In the reader window, playing TTS on a highlighted annotation hides it, and this hidden state is persisted if the reader is closed while TTS is still playing.

[panaC]

thorium-reader/src/renderer/reader/components/Reader.tsx

Line 227 in 3917b6a

previousReaderConfigAnnotationDefaultDrawView: TDrawView | undefined;

thorium-reader/src/renderer/reader/components/Reader.tsx

Line 3001 in 3917b6a

this.setState({ previousReaderConfigAnnotationDefaultDrawView: this.props.readerConfig.annotation_defaultDrawView });

TTS playback does not resume on reopening, causing the annotation to remain hidden until the user manually unchecks the “Do not display” option in the annotation menu bar within the navigation dock or modal.

This checkbox is not easy to find or uncheck, which may lead users to believe it’s a bug.

[danielweck]

in other words, closing a reader should gracefully shut down TTS / Media Overlays playback, right? That would solve the problem.

[panaC]

Another solution is to avoid persisting the “Do not display” checkbox and treat it as a runtime-only state.