How to Enable the New Interface for PDF File Readers in Chrome

This guide explains how to enable the New Interface for PDF File Readers in Chrome, with clear steps, practical tips, and important checks before you begin.

The current user interface of PDF Viewer is judged to be quite lacking in visual and poor information, as you can see in the screenshot below:

The current interface of PDF Viewer

However, with the redesigned user interface, PDF Viewer will display relatively complete information and options related to the downloaded PDF file in a centralized browser in one location, creating an online layout. much more important.

New interface of PDF Viewer

The toolbar at the top of the page will display the name of the currently opened PDF file, the page numbers (Page numbers), the option to rotate the document (Rotate), the print button (Print) and Download to your computer. Along with that, the Fit to page buttons (displayed to fit the page), Zoom In / out (zoom control) and additional menus (showing more options when clicked) will also be displayed fully on top toolbar instead of on the right sidebar as before. This change will help users more easily manipulate because the displayed options are concentrated in one location instead of allocating in many areas on the screen as before.

The new PDF Viewer interface is not currently available to all users, but can be enabled via a flag. The steps are as follows:

Step 1: Wood keyword ' chrome: // flags ' in the search bar, then press enter to access chrome flag management page.

Step 2: Search for the flag ' PDF Viewer Update '. The description indicates that PDF Viewer will display an updated user interface with new options and features on Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome OS.

Step 3: Select ' Enabled ' and restart the browser.