Zotero 7: Cursor no longer appears when using the pen in PDF reader

dstillman Zotero Team
This discussion was created from comments split from: Now available: Zotero 7.
  • danielec94
    Fantastic upgrade, thank you.
    So far I have only encountered one problem related to the use of the pen. I have a Surface pro 9 and Slim Pen 2 and i use plugin for translate PDF with the cursor (in Zotero 6 when I select a text, the pop-up automatic translate the text). Now, the cursor with pen don't just exist and this is very serious problem for my academic workflow.
  • dstillman Zotero Team
    @danielec94: For problems with a plugin, you'll need to contact the plugin developer.
  • danielec94
    Sorry, I explained myself badly. the problem is that in Zotero 7 the cursor no longer appears when using the pen and I can no longer select the text
  • danielec94
    edited August 11, 2024
    [Merged from other thread]

    I wrote this morning about a problem with the cursor but the problem was not understood.
    In Zotero 6, I could use the Surface Pen to select text and then choose a color for highlighting or do other things. In Zotero 7, I can't use the Surface Pen for this function and if I try to press and hold on a word, it is selected with a transparent color and I can't do anything.

    This is an example of the error occurred: https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u11632042/63hxxw6lfoemgjw5b6t3.png

    And is not possible resize the Zotero window. This is the highest level of scaling possible for dual-screen use (note that Zotero overlays the browser page):
    https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u11632042/i52myv9plkltksu9slvq.png
  • joniweb
    @danielec94 I struggle with the same with MS Surface Go 3 and a pen. No text selection and marking possible with the pen. If I need to select any text I have to use the mouse/touchpad. Only BBT plugin installed.
    I reverted to Z6 for now for may daily readings. @dstillman I'm happy to test when there is any change in the pen handling. Anyway big thanks and congratulation to everyone involved for this huge release.
  • dstillman Zotero Team
    edited August 11, 2024
    (@danielec94: Please stop posting to the announcement thread — we specifically asked there to start new threads for any problems. Your comments were already split off to this new thread. I've moved your follow-up comment here as well.)
  • dstillman Zotero Team
    edited August 11, 2024
    @danielec94 and @joniweb: We're aware of text-selection issues with touch-based devices and are hoping to have a fix soon:

    https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/comment/463109/#Comment_463109
  • danielec94
    Thank you so much and sorry for the confusion in posting the posts.
    Thank you for the great work
  • joniweb
    Thanks! I will periodically check the Z7 installation.
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