Did you know Google Chrome Testing Feature to Share Specific PDF Sections via Links

 

A new Google Chrome feature was spotted by a user on X through a Chromium code commit that shows users might be able to send specific parts of long pdfs so others can access it easily. It is hard when you have to send a whole pdf to someone just for a specific part because you have to go through it from the start to reach there. Through this feature, users will be able to select a text on the pdf and copy its link to send to someone. When someone clicks on the link, it will take them to that specific part of the pdf.

This feature is just for testing right now so we are not sure when it will be available to all users. The steps to create a link for specific parts of a pdf are simple. On the PDF viewer on Google Chrome, just select the text you want to share the link of and then open right click menu/option. Now select the ‘copy link to highlight’ and share the link to whomever you want (just like web page text highlighting feature). This upgraded PDF part highlighting feature is named as Text Fragment and using this feature, everyone will be able to access exactly what they need in a pdf.

Google is working on other features too like scam detection with AI and improving tab grouping. Gemini Live is going to be integrated on Chrome too.