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HotCakeX's avatar
Dec 09, 2019
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The option to remove highlights from PDFs is gone in version 80.0.358

I know this is still experimental and everything, just wanted to report that it's missing while it was available in the previous canary version 80.0.355

now i can also highlight the same text more than once in 80.0.358.

as you can see by applying multiple highlights to the same text i could create new colors. a darker green that is a mix of all the colors

 

 

 

p.s the highlight option need to be enabled from the flags first

edge://flags/

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • HotCakeX Selection is not needed to modify (change color) or to delete existing highlight. Option to delete a highlight is displayed with right click over an existing highlight.

     

    When a selection is made, options displayed are to create a highlight from selection and thus can be used to create overlapping highlights.

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  • Manvtech's avatar
    Manvtech
    Copper Contributor

    HotCakeX 

    I cannot enable the highlight function not even entering flags. It is crucial for me to have these function available. Any other options to enable it? Will Microsoft update Edge to allow this function?

    • HotCakeX's avatar
      HotCakeX
      MVP

      HiManvtech 

       

      if you're on Canary, you can do it by enabling this flag

       

       

      then restart browser, use the mouse to highlight some parts of the text in PDF, right-click on them and choose the highlight colors

  • HotCakeX Selection is not needed to modify (change color) or to delete existing highlight. Option to delete a highlight is displayed with right click over an existing highlight.

     

    When a selection is made, options displayed are to create a highlight from selection and thus can be used to create overlapping highlights.

    • Gii_is_me's avatar
      Gii_is_me
      Copper Contributor

      Thank You bc this was driving me nuts.  I understand they are still working out kinks but so far I don't like this update (Edge) lol.  TY for your help priyank_jain 

    • frcassi's avatar
      frcassi
      Copper Contributor

      I think it would be much more clear if the option was present also in the menu that appears when selecting words. I think that's where people expect it. Leaving the option in both places, since the rest of the highlighting menu is the same, would be logically easier to understand, in my opinion.

    • HotCakeX's avatar
      HotCakeX
      MVP
      Thank you, this was helpful and solved my problem 🙂

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