Zotero Beta viewer does not allow me to select text in certain PDFs
Hi,
I'm currently using the Zotero beta (5.0.97-beta.63+035aac30f). I have a problem with certain PDF files created by ocrmypdf.
In Zotero I can search these files without problems (so Zotero does recognize the text) but cannot select and highlight text. In other viewers such as Okular or in Firefox they behave normally and I can select text, so it is not a problem with the files. Sometimes only certain pages in documents are affected but I have not found a pattern.
I have uploaded an example page, for which this problem appears here: https://heibox.uni-heidelberg.de/f/de6ec20a3af34a68ad9c/?dl=1. When I try to select all text on the page, it looks like this: https://imgur.com/a/9Afec0h
Thanks a lot!
I'm currently using the Zotero beta (5.0.97-beta.63+035aac30f). I have a problem with certain PDF files created by ocrmypdf.
In Zotero I can search these files without problems (so Zotero does recognize the text) but cannot select and highlight text. In other viewers such as Okular or in Firefox they behave normally and I can select text, so it is not a problem with the files. Sometimes only certain pages in documents are affected but I have not found a pattern.
I have uploaded an example page, for which this problem appears here: https://heibox.uni-heidelberg.de/f/de6ec20a3af34a68ad9c/?dl=1. When I try to select all text on the page, it looks like this: https://imgur.com/a/9Afec0h
Thanks a lot!
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samvimesThe problem still persists. I've also observed that if I open the PDF in Okular, highlight text there and then open it in Zotero's viewer again, I can see the highlight, but in the Annotations panel there's only a box saying "Add extracted text" with a lock symbol - clicking on it does nothing however.
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martynas_bWe should be able to fix that. Thanks for reporting.
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samvimesPerfect - thank you very much!
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ehuddIs there any update about this issue. In arch linux this problem stills persistent
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samvimesI assume it's being workend on: https://github.com/zotero/zotero/issues/2491
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davvalentI run into this problem. Glad to see this issue is handled!