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Need to disable comment/highlight popup menu for selected text in pdf viewer

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elizabeth.cole
elizabeth.cole

When I select text in firefox's built in pdf viewer, a menu with comment and highlight options automatically pops up. I haven't been able to figure out any way to turn this off. This is a problem because when I'm using the viewer at work firefox now puts this menu exactly over the next piece of information I need. (eg blocks the next row in a process log)

I am using Firefox 153.0.4 (64-bit). Windows 11.

When I select text in firefox's built in pdf viewer, a menu with comment and highlight options automatically pops up. I haven't been able to figure out any way to turn this off. This is a problem because when I'm using the viewer at work firefox now puts this menu exactly over the next piece of information I need. (eg blocks the next row in a process log) I am using Firefox 153.0.4 (64-bit). Windows 11.
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TyDraniu
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Go to about:config and switch pdfjs.enableHighlightFloatingButton to false.

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