2 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentLinksButton.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentLinksButton.tsx
index bfd860f65..37d47700f 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentLinksButton.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentLinksButton.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ import { DocUtils } from "../../documents/Documents";
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome";
 import { LinkDocPreview } from "./LinkDocPreview";
 import { LinkCreatedBox } from "./LinkCreatedBox";
+import { SelectionManager } from "../../util/SelectionManager";
+import { Document } from "../../../fields/documentSchemas";
+
 const higflyout = require("@hig/flyout");
 export const { anchorPoints } = higflyout;
 export const Flyout = higflyout.default;
@@ -27,6 +30,21 @@ export class DocumentLinksButton extends React.Component<DocumentLinksButtonProp
 
     @observable public static StartLink: DocumentView | undefined;
 
+    componentDidMount() {
+        // window.addEventListener("linkStarted", (e: any) => { // event used by Hypothes.is plugin to tell Dash when an unlinked annotation has been created
+        //     const annotatedUrl = e.details;
+        //     SelectionManager.SelectedDocuments().forEach(action((element: DocumentView) => {
+        //         DocumentLinksButton.StartLink = element;
+        //     }));
+        // });
+        window.addEventListener("fakeLinkStarted", (e: any) => { // event used by Hypothes.is plugin to tell Dash when an unlinked annotation has been created
+            console.log("Helo fake link");
+            SelectionManager.SelectedDocuments().forEach(action((element: DocumentView) => {
+                DocumentLinksButton.StartLink = element;
+            }));
+        });
+    }
+
     @action
     onLinkButtonMoved = (e: PointerEvent) => {
         if (this._linkButton.current !== null) {
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
index a0c90e2b2..f42b72dbd 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
@@ -773,6 +773,15 @@ export class DocumentView extends DocComponent<DocumentViewProps, Document>(Docu
             }, icon: "eye"
         });
 
+        cm.addItem({
+            description: "pretend we made an annotation", event: () => {
+                document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent("fakeLinkStarted", {
+                    detail: "hello this is fake",
+                    bubbles: true
+                }));
+            }, icon: "eye"
+        });
+
         const customScripts = Cast(this.props.Document.contextMenuScripts, listSpec(ScriptField), []);
         Cast(this.props.Document.contextMenuLabels, listSpec("string"), []).forEach((label, i) =>
             cm.addItem({ description: label, event: () => customScripts[i]?.script.run({ this: this.layoutDoc, self: this.rootDoc }), icon: "sticky-note" }));