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Bug 793569 - Add save button to annotation toolbar
Add save button to annotation toolbar
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: evince
Classification: Core
Component: pdf annotations
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Evince Maintainers
Evince Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2018-02-18 18:03 UTC by random237849
Modified: 2018-05-22 17:31 UTC
See Also:
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Description random237849 2018-02-18 18:03:44 UTC 
currently when annotating a pdf document, annotations to the document must be saved with a "save as" dialog. a "save" option would be more intuitive.

in the annotations toolbar in addition to the "add highlight annotation" and "add text annotation" it would be great to have a "save document" button.

also (not specific to annotation mode), the "ctrl-s" shortcut opens a "save as" dialog instead of saving/overwriting the document quietly. if this is intended bahviour, then maybe a "save" button in the annotations toolbar could be considered.

compare:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=529299
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=553150
Comment 1 random237849 2018-02-18 18:17:38 UTC 
see also https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=168304#c35
for some discussion on saving annotated pdfs.
Comment 2 Germán Poo-Caamaño 2018-02-18 22:28:03 UTC 
The document saved might differ from the original document (other than the annotations themselves). So, it could lead to some loss in the document. In many cases, it works fine, but we cannot guarantee that would work always.

"Save as" and calling the dialog as soon as possible let us be sure the user wants to take that action, and not by mistake.
Comment 3 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2018-05-22 17:31:25 UTC 
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