This module enables users to create, manage, and organize annotations—also referred to as comments—within the main text and apparatus of a critical edition. Users can insert annotations, assign categories, control visibility, integrate them seamlessly with document content, and search annotations.

This feature mimics professional editing tools like Microsoft Word or Google Docs, ensuring ease of use and powerful functionality.

1. Click the annotation icon in the toolbar to toggle the **Annotation Sidebar**
2. The sidebar appears on the left-hand side and lists all annotations, optionally grouped into categories

Methods for Insertion

	Note Important: You must select text before inserting a comment. The annotation tools remain disabled until a valid selection is made.

Text Types for Annotation:

• Main Text
• Apparatus Text

Single characters or entire sections can be selected.

Each annotation contains:

Edit:

1. Click the description or use the **Edit** button
2. Changes to the reference text in the editor are reflected automatically

Delete:

1. Click the **Delete** menu beside the annotation, or delete all text containing the annotation using backspace
2. Annotations are also removed if their referenced text is deleted
3. Use **Undo** to restore deleted annotations

Annotations can be searched directly within the editor using a dedicated search field located in the left sidebar, under the Comments section.

Key behaviors:

Create:

1. Click the + icon in the top-right of the sidebar
2. A new category is created as "Category #1" (editable up to 255 characters)
3. If no categories exist, annotations are placed under "Uncategorised"

Rename:

1. Double-click the category name or use the **Edit** menu

Expand/Collapse:

1. Use the "▾" icon to toggle visibility of annotations within a category

Delete:

1. Use the **Delete** menu
2. Choose to:
  * Delete all annotations in the category
  * Move annotations to another category (dropdown shown)
3. If no categories exist, moved annotations go to "Uncategorised"

Navigation:

• Clicking an annotation scrolls to and highlights the related text
• Hovering over text automatically highlights the associated annotation in the sidebar—even inside collapsed categories

Highlight Toggle:

• Use the “Show Comment Highlights” checkbox in the main and apparatus editor:
  • Enabled: All comments are visually highlighted (default setting)
  • Disabled: Highlights are hidden

Annotations automatically track:

• Author
• Creation Date
• Last Modified Date

	Note: Author name is based on the user's operating system configuration.

• Hover over the commented text to reveal the corresponding annotation in the sidebar
• Collapsed categories automatically expand when you click on the text containing the relevant annotations
• Highlight color is distinct from bookmarks/notes and configurable via settings (see Critical Apparatus and Sigla Management)