Comment tools now have black box.

[ChrisFit1440]

When using a comment tool in Acrobat Pro DC (such as the arrow tool) a black icon now appears with a trash can and sticky note symbol. How can I remove these? My job requires me to use many of these functions on a given page and the black boxes are getting in the way.

[bobs76829449]

Same here, I haaaaate the fact that they put these stupid garbage icon there. I'm trying to remove it as well.

[Document Geek]

Can you post a screenshot?

[bobs76829449]

[bobs76829449]

Here's a better picture.

[Document Geek]

Wow, yes that does in get the way. I can't recall a single feature request ever asking for that.

There doesn't seem to be a way to hide it, either, I checked in Preferences. Sorry my friend.

[bobs76829449]

This is horrible. Is Adobe the next company to go anti-consumer?

[Document Geek]

I added a feature request to allow a preferences to hide the black box: Hide the new black box when a comment is selected

At least it hides itself after a couple of seconds.

[copyeditorintexas]

This "feature" has been rolled out to my team and me over the past few days. We can see absolutely no benefit. All of us want it gone. It simply slows a workflow that's already crazy hard. Adobe, if you're intent on keeping this functionality, please at least provide a way to turn it off.

[Meenakshi Negi · Accepted solution]

Hi All,

We have released an update today for Adobe Acrobat 2015, Acrobat 2017 and Acrobat DC in which you can hide the toolbar using a newly added preference. By default, the toolbar is enabled. Check the screenshot below:

This update will be automatically pushed to all existing installations of Acrobat and Reader. If you want, you may also manually trigger the update early by opening the application and going to Help > Check for Updates.

You may refer to the following link to check the latest versions available. Release Notes | Adobe Acrobat, Reader

For more details on the new update, please refer to the following help document What's new in Adobe Acrobat DC

Let us know if you have any questions.

Regards,

Meenakshi