Bug 515227

Summary:	FEATURE REQUEST: Ability to save images in a pdf
Product:	[Applications] okular	Reporter:	mortified1550
Component:	general	Assignee:	Okular developers <okular-devel>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	hosssam.sabeer
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	25.12.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description mortified1550 2026-01-28 23:10:41 UTC

FEATURE REQUEST: Ability to save images in a pdf

Some pdf files have images embedded, and I would like to be able to save those images as separate files via the right click context menu, similarly to saving an image in a web browser or in Evince. Although parts of the pdf can be screenshotted, this does not preserve the original image quality, so the ability to save images would be preferred.

As far as I can tell (after looking through the Okular handbook), this feature is not currently in Okular as of version 25.12.1.

Comment 1 hosssam.sabeer 2026-01-29 01:09:27 UTC

Hi! I’m new to open source and looking for my first contribution to KDE. This feature seems really useful (I’ve wanted it myself!), so I’d love to try implementing it.

I’ve been exploring the code a bit, and my rough plan was to:

1- Check if the backend detects an image at the mouse coordinates (looking at Page / ObjectRect).

2- If an image is found, add a "Save Image As..." action to the right-click menu in PageView.

Does that sound like the right direction? If so, I can start working on it!