A secure, lightweight, and offline PDF tool for Visual Studio Code. Designed primarily to view PDFs directly in a VS Code tab and highlight important sections without leaving your development environment.
Features
Built for the Workspace: Opens PDFs seamlessly in a native VS Code tab, allowing you to read and annotate side-by-side with your code.
Fully Offline & Secure: Operates entirely locally. No external API calls or internet connection required, ensuring maximum privacy for your documents.
Smart Floating Toolbar: Features a draggable and collapsible toolbar that adapts to your screen.
Annotation Tools: Core tools to highlight, underline, strikethrough, and erase text annotations.
Color Palette: Multiple color options (Yellow, Green, Pink, Red, Blue) for organizing your highlights and notes.
In-Place Saving: Directly overwrite and save your annotations to the original PDF file with a single click.
High Performance: Optimized memory management and batch rendering for smooth scrolling even on large documents.
Usage
Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P on Windows/Linux, Cmd+Shift+P on macOS).
Type and run the command: PDF Editor: Start (or vscode-pdf-editor.startEditor).
Select a PDF file from your local file system.
Use the toolbar to highlight and annotate the document.
Click the save icon to apply your changes to the file.
Release Notes
1.0.0
Initial release.
Added core PDF viewing within a VS Code tab.
Added highlighting, underlining, strikethrough, and erasing capabilities.
Implemented secure local file saving and offline support.
