[Okular-devel] Feature Request - check box to place odd pages on left or right in dual view

Albert Astals Cid aacid at kde.org
Sat Feb 20 00:37:17 CET 2010


A Divendres, 12 de febrer de 2010, Aiden Deem va escriure:
> To the Okular developers,
> 
> I would like to request a new feature that I believe is essential.
> In dual mode, there should be a toolbar option to select whether odd
> pages appear on the left with even pages on the right, or vice versa.
> 
> I often have to view tables that span two opposing pages. Dual view is
> obviously designed for such a need. However, if pages 1 and 2 appear
> together in dual view, but it is intended for pages 2 and 3 to appear
> together, I cannot view the table as opposing pages.
> 
> The default algorithm in Okular is to place together in dual view the
> very 1st page on the left of the second page. Evince, on the other hand,
> places the very first place alone on the right. Evince's default makes
> sense if the pdf pages match exactly with the pages of a published book.
> However, often pdfs are created by merging 2 or more documents. For
> example, annual reports of companies often come attached with a single
> page cover letter, which disturbes the matching of pages in dual view.
> There is no single algorithm that could know whether a cover page is
> attached or not. Lucky for me, I can choose to use either evince or
> Okular depending on whether I want odd pages on the left (as in Okular),
> or on the right (as in evince).
> 
> In summary, It would be nice to see a check box placed on the view
> toolbar to quickly choose whether odd pages appear on the left, or else
> on the right, in dual view.

You want "Settings -> Configure Okular -> General -> View Options -> Center 
first page".

Albert

> 
> I am a relatively new user to Okular, previously I used evince.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Aiden
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