Open and read PDF files directly inside VS Code — no external app required.
Features
- Instant preview — click any
.pdffile 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+Fto 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