By Cynthia, 10 November, 2025

The status bar is an area of the workspace that displays the page number where you are, the number of total pages, page transition buttons, zoom buttons, etc. for view setting. 

The status bar is open by default when you open a PDF. In the View tab, click View Setting and the Status Bar items help you to show or hide the status bar. 

By Cynthia, 10 November, 2025

Like the toolbars, the navigation pane can be docked in the navigation pane or float anywhere in the workspace. You can choose to hide or close the panels that you don't need and open the ones you do. What’s more, you can also adjust the width of the navigation pane easily.

  1. Viewing a panel in the navigation pane

By default, all the panels dock in the navigation pane with a set of panel buttons appearing on the left side of the work area. Do either of the following:

By Cynthia, 10 November, 2025

The buttons on the left side of the navigation pane provides easy access to various panels, such as the Bookmarks panel button and the Pages panel button. After right-clicking the navigation pane, you can select and open more panels. 

By Cynthia, 10 November, 2025

The Search box is located on the title bar at the top of the window. It enables you to quickly initiate a conversion with AI Assistant, or search commands, text, or online help based on the keywords you specified. 

By Cynthia, 10 November, 2025
Learn how to easily show and hide all toolbars in Foxit PDF Editor to customize your workspace and improve your workflow efficiency.
By Cynthia, 10 November, 2025
You can easily and quickly find the command you need by clicking in the Search box on the title bar and typing the name or description of the command you need.
By Cynthia, 10 November, 2025
Foxit has integrated the collective commands in the ribbon interface and created a new way of working, namely Ribbon Mode. Explore the user interface elements to work efficiently with Foxit PDF Editor.
By Cynthia, 10 November, 2025
Foxit PDF Editor offers a Plug-in Management Platform, in which you can view the plug-in status, learn the information about the plugins installed, and manage the plug-ins as needed.
By Cynthia, 10 November, 2025
Foxit PDF Editor offers an AI-powered customer support center, which acts as an AI chatbot and can provide personalized assistance based on your specific needs.
By Cynthia, 10 November, 2025
Foxit offers online tutorials to help you get the most out of our product. Go to Help > Online Tutorial to watch our product tutorials on the Foxit website.