EPUB annotation issues on iOS.

NicFern · 2025-11-04T18:23:12+00:00

Hi,

I posted about this issue on the announcement thread for this new feature and was asked to provide further details about the problems I’m having adding annotations in some circumstances. I felt that a video would probably get the issue across more readily so I’ve uploaded one to YouTube here:
https://youtu.be/5WugAAQUF-o?si=pHv7Tv_umSu1EUbM

I will separately email the epub across.

Thanks
Nic

michalrentka · 2025-11-05T09:09:20+00:00

Hi Nic, thanks for the detailed video! We're taking a look at the issue.

Just a quick workaround for now, instead of selecting text and then tapping "Highlight" (or Underline), you can select the annotation tool from toolbar (on top left in your video) and just start dragging to highlight / underline text. That should work for you for now.

But of course selection should work properly too, so we'll try to fix that soon.

NicFern · 2025-11-05T10:41:56+00:00

Thanks :) I did also try that and had the same issues unfortunately. I just checked again and it's definitely in both cases, and with the highlight tool or the underline tool already selected.

Nic