PDF Feature Parity between MacOS and iPad

wloco
Forgive me if I've missed something, but I've come across a few issues working between my Mac and iPad:

1. The colors of highlight annotations is different on the two platforms, where the iPad's colors are more pastel. The color difference itself doesn't bother me, but the Mac app classifies these as two different colors (i.e. if I highlight text in red on my iPad, and different text in red on my Mac, the annotations actually have two different colors, filter separately, etc.)

2. The text annotation tool available on Mac is absent from the iPad version. Any text annotations written on my Mac do not appear on the iPad at all, even after resyncing, reopening, etc.

Zotero has otherwise worked well for me, and having these features work in a more streamlined manner would be great. If I'm missing something, please do let me know.
  • martynas_b
    1. The colors of highlight annotations is different on the two platforms, where the iPad's colors are more pastel. The color difference itself doesn't bother me, but the Mac app classifies these as two different colors (i.e. if I highlight text in red on my iPad, and different text in red on my Mac, the annotations actually have two different colors, filter separately, etc.)
    I can't reproduce this.
    1) Does it happen with new annotations as well?
    2) Do you see that in all PDF files?
    3) Could you make a screenshot?
    2. The text annotation tool available on Mac is absent from the iPad version. Any text annotations written on my Mac do not appear on the iPad at all, even after resyncing, reopening, etc.
    Future Zotero iOS app versions will have it.

  • wloco
    edited August 29, 2024
    Here's a screenshot of two annotations, both as "red" on their respective versions:

    https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u14900648/ovu5zpazk29fzz1cruh3.jpg

    I experience this across multiple PDFs, with annotations I've added in Zotero's viewer. It looks like they are two slightly different colors on Mac.

    https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u14900648/d4e61ltm1402hzp03hz9.png

    Note that on the iPad, they are shown and grouped as one color.
  • mvasilak
    Hey @wloco, is it possible you are using a plugin in desktop that affects highlight colors?
  • wloco
    @mvasilak I don't have any plugins enabled at the moment. Good thought though, I did check!
  • mvasilak
    We found the issue and we'll add a fix in the next iOS/iPadOS release. Thanks for reporting that @wloco
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