How to Give User the Ability to Select a Polygon Cloud Annotation Immediately After Drawing One

[Qudama-VP]

Hi, 

Currently in the PDF document viewer, if you draw a Polygon cloud and try to select that cloud immediately after drawing it, it initiates a new drawing of a cloud, however with the free hand, square, and ellipse tools, selecting the annotation highlights the annotation and gives you the 'Done, Delete, Style, Note' menu tabs. 

Is there any way to achieve the same functionality with the polygon cloud annotation?

Thanks, 

Qudama

[Matt Parizeau]

Hi Qudama,

You could add the following code to your config file. This will apply to the Polyline, Polygon and PolygonCloud tools as they inherit from the polyline tool.

Tools.PolylineCreateTool.prototype.tap = Tools.AnnotationSelectTool.prototype.tap;

Tools.PolylineCreateTool.prototype.mouseLeftUp = function() {
  var annotManager = readerControl.docViewer.getAnnotationManager();
  if (annotManager.getSelectedAnnotations().length > 0) {
    this.annotation = null;
  }

  Tools.AnnotationSelectTool.prototype.mouseLeftUp.apply(this, arguments);
};

Matt Parizeau

Software Developer

PDFTron Systems Inc.