1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/client/views/pdf/Page.tsx b/src/client/views/pdf/Page.tsx
index c9d442fe5..c6bdb2af6 100644
--- a/src/client/views/pdf/Page.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/pdf/Page.tsx
@@ -357,7 +357,8 @@ 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 +376,8 @@ 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 +394,10 @@ export default class Page extends React.Component<IPageProps> {
                 }
             }
         }
+        let text = selRange.extractContents().textContent;
+        if (text) {
+            this.props.parent.selectionText = text;
+        }
         // clear selection
         if (sel.empty) {  // Chrome
             sel.empty();