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I have a long pdf book and have to frequently access chapters using the index after clicking the outline option in the Evince dropdown menu as shown below.

 Evince dropdown menu

My problem is that every time I open the document, Evince shows the thumbnails view by default. Is there any way I can view the outline of the document by default when I open Evince?

Update: Does not work in the Evince 3.32.0 snap package

I installed Evince 3.32.0 using snap install evince and was surprised to learn that the newer version despite providing "Save Current Settings as Default" option for saving other settings, always opens the thumbnail view by default and what is worse it does not even keep the side pane open by default.

So each time in order to open the outline view, I have to open the side pane first and then click on the Outline option in the bottom navigation bar as shown below

Outline option in bottom navigation bar

P.S. I prefer using the Document Viewer or Evince as my pdf viewer and do not need a workaround using an alternate software

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  • Which version of Evince is that? Mine is 3.32.0 and doesn't even have a dropdown menu. However, it has Thumbnails, Annotations and Bookmarks views (probably also Outline for documents that have one) and reproducably opens in the view it was last closed in.
    – Jos
    Jun 4, 2019 at 17:42
  • @Jos I tried Evince 3.32.0. It does not open outline view by default, check out my updated question.
    – Kewal Shah
    Jun 5, 2019 at 7:56
  • It works in mine. Try this: install dconf-editor, run it and open org.gnome.evince. Anything special in there?
    – Jos
    Jun 5, 2019 at 10:39
  • @Jos I could not find anything helpful there. Are you using an apt package? I am using a snap version of Evince 3.32.0, could there be a difference in behaviour of the apt and the snap packages?
    – Kewal Shah
    Jun 5, 2019 at 13:36
  • Yes, mine is an apt package.
    – Jos
    Jun 5, 2019 at 14:04

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Evince 3.28.4

Save Current Settings as Default option

Select "Save Current Settings as Default" option in File options as shown in the picture and viola! The outline view will be set as default.

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