[Bug] PDF Reader annotation toolbar missing in Zotero 11 beta

michaa7
Hi,

In Zotero 11.0-beta.3+ds1, the PDF reader does not display its annotation toolbar.

Existing annotations are visible, but I cannot create new highlights or other annotations. Selecting text does not bring up the usual annotation color menu.

This makes PDF annotation unusable.

1. Open a PDF attachment from the personal library.
2. Observe that the annotation toolbar is missing.
3. Select text in the PDF.
4. Observe that no annotation color menu appears and no new annotation can be created.

- OS: Debian GNU/Linux sid (siduction)
- Zotero version: 11.0-beta.3+ds1
- Installation: Debian package (zotero.retorque.re)

The PDF is stored in the local Zotero storage directory. Existing annotations are displayed correctly.
  • dstillman Zotero Team
    Start by updating to beta 4. If the problem persists, provide a Debug ID for Zotero startup through reproducing the problem, using the Help → Debug Output Logging → "Restart with Logging Enabled…" option.
  • michaa7
    beta4 solved the problem. Thanks.

    BTW:
    beta3 came in overwriting zotero10.x . I assume this is not supposed to happen. I now have the beta installed as zotero-beta with its own DB.
  • dstillman Zotero Team
    edited yesterday at 7:25pm
    I don't know what "overwriting zotero10.x" means.

    The application files would depend on which zotero-deb channel you added, but we don't have anything to do with the zotero-deb distribution.

    A Zotero 11 installation would use your existing data directory by default.
  • michaa7
    "overwriting zotero10.x" means 11-bata3 got installed not alongside but instead off zotero10. I assume the beta Version should be updated with the zotero-beta package, not the zotero package.

    > but we don't have anything to do with the zotero-deb distribution.

    so where should I report it or shouldn't I care at all?
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