Cant add custom colors for annotations but its not saving/working. #5004

Boricuaball · 2025-07-05T14:11:04Z

Boricuaball
Jul 5, 2025

I want to add this lines of code to allow me create custom highlights.

[
	Name = Create yellow highlight
	Cmd = CmdCreateAnnotHighlight #ffff00
	Key = y
	ToolbarText = Y
] 

[
	Name = Create orange highlight
	Cmd = CmdCreateAnnotHighlight #ffa500
	Key = o
	ToolbarText = O
] 

[
	Name = Create red highlight
	Cmd = CmdCreateAnnotHighlight #ff0000
	Key = r
	ToolbarText = R
] 

[
	Name = Create purple highlight
	Cmd = CmdCreateAnnotHighlight #800080
	Key = p
	ToolbarText = P
] 

[
	Name = Create blue highlight
	Cmd = CmdCreateAnnotHighlight #0000ff
	Key = b
	ToolbarText = B
] 

[
	Name = Create green highlight
	Cmd = CmdCreateAnnotHighlight #00ff00
	Key = g
	ToolbarText = G
]

But every time i write them and save them on the file , it moves them to after this line:

# Settings below are not recognized by the current version"

I am going mad, what can I do?

Thank you for your time!

Answered by GitHubRulesOK

Jul 5, 2025

@Boricuaball you need to use

Shortcuts [
	[
		Cmd = CmdCreateAnnotHighlight #ffff00
		Key = y
		Name = Create yellow highlight
		ToolbarText = Y
	]
	[
		Cmd = CmdCreateAnnotHighlight #ffa500
		Key = o
		Name = Create orange highlight
		ToolbarText = O
	]
	[
		Cmd = CmdCreateAnnotHighlight #ff0000
		Key = r
		Name = Create red highlight
		ToolbarText = R
	]
	[
		Cmd = CmdCreateAnnotHighlight #800080
		Key = p
		Name = Create purple highlight
		ToolbarText = P
	]
	[
		Cmd = CmdCreateAnnotHighlight #0000ff
		Key = b
		Name = Create blue highlight
		ToolbarText = B
	]
	[
		Cmd = CmdCreateAnnotHighlight #00ff00
		Key = g
		Name = Create green highlight
		ToolbarText = G
	]
]

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kjk · 2025-07-05T15:34:24Z

kjk
Jul 5, 2025
Maintainer

Most likely you're running 3.5.2. Need to upgrade to latest pre-release https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/prerelease

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Boricuaball Jul 5, 2025
Author

I just did and the edits are not sticking. What I wrote above just moves here like this:

# Settings below are not recognized by the current version
Annotations [
	Name = Create yellow highlight
	Cmd = CmdCreateAnnotHighlight #ffff00
	Key = y
	ToolbarText = Y
]
Annotations [
	Name = Create orange highlight
	Cmd = CmdCreateAnnotHighlight #ffa500
	Key = o
	ToolbarText = O
]
Annotations [
	Name = Create red highlight
	Cmd = CmdCreateAnnotHighlight #ff0000
	Key = r
	ToolbarText = R
]
Annotations [
	Name = Create purple highlight
	Cmd = CmdCreateAnnotHighlight #800080
	Key = p
	ToolbarText = P
]
Annotations [
	Name = Create blue highlight
	Cmd = CmdCreateAnnotHighlight #0000ff
	Key = b
	ToolbarText = B
]
Annotations [
	Name = Create green highlight
	Cmd = CmdCreateAnnotHighlight #00ff00
	Key = g
	ToolbarText = G
]
TreeFontWeightOffset = 0
Annotations [
	Name = Create yellow highlight
	Cmd = CmdCreateAnnotHighlight #ffff00
	Key = y
	ToolbarText = Y
]
Annotations [
	Name = Create orange highlight
	Cmd = CmdCreateAnnotHighlight #ffa500
	Key = o
	ToolbarText = O
]
Annotations [
	Name = Create red highlight
	Cmd = CmdCreateAnnotHighlight #ff0000
	Key = r
	ToolbarText = R
]
Annotations [
	Name = Create purple highlight
	Cmd = CmdCreateAnnotHighlight #800080
	Key = p
	ToolbarText = P
]
Annotations [
	Name = Create blue highlight
	Cmd = CmdCreateAnnotHighlight #0000ff
	Key = b
	ToolbarText = B
]
Annotations [
	Name = Create green highlight
	Cmd = CmdCreateAnnotHighlight #00ff00
	Key = g
	ToolbarText = G
]

What am I doing wrong? I followed your link and installed the pre-release, and it still wont let me highlight in differnt colors

GitHubRulesOK · 2025-07-05T19:39:11Z

GitHubRulesOK
Jul 5, 2025
Collaborator

@Boricuaball you need to use

Shortcuts [
	[
		Cmd = CmdCreateAnnotHighlight #ffff00
		Key = y
		Name = Create yellow highlight
		ToolbarText = Y
	]
	[
		Cmd = CmdCreateAnnotHighlight #ffa500
		Key = o
		Name = Create orange highlight
		ToolbarText = O
	]
	[
		Cmd = CmdCreateAnnotHighlight #ff0000
		Key = r
		Name = Create red highlight
		ToolbarText = R
	]
	[
		Cmd = CmdCreateAnnotHighlight #800080
		Key = p
		Name = Create purple highlight
		ToolbarText = P
	]
	[
		Cmd = CmdCreateAnnotHighlight #0000ff
		Key = b
		Name = Create blue highlight
		ToolbarText = B
	]
	[
		Cmd = CmdCreateAnnotHighlight #00ff00
		Key = g
		Name = Create green highlight
		ToolbarText = G
	]
]

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Boricuaball Jul 5, 2025
Author

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