Q: PDF Reader Tweak - Disable set view to 100% on single tap on screen

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#1

My question is for a tweak in some config file, please.

On a single click on the screen, the PDF reader sets the view of the opened document to 100% , and also jumps to the previous page. (Before, I had enlarged the view size per 2 finger gesture, for better reading and to avoid white zones left and right.)

Often this happens accidentally while scrolling, that the ‘set view to 100%’ is triggred. So I want to disable this feature, so that a small one finger touch of the screen without scrolling should have no effect. To make the view smaller again, I can still use the 2 finger gesture in the other way as before.

Is this possible? Any hints or ideas? Thanks in advance!

#2

I’d say that is a bug. Firstly, it feels more like a double-tap thing to do, and secondly, getting to the wrong page can never be correct.

#3

This bug is not new, it’s since long time and on both Xperia 10 and Volla.

#4

This is outdated information. It didn’t occur in later SFOS versions.

#5

I searched and found a solution:

For Sony Xperia 10 / SFOS 4.5.0.18:
vi /usr/lib/qt5/qml/Sailfish/Office/PDFView.qml

For the Volla / SFOS 4.4.0.72:
vi /usr/lib64/qt5/qml/Sailfish/Office/PDFView.qml

Line 80 - 87 - comment out this:

     80 /*    onClicked: {
     81         if (zoomed) {
     82             var scale = pdfCanvas.width / width
     83             zoomOutContentYAnimation.to = Math.max(0, Math.min(contentHeight - height,
     84                                                                (contentY + height/2) / scale - height/2))
     85             zoomOutAnimation.start()
     86         }
     87     } */

Now a click into the screen will no more set view to 100% if zoomed in.
Works immediately, no reboot necessary.

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