text annotation from macOS preview not showing in zotero desktop 8.0-beta.4+96dd7b16a

foss-

Reproduce
1. open pdf in macOS (15.6) preview app and create a text annotation
2. add pdf to zotero

Currently
On both Android 1.0.0-186 and iOS 2.0.0-372 the annotation does show. Surprisingly on Android the annotation text can even be edited which was not possible on iOS.
The main issue however is, the annotation does not show in Zotero macOS desktop 8.0-beta.4+96dd7b16a at all.

Expected
Show text annotations on all platforms including macOS client.
It would be great if textbox could be moved, which also does not seem possible currently.

poettli

Similar to https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/126052/zotero-8-beta-external-pdf-annotations-strikethrough-not-displaying

martynas_b

Text annotations made with other viewers will become visible again in the next beta update.

dstillman

Fixed now in the latest beta

foss-

Thanks so much for handling this problem so swiftly.

Confirming that in 8.0-beta.6+8df8182f0 the text annotation created in macOS preview.app does show as expected again in Zotero desktop on macOS.

While it is possible to also edit such an annotation on Android that is not possible on macOS Zotero. Should editing text annotations from preview.app be possible on Zotero macOS?

dstillman

File → Import Annotations

Being able to edit them currently on Android is a bug and probably not actually working.

foss-

What should File → Import Annotations do? In my test with the file in question that option is greyed out.

dstillman

If there are supported external annotations in the file, Import Annotations will be active and prompt whether to transfer those from the file into the Zotero database so they can be edited within Zotero. If you see locked annotations in the sidebar, that menu option should be active.