Edit a highlight
Change highlight color, text selection, or notes after you have saved a highlight on web pages and PDFs.
Edit highlights from the floating toolbar, the sidebar, or the dashboard page detail.
Change color or add a note
Extension (web pages and PDFs):
- Click an existing highlight on the page, or select the same passage again.
- Use the floating toolbar to pick a new color or open the note editor.
- Changes save automatically.
Dashboard:
- Open the page in page detail view.
- Click a highlight and change color or edit the comment inline.
You can also open the sidebar, click a highlight card, and use the same controls in the extension.
Five colors are available everywhere: Yellow, Green, Blue, Pink, Red.
PDF highlights
PDF highlights in the extension viewer use the same toolbar and sidebar as web pages. After legacy PDF migration, some highlights may appear under Needs review until you place them — see Fix highlights after PDF migration.
Change what text is highlighted
If you need to adjust the selection:
- Delete the old highlight (toolbar Delete or sidebar card menu).
- Select the correct text and create a new highlight.
We are improving in-place resize in a future release; for now, delete-and-recreate is the reliable approach.
On PDFs, select text on one page at a time — multi-page selections are not supported.
Cloud sync
Edits sync to your dashboard when cloud sync is active. If you see a sync message asking you to refresh, see Refresh after cloud sync or Sync conflicts.