Thumbnails component - enhancement

[paulolopesrb]

Hi David and the PDF-Viewer-React team!

I’m missing one key feature that I used frequently with @react-pdf-viewer/thumbnail: a thumbnail pane that shows small previews of each page and lets users quickly jump to any page. Would it be possible to add an optional component to pdf-viewer-react that:

• Renders a list/grid of page thumbnails alongside the document

• Highlights the current page

• Supports a click handler to navigate to the selected page

• (Optional) Select pages feature with a checkbox

The difference between this feature and the already existing thumbnails is that we could detach the thumbnails and use them as a standalone component without the viewer.

Please let me know what you think of it.
Thanks and keep up the great work!

[david-reactpdf]

@paulolopesrb

Thanks for the detailed suggestion and kind words!

Before we explore this further, would you mind sharing a bit more about your use case for:

• For the checkbox functionality, what would users typically do after selecting pages?
• On using the thumbnail pane as a standalone component, how are you planning to use it outside of the main viewer?

This context would help us better evaluate how to support it.

[paulolopesrb]

Hey @david-reactpdf, we refactored the logic behind that use case and it's no longer an issue for us!
Thank you anyways!

[NathanVeeva]

@david-reactpdf As I'm still new to this library, I was wondering about this request also (at least the first 3 points). If we could have the list as it's own component that would sit under the provider, then any custom toolbars would be able to show / hide the panel. Our designer was thinking (for our particular use case) that it could function like a overlay drawer to save space within the viewport.

[david-reactpdf]

@NathanVeeva

Thanks for the added context! I’ve reopened the issue.

Let me discuss this internally and I’ll update you once we’ve explored how best to support this use case.