PDF.js includes an icon in the toolbar for opening a new PDF in the viewer.
Using this feature while Hypothesis is active results in a confusing experience for the user:
The new PDF is loaded in the viewer, but annotations from the previously shown PDF still display in the sidebar
User can annotate in the new document, with new annotation added in the sidebar with the old
This is especially unwanted in the LMS app, where a instructor has assigned a specific document and there should not be any opportunity for a student to open a different document in the same viewer.
PDF.js includes an icon in the toolbar for opening a new PDF in the viewer.
Using this feature while Hypothesis is active results in a confusing experience for the user:
This is especially unwanted in the LMS app, where a instructor has assigned a specific document and there should not be any opportunity for a student to open a different document in the same viewer.