

I doubt that non-germans understand that (dialog-monolog). 9juhnke probably
wants to say that the file dialog is usually not shown while viewing the
document, but only for the short moment you actually use this dialog.

> I work with long documents. It says in the text: see page 443. When I do
> that, I can hardly find my original page afterwards, I want to continue
> where I was originally. I would like to be able to click "Open in new
> window" without leaving my current position.

You mean the typical web browser behavior: middle-click on an internal link ->
same document opens in a new tab? I think that would be a nice feature request.
I don’t understand why an address bar would be better.

> In modern browsers, it is also used to enter a search phrase.

I am not convinced that this makes sense. There is already a dedicated search
bar (Ctrl-F). Or do you mean global search? I think that is out of scope for
Okular.

> Or do many other wonderful, simple and useful things with it.

I don’t see the useful potential in an address bar right now. Maybe someone
else does, and likes to implement it. It shouldn’t be very difficult. The Shell
needs to listen to the current page of the Part, I don’t know whether that is
possible yet. In general it works, Konqueror demonstrates that.

> It says in the text: see page 443. When I do
> that, I can hardly find my original page afterwards,

Maybe you are interested in Bug 169847, and can contibute your ideas on how to
navigate such documents.

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