View mode changes to "Best Fit" by itself when clicking on items in Index.

that's not reproducible here, I've tried with Hardy and Intrepid, may you tell us a few easy steps in order to reproduce it? thanks.

We are closing this bug report as it lacks the information, described in the previous comments, we need to investigate the problem further. However, please reopen it if you can give us the missing information and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future.

Ubuntu 10.04beta
package: evince 2.29.92-0ubuntu1

To reproduce here:

1 Download ubuntu pocket guide from http://www.ubuntupocketguide.com/download_main.html
2 Open file in evince and select a specific zoom level (100%)
3 Open the sidebar and set it to "index" mode (not "thumbnails")
4 Select a chapter from the index

Observe that the zoom level has now been set to "best fit" instead of whatever you selected.

Evince version: 2.30.0

Observed same behavior with the above version. The view changes back to "Best Fit" even if "Fit Page width" is selected after selecting a different chapter from the sidebar

Also observed in Evince 2.32.0 (Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop, i386)

To reproduce:
1. Open PDF document (must have an index).
2. Select Index side-pane (press F9).
3. Set view to "Fit Page Width".
4. Click on any other page in the index.

Effect: view will automatically revert to "Best Fit", making the document very hard to read on smaller screens. It does it every time you click on an index link. This is very annoying.

It happens irrespective of whether "Edit->Save Current Settings as Deafult" (Ctrl-T) has been selected.

It does not occur in all indexed PDF documents, but the ubuntu pocket guide (see WillDyson's post above) certainly exhibits this problem. It does not seem to occur when clicking on thumbnails ("Thumbnail" view selected in side pane).

See also: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/49340

Yes, this is maddening behavior, please fix this... it's a deal breaker for this app use. Ubuntu 10.10 for me as well.

I was looking through the same bug reports dating back at least 5 years (Ubuntu 7.04, 2006). One of the explanations is that part of the PDF spec allows the author to set the default zoom level for each section. IMO there is no reason an author zoom level should override reader preference, because reader preference is what allows the reader to see the text. Honestly it's really difficult to read the text at a "Best Fit" level (i.e., Whole Page), if that's what the PDF is set to, rendering the reader less than helpful to a reader.

This is a seriously annoying bug. I think it comes down to Evince needing an option to override the PDF's zoom settings. As Sean pointed out in #7 this is part of the PDF spec, but it's really annoying when reference books which reset the zoom any time you flip chapters :(

Thank you for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments at: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=653774

The issue has been fixed in that upstream commit

https://git.gnome.org/browse/evince/commit/?id=5d8ef0fa9518100a8e8c3212b1990e738682e70c

This bug was fixed in the package evince - 3.13.91-0ubuntu1

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evince (3.13.91-0ubuntu1) utopic; urgency=medium

  * New upstream version (lp: #1367769):
    - Do not open single page pdfs in dual mode by default (lp: #256445)
    - Set the window title for empty windows to make sure it's exposed
      to accessibility (lp: #704928)
    - Close the window when CTRL+w shortcut is used in presentation
      mode, instead of turning the screen white (lp #1289581)
    - Keep the scroll position when switching between continuous and
      non continuous mode (lp: #276749)
    - Fix rotation direction in DJVU backend (lp: #1242678)
    - Better handling of hi-dpi screen (lp: #1287915)
    - Make <Ctrl>Home/End scroll to the start/end of the document
      (lp: #1279387)
    - New Preserve Zoom Feature (lp: #286218)
  * debian/control:
    - drop libsm build-depends, that has been deprecated upstream
    - build-depends on libgnome-desktop-3-dev
    - updated gtk requirement
  * debian/libevdocument3-4.symbols, debian/libevview3-3.symbols:
    - updated for the new version
  * debian/patches/gnome_icon_theme.patch:
    - use old gnome-icon-theme name until we update that component
  * debian/patches/gtk_no_gesture.patch:
    - revert use of gtk gesture until we get gtk 3.13 (new in that version)
  * debian/patches/traditional_menu_bar.patch:
    - use traditionnal menubars under Unity (the gmenumodel work has been
      commited upstream but not the menubar changes)
  * debian/patches/unity_normal_titlebar.patch:
    - use traditionnal menubars out of gnome-shell
  * debian/rules:
    - disable libgnome support in the gtk build
  * Resynchronize on Debian
  * debian/apparmor-profile:
  * debian/apparmor-profile.abstraction:
  * debian/evince.apport:
  * debian/evince-common.dirs:
    - Ubuntu apparmor profile
  * debian/control:
    - Build-Depend on dh-apparmor and libgrip-dev
    - Suggests on apparmor
  * debian/rules:
    - install apparmor files
  * debian/patches/11_grip_gestures.patch:
    - supports pinch to zoom, rotate, and drag gestures
  * Changes deprecated with that version
  * debian/rules:
    - save some space by not shipping the synctex screencast.
      (the video is not included in the new upstream version)
 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Mon, 15 Sep 2014 12:46:26 +0200