feature requestProductivity · Collaboration & MessagingstructuralPDFAnnotationsCollaborationPDF Js

No text-layer annotations or threaded comments in collaborative PDF viewers

Collaborative document tools that render PDFs lack the ability to highlight specific text, attach margin notes, or create threaded page-level comment threads tied to the PDF text layer. Drawing-based annotation exists but does not interact with selectable text content. This gap limits async review workflows for teams sharing PDF documents.

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