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PDF documents have hyperlinks to the contents on the same document (analogous to "#section" hrefs for an HTML document). Where's the back button to go back to the page I was on (where I clicked the hyperlink).

Let's say I'm on the index of a PDF tutorial, page 4, and I click on Chapter 2's hyperlink in the index that takes me to page 38. Now, if I want to go back to page 4 again, which button or shortcut should I use?

Within all browsers, excpet Google Chrome, you can press Alt and the left arrow to achieve this. Is there a similar shortcut within Google Chrome?

Ruut
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    Strange: The title and first two paragraphs of this question are verbatim from https://superuser.com/questions/22786/back-button-of-adobe-pdf-reader-after-clicking-a-hyperlink-whose-target-is-on-th – ShreevatsaR Nov 24 '16 at 11:55
  • Firefox 62 can do it BTW, it is the best Linux PDF reader as of 2018 IMHO: https://askubuntu.com/questions/18495/what-pdf-viewers-are-available-for-ubuntu/1085859#1085859 – Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com Oct 21 '18 at 14:31
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    can't believe chrome doesn't have this function yet as of 2019. March! – Chan Kim Mar 13 '19 at 00:25

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AFAIK there is no way to do it with the standard Chrome PDF Viewer. Take a look at their support page https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/1060734. You could try requesting this feature but keep in mind that the PDF viewer is part of Chrome, not Chromium.

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While the builtin pdf reader in Chrome does not support Alt + Left you can use this chrome extension, to replace the pdf reader with one that supports the Alt + Left functionality that you desire. Moreover, when using this extension, if you press the back button on chrome's address bar it takes you back to the previous view.

AHK
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  • As it’s currently written, your answer is unclear. Please [edit] to add additional details that will help others understand how this addresses the question asked. You can find more information on how to write good answers [in the help center](/help/how-to-answer). – Community Jun 08 '22 at 14:43
  • This is awesome! It works magically. Thanks, @AHK! – Sunghee Yun Feb 03 '23 at 02:00
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I think it is simpler to just open the hyperlink in a new tab e.g. with the middle mouse button. Then you can just close the tab afterwards.

user152245
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Alt + Left should be what you want.

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