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Silver Contributor

Apr 13, 2020

Microsoft Edge extends tools for the PDF reader

The integrated PDF reader in the legacy Microsoft Edge browser is deeply loved by many of you and we have been getting feedback about the availability of those features in the new version of Microsof...

ZZYSonny

Brass Contributor

Apr 15, 2020

I am on edge dev and I would like to see the following improvement for PDF reader.

1. Fix smooth scroll as in https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/4k-smooth-support-pdfs/m-p/1189931

2. Fix selection. Selecting one line should not break into several segment of different height.

Chromium edge

Old edge

3. Fix comment display. There shouldn't be inconsistent spacing within each word.

4. Add support for textbox. Currently both legacy and chromium edge doesn't display such thing in PDF. This is important for reading annotation if the PDF was annotated by some other tools.

5. Add support for pen pressure sensitivity and annotate by pen only.

6. Ink looks distorted (lots of pixel!) before pen is released.

And looks much better after pen is released.

sauravyad500

Iron Contributor

May 22, 2020

I totally agree with you, the selection, comment and drawing is very poor in edge. They are just working to bring features without even taking care of performance. The PDF although with so many options looks appealing but takes very long time just to start loading a pdf when you click on one. It takes around 3 seconds to load pdf which is very annoying. It should be instant. Also the online reader in edge doesn't show loaded pages untill all pages are loaded which it should.