PDF Viewer

Open and read PDF files directly inside VS Code — no external app required.

Features

• Instant preview — click any .pdf file in the Explorer to open it in the editor
• Page navigation — previous/next buttons, jump-to-page input
• Zoom — zoom in/out, fit to width, fit to page
• Text search — Ctrl+F / Cmd+F to search within the document
• Text selection — select and copy text from the PDF
• Outline / bookmarks — sidebar panel for documents that include a table of contents
• Thumbnails — thumbnail strip for quick page browsing
• Print — print directly from the viewer toolbar

Powered by PDF.js — the same engine used in Firefox.

Usage

Open any .pdf file from the VS Code Explorer or with File → Open. The PDF Viewer opens automatically as the default editor for .pdf files.

To switch back to the raw binary view, right-click the file → Open With… → Text Editor.

Requirements

VS Code 1.85 or later.

License

MIT © Appercut Development