SetDisplayMode()

(mPDF ≥ 1.0)

SetDisplayMode – Specify the initial Display Mode when the PDF file is opened in Adobe Reader

Description

void SetDisplayMode ( mixed $zoom [, string $layout ])

Specify the initial Display Mode when the PDF file is opened in Adobe Reader. When the user opens the finished file in Adobe Reader, these values will determine the initial appearance and layout.

Parameters

$zoom

This parameter specifies the magnification (zoom) of the display when the document is opened.

Values (case-sensitive)

• 'fullpage'

  Fit a whole page in the screen

• 'fullwidth'

  Fit the width of the page in the screen

• 'real'

  Display at real size

• 'default'

  User’s default setting in Adobe Reader

• 'none'

  Default setting in PDF reader; No OpenAction is written in the document, so the file should be safer for e-mailing

• or an INTEGER

  Display at a percentage zoom (e.g. 90 will display at 90% zoom)

$layout

Specify the page layout to be used when the document is opened.

Values (case-sensitive)

• 'single'

  Display one page at a time

• 'continuous'

  Display the pages in one column

• 'two'

  Display the pages in two columns (first page determined by document direction (e.g. RTL))

• 'twoleft'

  Display the pages in two columns, with the first page displayed on the left side (mPDF ≥ 5.2)

• 'tworight'

  Display the pages in two columns, with the first page displayed on the right side (mPDF ≥ 5.2)

• 'default'

  User’s default setting in Adobe Reader

Default: 'continuous'

Examples

Example #1

<?php
$mpdf = new \Mpdf\Mpdf();

$mpdf->SetDisplayMode('fullwidth');

$mpdf->WriteHTML('
Hello World
');
$mpdf->Output('filename.pdf');

Example #2

<?php

// Display at 90% zoom - note the 90 is a number not a string
$mpdf->SetDisplayMode(90);

// Display two pages side by side (book style)
$mpdf->SetDisplayMode('fullpage','two');

Changelog

See Also

• SetDisplayPreferences() - Defines the way the document shall be presented on the screen