1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/PDFBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/PDFBox.tsx
index e22ee5021..b88ac113e 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/PDFBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/PDFBox.tsx
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ export class PDFBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
         PresBox.restoreTargetDocView(this.props.DocumentView?.(), {}, doc, options.zoomTime ?? 500, { pannable: doc.presPinData ? true : false });
         return this._pdfViewer?.scrollFocus(doc, NumCast(doc.presPinViewScroll, NumCast(doc.y)), options) ?? (didToggle ? 1 : undefined);
     };
-    getAnchor = () => {
+    getAnchor = (addAsAnnotation: boolean) => {
         let ele: Opt<HTMLDivElement> = undefined;
         if (this._pdfViewer?.selectionContent()) {
             ele = document.createElement('div');
@@ -226,10 +226,13 @@ export class PDFBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
             PresBox.pinDocView(anchor, { pinData: { scrollable: true, pannable: true } }, this.rootDoc);
             return anchor;
         };
-        const anchor = this._pdfViewer?._getAnchor(this._pdfViewer.savedAnnotations()) ?? docAnchor();
+        const annoAnchor = this._pdfViewer?._getAnchor(this._pdfViewer.savedAnnotations(), true);
+        const anchor = annoAnchor ?? docAnchor();
         anchor.text = ele?.textContent ?? '';
         anchor.textHtml = ele?.innerHTML;
-        this.addDocument(anchor);
+        if (addAsAnnotation || annoAnchor) {
+            this.addDocument(anchor);
+        }
         return anchor;
     };