Closes #6518 # Cause of the bug This is a fix to the #6518 issue. The bug happened because the link toolbar was rendered inside the PDF page layer. That layer can be affected by the viewer/page rotation transform, so the toolbar was laid out using local page coordinates and then visually transformed together with the page. As a result, the placement logic could calculate a position that was correct in the page’s local coordinate space, such as above or below the link, but the parent transform would rotate or shift that result after layout. On rotated pages, this could make the toolbar appear on the wrong side, inverted, or misaligned relative to the link. More specifically, in the PDF that exposed the bug, the page content appears to have been authored upside down and then corrected with a 180-degree page/viewer rotation so it looks normal to the user. Because the toolbar was rendered inside the same transformed page layer, it inherited that 180-degree rotation as well. The PDF content looked upright because the rotation was part of how the page was displayed, but the toolbar is viewer UI and should not be rotated with the page. As a result, the tooltip appeared upside down even though the PDF itself looked correct. # Description of Changes Fixes the inverted link tooltip/toolbar positioning in rotated PDF viewer pages. The link toolbar is now rendered through a body portal and positioned from the link element’s real viewport bounds, so page rotation transforms no longer flip or misalign it. The update also keeps the toolbar within the viewport during scroll, resize, zoom, and rotation changes, preserves the hover delay between the link and toolbar, centralizes the z-index in a shared constant, and improves label sizing to avoid clipped text. Note: The link hover styling was also changed from an underline to a subtle rectangular highlight based on the PDF link annotation bounds. <!-- Please provide a summary of the changes, including: - What was changed - Why the change was made - Any challenges encountered Closes #(issue_number) --> --- ## Checklist ### General - [X] I have read the [Contribution Guidelines](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) - [X] I have read the [Stirling-PDF Developer Guide](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/DeveloperGuide.md) (if applicable) - [ ] I have read the [How to add new languages to Stirling-PDF](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/devGuide/HowToAddNewLanguage.md) (if applicable) - [X] I have performed a self-review of my own code - [X] My changes generate no new warnings ### Documentation - [ ] I have updated relevant docs on [Stirling-PDF's doc repo](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-Tools.github.io/blob/main/docs/) (if functionality has heavily changed) - [ ] I have read the section [Add New Translation Tags](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/devGuide/HowToAddNewLanguage.md#add-new-translation-tags) (for new translation tags only) ### Translations (if applicable) - [ ] I ran [`scripts/counter_translation.py`](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/docs/counter_translation.md) ### UI Changes (if applicable) - [X] Screenshots or videos demonstrating the UI changes are attached (e.g., as comments or direct attachments in the PR) UI behaviour before the changes : <img width="1256" height="868" alt="Captura de tela de 2026-06-16 00-12-10" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/321edbb3-42a2-4bc3-96ad-3ccc70a355b8" /> <img width="762" height="496" alt="Captura de tela de 2026-06-16 00-11-46" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/be4c1af4-5488-4a54-9b6f-675e3bea73b8" /> <img width="1256" height="868" alt="Captura de tela de 2026-06-16 00-12-57" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/60f44cd5-c772-44a8-97c8-bde135764e53" /> UI behaviour after the changes : <img width="1256" height="868" alt="Captura de tela de 2026-06-16 00-22-02" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/dda77bda-0780-4807-a70d-3bbc60683e5a" /> <img width="1256" height="868" alt="Captura de tela de 2026-06-16 00-23-07" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5745c37e-438a-4bbe-ba1e-c6f2098421de" /> <img width="1256" height="868" alt="Captura de tela de 2026-06-16 00-23-24" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/85932541-4a6f-48e4-879f-41f34a6d79e6" /> ### Testing (if applicable) - [X] I have run `task check` to verify linters, typechecks, and tests pass - [X] I have tested my changes locally. Refer to the [Testing Guide](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/DeveloperGuide.md#7-testing) for more details. --------- Co-authored-by: James Brunton <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Anthony Stirling <[email protected]>
Frontend
All frontend commands are run from the repository root using Task:
task frontend:dev— start Vite dev server (localhost:5173)task frontend:build— production buildtask frontend:test— run teststask frontend:test:watch— run tests in watch modetask frontend:lint— run ESLint + cycle detectiontask frontend:typecheck— run TypeScript type checkingtask frontend:check— run typecheck + lint + testtask frontend:install— install npm dependencies
For desktop app development, see the Tauri section below.
Layout
frontend/ is a workspace containing one or more apps. Today it holds the
PDF editor under frontend/editor/; new apps (the developer portal, etc.)
will sit alongside it as siblings. Shared tooling — package.json, node_modules,
.storybook/, ESLint, Prettier — lives at frontend/ so every app installs
once and lints with the same config.
Environment Variables
The editor's environment variables live in committed .env files at
frontend/editor/:
.env— used by all builds (core, proprietary, and as the base for desktop/SaaS).env.desktop— additional vars loaded in desktop (Tauri) mode.env.saas— additional vars loaded in SaaS mode
These files contain non-secret defaults and are checked into Git, so most dev work needs no further setup.
To override values locally (API keys, machine-specific settings), create an uncommitted sibling editor/.env.local / editor/.env.desktop.local / editor/.env.saas.local. Vite automatically layers these on top of the committed files.
Docker Setup
For Docker deployments and configuration, see the Docker README.
Tauri
All desktop tasks are available via Task. From the root of the repo:
Dev
task desktop:dev
This ensures the JLink runtime and backend JAR exist (skipping if already built), then starts Tauri in dev mode.
Build
task desktop:build
This does a full clean rebuild of the backend JAR and JLink runtime, then builds the Tauri app for production.
Platform-specific dev builds are also available:
task desktop:build:dev # No bundling
task desktop:build:dev:mac # macOS .app bundle
task desktop:build:dev:windows # Windows NSIS installer
task desktop:build:dev:linux # Linux AppImage
JLink Tasks
You can also run JLink steps individually:
task desktop:jlink # Build JAR + create JLink runtime
task desktop:jlink:jar # Build backend JAR only
task desktop:jlink:runtime # Create JLink custom JRE only
task desktop:jlink:clean # Remove JLink artifacts
Clean
task desktop:clean
Removes all desktop build artifacts including JLink runtime, bundled JARs, Cargo build, and dist/build directories.