1 files changed, 18 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/src/client/views/pdf/Page.tsx b/src/client/views/pdf/Page.tsx
index c9d442fe5..c205617b4 100644
--- a/src/client/views/pdf/Page.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/pdf/Page.tsx
@@ -1,22 +1,18 @@
+import { action, IReactionDisposer, observable } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
-import React = require("react");
-import { observable, action, runInAction, IReactionDisposer, reaction } from "mobx";
 import * as Pdfjs from "pdfjs-dist";
-import { Opt, Doc, FieldResult, Field, DocListCast, WidthSym, HeightSym, DocListCastAsync } from "../../../new_fields/Doc";
-import "./PDFViewer.scss";
 import "pdfjs-dist/web/pdf_viewer.css";
-import { PDFBox } from "../nodes/PDFBox";
-import { DragManager } from "../../util/DragManager";
-import { Docs, DocUtils } from "../../documents/Documents";
+import { Doc, DocListCastAsync, Opt, WidthSym } from "../../../new_fields/Doc";
 import { List } from "../../../new_fields/List";
-import { emptyFunction } from "../../../Utils";
-import { Cast, NumCast, StrCast, BoolCast } from "../../../new_fields/Types";
 import { listSpec } from "../../../new_fields/Schema";
-import { menuBar } from "prosemirror-menu";
-import { AnnotationTypes, PDFViewer, scale } from "./PDFViewer";
+import { Cast, NumCast, StrCast } from "../../../new_fields/Types";
+import { Docs, DocUtils } from "../../documents/Documents";
+import { DragManager } from "../../util/DragManager";
+import { PDFBox } from "../nodes/PDFBox";
 import PDFMenu from "./PDFMenu";
-import { UndoManager } from "../../util/UndoManager";
-import { copy } from "typescript-collections/dist/lib/arrays";
+import { scale } from "./PDFViewer";
+import "./PDFViewer.scss";
+import React = require("react");
 
 
 interface IPageProps {
@@ -33,6 +29,7 @@ interface IPageProps {
     createAnnotation: (div: HTMLDivElement, page: number) => void;
     makeAnnotationDocuments: (doc: Doc | undefined, scale: number, color: string, linkTo: boolean) => Doc;
     getScrollFromPage: (page: number) => number;
+    setSelectionText: (text: string) => void;
 }
 
 @observer
@@ -357,7 +354,8 @@ export default class Page extends React.Component<IPageProps> {
         else {
             let sel = window.getSelection();
             if (sel && sel.type === "Range") {
-                this.createTextAnnotation(sel);
+                let selRange = sel.getRangeAt(0);
+                this.createTextAnnotation(sel, selRange);
                 PDFMenu.Instance.jumpTo(e.clientX, e.clientY);
             }
         }
@@ -375,8 +373,8 @@ export default class Page extends React.Component<IPageProps> {
     }
 
     @action
-    createTextAnnotation = (sel: Selection) => {
-        let clientRects = sel.getRangeAt(0).getClientRects();
+    createTextAnnotation = (sel: Selection, selRange: Range) => {
+        let clientRects = selRange.getClientRects();
         if (this._textLayer.current) {
             let boundingRect = this._textLayer.current.getBoundingClientRect();
             for (let i = 0; i < clientRects.length; i++) {
@@ -393,6 +391,10 @@ export default class Page extends React.Component<IPageProps> {
                 }
             }
         }
+        let text = selRange.extractContents().textContent;
+        if (text) {
+            this.props.setSelectionText(text);
+        }
         // clear selection
         if (sel.empty) {  // Chrome
             sel.empty();