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About Obsidian's upcoming native PDF annotation support

Ryota Ushio edited this page Feb 6, 2024 · 1 revision

As of Feb. 2024, Obsidian's roadmap says that a native PDF annotation feature is a planned feature, but they are currently awaiting the upstream library PDF.js to support annotation.

PDF annotation: Currently waiting for native support in PDF.js.

When it comes to reality, what will it mean for PDF++?

Well, PDF++ will be helpful even after that happens. Why?

First of all, PDF++ is not all about annotation. It also adds countless QOL improvements to the built-in PDF viewer. More importantly, PDF++'s backlink highlighting has a unique character in the context of note-taking.

...(to be continued)