Bug 513148 - WISH: Add "copy image" tool to copy original-resolution bitmap graphics to the clipboard
Summary: WISH: Add "copy image" tool to copy original-resolution bitmap graphics to th...
Status: REPORTED
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Product: okular
Classification: Applications
Component: PDF backend (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 23.08.5
Platform: openSUSE Linux
: NOR wishlist
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Assignee: Okular developers
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Reported: 2025-12-09 23:32 UTC by Klaus
Modified: 2025-12-09 23:32 UTC (History)
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Description Klaus 2025-12-09 23:32:31 UTC 
SUMMARY

In Sumatra PDF (Windows or Wine), bitmap graphics can easily be extracted from a PDF without loss of quality by right-clicking the image and selecting "copy image". It would be great to have the same feature in okular, as it helps greatly when e.g. assembling information from different PDFs for a presentation under time pressure. Using command-line tools like "pdfimages" is viable, but significantly slower.

RELATED EXISTING FEATURES

The closest thing Okular currently has is the "select area" tool, but this essentially creates a screenshot, degrading the display quality of the image.

Linux/KDE Plasma: OpenSuse Leap 15.6 with KDE 5.
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.11
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.115.0
Qt Version: 5.15.12