User Feedback on Page Number Navigation in Zotero PDF Reader
Dear Zotero Developer Community,
I hope this message finds you all well.
I want to start by expressing my immense gratitude for your dedication and hard work on the Zotero project. Your efforts have greatly benefited users like myself. Recently, while exploring both the latest Zotero 7 beta release and the Zotero build from the GitHub main branch, I encountered a minor issue that I hope my feedback can assist in improving.
Here's what I've experienced: When navigating a PDF file with formatted page numbers (e.g., a, b, c, 1, 2, ..., where a page marked as '1' isn't the initial page of the document), there seems to be a small navigational quirk within the Zotero PDF reader. Specifically, upon typing a page number and pressing "Enter," the reader takes me to the physical page, not the logical page number. Further, if I click on the PDF file, shifting focus to it, the number in the navigation bar automatically jumps to the logical page number without any additional input on my part. If I keep switching focus between the navigation bar and the document, the file continues to scroll upwards, all the way to its beginning, on its own.
I understand that everyone is contributing their time voluntarily to this community, and I would be thrilled if my feedback could help enhance Zotero's user experience. Please feel free to reach out if you need a more detailed account of the issue or any other assistance from my end. I am more than willing to contribute.
Thank you for your commitment to making Zotero better, and for your attention to this matter. I look forward to any thoughts or guidance you may have.
Best regards,
Zihan
I hope this message finds you all well.
I want to start by expressing my immense gratitude for your dedication and hard work on the Zotero project. Your efforts have greatly benefited users like myself. Recently, while exploring both the latest Zotero 7 beta release and the Zotero build from the GitHub main branch, I encountered a minor issue that I hope my feedback can assist in improving.
Here's what I've experienced: When navigating a PDF file with formatted page numbers (e.g., a, b, c, 1, 2, ..., where a page marked as '1' isn't the initial page of the document), there seems to be a small navigational quirk within the Zotero PDF reader. Specifically, upon typing a page number and pressing "Enter," the reader takes me to the physical page, not the logical page number. Further, if I click on the PDF file, shifting focus to it, the number in the navigation bar automatically jumps to the logical page number without any additional input on my part. If I keep switching focus between the navigation bar and the document, the file continues to scroll upwards, all the way to its beginning, on its own.
I understand that everyone is contributing their time voluntarily to this community, and I would be thrilled if my feedback could help enhance Zotero's user experience. Please feel free to reach out if you need a more detailed account of the issue or any other assistance from my end. I am more than willing to contribute.
Thank you for your commitment to making Zotero better, and for your attention to this matter. I look forward to any thoughts or guidance you may have.
Best regards,
Zihan
This is why I thought it might be related to the problem described by wzh4464 above.
In Zotero 6.0.30 the correct page number updates while using the scroll bar - it never shows the physical page number in the page navigation field.
The PDF file is OCRed, which means page labels can't be extracted from some pages.
Could you send the PDF file to support@zotero.org with a link to this thread?
Zotero shouldn't need to extract page labels for the PDF, because it has correct embedded page labels. The PDF in the video is from here (https://marx-wirklich-studieren.net/marx-engels-werke-als-pdf-zum-download/), but both problems described here (entering page numbers to navigate pdf leads to wrong page and jumping/scrolling) occur for any PDF - OCRed or not - in which physical page number and embedded page label differ. Both problems do not occur in v6.
If I can do more to assist, I'm happy to!
Like wzh4464 describes, repeatedly clicking in the page number box and back to the PDF will continue to navigate backwards.
Here is a video illustrating the issue:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IQ2RKlIX_LHp7JVwsyuInaD2R6tHn1wh/view?usp=sharing
This PDF is not OCRed.
This is with version 7.0.0-beta.51+7c5600913 (64-bit).
Happy new year to all of you!