Released March 31, 2026

Xodo PDF Reader Release Notes: The New Toolbar Redesign

This release introduces a significant overhaul of the Xodo user interface, transitioning from the classic layout to a modern, streamlined toolbar design. This update focuses on improved tool accessibility, better screen real-estate utilization, and a more intuitive navigation experience.

New Feature: The Xodo Toolbar

We have introduced a completely redesigned toolbar to centralize your most-used tools and improve workflow efficiency.

  • Modern Navigation: A new layout that removes wasted whitespace at the top of the application, providing a cleaner workspace for your documents.
  • Enhanced Tool Access: Directly access key features from the toolbar, including:
    • File Management: Open multiple documents, save changes, and close specific tabs directly from the new interface.
    • Annotation & Markup: Quick-select Callout, Text Box, Typewriter, Sticky Note, and various Markup tools.
    • Drawing & Measurement: A dedicated "Draw" section for shapes and integrated measuring tools for precise work.
    • View & Page Controls: Easily toggle Page Fit options, Page Layouts, Full Screen, Reading Mode, and rotation (clockwise/counter-clockwise).
  • Interactive Improvements:
    • Tooltips: Hover over any icon to see its name and function.

    • Visual States: Improved selected states for tools within dropdown menus, so you always know which tool is active.

    • Search: A new integrated search bar to find text within your documents quickly.

    • Redo/Undo: Dedicated buttons now available on the top bar for quick action reversals.

Flexibility & Feedback

We understand that workflows are personal. This redesign includes options to help you transition at your own pace.

  • Classic Toggle: Use the "Toggle to New/Classic" switch to move between the redesigned toolbar and the original interface.

  • In-App Feedback: A new feedback button is available directly in the toolbar. Users who frequently use the new design may be prompted to share their thoughts to help us improve.

  • New Installations: New users will now start in the modern toolbar interface by default to highlight the latest features.


Enhancements 

  • Text Selection (Document Specific) - Improved our text selection based on another example without changing already-working selection
  • Text Selection Highlight - Improved to a more modern look for highlighting selected text on Windows and Linux
  • Search Multiple Documents - Improved the process not to show a confirmation message after every subfolder when searching documents across multiple folders


Bug Fixes 

  • Page Color for Accessibility - Fixed an issue with this preference not working
  • Regression issue - restored the delayed loading of annotations to get a document loaded faster
  • Document Specific - better handling of annotations with malformed remote destination actions
  • Read Out Loud removal - ability to run Xodo PDF Studio without the library for the Read Out Loud feature installed, to allow users the ability to remove it
  • Document Specific - improved handling of loading a document with a malformed font dictionary
  • Sound Annotations - fixed an issue with sound annotations missing the annotation mini-toolbar (when enabled)
  • Document Specific - fixed ability to fill in forms in a document with a malformed Acroform fonts dictionary
  • Auto Form Fill - fixed an issue with auto filling fields that did not have an auto-font size resulting in extraneous new line characters
  • Icon Color Preference - fixed an issue with a truncated drop down box in preferences