PDF viewer resets to page 1 when switching tabs in the side panel
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
26.623.141536
What subscription do you have?
Pro
What platform is your computer?
Darwin 25.5.0 arm64 arm
What issue are you seeing?
In the macOS Codex Desktop app, when I open a PDF file in the side panel and switch between tabs, the PDF viewer loses my current position and resets back to page 1.
This is especially frustrating when working with long PDFs, because I have to repeatedly navigate back to the page I was reading.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
- Open the Codex Desktop app on macOS.
- Open a PDF file in the side panel.
- Navigate to a later page in the PDF.
- Switch to another tab.
- Switch back to the PDF tab.
The PDF viewer resets to page 1 instead of staying on the page where I left off.
What is the expected behavior?
The PDF viewer should preserve the current page when switching between tabs in the side panel.
If preserving the current page is not immediately possible, adding a page number input to jump directly to a specific page would also be very helpful.
Additional information
This makes working with long PDF documents very tiring. Currently, the viewer only has left/right arrow navigation, so returning to a later page requires clicking many times.
A useful improvement would be to either preserve the current page position or provide a “go to page” input for easier navigation.