Changelog

Roadmap

In Progress 🚀

• Add support for bounding box highlighting function
• Add support for a specific page rotation

Pipeline ✍🏼

• Improve on toolbar customization capability
• Optimize on loading performance of PDF files

Under Consideration 💡

• Add support for wrapped scrolling

Update

v1.7.4 (16 July 2025)

• ⚡ Enhancements:
  • Improved on CSS styling of the tooltip modal radius by using that of the global radius variables
  • Improved navigation experience of zoom level selection and menu under More Options
• 🐛 Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed the functions of useSearchContext and useHighlightContext not working correctly when used together
  • Fixed the functions of useSearchContext not working without RPDefaultLayout

v1.7.3 (7 July 2025)

• ⚡ Enhancements:
  • Improved mobile viewing experience for More Options with ability to scroll
• 🐛 Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed the incorrect page orientation of a PDF file
  • Fixed the incorrect transformation of counterclockwise icon

v1.7.2 (26 June 2025)

• ⚡ Enhancements:
  • Improved on tooltip support for Single page and Dual page
  • Improved on localization support for password modal, Single Page and Dual Page

v1.7.1 (17 June 2025)

• ⚡ Enhancements:
  • Improved on border radius control by separating customization of border radius for buttons from other UI elements
  • Improved on tooltip style customization such as font size, padding and border radius
  • Improved on CSS styling support for TypeScript projects by exporting ThemeVariables Enum
• 🐛 Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed PDF loading issue when a Text Callout annotation is clicked

v1.7.0 (9 June 2025)

• ✨ What’s New:
  • Added support for Dual View
• ⚡ Enhancements:
  • Improved on reloading of a password-protected PDF file when an incorrect password is submitted
• 🐛 Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed the displaying of a PDF file with portrait and landscape pages

v1.6.1 (30 May 2025)

• 🐛 Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed ZoomLevel.PAGE_FIT and ZoomLevel.PAGE_WIDTH calculations for certain screen resolutions
  • Fixed show/hide toolbar not working as expected

v1.6.0 (26 May 2025)

• ✨ What’s New:
  • Added support for a password-protected PDF file to be opened in React PDF
  • Added “Pinch-to-zoom” support for mobile view
• ⚡ Enhancements:
  • Improved on highlighting of text selection with hyperlinks and for a paragraph
  • Improved on mobile responsiveness of the search popover
• 🐛 Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed the Last Page function for the horizontal scrolling mode
  • Fixed and prevented TextHighlightLayer of useHiglightContext from rendering text inside the element

v1.5.1 (15 May 2025)

• 🐛 Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed sendWithPromise error when a PDF src is changed in a Next.js project
  • Fixed URL of the Manage License page not showing in the console message

v1.5.0 (9 May 2025)

• ✨ What’s New:
  • Added support to modify download filename
  • Added onLayoutWidthChange prop in RPDefaultLayout to detect for mobile layout change
• ⚡ Enhancements:
  • Improved on page changing experience by adding a smooth transition
  • Updated the default version of pdfjs-dist (peer dependency) from 4.7.76 to 4.10.38
  • Improved on the loading performance of opening or switching to a new PDF file
• 🐛 Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed loading icon size in the search popover

v1.4.3 (2 May 2025)

• ⚡ Enhancements:
  • Improved on the performance of reusable React PDF component

v1.4.2 (29 April 2025)

• 🐛 Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed pdfjs-dist version mismatch

v1.4.1 (29 April 2025)

• ⚡ Enhancements:
  • Improved on customization of search popover with a CSS variable to control checkbox background
• 🐛 Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed -rp-primary-color and --rp-sidebar-width CSS variables so that they work as intended
  • Fixed customVariables not applying to dark mode when customDarkVariables is not set to those CSS variables
  • Fixed overriding of CSS variables, namely--rp-border-radius, --rp-checkbox-border-radius and --rp-checkbox-border-color

v1.4.0 (25 April 2025)

• ✨ What’s New:
  • Added support of keyword highlights of different color programmatically
  • Added a prop to hide the sidebar easily
  • Added support to customize loader and loader progress, including style and image
• ⚡ Enhancements:
  • Improved on page viewing experience when zooming in or out
• 🐛 Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed incorrect URL of the Manage License page in the console message

v1.3.0 (4 April 2025)

• ✨ What’s New:
  • Added support for XFA & AcroForm layers, allowing users to view and interact with PDF documents containing forms
• ⚡ Enhancements:
  • Improved on the text selection accuracy in a PDF document
• 🐛 Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed page layout and zoom scale not rendering correctly when changing a PDF document
  • Fixed the translations for the thumbnail icon’s tooltip

v1.2.0 (28 March 2025)

• ✨ What’s New:
  • Added 5 built-in translations to React PDF, including a function to add a custom language
  • Added CSS styling supports for document loader, print progress loader and search popover
• ⚡ Enhancements:
  • Improved on the accessibility of search popover, disabled buttons and input boxes
• 🐛 Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed the download file function

v1.1.1 (20 March 2025)

• ⚡ Enhancements:
  • Improved on setting the height of React PDF’s container in relative terms (e.g. initial, 100%, inherit and auto)

v1.1.0 (14 March 2025)

• ✨ What’s New:
  • Added a loader to the React PDF’s container
• ⚡ Enhancements:
  • Improved on the PDF viewing experience when changing scrolling modes
  • Improved on the mobile responsive layout
• 🐛 Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed search match to display correctly
  • Fixed the hand mode’s user experience when changing PDF files

v1.0.1 (4 March 2025)

• ⚡ Enhancements:
  • Moved mobileWidth prop to the RPDefaultLayout component
• 🐛 Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed exporting of the library’s interfaces

v1.0.0 (4 March 2025)

• 🚀 Launched the first stable release of React PDF

v0.9.0 (28 February 2025)

• ⚡ Enhancements:
  • Added data attributes to important elements for ease of UI customization
• 🐛 Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed the initial zoom setting of the PDF document when the viewer is first loaded
  • Fixed the toolbar not being mobile responsive

v0.8.0 (24 February 2025)

• ✨ What’s New:
  • Added Hooks for relevant toolbar functions for ease of customization
• ⚡ Enhancements:
  • Added RPProvider component for readability and flexibility

v0.7.0 (21 February 2025)

• ✨ What’s New:
  • Added page navigation to move back and forth across pages
  • Added ‘pinch to zoom’ function on a PDF document in a desktop view
• ⚡ Enhancements:
  • Added RPProvider component for readability and flexibility

v0.6.0 (19 February 2025)

• ✨ What’s New:
  • Added scrolling modes (page, vertical and horizontal)
• ⚡ Enhancements:
  • Renamed RPViewer component to RPPages component for better readability
  • Renamed RPLayout component to RPDefaultLayout component for better readability

v0.5.0 (13 February 2025)

• ✨ What’s New:
  • Added print function to print the PDF document
  • Added selection mode (text or hand)
  • Added setting of initial PDF page displayed when the viewer is first loaded
  • Added setting of initial rotation and zoom of the PDF document when the viewer is first loaded
  • Added tooltips on each icon on the toolbar
• 🐛 Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed clicking of a Table of Content links in a PDF document not working

v0.4.0 (7 February 2025)

• ✨ What’s New:
  • Added page rotation to rotate page clockwise/anti-clockwise
  • Added search function to search by keywords (default, match case or whole word) in a PDF document
  • Added download function to download the PDF file
  • Added page zoom function to zoom in/out
  • Added page loader when a page in the PDF document is still loading
  • Added mobile responsive layout and breakpoint
  • Added ability to open a file from local device directly in PDF viewer
  • Added theme function to switch between light and dark themes