---
title: Using the viewer
description: "What visitors see: the toolbar, the side panel and keyboard controls."
url: "https://axisthemes.com/documentations/using-the-viewer/"
updated: "2026-11-02"
category: FlipKraft / Getting started
---

# Using the viewer

What visitors see: the toolbar, the side panel and keyboard controls.

The toolbar buttons you see depend on the Controls options and on the book. A PDF with a table of contents gets a Contents tab, and so on.

- **Side panel**: tabs for Pages (thumbnails), Contents and Search.
- **Menu**: opens and closes the side panel.
- **Zoom**: zoom out and in. Zoomed pages can be dragged to pan.
- **Text selection**: lets visitors select and copy text on PDF pages.
- **Search**: finds words in the PDF.
- **Sound**: turns the page-turn sound on or off.
- **Share**, **Print** and **Fullscreen**.

The remaining buttons are previous/next page, page number, single/double page toggle, autoplay, download and help.

## Keyboard

| Key | Action |
| --- | --- |
| ← → | Previous / next page |
| Home, End | First / last page |
| + − 0 | Zoom in, zoom out, reset zoom |
| Esc | Close a panel, leave fullscreen or close the lightbox |

## Turning pages

Drag a page corner, use the previous/next buttons, or use the keyboard. With the 2D corner peel effect, hovering near an outer page corner shows a small fold as a hint.

Next: [Shortcodes & block](/documentations/shortcodes-and-block/)