SumatraPDF new features: April 10, 2026

New in the SumatraPDF pre-release builds:

Change Background Color

Change Background Color (CmdChangeBackgroundColor, command palette) opens a color picker to change the background color for the current file or for all files of the same type. It has swatches for saved custom colors (CustomColors). New settings EBookUI.BackgroundColor, ComicBookUI.BackgroundColor and ImageUI.BackgroundColor set the background for ebooks, comic books and images. All background color settings accept checkered for a transparency checkerboard.
The Change Background Color window with custom color swatches, over a document with a light green background

External viewers as toolbar buttons

The ToolbarText option for ExternalViewers adds a toolbar button that opens the document in that external viewer (#5313).
Toolbar with Acrobat and Notepad buttons added by ExternalViewers entries with ToolbarText

WOFF fonts and more print copies

Documents that embed WOFF fonts display correctly (#944). -print-settings allows up to 9999 copies (#5509). The Scrollbars setting moved from FixedPageUI to the top level.
More: changes from April 10, 2026 and the full changelog.
#SumatraPDF #release notes
Oct 11 2026

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