Excited to announce the launch of PDF WorkDesk - an open-source web app for your PDF needs!
As a Streamlit and Python enthusiast, I’m thrilled to share my latest creation with you. PDF WorkDesk is a Streamlit-powered web app designed to make your PDF editing experience seamless and user-friendly.
And the best part? It’s completely open-source and respects your privacy - no personal information required!
I’m continuously working on adding more features and would love to hear your feedback. If you have any suggestions or would like to contribute, PRs and issues are welcome.
Regarding the feature request, were you referring to having the previewer in the main canvas rather than the sidebar, or using another widget altogether to view the PDFs?
A pdf viewer in the main is what i like. Perhaps remove the previewer in the sidebar. I dont fully understand the presence of a preview in the sidebar.
Siderbar
Minimize widgets in the sidebar. Avoid designing the sidebar that forced users to scroll.
Should the app force dark mode? In “normal” white mode sidebar text is not very visible. From my side: I like the preview but agree with Ferdy that there is a lot going on on the sidebar
Since I use custom HTML (st.components.v1.html()), I haven’t been able to figure out a way to render the text well in both light and dark mode. This is also a small reason why I prefer to have a longer sidebar, as otherwise, the bottom section with custom HTML looks horrible in the previews
Any suggestions on how I could fix this? All my other apps could also use this.
there is a lot going on on the sidebar
I will be moving the previews to the main canvas. That should clean the sidebar up a bit.
Maybe try to always force dark mode? I do something like that in “The dungeon” if you will try to change mode to white it will stay dark Overall your app is great stuff. I will definiately use it!
Of course, many more improvements are needed from a layout and performance perspective, but the codebase is currently a mess, and the following primary task will be to refactor it before making further significant changes.
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