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Kewal Shah
Asked: 2019-06-05 08:31:15 +0800 CST

How to set "outline" as the default option in the Evince dropdown menu?

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I have a long pdf book and have to frequently access chapters using the index after clicking the outline option in the Evince dropdown menu as shown below.

Evince dropdown menu

My problem is that every time I open the document, Evince shows the thumbnails view by default. Is there any way I can view the outline of the document by default when I open Evince?

Update: Does not work in the Evince 3.32.0 snap package

I installed Evince 3.32.0 using snap install evince and was surprised to learn that the newer version despite providing "Save Current Settings as Default" option for saving other settings, always opens the thumbnail view by default and what is worse it does not even keep the side pane open by default.

So each time in order to open the outline view, I have to open the side pane first and then click on the Outline option in the bottom navigation bar as shown below

Outline option in bottom navigation bar

P.S. I prefer using the Document Viewer or Evince as my pdf viewer and do not need a workaround using an alternate software

default pdf evince

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Evince 3.28.4

    Save Current Settings as Default option

    Select "Save Current Settings as Default" option in File options as shown in the picture and viola! The outline view will be set as default.

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