Solved Enable Annotations Settings in Microsoft Access Edge Web Browser Control

[Mohsin Malik]

Does anyone know how to activate annotation settings when navigating to a PDF within the Microsoft Edge web browser control? I have noticed the annotation option while viewing a PDF in the Microsoft Edge browser, but it is not visible when I load the same PDF in the MS Access Edge browser control. Please refer to the screenshot below and guide if there is a way to enable this feature.

 

[Mohsin Malik]

FYI, it uses the following extension to display the PDF (extension://mhjfbmdgcfjbbpaeojofohoefgiehjai/edge_pdf/index.html). I am looking for a way to enable the annotations for a PDF file in access web browser control.

PDF reader in Microsoft Edge: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-pdf

 

[NauticalGent]

I know someone that had looked into this a while back when testing the new Modern Web Browser control. What they found is that it would seem that the PDF Annotation feature was removed from the WebView2 control. Their findings:, there is no way to get that toolbar via the Modern Web Browser control. It is another shortcoming of the Modern Web Browser control sadly.

See:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/concepts/browser-features -> See Browser features -> PDF Annotations
https://github.com/MicrosoftEdge/WebView2Announcements/issues/21

 

[Mohsin Malik]

I know someone that had looked into this a while back when testing the new Modern Web Browser control. What they found is that it would seem that the PDF Annotation feature was removed from the WebView2 control. Their findings:, there is no way to get that toolbar via the Modern Web Browser control. It is another shortcoming of the Modern Web Browser control sadly.

See:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/concepts/browser-features -> See Browser features -> PDF Annotations
https://github.com/MicrosoftEdge/WebView2Announcements/issues/21

Thanks for the response. It's unfortunate that the PDF Annotation feature has been removed and shortcoming of the Modern Web Browser control, and I appreciate you taking the time to inform and share the links.