From d7989878bed93a01b1f25845a1411cfb70ad2313 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jorg-vr <jorg.vr@live.be>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2023 13:30:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix annotating part of a line

---
 .../javascripts/components/annotations/selectionHelpers.ts     | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/components/annotations/selectionHelpers.ts b/app/assets/javascripts/components/annotations/selectionHelpers.ts
index e259031262..604de9644d 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/components/annotations/selectionHelpers.ts
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/components/annotations/selectionHelpers.ts
@@ -218,7 +218,8 @@ export function triggerSelectionStart(e: PointerEvent): void {
 
     if (!(e.target as Element).closest(".annotation") && !userAnnotationState.formShown) {
         addSelectionClasses();
-        if (!(e.target as Element).closest("button")) {
+        // reset the selection, unless we are clicking on a button or link (eg. the create annotation button)
+        if (!(e.target as Element).closest("button,a")) {
             userAnnotationState.selectedRange = undefined;
         }
     }