# Highlighting goes over the text line for specific file when use Annotate options

**URL:** <https://pdfjs.community/t/highlighting-goes-over-the-text-line-for-specific-file-when-use-annotate-options/3179>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [March 11, 2024, 3:07pm UTC](https://pdfjs.community/t/highlighting-goes-over-the-text-line-for-specific-file-when-use-annotate-options/3179 "2024-03-11T15:07:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![abarrachina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abarrachina](https://pdfjs.community/u/abarrachina)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 3:07pm UTC](https://pdfjs.community/t/highlighting-goes-over-the-text-line-for-specific-file-when-use-annotate-options/3179/1 "2024-03-11T15:07:30Z")

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The Steps to reproduce are:

1. Any .pdf document is open using the demo for PDF.js express
2. Click on the ‘Annotate’ mode and click on the ‘Highlight’ button.
3. Select a long fragment of text.

After that, what happens is that Highlighting goes over the text line.  
 ![Screenshot 2024-02-12 at 09.42.37](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/pdfjscommunity/original/2X/b/b27ff8b3462693ef8abff1460f54daf8473eaca8.png)

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**Author:** ![ejohnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@ejohnson](https://pdfjs.community/u/ejohnson)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 10:32pm UTC](https://pdfjs.community/t/highlighting-goes-over-the-text-line-for-specific-file-when-use-annotate-options/3179/3 "2024-03-11T22:32:34Z")

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Thank you for posting the incident to our forum. We will provide you with an update as soon as possible.

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**Author:** ![abarrachina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abarrachina](https://pdfjs.community/u/abarrachina)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 7:07am UTC](https://pdfjs.community/t/highlighting-goes-over-the-text-line-for-specific-file-when-use-annotate-options/3179/4 "2024-10-02T07:07:04Z")

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Hi, thanks. Any update on this?

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**Author:** ![tgordon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@tgordon](https://pdfjs.community/u/tgordon)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://pdfjs.community/t/highlighting-goes-over-the-text-line-for-specific-file-when-use-annotate-options/3179/5 "2024-10-02T14:05:16Z")

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Hello abarrachina,

Please try this out with our latest version.

Best regards,  
Tyler