Bug 490565

Summary: Page navigator: Back Arrow after following a pdf Link
Product: [Applications] okular Reporter: Leonard Mada <leo.mada>
Component: generalAssignee: Okular developers <okular-devel>
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG    
Severity: normal CC: aacid
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 23.08.1   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Microsoft Windows   
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Description Leonard Mada 2024-07-20 15:50:23 UTC 
SUMMARY
Back Arrow/Command after following a pdf Link

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Click on a link in a pdf document (e.g. a reference)
2. Okular jumps to the coresponding page
3. There is no easy way to return back to the previous page/position

OBSERVED RESULT
User will have to scroll manually to the initial page.

EXPECTED RESULT
Implement in the page navigator another arrow to jump "Back" at the initial page:
Navigator: "Previous Page", "Page number", "Next oage", "Back Arrow"
- the "Back Arrow" would get activated if the user followed a link in the pdf document;

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 10

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Leonard Mada 2024-08-03 23:21:05 UTC 
Some example pdf's with references that can be clicked are attached to the following bug reports:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=490513
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=491221

Open anyone of the pdf's and click on one of the references (numeric in one pdf and year in the other one). After reading the reference details, the user usually wants to return back to the page where he left from.
Comment 2 Albert Astals Cid 2024-08-05 22:33:43 UTC 
Just do Go->Back?
Comment 3 Leonard Mada 2024-08-06 16:48:24 UTC 
Indeed, the functionality is available in the Menu: Go/Back.

I somehow missed this functionality. Maybe because you still need to scroll a little bit (the link is not perfect in some articles).

Although, the requested functionality is still usefull:
- as a "Back" arrow/button on the navigation toolbar (as the title sugests);
- this "Back" button should store the last position before clicking a link (a reference-link, but may be useful for other links as well);
Comment 4 Albert Astals Cid 2024-08-06 17:36:52 UTC 
You can add back to the toolbar if you want, use the toolbar editing dialog for that.