[FR] Auto-clear text selection after auto-pasting

[N3C2L]

Steps to reproduce

1. Enable auto-paste.
2. Disable "focus editor after pasting" in the pdf++ settings.
3. Highlight some text in the PDF and auto-paste it to the annotation file.
4. Problem now: in the pdf viewer the text is now double highlighted, and the doubled highlights go away with a left mouse click only.

Expected behavior

No doubled highlights after auto-paste in the pdf viewer.

Actual behavior

Doubled highlights which don't disappear by itself.

Screen recordings or screenshots (sandbox vault)

Doubled highlights:

Without doubled highlights:

Obsidian debug info

SYSTEM INFO: Obsidian version: v1.5.11 Installer version: v1.5.3 Operating system: Windows 10 Pro 10.0.19042 Login status: not logged in Insider build toggle: off Live preview: on Base theme: adapt to system Community theme: none Snippets enabled: 0 Restricted mode: off Plugins installed: 1 Plugins enabled: 1 1: PDF++ v0.39.6

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}

Error messages

No response

[RyotaUshio]

Out of the two highlights, one is the backlink highlight rendered by PDF++, and the other is just a text selection. The latter disappears when clicking on the viewer because it's a normal text selection. Does it make sense or am I misunderstanding something?

[N3C2L]

Yes, it makes sense, thanks. But there is another option in the pdf++ settings which clears the text selection after clicking the backlink (after some time). Maybe something similar could be introduced here. I don't know how, but maybe simulate another mouse click after auto-pasting, so that this text selection goes away automatically?

[RyotaUshio]

So it's not a bug and it's a feature request, right? I guess nothing unexpected is happening here.

[RyotaUshio]

Adding an option to clear text selection after auto-pasting (or pasting in general) is doable.

[N3C2L]

Yeah, I am sorry for false labeling this thread as a bug. I would appreciate such an option your described. Because if the text selection is not cleared automatically, you can't read the highlighted text so easy afterwards.

[RyotaUshio]

Done, thanks for the idea! https://github.com/RyotaUshio/obsidian-pdf-plus/releases/tag/0.39.8

Auto-paste now works much more user-friendly than before 🔥

[N3C2L]

Excellent, thanks.