> On 26 Dec 2021, at 10:35, Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think what you want is set the initial PDF view settings to "Automatically > resize”. This automatically always adapts to the zoom factor so the page fits > in the available view area. BTW, the “Fit” option in the “open files” > preference fits the window to the page (like Window > Fit to PDF), rather > than the other way around. > > Chriatiaan > >> On 26 Dec 2021, at 05:06, Thomas Schneider via Skim-app-users >> <skim-app-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: >> >> I have the latest Skim 1.6.7. I thought that this version would fix >> the fit problem but I can't figure out how to do it. When a PDF pops >> up I want it to fit to my window (which goes from the bottom of the >> screen to the top) and then I want to be able to just scroll through >> the pages since that is fast and efficient. This is how it used to >> be. But now new documents don't get fit and I have to click on 'Zoom >> to Fit' on the top bar. >> >> Now I can't set it to do the fitting. There seem to be at least three >> places that are relevant, preferences has 'Open files' which I can set >> to 'fit' (which did not help),
“Fit” fits the *window* to the PDF. See also the tool tip for that popup. >> PDF/Automatically resize As it says, automatically adapt the zoom level of the PDF so it fits the view area. >> and PDF/Use >> Current View Settings as Default. Oh, I forgot 'Zoom to Fit' on the >> top bar. This sets the zoom level to fit the page in the view area *i.e., *zoom* to fit). >> >> I find all of these confusing and various settings with different >> controls in different places don't help. >> Well, there simply are various different different things one can do. And in different circumstances. An initial option is not the same thing as a current setting in an open document, so they should be in different places of the UI. Perhaps the “Use current view settings….” item could be removed now, it is there more for historic reasons as you can now set them the preferences. But it offers a more visual way of setting the defaults (as it is based on the actual settings of the document you can now see, rather than some abstract numbers and options). >> I have no idea what settings are controlled by "Use Current View >> Settings as Default." What are the settings being set?????? >> Could you show them? >> It sets the settings/options from that menu. Note that “zoom too fi”is *not* a setting, it is an action(it zooms to a specific level). However, “automtcailly resize” *is * a setting (it is an option to keep the zoom level adapted to the view area). I could also say that it encompasses all options the “initial PDF view settings” sheet in the General preferences, it is just another way to set the same options. >> I suggest that you put all of the controls in one place. >> As I said above, they stand for different things, and apply to different things, and therefore should be in different places. Except perhaps for the last menu item. >> (Also "Automatically Resize" is difficult to work with - one has to >> click on it and then THE WINDOW GOES AWAY SO I DO NOT KNOW IT WAS SET! >> I have to click on PDF again to see whether I did set it or not. >> Please do not make it go away when it is being set. >> I don’t know what you mean. Which window goes away? Are you talking about the window for the preferences? That is not the one for the current document(s), not is the *initial* options for new documents. And if you want to see what it is set to, just call the window. It is in a separate window because all of it takes far too much space (given also that there are two sets of options, as willow separate settings for full screen). This is also why before redid not have it, and had it set using the “Use current view settings as default”. >> Help!! >> >> Thanks for a GREAT program, >> >> Tom > Christiaan
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