vaper

A minimal PDF viewer for Visual Studio Code. Open any .pdf file normally, run Vaper: Open PDF, or search arXiv from the Command Palette.

Features

• Searches arXiv directly with Vaper: Search arXiv for Paper and shows recently opened papers
• Opens PDFs in an editor tab
• Page navigation and keyboard navigation
• Fit-to-window and zoom controls
• Selectable, copyable PDF text
• Citation previews on hover for PDFs with linked bibliography entries
• Page rotation and reload
• Restores page, zoom, and rotation per editor

Credits

Vaper uses Mozilla's PDF.js and was inspired by LaTeX Workshop's PDF viewer. It includes no LaTeX or SyncTeX integration.