Bug 169847 - split view feature
Summary: split view feature
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: okular
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: unspecified Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Okular developers
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: 174958 176483 188784 216872 248410 342002 383329 384851 389951 401131 420699 (view as bug list)
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Blocks: 174958
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Reported: 2008-08-26 12:28 UTC by Eugenio Yime
Modified: 2022-04-17 19:18 UTC (History)
34 users (show)

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Description Eugenio Yime 2008-08-26 12:28:12 UTC
Version:            (using KDE 4.1.0)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs

Sometimes a pdf contains sentences like this:

In equation XXX ....
In Section XXX ....

where XXX refers to a item in another page, which is not always the next or before page, so I think a good way to around this can be a 'split' feature like dolphin.

In this way the left window can display the actual page and the right window will display the page with the item.

Thanks.
Comment 1 Pino Toscano 2008-09-13 17:51:46 UTC
(Shorten title a bit.)
Comment 2 Vladimir Stefanović 2008-11-22 23:49:34 UTC
I need this! :)
Comment 3 Pino Toscano 2008-11-29 20:51:49 UTC
*** Bug 176483 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 doc.evans 2008-11-29 21:07:36 UTC
*** This bug has been confirmed by popular vote. ***
Comment 5 Dotan Cohen 2008-12-02 18:23:49 UTC
This bug is related to the following bugs:

Bug 155515: Switch to tabbed interface
This bug requests for Okular to have tabs like Dolphin.

Bug 174958: Side by Side mode
This bug requests a special mode for the split view feature in which all non-critical vertical elements (elements that take up horizontal width) are removed to allow for two side-by-side documents to be shown at the maximum zoom level possible. It is not a dupe of this bug as it suggests extreme measures, such as trimming the page margins and removing interface elements.
Comment 6 Pino Toscano 2008-12-02 19:01:44 UTC
(In reply to comment #5)
> This bug is related to the following bugs:
> 
> Bug 155515: Switch to tabbed interface
> This bug requests for Okular to have tabs like Dolphin.

No, that bug is not related to this at all.
You can perfectly have a split view in Okular for the same document with the current SDI (single document interface), and viceversa (multiple documents but no split view at all).
Comment 7 Dotan Cohen 2008-12-02 19:09:20 UTC
> No, that bug is not related to this at all.

I suppose that you are right.
Comment 8 mps 2009-03-12 16:02:59 UTC
Absolutely, this would be great. Personally I'd like the split to be top-bottom so you have have the references section of a document in the bottom pane and the main text in the top pane.
Comment 9 Pino Toscano 2009-11-30 23:41:01 UTC
*** Bug 216872 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 10 Steffen Jost 2010-06-18 10:48:37 UTC
As a quick interim solution, could we have 

View -> Open in new Window

like in Kate? This would quickly open another Okular instance on the same document at the same page. One can then arrange the windows underneath each other or side by side.
Comment 11 Pino Toscano 2010-08-19 17:44:13 UTC
*** Bug 248410 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 12 Jonas 2011-10-13 16:25:53 UTC
I agree with #8, top-down splitting would be very useful to view references. On a large screen, you can still have the full page on top, and a small area for references below.
Comment 13 Albert Astals Cid 2012-08-09 20:37:13 UTC
*** Bug 174958 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 14 Dotan Cohen 2012-08-09 21:28:50 UTC
Note that bug #174958, marked as a dupe of this one, requests the ability to open two different PDF files in separate panes, not necessarily the same PDF in both panes.
Comment 15 koukasio 2013-06-13 11:37:38 UTC
(In reply to comment #10)
> As a quick interim solution, could we have 
> 
> View -> Open in new Window
> 
> like in Kate? This would quickly open another Okular instance on the same
> document at the same page. One can then arrange the windows underneath each
> other or side by side.

That's totally what I would vote for
https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=251&t=111417&sid=9864a80774a8d2a5b762f474a7d073f4&p=266622#p266622
Comment 16 tprotopopescu 2013-12-14 17:07:51 UTC
This would be a really useful feature. I especially agree with #8 and #12, top-bottom splitting would be really handy to be able to check references and endnotes.
Comment 17 schmidt.simon 2014-02-08 13:45:11 UTC
This is already possible in konqueror, open a pdf and then Window -> Split View Left/Right. Would be nice if okular had this too as it tends to use less memory.
Comment 18 Christoph Feck 2014-12-18 14:09:49 UTC
*** Bug 342002 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 19 V字龍(Vdragon) 2015-03-17 07:14:15 UTC
Also wish that annotation can be synced between both views.
Comment 20 Andras Soltesz 2016-08-17 08:19:38 UTC
I also think this would be an important feature. Now I can only do this with 2 separate Okular windows which is not as easy to handle than a well implemented split feature.
Comment 21 Christoph Feck 2017-08-09 19:50:23 UTC
*** Bug 383329 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 22 Germano Massullo 2017-09-19 14:26:09 UTC
*** Bug 384851 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 23 jack_sprat 2017-11-18 10:14:13 UTC
This enhancement has great potential - it gets my vote!
Comment 24 Christoph Feck 2018-02-16 03:14:56 UTC
*** Bug 389951 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 25 Musikolo 2018-02-16 03:22:57 UTC
Is there any chance this feature gets eventually implemented? 

I'm asking because it was originally requested over 9 years ago, and I see nothing that suggests it's coming anytime in the future.

Thank you and long live Okular!
Comment 26 Nate Graham 2018-02-16 03:25:04 UTC
There's always a chance! But this is a mostly volunteer project, and it needs a developer to do the work. You, maybe? ;)

https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved/development
Comment 27 Musikolo 2018-02-16 03:59:06 UTC
Sounds fair! Can you please pass me a link to the source code?

This said, I had no intention of pushing, because as you said, open source software is all good will... ;-)
Comment 28 Nate Graham 2018-02-16 04:23:24 UTC
Feel free to read the documentation I linked to, which  will help you find what you're looking for!
Comment 29 Germano Massullo 2018-02-16 09:02:25 UTC
Does KDE allow a bounty program?
Comment 30 Nate Graham 2018-02-18 05:28:31 UTC
It's not in our power to allow or dis-allow anything. Feel free to post a bounty if you'd like.
Comment 31 Albert Astals Cid 2018-11-17 09:00:45 UTC
*** Bug 401131 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 32 Laura David Hurka 2020-04-28 11:42:24 UTC
*** Bug 420699 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 33 Laura David Hurka 2020-07-15 22:15:01 UTC
*** Bug 188784 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 34 Andrew Shark 2022-04-17 19:18:43 UTC
I want to indicate that workaround with konqueror (as noted in comment 17) still works.