Sticky Notes Annotation in the ASP.NET MVC PDF Viewer component

29 Apr 20247 minutes to read

The PDF Viewer control provides the options to add, edit, and delete the sticky note annotations in the PDF document.

Adding a sticky note annotation to the PDF document

Sticky note annotations can be added to the PDF document using the annotation toolbar.

• Click the Comments button in the PDF Viewer toolbar. A toolbar appears below it.
• Click the position where you want to add sticky note annotation in the PDF document.
• Sticky note annotation will be added in the clicked positions.

Annotation comments can be added to the PDF document using the comment panel.

• Select a Sticky note annotation in the PDF document and right-click it.
• Select the Comment option in the context menu that appears.
• Now, you can add Comments, Reply, and Status using the Comment Panel.
• Now, you can add Comments, Reply, and Status using the Comment Panel.

Adding a sticky note annotation to the PDF document Programmatically

With the PDF Viewer library, you can add a sticky note annotation to the PDF Viewer control programmatically using the addAnnotation() method.

Here’s a example of how you can utilize the addAnnotation() method to include a sticky note annotation programmatically:

Standalone

<button id="set" onclick="addAnnotation()">Add annotation programmatically</button>
    <div style="width:100%;height:600px">
        @Html.EJS().PdfViewer("pdfviewer").DocumentPath("https://cdn.syncfusion.com/content/pdf/pdf-succinctly.pdf").Render()
    </div>
<script>
  function addAnnotation() {
    var viewer = document.getElementById('pdfviewer').ej2_instances[0];
    viewer.annotation.addAnnotation("StickyNotes", {
      offset: { x: 100, y: 200 },
      pageNumber: 1,
      isLock: false
    });
  }
</script>

Server-Backed

<button id="set" onclick="addAnnotation()">Add annotation programmatically</button>
<div style="width:100%;height:600px">
    @Html.EJS().PdfViewer("pdfviewer").ServiceUrl(VirtualPathUtility.ToAbsolute("~/PdfViewer/")).DocumentPath("https://cdn.syncfusion.com/content/pdf/pdf-succinctly.pdf").Render()
</div>
<script>
  function addAnnotation() {
    var viewer = document.getElementById('pdfviewer').ej2_instances[0];
    viewer.annotation.addAnnotation("StickyNotes", {
      offset: { x: 100, y: 200 },
      pageNumber: 1,
      isLock: false
    });
  }
</script>

Edit the existing sticky note annotation programmatically

To modify existing sticky note annotation in the Syncfusion PDF viewer programmatically, you can use the editAnnotation() method.

Here is an example of how you can use the editAnnotation() method:

Standalone

<button id="set" onclick="editAnnotation()">Edit annotation programmatically</button>
    <div style="width:100%;height:600px">
        @Html.EJS().PdfViewer("pdfviewer").DocumentPath("https://cdn.syncfusion.com/content/pdf/pdf-succinctly.pdf").Render()
    </div>
<script>
  function editAnnotation() {
    var viewer = document.getElementById('pdfviewer').ej2_instances[0];
    for (let i = 0; i < viewer.annotationCollection.length; i++) 
    {
      if (viewer.annotationCollection[i].shapeAnnotationType === "sticky") {
        var width = viewer.annotationCollection[i].bounds.width;
        var height = viewer.annotationCollection[i].bounds.height;
        viewer.annotationCollection[i].bounds = {x : 100, y: 100, width: width, height: height }; 
        viewer.annotation.editAnnotation(viewer.annotationCollection[i]);
      }
    }
  }
</script>

Server-Backed

<button id="set" onclick="editAnnotation()">Edit annotation programmatically</button>
    <div style="width:100%;height:600px">
        @Html.EJS().PdfViewer("pdfviewer").ServiceUrl(VirtualPathUtility.ToAbsolute("~/PdfViewer/")).DocumentPath("https://cdn.syncfusion.com/content/pdf/pdf-succinctly.pdf").Render()
    </div>
<script>
  function editAnnotation() {
    var viewer = document.getElementById('pdfviewer').ej2_instances[0];
    for (let i = 0; i < viewer.annotationCollection.length; i++) 
    {
      if (viewer.annotationCollection[i].shapeAnnotationType === "sticky") {
        var width = viewer.annotationCollection[i].bounds.width;
        var height = viewer.annotationCollection[i].bounds.height;
        viewer.annotationCollection[i].bounds = {x : 100, y: 100, width: width, height: height }; 
        viewer.annotation.editAnnotation(viewer.annotationCollection[i]);
      }
    }
  }
</script>

Editing the properties of the sticky note annotation

Editing opacity

The opacity of the annotation can be edited using the range slider provided in the Edit Opacity tool.

Editing comments

The comment, comment reply, and comment status of the annotation can be edited using the Comment Panel.

• Open the comment panel using the Comment Panel button showing in the annotation toolbar.

You can modify or delete the comments or comments replay and it’s status using the menu option provided in the comment panel.

Setting default properties during the control initialization

The properties of the sticky note annotation can be set before creating the control using the StickyNotesSettings.

After editing the default opacity using the Edit Opacity tool, they will be changed to the selected values. Refer to the following code sample to set the default sticky note annotation settings.

Standalone

```html
    <div style="width:100%;height:600px">
        @Html.EJS().PdfViewer("pdfviewer").DocumentPath("https://cdn.syncfusion.com/content/pdf/pdf-succinctly.pdf").StickyNotesSettings(new Syncfusion.EJ2.PdfViewer.PdfViewerStickyNotesSettings { Author = "Syncfusion" }).Render()
    </div>
```

Server-Backed

```html
    <div style="width:100%;height:600px">
        @Html.EJS().PdfViewer("pdfviewer").ServiceUrl(VirtualPathUtility.ToAbsolute("~/PdfViewer/")).DocumentPath("https://cdn.syncfusion.com/content/pdf/pdf-succinctly.pdf").StickyNotesSettings(new Syncfusion.EJ2.PdfViewer.PdfViewerStickyNotesSettings { Author = "Syncfusion" }).Render()
    </div>
```

Disabling sticky note annotations

The PDF Viewer control provides an option to disable the sticky note annotations feature. The code sample for disabling the feature is as follows.

Standalone

```html
    <div style="width:100%;height:600px">
        @Html.EJS().PdfViewer("pdfviewer").EnableStickyNotesAnnotation(false).DocumentPath("https://cdn.syncfusion.com/content/pdf/pdf-succinctly.pdf").Render()
    </div>
```

Server-Backed

```html
    <div style="width:100%;height:600px">
        @Html.EJS().PdfViewer("pdfviewer").ServiceUrl(VirtualPathUtility.ToAbsolute("~/PdfViewer/")).EnableStickyNotesAnnotation(false).DocumentPath("https://cdn.syncfusion.com/content/pdf/pdf-succinctly.pdf").Render()
    </div>
```