Open Bug 1781068 Opened 2 years ago Updated 3 months ago

FreeText Annotation contents isn't searchable in PDFs

Categories

(Firefox :: PDF Viewer, defect, P3)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
PDF Viewer
Version:
Firefox 104
Type:
defect

Tracking

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Tracking Flags:
Tracking Status
firefox104 --- affected

People

(Reporter: zstimi, Unassigned)

References

Details

Found in

  • Firefox 104.0a1

Affected versions

  • Firefox 104.0a1

Affected platforms

  • Win 10 x64
  • macOS 10.15
  • Ubuntu 22

Steps to reproduce

  1. Launch Firefox and set pdfjs.annotationEditorMode = 0
  2. Access any pdf form, ex: link
  3. Toggle on Add FreeText Annotation button and write a text on pdf.
  4. Save the pdf document and open the saved pdf.
  5. Try to search for a string previously entered.

Expected result

  • FreeText Annotation contents is searchable.

Actual result

  • FreeText Annotation contents isn't searchable.

Regression range

  • This is not a regression.
Blocks: 1778066
Has STR: --- → yes

This applies to PDFs that haven't been edited by pdf.js too.

Summary: FreeText Annotation contents isn't searchable in a saved pdf document → FreeText Annotation contents isn't searchable in PDFs
See Also: → 1802887
Duplicate of this bug: 1802887

It doesn't work either in Chrome or Edge.

Severity: S4 → S3
Priority: -- → P3
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