Summary

Evince has a roadmap which details features that have been proposed and completed.

Behaviour

Page navigation

Evince provides a text field in the toolbar where the user can type a page number to jump to. This page number text field is combined with a drop-down menu which searches the document's table of contents so that the user can also type a section number (for example, "3.10").

Evince keeps track of the page history as the user jumps to different pages in the document. This way they can use the arrows in the toolbar to move between different pages in the book ("previous page" and "next page"). Note however, that this history is a stack, so jumping back then navigating elsewhere removes what used to be stored as the "next page".

Searching

The following animation shows how Evince searches a document. Note that the searching is done incrementally rather than all at once. This way, the results are returned quickly and the remain interactive. The search results are shown in a sidebar where the matching context and page number is shown.

Clicking on one of the results takes you to that page. Also note that the matching text is highlighted on top of the page rendered page.

Searching a document

Annotations

Annotations in Evince are of two types:

• text annotation
• highlight annotation

Both kinds of annotations can have text associated with them. Clicking on the target for the annotation bring up an overlay window where the user can type a short note. Evince gives control over the colour and font settings for each annotation by using a colour picker and font selection widgets.

Text annotations are icons that are added to the document. The user can choose from a selection of icons to display in order to have different kinds of annotations. These icons can be repositioned to different places on the page.

Highlight annotations mark the text on the page by adding a marker on top of the text which begins at one character position and ends at another character position. The user can choose from different kinds of highlights such as "highlight" (which is transparent colour marker over the text like a highlighter) and underline (which is a line marker which runs at the baseline of the text).

Creating an annotation

Sidebar and views

The sidebar allows for seeing

• Thumbails: small images of the pages in the document

• Outline: table of contents tree menu that is stored in the document itself. Clicking on items in the outline jump to the associated location in the document.

• Bookmarks: user-created locations that point to specific pages in the document. They are stored separate from the document. These can be added, removed, and renamed.

• Annotations: shows the page number associated with annotations that have been added to the document.

There are several options for changing the view. They are also shown in the image below, but are described more in the appropriate menu section of this page.

Document properties

The document properties shows metadata about the document such as page size and also has a tab that can used to see fonts that may be embedded in the document.

Fullscreen

Evince can be made full screen. In this mode, most of the interface is hidden. The grey background and the scrollbar are still visible. The toolbar is hidden until the mouse is hovered near the top of the screen.

Menu and Keybindings

The complete list of menu items is available in the evince-menus.ui file.

Application menus

Name	Shortcut	Description
App.New Window (app.new)		Creates a new window for opening documents. See code for app_new_cb.
App.Help (app.help)	F1	Shows help for Evince. app_help_cb
App.About (app.about)		Shows information about the application (license, authors, documenters, translators). app_about_cb
View._Continuous (win.continuous)		TODO
View._Dual (win.dual-page)		TODO
View.Side _Pane (win.show-side-pane)		TODO
View._Fullscreen (win.fullscreen)		TODO
View.Pre_sentation (win.presentation)		TODO
View.Rotate _Left (win.rotate-left)		TODO
View.Rotate _Right (win.rotate-right)		TODO
View.First Page (win.go-first-page)		TODO
View.Previous Page (win.go-previous-page)		TODO
View.Next Page (win.go-next-page)		TODO
View.Last Page (win.go-last-page)		TODO
View.Zoom _In (win.zoom-in)		TODO
View.Zoom _Out (win.zoom-out)		TODO
View._Odd Pages Left (win.dual-odd-left)		TODO
View._Inverted Colors (win.inverted-colors)		TODO
View._Reload (win.reload)		TODO
Action._Open… (win.open)		TODO
Action.Op_en a Copy (win.open-copy)		TODO
Action._Save a Copy… (win.save-copy)		TODO
Action.Send _To… (win.send-to)		TODO
Action.Open Containing _Folder (win.open-containing-folder)		TODO
Action._Print… (win.print)		TODO
Action.P_roperties… (win.show-properties)		TODO
Action._Copy (win.copy)		TODO
Action.Select _All (win.select-all)		TODO
Action.Save Current Settings as _Default (win.save-settings)		TODO
Action._Add Bookmark (win.add-bookmark)		TODO
Action._Close (win.close)		TODO
Zoom.Fit Pa_ge (win.sizing-mode, fit-page)		TODO
Zoom.Fit _Width (win.sizing-mode, fit-width)		TODO
Zoom._Automatic (win.sizing-mode, automatic)		TODO

View popup menu

Name	Shortcut	Description
View Popup._Open Link (win.open-link)		TODO
View Popup._Copy Link Address (win.copy-link-address)		TODO
View Popup._Go To (win.go-to-link)		TODO
View Popup.Open in New _Window (win.open-link-new-window)		TODO
View Popup._Previous Page (win.go-previous-page)		TODO
View Popup._Next Page (win.go-next-page)		TODO
View Popup._Reload (win.reload)		TODO
View Popup.Auto_scroll (win.auto-scroll)		TODO
View Popup._Copy (win.copy)		TODO
View Popup.Select _All (win.select-all)		TODO
View Popup._Save Image As… (win.save-image)		TODO
View Popup.Copy _Image (win.copy-image)		TODO
View Popup._Open Attachment (win.open-attachment)		TODO
View Popup._Save Attachment As… (win.save-attachment)		TODO
View Popup.Annotation Properties… (win.annot-properties)		TODO
View Popup.Remove Annotation (win.remove-annot)		TODO
View Popup.Open Containing _Folder (win.open-containing-folder)		TODO

Attachments popup menu

Name	Shortcut	Description
Attachments Popup._Open Attachment (win.open-attachment)		TODO
Attachments Popup._Save Attachment As… (win.save-attachment)		TODO