Continuous page display

Last updated: 2026-10-18 · Viewer: optional page gaps.

To read pages as a continuous strip, open View → Page display, choose Single page, turn Continuous scrolling on, and turn Show gaps between pages off. The Page display button on the viewer rail opens the same choices. The command palette also offers Show gaps between pages as a toggle.

Hiding gaps joins the displayed page edges and removes page shadows. It does not crop or change the PDF: white margins already in a page remain. Pages of different widths stay centered. In two-page view, it removes both the gutter within a row and the gap between rows.

For future documents, open Preferences → Documents and view and uncheck Show gaps between pages. This default survives a restart. Existing documents retain their current view; the per-document toggle does not change the preference for future documents.

Desktop launch options:

codex --layout continuous --page-gaps off document.pdf
codex --default-page-gaps off

The opt-in UI control channel accepts set key=page-gaps value=off for the active document and set key=default-page-gaps value=off for future documents. Its command method accepts id=view.page_gaps, and state reports active.page_gaps and active.continuous.

Revision history: 2026-10-17 — added local gapless-display controls and documentation.

In a side-by-side comparison, the gap setting applies to both panes. Changing it in Organize Pages keeps your document scroll position when you return to the viewer.