Search & text selection
Full-text search, selectable text layer, and copy support.
pdf
Preview
Props & interactive options
| Prop | Type | Default | Description | Try it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| enable_search | url param | 1 | Expose the search bar and keyboard shortcut. |
Documentation
Videas PDFs are searchable out of the box. Search scans every page, highlights matches, and lets readers jump between results. As viewers type, the search bar proposes matching words from the document with the number of occurrences per word, so they can jump to the first match instantly. Text selection exposes an invisible text layer on top of the rendered pages, so viewers can copy/paste passages and screen readers can announce the content — the same layer powers the search feature.
Code
HTML
<iframe
src="https://app.videas.com/embed/019dcfc0-7e04-75be-b0de-50ec4eb80f62/?enable_search=1"
width="100%" height="100%"
frameborder="0" allowfullscreen
></iframe>Frequently asked questions
Does search work on scanned documents?
Only when the scan includes an OCR text layer. Videas does not OCR on the fly in the viewer; upload an OCR-processed PDF to make it searchable.