Plugin: Hotkeys

Keyboard shortcuts for navigation, zoom, panels, and search.

The Hotkeys plugin wires keyboard shortcuts that mirror desktop PDF reader conventions.

Enabling flag

features.keyboardShortcuts: true

Bindings

Shortcut	Action
`←` / `→`	Previous / next page
`Home` / `End`	First / last page
`+` / `=` / `-` / `_`	Zoom in / out
`0`	Reset zoom (fit page)
`R`	Rotate CW
`Shift + R`	Rotate CCW
`Ctrl/Cmd + F`	Open search popover
`Esc`	Close search / panel / popover
`F11`	Toggle fullscreen
`Ctrl/Cmd + Z`	Undo (requires `features.undoRedo`)
`Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + Z` / `Ctrl/Cmd + Y`	Redo
`C`	Toggle comments panel
`O`	Toggle outline panel
`T`	Toggle thumbnails panel

Bindings only fire when the focus is inside the viewer (so they don’t fight with the host app’s shortcuts).

How it works

Keyboard shortcuts are built on the EmbedPDF Commands plugin (@embedpdf/plugin-commands), not a dedicated hotkeys plugin. DocumentViewer registers a command catalog (each command carries its shortcuts and an action) via the Commands plugin, then a small internal keyboard bridge maps DOM key events to the matching command. features.keyboardShortcuts toggles that bridge.

Composable

useCommandsCapability() from @embedpdf/plugin-commands/vue exposes the command registry. The viewer wires the catalog and the keyboard bridge internally.

Events

None surfaced externally — bindings invoke the same imperative methods as the toolbar.

Dependencies

Commands plugin (@embedpdf/plugin-commands)

Configuration

No featureConfig. To add your own shortcut, register a command (which carries its own shortcuts) via the Commands capability:

import { useCommandsCapability } from '@embedpdf/plugin-commands/vue'

const commands = useCommandsCapability()
commands.provides.value?.registerCommand({
  id: 'app.save',
  label: 'Save to backend',
  shortcuts: ['ctrl+s', 'meta+s'],
  action: () => saveToBackend(),
})