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PDF Embed API: Annotations API, ANNOTATION_ADDED event not triggering for notes

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September 29, 2023
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Hello,

I am encountering an issue with the Annotations API. When adding a message to the document with the subtype "note," the ANNOTATION_ADDED event is not being triggered. It does work as expected for other subtypes such as "strikeout," "highlight," "underline," and "shape.". This was working fine a few days ago.

This issue can be tested with the Angular demo (/annotationAPIs/UIConfigurations).

Here, you can observe two events (related to drawing and highlighting marks), but none for note-type marks:

Thanks!

Correct answer Garrett28259082qfbf

@Raymond Camden we need an answer on this, how is one of the most important annotations of adobe pdf viewer still broken with no response?

It's both add comment via toolbar and "right click" > "add comment"

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Lively_Elixir1339

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I am facing the same issue with regards to the ANNOTATION_ADDED event not being triggered for "note" annotation types. This is hindering my ability to implement stick notes into my custom comments sidebar. As mentioned before, this would be fixed with triggering the ANNOTATION_ADDED event when a sticky note is placed on pdf page as opposed to waiting for text to be added.

Any update here @Joel_Geraci @Raymond Camden on whether this will eventually be brought back? Thanks!

Joel Geraci

Community Expert

No update at this time. Trust me, it's frustrating me as well.

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Garrett28259082qfbf

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Any update here @Joel Geraci @Raymond Camden 🙂

Raymond Camden

Community Manager

No, there was a release May 9th (https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/pdf-embed-api/releasenotes/#may-9-2024) but I don't believe this was addressed.

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Facundo - Fabian MoonDeskAuthor

Participant

Hello,

Any progress on this matter? Or is it at least on the roadmap? The visualization of PDF files and collaborative participation are crucial functionalities of our application. The inability to utilize "note" comments poses a significant inconvenience. While I understand that there may be other priorities, I need to ascertain whether this issue will be addressed at some point, so we can plan accordingly, whether it involves awaiting a solution or considering other alternatives/custom implementations.

Thank you!

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Jere- Lucho MoonDesk

Participant

Hi! First of all, sorry for bother you tagging in this post @Joel Geraci We have seen that you are an expert in the community, we want to know if you can give us some help trying to contact some adobe developers for a answer about this major bug.

Regards!

Raymond Camden

Community Manager

I am not Joel, but as I said above, the bug is filed. Nothing else can be done now. I can say engineering didn't agree it was a bug, I explained how it _was_ absolutely a bug, but for now it's recorded. That's it. I'm sorry to be blunt, but nothing else can do be done now.

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Garrett28259082qfbf

Inspiring

Didn't agree it was a bug 😮 😮 ??

This is one of the clearest examples of a bug I've ever seen. If they need a demo of a real application experiencing this bug. Please let me know.

I have a separate workaround that works for the "Add comments" toolbar. Described below

globalAnnotationManager.registerEventListener(async function (event) {

    /*if (event.createdBy != createdBy) {
        globalAnnotationManager.unselectAnnotation(event.data.id);
        return;
    }*/
    if (event.type === "ANNOTATION_MODE_STARTED") {
        if (event.data == "note" || event.data == "freetext") {
            // HANDLE however you want, completely blocking the normal input
            return;
        }
        return;
    } 

     // Handle regular annotations

}, eventOptions);

Again, this will not work if you right click on the document and press "Add comments". It will also not work if you click on an annotation and press "Add comments"

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Garrett28259082qfbf

Inspiring

@Raymond Camden any good news in the new year regarding this incredibly vital bug?

Something as simple as "right click > add comment" not functioning at all, destroys the whole UX

Raymond Camden

Community Manager

I do not have an update.

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Garrett28259082qfbf

Inspiring

Is there any workaround where we can prevent right clicking inside of the iframe?

Raymond Camden

Community Manager

I am unable to reproduce this. To be clear, what do you mean by 'note'? Garret below mentioned right click/add comment, and when I do, I get an event fired.