How to display/generate PDF pages as thumbnails?

The WinForms PDF Viewer does not support displaying PDF pages as thumbnail. However, as a workaround, the PDF document pages can be viewed as thumbnail by exporting them as images using the PdfLoadedDocument.ExportAsImage() API. Clicking on the thumbnail image will navigate to the corresponding page in PdfViewerControl.


Refer to the following code snippet.
C#.
In this sample, we have used the TableLayoutPanel to view the PDF pages as thumbnail.

Load the PDF document into PDF Viewer using the Load API and hook the DocumentLoaded event of PDF Viewer to export the PDF pages as images.

The DocumentLoaded event will be triggered every time when loading new PDF document in PDF Viewer. So, perform ExportAsImage functionality in the DocumentLoaded event for converting the PDF pages of newly loaded PDF document into thumbnail images.

Convert the PDF pages as images using the ExportAsImage API of PDF Viewer and set the converted bitmap image to the Picture control. Finally, add the picture controls to the TableLayoutPanel to view the PDF as thumbnail images. Please find the UG documentation link for ExportAsImage API.
https://help.syncfusion.com/windowsforms/pdfviewer/working-with-pdf-viewer#exporting-pdf

Use the GoToPageAtIndex API of PDF Viewer to navigate to the specified page while clicking the thumbnail image. Please find the UG documentation link for GotToPageAtIndex API.
https://help.syncfusion.com/windowsforms/pdfviewer/how-to/load-a-specific-page

Sample link:
http://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/support/directtrac/general/ze/SampleWF1656308284

Please find the output of thumbnail view sample.