PDF Multipage Viewer Example

A Qt Quick PDF viewer that allows scrolling through the pages.

PDF Multipage Viewer demonstrates how to use the PdfMultiPageView component to render PDF documents and search for text in them.

Running the Example

To run the example from Qt Creator, open the Welcome mode and select the example from Examples. For more information, visit Building and Running an Example.

Creating the Main Window

Instantiate an ApplicationWindow, bind its title to the title of the PDF document, and create a toolbar:

ApplicationWindow {
    id: root
    width: 800
    height: 1024
    color: "lightgrey"
    title: doc.title
    visible: true
    property string source // for main.cpp

    header: ToolBar {
        RowLayout {
            anchors.fill: parent
            anchors.rightMargin: 6

The toolbar has buttons for most of the common actions:

            ToolButton {
                action: Action {
                    shortcut: StandardKey.Open
                    icon.source: "qrc:/multipage/resources/document-open.svg"
                    onTriggered: fileDialog.open()
                }
            }
            ToolButton {
                action: Action {
                    shortcut: StandardKey.ZoomIn
                    enabled: view.renderScale < 10
                    icon.source: "qrc:/multipage/resources/zoom-in.svg"
                    onTriggered: view.renderScale *= Math.sqrt(2)
                }
            }
            ToolButton {
                action: Action {
                    shortcut: StandardKey.ZoomOut

Declare a PdfDocument and bind the status property and passwordRequired signal to inform the user when an error occurs or a password is required:

    Dialog {
        id: passwordDialog
        title: "Password"
        standardButtons: Dialog.Ok | Dialog.Cancel
        modal: true
        closePolicy: Popup.CloseOnEscape
        anchors.centerIn: parent
        width: 300

        contentItem: TextField {
            id: passwordField
            placeholderText: qsTr("Please provide the password")
            echoMode: TextInput.Password
            width: parent.width
            onAccepted: passwordDialog.accept()
        }
        onOpened: passwordField.forceActiveFocus()
        onAccepted: doc.password = passwordField.text
    }

    Dialog {
        id: errorDialog
        title: "Error loading " + doc.source
        standardButtons: Dialog.Close
        modal: true
        closePolicy: Popup.CloseOnEscape
        anchors.centerIn: parent
        width: 300
        visible: doc.status === PdfDocument.Error

        contentItem: Label {
            id: errorField
            text: doc.error
        }
    }

    PdfDocument {
        id: doc
        source: Qt.resolvedUrl(root.source)
        onPasswordRequired: passwordDialog.open()
    }

Add the main component, PdfMultiPageView:

    PdfMultiPageView {
        id: view
        anchors.fill: parent
        anchors.leftMargin: sidebar.position * sidebar.width
        document: doc
        searchString: searchField.text
        onCurrentPageChanged: currentPageSB.value = view.currentPage + 1
    }

    DropArea {
        anchors.fill: parent
        keys: ["text/uri-list"]
        onEntered: (drag) => {
            drag.accepted = (drag.proposedAction === Qt.MoveAction || drag.proposedAction === Qt.CopyAction) &&
                drag.hasUrls && drag.urls[0].endsWith("pdf")
        }
        onDropped: (drop) => {
            doc.source = drop.urls[0]
            drop.acceptProposedAction()
        }
    }

A Drawer holds a ListView to show search results from the searchModel:

    Drawer {
        id: sidebar
        edge: Qt.LeftEdge
        modal: false
        width: 300
        y: root.header.height
        height: view.height
        dim: false
        clip: true

        TabBar {
            id: sidebarTabs
            x: -width
            rotation: -90
            transformOrigin: Item.TopRight
            currentIndex: 2 // bookmarks by default
            TabButton {
                text: qsTr("Info")
            }
            TabButton {
                text: qsTr("Search Results")
            }
            TabButton {
                text: qsTr("Bookmarks")
            }
            TabButton {
                text: qsTr("Pages")
            }
        }

        GroupBox {
            anchors.fill: parent
            anchors.leftMargin: sidebarTabs.height

            StackLayout {
                anchors.fill: parent
                currentIndex: sidebarTabs.currentIndex
                component InfoField: TextInput {
                    width: parent.width
                    selectByMouse: true
                    readOnly: true
                    wrapMode: Text.WordWrap
                }
                Column {
                    spacing: 6
                    width: parent.width - 6
                    Label { font.bold: true; text: qsTr("Title") }
                    InfoField { text: doc.title }
                    Label { font.bold: true; text: qsTr("Author") }
                    InfoField { text: doc.author }
                    Label { font.bold: true; text: qsTr("Subject") }
                    InfoField { text: doc.subject }
                    Label { font.bold: true; text: qsTr("Keywords") }
                    InfoField { text: doc.keywords }
                    Label { font.bold: true; text: qsTr("Producer") }
                    InfoField { text: doc.producer }
                    Label { font.bold: true; text: qsTr("Creator") }
                    InfoField { text: doc.creator }
                    Label { font.bold: true; text: qsTr("Creation date") }
                    InfoField { text: doc.creationDate }
                    Label { font.bold: true; text: qsTr("Modification date") }
                    InfoField { text: doc.modificationDate }
                }
                ListView {
                    id: searchResultsList
                    implicitHeight: parent.height
                    model: view.searchModel
                    currentIndex: view.searchModel.currentResult
                    ScrollBar.vertical: ScrollBar { }
                    delegate: ItemDelegate {
                        id: resultDelegate
                        required property int index
                        required property int page
                        required property string contextBefore
                        required property string contextAfter
                        width: parent ? parent.width : 0
                        RowLayout {
                            anchors.fill: parent
                            spacing: 0
                            Label {
                                text: "Page " + (resultDelegate.page + 1) + ": "
                            }
                            Label {
                                text: resultDelegate.contextBefore
                                elide: Text.ElideLeft
                                horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignRight
                                Layout.fillWidth: true
                                Layout.preferredWidth: parent.width / 2
                            }
                            Label {
                                font.bold: true
                                text: view.searchString
                                width: implicitWidth
                            }
                            Label {
                                text: resultDelegate.contextAfter
                                elide: Text.ElideRight
                                Layout.fillWidth: true
                                Layout.preferredWidth: parent.width / 2
                            }
                        }
                        highlighted: ListView.isCurrentItem
                        onClicked: view.searchModel.currentResult = resultDelegate.index
                    }
                }
                TreeView {
                    id: bookmarksTree
                    implicitHeight: parent.height
                    implicitWidth: parent.width
                    columnWidthProvider: function() { return width }
                    delegate: TreeViewDelegate {
                        required property int page
                        required property point location
                        required property real zoom
                        onClicked: view.goToLocation(page, location, zoom)
                    }
                    model: PdfBookmarkModel {
                        document: doc
                    }
                    ScrollBar.vertical: ScrollBar { }
                }
                GridView {
                    id: thumbnailsView
                    implicitWidth: parent.width
                    implicitHeight: parent.height
                    model: doc.pageModel
                    cellWidth: width / 2
                    cellHeight: cellWidth + 10
                    delegate: Item {
                        required property int index
                        required property string label
                        required property size pointSize
                        width: thumbnailsView.cellWidth
                        height: thumbnailsView.cellHeight
                        Rectangle {
                            id: paper
                            width: image.width
                            height: image.height
                            x: (parent.width - width) / 2
                            y: (parent.height - height - pageNumber.height) / 2
                            PdfPageImage {
                                id: image
                                document: doc
                                currentFrame: index
                                asynchronous: true
                                fillMode: Image.PreserveAspectFit
                                property bool landscape: pointSize.width > pointSize.height
                                width: landscape ? thumbnailsView.cellWidth - 6
                                                 : height * pointSize.width / pointSize.height
                                height: landscape ? width * pointSize.height / pointSize.width
                                                  : thumbnailsView.cellHeight - 14
                                sourceSize.width: width
                                sourceSize.height: height
                            }
                        }
                        Text {
                            id: pageNumber
                            anchors.bottom: parent.bottom
                            anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
                            text: label
                        }
                        TapHandler {
                            onTapped: view.goToPage(index)
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

Finally, add a second toolbar as a footer, to hold the search field, search up/down buttons and some status information:

    footer: ToolBar {
        height: footerRow.implicitHeight + 6
        RowLayout {
            id: footerRow
            anchors.fill: parent
            ToolButton {
                action: Action {
                    id: sidebarOpenAction
                    checkable: true
                    checked: sidebar.opened
                    icon.source: checked ? "qrc:/multipage/resources/sidebar-collapse-left.svg" : "qrc:/multipage/resources/sidebar-expand-left.svg"
                    onTriggered: sidebar.open()
                }
                ToolTip.visible: enabled && hovered
                ToolTip.delay: 2000
                ToolTip.text: "open sidebar"
            }
            ToolButton {
                action: Action {
                    icon.source: "qrc:/multipage/resources/go-up-search.svg"
                    shortcut: StandardKey.FindPrevious
                    enabled: view.searchModel.count > 0
                    onTriggered: view.searchBack()
                }
                ToolTip.visible: enabled && hovered
                ToolTip.delay: 2000
                ToolTip.text: "find previous"
            }
            TextField {
                id: searchField
                placeholderText: "search"
                Layout.minimumWidth: 150
                Layout.fillWidth: true
                Layout.bottomMargin: 3
                onAccepted: {
                    sidebar.open()
                    sidebarTabs.setCurrentIndex(1)
                }
                Image {
                    visible: searchField.text !== ""
                    source: "qrc:/multipage/resources/edit-clear.svg"
                    sourceSize.height: searchField.height - 6
                    anchors {
                        right: parent.right
                        verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
                        margins: 3
                    }
                    TapHandler {
                        onTapped: searchField.clear()
                    }
                }
            }
            ToolButton {
                action: Action {
                    icon.source: "qrc:/multipage/resources/go-down-search.svg"
                    shortcut: StandardKey.FindNext
                    enabled: view.searchModel.count > 0
                    onTriggered: view.searchForward()
                }
                ToolTip.visible: enabled && hovered
                ToolTip.delay: 2000
                ToolTip.text: "find next"
            }
            Label {
                id: statusLabel
                property size implicitPointSize: doc.pagePointSize(view.currentPage)
                text: "page " + (currentPageSB.value) + " of " + doc.pageCount +
                      " scale " + view.renderScale.toFixed(2) +
                      " original " + implicitPointSize.width.toFixed(1) + "x" + implicitPointSize.height.toFixed(1) + " pt"
                visible: doc.pageCount > 0
            }
        }
    }
}

Files and Attributions

Example project @ code.qt.io

See also PDF Single Page Viewer Example.

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