Bug 446194

Summary:	Selecting background/watermark text instead of foreground/"real" text
Product:	[Applications] okular	Reporter:	audreysafa
Component:	general	Assignee:	Okular developers <okular-devel>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	aacid
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	20.12.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	Select issue okular File with some watermarks

Description audreysafa 2021-11-28 12:02:18 UTC

Created attachment 144029 [details]
Select issue okular

SUMMARY
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open a text pdf with watermarks 
2. Try to select text at the same level of the watermark

OBSERVED RESULT
Unable to select the real text, okular is selecting on the watermark's base, it's selecting the background text

EXPECTED RESULT
We would like to select the "real" text, the foreground text, and not the background one.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 
KDE Frameworks Version: 
Qt Version: 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Albert Astals Cid 2021-11-28 12:12:21 UTC

Please attach such a PDF file

Comment 2 audreysafa 2021-11-28 12:14:51 UTC

Created attachment 144030 [details]
File with some watermarks

Comment 3 Albert Astals Cid 2021-11-28 20:24:55 UTC

Can you confirm the Okular version you're using?

Comment 4 audreysafa 2021-11-28 20:28:50 UTC

(In reply to Albert Astals Cid from comment #3)
> Can you confirm the Okular version you're using?

Yes, I'm using Okular version 20.12.3

Comment 5 Albert Astals Cid 2021-11-28 20:38:48 UTC

Works fine for me in 21.08.3 https://i.imgur.com/fsPpRUC.png

Please reopen if you update to that version and you can still reproduce the problem.

Comment 6 audreysafa 2021-11-29 21:24:59 UTC

It does work on 21.08.3 also on my side !
I was on Ubuntu 20.04. I had to upgrade my Ubuntu to 21.04, and then 21.10. 
But even then, ubuntu software was only proposing Okular version 20.12.3. Therefore, I downloaded Okular version 21.08.3, using flatpack.
https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.kde.okular

Thank you !