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Is it possible to have TeXStudio to display PDF file side by side with the source code just like TeXMaker? I am asking this since their user interfaces are very similar, hinting that we should have the same functionality in TeXStudio also. At the moment when I press quick build it views the PDF file in a separate window.

Thanks in advance

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    ACtually TeXStudio is a fork derived from TeXMaker, and for a time it was called TeXMakerX. In my own experience the embedded viewer is the default option. Didn you changed it or customized TeXStudio?
    – Aradnix
    Dec 14, 2013 at 21:49
  • I have been using TeXStudio mostly with default settings. The launched program is its own PDF viewer but it opens a new window. I want to see the source code and the PDF side by side.
    – Vesnog
    Dec 14, 2013 at 21:59
  • I preffer to use it in a new window because my screen is small. Well take a look in the menu Visualize and select the option Show embedded PDF small. This should fix your troubles. Tell if if it works or not.
    – Aradnix
    Dec 14, 2013 at 22:12
  • The menu Visualize is not available in my edition (2.3) of TeXStudio I presume. How can I change this setting?
    – Vesnog
    Dec 14, 2013 at 22:34
  • 2.3??? oh boy that's quite old. Hmm well maybe not so much but you should upgrade it. My version is the 2.6.6. I'm no expert TeXStudio user, I have more experience with Texmaker (since version 1.9) but may help to upgrade your version.
    – Aradnix
    Dec 14, 2013 at 22:40

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2.6.6 is the latest TexStudio Version. At the top left of an open pdf view, there is an icon that shows a split window. Click on that and you'll get the side-by-side view you ask for.

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  • I tried installing it but I ran into additional problems related with dictionaries
    – Vesnog
    Dec 15, 2013 at 10:42
  • @Vesnog Feel free to ask a follow-up question about that as a new question.
    – doncherry
    Dec 15, 2013 at 12:42
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    Is there a way to do that as default?
    – user50358
    Jul 8, 2014 at 16:29
  • @user50358 Yes, see my anser.
    – dexteritas
    May 17, 2018 at 9:55
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In TexStudio "2.11.2" click on "Tools" > "View" or F7 to enable the pdf side window.

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In 2.7.0, click on "View" and the click on "Show embedded PDF small".

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    Apr 30, 2015 at 14:57
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The adjustments suggested in the other answers via the view only affect the current session and are not saved permanently.

You can set the windowed preview as default under options -> Configure TeXstudio.... Goto tab Build and change PDF Viewer to Internal PDF Viewer (Windowed).

If you want the preview in the same window select Internal PDF Viewer (Embedded).

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Tools --> View or press F7 it will display automatically.

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Just right click on source code area then click on "go to pdf". Now Embedded PDF viewer appears. texstudio 2.12.16

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