topic Re: PDF viewer - "Find Current Outline Item" double clicking functionality to collapse all items on initial document outline gone after recent update in Discussions

PDF viewer - "Find Current Outline Item" double clicking functionality to collapse all items on initial document outline gone after recent update

shark115 — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 06:53:15 GMT

After the recent update, the functionality to collapse all document outlines and sub-outlines after double clicking the "Find Current Outline Item" button is gone for the PDF viewer. What also seems to be gone is the ability to collapse sub-outlines after double-clicking the current outline button for the PDF outline viewer on the left. It used to be available before the recent UI update, and I (among many others) would like to have this functionality back. No UI update should be getting rid of any useful functionality, in my humble opinion, because that is indicative of misplaced priorities for the team (or management thereof) behind the development of any app or product.

Re: PDF viewer - "Find Current Outline Item" double clicking functionality to collapse all items on initial document outline gone after recent update

saatom — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 18:16:51 GMT

I am also quite annoyed by the removal of this feature but, as a workaround, I am able to toggle all outline items by shift+clicking one of the carats to the left of an outline item. I hope they add the ability to do this by double clicking the "find current outline item" button again but this is good enough for now.

Re: PDF viewer - "Find Current Outline Item" double clicking functionality to collapse all items on initial document outline gone after recent update

level2janitor — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:54:36 GMT

i used this feature regularly and it's upsetting for it to be gone. please put it back!

Re: PDF viewer - "Find Current Outline Item" double clicking functionality to collapse all items on initial document outline gone after recent update

rcasey — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:55:02 GMT

Hello, thanks for the feedback. As a member of the PDF team we take it seriously and are working hard on making a great PDF viewer. On that note, we've updated the viewer to allow this functionality. If you navigate to the outline in the sidebar, double-clicking the title Document outline you can toggle open/collapse the document outline. This functionality is currently available in Nightly.
We plan on working on improvements to this in the future.
I'd like to include you all on future discussions, and even possible testing of improvements in the future. If you'd like to participate, let me know in this thread.
And if it's not too much, I'd like to better understand how you're using the doc outline/pdf viewer;

What task or tasks are accomplished better by toggling the outline open/closed? Is it just to navigate? Or are there other scenarios where the outline is critical?
What do you use the PDF viewer for? Research, school? other?
Do you use any other tools, such as comments or highlighting?

Lettings us know these answers can help the team better understand your needs.
Thanks
Ryan

Re: PDF viewer - "Find Current Outline Item" double clicking functionality to collapse all items on initial document outline gone after recent update

saatom — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:56:53 GMT

I can't speak for anyone else in this thread but I primarily use the outline feature when sifting through reference material such as a textbook. I am an engineering student so I often need to reference tables and charts which are usually buried in textbook appendices that span dozens of pages. Being able to view the table titles at a glance without excessive scrolling allows me to jump right to the table I want. The same thing applies to the chapters themselves, where I can jump to specific chapters and topics easily in the outline view without having to scroll through hundreds of pages.

I rarely use the highlighting or comment features but when I do use them, I think Firefox's implementation is pretty solid. I just wish that it would save your size and color settings for things like the text tool between sessions (i.e. any time I go to comment on a document, I want it to default to whatever stroke width and color I used last).

Re: PDF viewer - "Find Current Outline Item" double clicking functionality to collapse all items on initial document outline gone after recent update

rcasey — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:37:42 GMT

Great, thanks for sharing! This is really helpful. And noted on the saving tool preferences.