Fix #6121 # Description of Changes <!-- Please provide a summary of the changes, including: - What was changed - Why the change was made - Any challenges encountered Closes (#6121 ) --> This PR expands the viewer ruler/measurement tool with real-world scale support. Users can now apply preset scales, define custom scales, calibrate a scale by drawing a reference measurement and entering its known real-world distance, and view measurements with scaled real-world values. It also refactors PDF `/Measure` and `/VP` scale extraction out of `EmbedPdfViewer` into a dedicated utility, centralizes ruler state management in a dedicated hook, persists ruler measurements and selected scales per file during the browser session, remembers the last calibration unit locally, and updates the ruler overlay so measurements remain aligned with the PDF page during rotation and scrolling. **New Files** - `RulerMeasurementLayer.tsx` - Renders ruler measurements in the SVG overlay, including lines, points, labels, page/scaled values, delete controls, live previews, clear controls, and label visibility modes. - `RulerScaleSettingsButton.tsx` - Adds the scale settings button/popover to the viewer toolbar. - `ScaleCalibrationDialog.tsx` - Provides the calibration modal where users enter a known real-world distance to calculate the scale automatically. - `ScaleSettingsPanel.tsx` - Provides preset scales, custom scale input, calibration entry point, active scale display, and reset controls. - `useMeasurementManager.ts` - Centralizes ruler state, custom scale state, calibration flow, per-file measurements, session persistence, and loading of PDF-derived scale data. - `measurementPreferences.ts` - Persists the last calibration unit in `localStorage`. - `measurementTypes.ts` - Defines shared measurement, point, scale, page scale, and viewport scale types. - `measurementUtils.ts` - Provides unit conversion, scale calculation, validation, formatting, calibration helpers, and session storage helpers. - `measurementUtils.test.ts` - Adds unit tests for scale calculations, unit conversion, preset parsing, ratio derivation, and calibration. - `pdfMeasurementExtraction.ts` - Moves PDF `/Measure` and `/VP` scale extraction into a dedicated utility. **Changed Files** - `EmbedPdfViewer.tsx` - Removes inline PDF scale extraction and delegates ruler/measurement state to `useMeasurementManager`; integrates the ruler overlay, custom scale support, restored measurements, and calibration dialog. - `LocalEmbedPDF.tsx` - Adds page-level metadata used by the ruler overlay, including page width, height, and native page rotation. - `RotateAPIBridge.tsx` - Adds immediate rotation update propagation so ruler measurements can update their page-anchored positions during rotation changes. - `RulerOverlay.tsx` - Refactors the ruler overlay to use shared measurement types/utilities, support custom scales, calibration measurements, restored measurements, measurement change listeners, rotation-aware positioning, and scroll compensation, also holding Alt key will activate pass-through behavior so labels do not block ruler interactions. - `useViewerWorkbenchBarButtons.tsx` - Adds the ruler scale settings action and coordinates ruler, pan mode, and calibration behavior. - `ViewerContext.tsx` - Adds immediate rotation notification support used by ruler measurements while viewer rotation changes are applied. - `en-GB/translation.toml` and `en-US/translation.toml` - Add UI text for scale settings, calibration actions, ruler measurement values, and ruler label controls. --- ## Checklist ### General - [X] I have read the [Contribution Guidelines](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) - [X] I have read the [Stirling-PDF Developer Guide](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/DeveloperGuide.md) (if applicable) - [x] I have read the [How to add new languages to Stirling-PDF](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/devGuide/HowToAddNewLanguage.md) (if applicable) - [X] I have performed a self-review of my own code - [X] My changes generate no new warnings ### Documentation - [ ] I have updated relevant docs on [Stirling-PDF's doc repo](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-Tools.github.io/blob/main/docs/) (if functionality has heavily changed) - [x] I have read the section [Add New Translation Tags](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/devGuide/HowToAddNewLanguage.md#add-new-translation-tags) (for new translation tags only) ### Translations (if applicable) - [ ] I ran [`scripts/counter_translation.py`](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/docs/counter_translation.md) ### UI Changes (if applicable) - [x] Screenshots or videos demonstrating the UI changes are attached (e.g., as comments or direct attachments in the PR) Current scale panel : <img width="1316" height="515" alt="Captura de tela de 2026-05-31 21-57-53" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/df0ffb7d-4546-450c-8380-409658852a87" /> Current calibration input : <img width="1021" height="522" alt="Captura de tela de 2026-05-31 21-59-52" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e17c14e7-fec7-42e9-af48-33ef825acb6c" /> Example of usage : <img width="1316" height="760" alt="Captura de tela de 2026-05-31 22-31-01" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/fcd3578e-1eaa-42d3-b30b-3fc87c796f90" /> ### Testing (if applicable) - [X] I have run `task check` to verify linters, typechecks, and tests pass - [X] I have tested my changes locally. Refer to the [Testing Guide](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/DeveloperGuide.md#7-testing) for more details. --------- Co-authored-by: Anthony Stirling <77850077+Frooodle@users.noreply.github.com>
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Layout
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PDF editor under frontend/editor/; new apps (the developer portal, etc.)
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Tauri
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Dev
task desktop:dev
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Build
task desktop:build
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Platform-specific dev builds are also available:
task desktop:build:dev # No bundling
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task desktop:clean
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