[okular] [Bug 508735] New: Opening a PDF with text added by Firefox, Okular shows said text as an "inline note" with a transparent background.

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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=508735

            Bug ID: 508735
           Summary: Opening a PDF with text added by Firefox,  Okular
                    shows said text as an "inline note" with a transparent
                    background.
    Classification: Applications
           Product: okular
      Version First 24.12.3
       Reported In:
          Platform: Ubuntu
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: NOR
         Component: PDF backend
          Assignee: okular-devel at kde.org
          Reporter: kdemail at jeo.net
  Target Milestone: ---

SUMMARY. This is perhaps close to a duplicate of
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=353401 . I understand that Typewriter is
the Okular way to save text with a transparent background. 

This bug is because I saved a PDF in Firefox with text added and then opened
the saved PDF in Okular. But instead of opening that text as "Typewriter,"
Okular showed the Firefox-added text as an inline note with a transparent
background. 

It seems that either that text should be interpreted as "typewritter" for
editing, or add the "transparent color" to the inline note. 

Browser:  Snap: Firefox  141.0.3-1  6638  latest/stable  mozilla
Okular: Apt: 4:24.12.3-0ubuntu2

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open a PDF on Firefox
2. Add text using Firefox
3. Save PDF using Firefox
4. Open PDF using Okular
5. Right click on text in Okular and Okular shows that text box as "Inline
Text"
6. Select Properties and it shows "transparent" for the background color. 

OBSERVED RESULT

Inline Note with a transparent background. Can modify the note, but any attempt
to change the background color resets to non-transparent. 

EXPECTED RESULT

Should open as "Typewriter Text" or be allowed to select a transparent
background in the inline note to preserve  settings. 

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Kubuntu 25.04
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.12.0
Qt Version: 6.8.3
Kernel Version: 6.14.0-27-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland


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