feat(pdf): typed-text tool (Windows-Ink friendly)

Add a text-annotation tool to the PDF editor. With the text tool a
pen-tap, or a mouse double-click, drops a text box at that normalized
page point and focuses a real Flutter TextField — so the OS IME and the
Windows-Ink handwriting panel feed it (device-validated). Tapping an
existing box re-opens it; clearing it deletes it.

- SidecarText {nx, ny, text, fontSize (page-relative), color} per page,
  glued under zoom; stored in the sidecar `texts` field (back-compat
  missing -> none), saved via scheduleTextsSave and loaded on open.
- Rendered in pageOverlaysBuilder at the scaled position.

PDF editor only for now (note text later). analyze clean, 397 tests.

lib/editor/canvas/editor_tool.dart

@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@
 // those remain editor-local because they ride pdfrx's text layer / the page
 // overlay, not the ink capture path. See `selectTextOrLink` note below.
 //
-// TODO(toolbar-batch-2): text/typing tool, bookmark-to-paragraph, search+OCR,
-// templates, Windows Ink — later batches add kinds here.
+// TODO(toolbar-batch-2): bookmark-to-paragraph, search+OCR, templates — later
+// batches add kinds here. (The typed-text tool now exists as [EditorToolKind.
+// text], PDF-only for now; see the `text` doc below.)
 
 /// The shared inking/editing tools available on every pen-first canvas.
 enum EditorToolKind {
@@ -33,6 +34,13 @@ enum EditorToolKind {
   /// Shape tool: pen-drag previews a [ShapeKind] from start→current and commits
   /// it as a generated [PenStroke] on release.
   shape,
+
+  /// Typed-text tool (PDF editor only for now): a pen-tap OR a mouse
+  /// double-click on a page drops a text box at that normalized point and
+  /// focuses a real Flutter text field for input (so the OS IME / Windows-Ink
+  /// handwriting panel works). Committed boxes render glued to the page and are
+  /// re-editable; an empty box deletes itself on blur.
+  text,
 }
 
 /// The shapes the [EditorToolKind.shape] tool can draw. Each is generated as a

lib/editor/canvas/pen_canvas.dart

@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ CanvasTool editorToolToCanvas(EditorToolKind kind) => switch (kind) {
       EditorToolKind.eraser => CanvasTool.eraser,
       EditorToolKind.select => CanvasTool.select,
       EditorToolKind.shape => CanvasTool.shape,
+      // The TEXT tool is PDF-editor-only for now (note/slide typed text is a
+      // later increment); the note palette has no text button, so this mapping
+      // is unreachable in practice — fall back to the pen so the switch stays
+      // exhaustive without inventing a PenCanvas typed-text path.
+      EditorToolKind.text => CanvasTool.pen,
     };
 
 class PenCanvas extends StatefulWidget {

lib/editor/canvas/pen_editor_screen.dart

@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ import 'pinch_scale_solver.dart';
 /// (not scaled with zoom) so the tap target stays comfortably tappable.
 const double _kMarkerSize = 36.0;
 
+/// Default font size for a new text box, as a fraction of page WIDTH (so it
+/// scales with zoom). ~3% of page width ≈ comfortable body text on a portrait
+/// page.
+const double _kDefaultTextFontFraction = 0.03;
+
 class PenEditorScreen extends StatefulWidget {
   const PenEditorScreen({
     super.key,
@@ -102,6 +107,17 @@ class _PenEditorScreenState extends State<PenEditorScreen> {
   /// reopen and can be removed via the un-highlight tool).
   final Map<int, List<Rect>> _highlightsByPage = {};
 
+  /// Typed-text annotations per page, keyed by 0-based page index. Normalized
+  /// position + page-relative font size so they stay glued under zoom.
+  /// Persisted to the sidecar via [scheduleTextsSave]. PDF editor only for now
+  /// (note text is a later increment).
+  final Map<int, List<SidecarText>> _textsByPage = {};
+
+  /// The text box currently being edited (page + id), or null. While set a real
+  /// Flutter [TextField] is rendered over the box at its normalized position —
+  /// on Windows this receives IME + the Windows-Ink handwriting panel.
+  ({int page, String id})? _editingText;
+
   /// Per-page undo/redo history. Snapshot-before-change discipline: the
   /// pre-mutation stroke list is recorded before each commit/erase.
   final Map<int, UndoStack<List<PenStroke>>> _undo = {};
@@ -245,6 +261,12 @@ class _PenEditorScreenState extends State<PenEditorScreen> {
   /// disabled so the tap is handled by the per-page GestureDetector overlay.
   bool _removeHighlightMode = false;
 
+  /// When true the TEXT tool is active: a pen-tap (the pen falls through to the
+  /// per-page overlay GestureDetector) OR a mouse double-click on a page drops a
+  /// new text box and focuses it. Pen capture is disabled so the overlay sees
+  /// the tap instead of the ink path.
+  bool _textMode = false;
+
   /// All scratch-link anchors for this document, loaded on open and updated on
   /// add/delete. Rendered as tappable markers in [pageOverlaysBuilder].
   final List<ScratchLink> _scratchLinks = [];
@@ -280,7 +302,7 @@ class _PenEditorScreenState extends State<PenEditorScreen> {
   /// pen capture is on. False in select-text mode (pen reaches pdfrx text
   /// selection) and in place-link mode (a tap drops an anchor via the overlay).
   bool get _penCaptureEnabled =>
-      !_selectTextMode && !_placeLinkMode && !_removeHighlightMode;
+      !_selectTextMode && !_placeLinkMode && !_removeHighlightMode && !_textMode;
 
   /// True when the eraser tool is active.
   bool get _isEraser => _tool == EditorToolKind.eraser && !_selectTextMode;
@@ -367,6 +389,9 @@ class _PenEditorScreenState extends State<PenEditorScreen> {
       for (final entry in loadedHighlights.entries) {
         _highlightsByPage[entry.key] = entry.value;
       }
+      for (final entry in repo.loadedTexts.entries) {
+        _textsByPage[entry.key] = List<SidecarText>.of(entry.value);
+      }
       _scratchLinks
         ..clear()
         ..addAll(repo.loadedScratchLinks.map((s) => s.link));
@@ -945,6 +970,96 @@ class _PenEditorScreenState extends State<PenEditorScreen> {
     return false;
   }
 
+  // ── Typed text annotations (PDF editor only for now) ────────────────────────
+
+  /// Serialize the current text annotations for [pageIndex] to the sidecar.
+  void _scheduleTextsSave(int pageIndex) {
+    final repo = _repo;
+    if (repo == null) return;
+    repo.scheduleTextsSave(
+      pageIndex,
+      List<SidecarText>.of(_textsByPage[pageIndex] ?? const <SidecarText>[]),
+    );
+  }
+
+  /// Create a new text box at normalized [normalized] on [pageIndex] and focus
+  /// it for input. (Not undoable for this increment — see report; a blank box
+  /// self-deletes on blur, so a stray placement leaves no residue.)
+  void _placeTextBox(int pageIndex, Offset normalized) {
+    final id = _uuid.v4();
+    final box = SidecarText(
+      id: id,
+      nx: normalized.dx.clamp(0.0, 1.0),
+      ny: normalized.dy.clamp(0.0, 1.0),
+      text: '',
+      fontSize: _kDefaultTextFontFraction,
+      color: _color.toARGB32(),
+    );
+    setState(() {
+      _textsByPage[pageIndex] = [...?_textsByPage[pageIndex], box];
+      _editingText = (page: pageIndex, id: id);
+    });
+    _bumpOverlay();
+  }
+
+  /// Open an existing text box [id] on [pageIndex] for editing.
+  void _editTextBox(int pageIndex, String id) {
+    setState(() => _editingText = (page: pageIndex, id: id));
+  }
+
+  /// Live edit: replace the editing box's text. Persisted (debounced) so the
+  /// content survives a crash mid-typing.
+  void _updateEditingText(String text) {
+    final editing = _editingText;
+    if (editing == null) return;
+    final list = _textsByPage[editing.page];
+    if (list == null) return;
+    final idx = list.indexWhere((t) => t.id == editing.id);
+    if (idx == -1) return;
+    setState(() {
+      final next = List<SidecarText>.of(list);
+      next[idx] = next[idx].copyWith(text: text);
+      _textsByPage[editing.page] = next;
+    });
+    _scheduleTextsSave(editing.page);
+    _bumpOverlay();
+  }
+
+  /// Finish editing (field blur / tool change): if the box is empty it is
+  /// removed (empty-on-blur deletes); otherwise the committed text is persisted.
+  void _finishTextEdit() {
+    final editing = _editingText;
+    if (editing == null) return;
+    final list = _textsByPage[editing.page];
+    if (list != null) {
+      final idx = list.indexWhere((t) => t.id == editing.id);
+      if (idx != -1 && list[idx].text.trim().isEmpty) {
+        setState(() {
+          final next = List<SidecarText>.of(list)..removeAt(idx);
+          if (next.isEmpty) {
+            _textsByPage.remove(editing.page);
+          } else {
+            _textsByPage[editing.page] = next;
+          }
+        });
+        _scheduleTextsSave(editing.page);
+      }
+    }
+    setState(() => _editingText = null);
+    _bumpOverlay();
+  }
+
+  /// Toggle the TEXT tool (drops [_editingText] when leaving, so a half-typed
+  /// box gets the empty-on-blur treatment).
+  void _toggleTextMode() {
+    if (_textMode) {
+      _finishTextEdit();
+      setState(() => _textMode = false);
+    } else {
+      _setTool(EditorToolKind.text);
+    }
+  }
+
   // ── Navigation / tools ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
   void _goToPage(int index) {
@@ -959,6 +1074,9 @@ class _PenEditorScreenState extends State<PenEditorScreen> {
       _selectTextMode = false;
       _placeLinkMode = false;
       _removeHighlightMode = false;
+      // The TEXT tool is the one EditorToolKind that drives a page-anchored
+      // (non-ink) interaction, so it owns the _textMode flag.
+      _textMode = tool == EditorToolKind.text;
       if (tool != EditorToolKind.select) _selected = null;
     });
   }
@@ -968,6 +1086,7 @@ class _PenEditorScreenState extends State<PenEditorScreen> {
       _selectTextMode = true;
       _placeLinkMode = false;
       _removeHighlightMode = false;
+      _textMode = false;
       _selected = null;
     });
   }
@@ -980,6 +1099,7 @@ class _PenEditorScreenState extends State<PenEditorScreen> {
       if (_placeLinkMode) {
         _selectTextMode = false;
         _removeHighlightMode = false;
+        _textMode = false;
       }
     });
   }
@@ -992,6 +1112,7 @@ class _PenEditorScreenState extends State<PenEditorScreen> {
       if (_removeHighlightMode) {
         _selectTextMode = false;
         _placeLinkMode = false;
+        _textMode = false;
         _selected = null;
       }
     });
@@ -1473,6 +1594,57 @@ class _PenEditorScreenState extends State<PenEditorScreen> {
                   },
                 ),
               ),
+            // Placement layer: while the TEXT tool is active, a pen-tap OR a
+            // mouse double-click on empty page space drops a new box. It sits
+            // BELOW the per-box labels in the stack so a tap that lands on an
+            // existing label edits it instead of placing a new box.
+            if (_textMode)
+              Positioned.fill(
+                child: _TextPlacementLayer(
+                  onPlace: (local) {
+                    if (pageW <= 0 || pageH <= 0) return;
+                    final nx = (local.dx / pageW).clamp(0.0, 1.0);
+                    final ny = (local.dy / pageH).clamp(0.0, 1.0);
+                    _placeTextBox(pageIndex, Offset(nx, ny));
+                  },
+                ),
+              ),
+            // Typed-text annotations (committed). Each non-editing box is a
+            // tappable label glued at (nx*pageW, ny*pageH) with page-scaled
+            // font. Tapping one re-opens it for editing. The box currently
+            // being edited is rendered as a TextField below instead.
+            for (final t in (_textsByPage[pageIndex] ?? const <SidecarText>[]))
+              if (!(_editingText?.page == pageIndex &&
+                  _editingText?.id == t.id))
+                Positioned(
+                  left: t.nx * pageW,
+                  top: t.ny * pageH,
+                  child: _TextAnnotationLabel(
+                    text: t.text,
+                    fontSizePx: t.fontSize * pageW,
+                    color: Color(t.color),
+                    onTap: _textMode ? () => _editTextBox(pageIndex, t.id) : null,
+                  ),
+                ),
+            // Active editing field for a box on this page: a real Flutter
+            // TextField so the OS IME + Windows-Ink handwriting panel work.
+            if (_editingText?.page == pageIndex)
+              for (final t in (_textsByPage[pageIndex] ?? const <SidecarText>[]))
+                if (t.id == _editingText!.id)
+                  Positioned(
+                    left: t.nx * pageW,
+                    top: t.ny * pageH,
+                    width: (pageW - t.nx * pageW).clamp(40.0, pageW),
+                    child: _TextAnnotationField(
+                      key: ValueKey('text-edit-${t.id}'),
+                      initialText: t.text,
+                      fontSizePx: t.fontSize * pageW,
+                      color: Color(t.color),
+                      hintText: AppLocalizations.of(context).textPlaceholder,
+                      onChanged: _updateEditingText,
+                      onDone: _finishTextEdit,
+                    ),
+                  ),
             // Anchor markers (sticky-note tabs): tap → split view, long-press →
             // delete. Sized in screen px so the tap target stays usable at any
             // zoom; positioned at (nx*pageW, ny*pageH).
@@ -1588,6 +1760,13 @@ class _PenEditorScreenState extends State<PenEditorScreen> {
                 tooltip: l.actionDeleteSelection,
                 onPressed: _deleteSelected,
               ),
+            // Typed-text tool: pen-tap or mouse double-click drops a text box.
+            ToolButton(
+              icon: Icons.title,
+              selected: _textMode,
+              tooltip: l.toolText,
+              onPressed: _toggleTextMode,
+            ),
             PaletteDivider(cs: cs),
             // Text selection + highlight (real vector text).
             ToolButton(
@@ -2073,3 +2252,174 @@ class _ScratchLinkMarker extends StatelessWidget {
     );
   }
 }
+
+/// Empty-space placement layer for the TEXT tool. Resolves the two requested
+/// gestures by POINTER KIND (the user asked for "pen-tap OR mouse double-click"):
+///   * stylus / touch → a single tap places (one deliberate pen poke);
+///   * mouse → a DOUBLE-click places (a single click is too easy to trigger
+///     while panning, matching the "鼠标双击" request).
+/// The down-pointer's kind is captured in [onTapDown] and consumed by
+/// [onTapUp]; mouse double-clicks come through [onDoubleTapDown].
+class _TextPlacementLayer extends StatefulWidget {
+  const _TextPlacementLayer({required this.onPlace});
+
+  /// Called with the LOCAL position (within the page rect) where a box should
+  /// be placed.
+  final void Function(Offset local) onPlace;
+
+  @override
+  State<_TextPlacementLayer> createState() => _TextPlacementLayerState();
+}
+
+class _TextPlacementLayerState extends State<_TextPlacementLayer> {
+  PointerDeviceKind? _downKind;
+  Offset? _downLocal;
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    return GestureDetector(
+      behavior: HitTestBehavior.opaque,
+      onTapDown: (d) {
+        _downKind = d.kind;
+        _downLocal = d.localPosition;
+      },
+      onTapUp: (d) {
+        // A mouse single-click does NOT place (mouse uses double-click); pen and
+        // touch place on a single tap.
+        if (_downKind == PointerDeviceKind.mouse) return;
+        widget.onPlace(d.localPosition);
+      },
+      onDoubleTapDown: (d) {
+        _downLocal = d.localPosition;
+      },
+      onDoubleTap: () {
+        final local = _downLocal;
+        if (local != null) widget.onPlace(local);
+      },
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+/// A committed text annotation rendered glued to the page. Read-only label;
+/// tapping it (when [onTap] is non-null, i.e. the TEXT tool is active) re-opens
+/// it for editing.
+class _TextAnnotationLabel extends StatelessWidget {
+  const _TextAnnotationLabel({
+    required this.text,
+    required this.fontSizePx,
+    required this.color,
+    this.onTap,
+  });
+
+  final String text;
+  final double fontSizePx;
+  final Color color;
+  final VoidCallback? onTap;
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    return GestureDetector(
+      behavior: HitTestBehavior.opaque,
+      onTap: onTap,
+      child: Text(
+        text,
+        style: TextStyle(
+          fontSize: fontSizePx,
+          color: color,
+          height: 1.2,
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+/// The active editing field for a text box. A REAL Flutter [TextField] so the
+/// OS IME and — on Windows — the Windows-Ink handwriting panel feed it
+/// automatically (no special plugin; a focusable text input is all the panel
+/// needs). Autofocuses on insert; commits via [onChanged] (debounced persist)
+/// and finishes via [onDone] (submit / focus loss).
+class _TextAnnotationField extends StatefulWidget {
+  const _TextAnnotationField({
+    super.key,
+    required this.initialText,
+    required this.fontSizePx,
+    required this.color,
+    required this.hintText,
+    required this.onChanged,
+    required this.onDone,
+  });
+
+  final String initialText;
+  final double fontSizePx;
+  final Color color;
+  final String hintText;
+  final ValueChanged<String> onChanged;
+  final VoidCallback onDone;
+
+  @override
+  State<_TextAnnotationField> createState() => _TextAnnotationFieldState();
+}
+
+class _TextAnnotationFieldState extends State<_TextAnnotationField> {
+  late final TextEditingController _controller;
+  late final FocusNode _focusNode;
+
+  @override
+  void initState() {
+    super.initState();
+    _controller = TextEditingController(text: widget.initialText);
+    _focusNode = FocusNode();
+    _focusNode.addListener(_onFocusChange);
+    // Autofocus after the first frame so the field is mounted before we request
+    // focus (which also raises the IME / handwriting panel).
+    WidgetsBinding.instance.addPostFrameCallback((_) {
+      if (mounted) _focusNode.requestFocus();
+    });
+  }
+
+  void _onFocusChange() {
+    if (!_focusNode.hasFocus) widget.onDone();
+  }
+
+  @override
+  void dispose() {
+    _focusNode.removeListener(_onFocusChange);
+    _focusNode.dispose();
+    _controller.dispose();
+    super.dispose();
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    final cs = Theme.of(context).colorScheme;
+    return Material(
+      color: cs.surface.withValues(alpha: 0.85),
+      elevation: 1,
+      borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(4),
+      child: TextField(
+        controller: _controller,
+        focusNode: _focusNode,
+        autofocus: true,
+        maxLines: null,
+        minLines: 1,
+        keyboardType: TextInputType.multiline,
+        textInputAction: TextInputAction.newline,
+        cursorColor: widget.color,
+        style: TextStyle(
+          fontSize: widget.fontSizePx,
+          color: widget.color,
+          height: 1.2,
+        ),
+        decoration: InputDecoration(
+          isDense: true,
+          border: InputBorder.none,
+          hintText: widget.hintText,
+          contentPadding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 4, vertical: 2),
+        ),
+        onChanged: widget.onChanged,
+        onTapOutside: (_) => _focusNode.unfocus(),
+        onEditingComplete: () => _focusNode.unfocus(),
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+}

lib/editor/persistence/sidecar_repository.dart

@@ -137,6 +137,9 @@ class SidecarRepository {
   /// Page index → highlight rects loaded from the sidecar.
   Map<int, List<SidecarHighlight>> get loadedHighlights => _sidecar.highlights;
 
+  /// Page index → typed-text annotations loaded from the sidecar.
+  Map<int, List<SidecarText>> get loadedTexts => _sidecar.texts;
+
   /// Scratch-link anchors loaded from the sidecar.
   List<SidecarScratchLink> get loadedScratchLinks => _sidecar.scratchLinks;
 
@@ -202,6 +205,17 @@ class SidecarRepository {
     _replace(highlights: next);
   }
 
+  /// Replace the typed-text annotations for [pageIndex] and schedule a save.
+  void scheduleTextsSave(int pageIndex, List<SidecarText> texts) {
+    final next = Map<int, List<SidecarText>>.from(_sidecar.texts);
+    if (texts.isEmpty) {
+      next.remove(pageIndex);
+    } else {
+      next[pageIndex] = List<SidecarText>.of(texts);
+    }
+    _replace(texts: next);
+  }
+
   /// Add (or update) a scratch-link anchor, preserving any existing scratchpad,
   /// and schedule a save.
   void scheduleScratchLinkUpsert(ScratchLink link) {
@@ -302,6 +316,7 @@ class SidecarRepository {
     String? title,
     Map<int, List<EditorStroke>>? strokes,
     Map<int, List<SidecarHighlight>>? highlights,
+    Map<int, List<SidecarText>>? texts,
     List<Bookmark>? bookmarks,
     List<SidecarScratchLink>? scratchLinks,
     String? ocrText,
@@ -320,6 +335,7 @@ class SidecarRepository {
       updatedAt: DateTime.now().toUtc(),
       strokes: strokes ?? _sidecar.strokes,
       highlights: highlights ?? _sidecar.highlights,
+      texts: texts ?? _sidecar.texts,
       bookmarks: bookmarks ?? _sidecar.bookmarks,
       scratchLinks: scratchLinks ?? _sidecar.scratchLinks,
       ocrText: clearOcrText ? null : (ocrText ?? _sidecar.ocrText),

lib/l10n/app_en.arb

@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@
   "actionHighlightSelection": "Highlight selection",
   "toolRemoveHighlight": "Remove highlight (tap a highlight)",
   "toolPlaceScratchLink": "Place scratch link",
+  "toolText": "Text (tap or double-click to add)",
+  "textPlaceholder": "Type…",
   "scratchLinkDeleteTitle": "Delete scratch link?",
   "scratchLinkDeleteBody": "This removes the anchor and its private scratchpad.",
   "toolAddBookmark": "Add bookmark (here or at selection)",

lib/l10n/app_localizations.dart

@@ -554,6 +554,18 @@ abstract class AppLocalizations {
   /// **'Place scratch link'**
   String get toolPlaceScratchLink;
 
+  /// No description provided for @toolText.
+  ///
+  /// In en, this message translates to:
+  /// **'Text (tap or double-click to add)'**
+  String get toolText;
+
+  /// No description provided for @textPlaceholder.
+  ///
+  /// In en, this message translates to:
+  /// **'Type…'**
+  String get textPlaceholder;
+
   /// No description provided for @scratchLinkDeleteTitle.
   ///
   /// In en, this message translates to:

lib/l10n/app_localizations_en.dart

@@ -247,6 +247,12 @@ class AppLocalizationsEn extends AppLocalizations {
   @override
   String get toolPlaceScratchLink => 'Place scratch link';
 
+  @override
+  String get toolText => 'Text (tap or double-click to add)';
+
+  @override
+  String get textPlaceholder => 'Type…';
+
   @override
   String get scratchLinkDeleteTitle => 'Delete scratch link?';
 

lib/l10n/app_localizations_zh.dart

@@ -247,6 +247,12 @@ class AppLocalizationsZh extends AppLocalizations {
   @override
   String get toolPlaceScratchLink => '放置便签链接';
 
+  @override
+  String get toolText => '文字（点按或双击添加）';
+
+  @override
+  String get textPlaceholder => '输入文字…';
+
   @override
   String get scratchLinkDeleteTitle => '删除便签链接？';
 

lib/l10n/app_zh.arb

@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@
   "actionHighlightSelection": "高亮所选",
   "toolRemoveHighlight": "移除高亮（点按高亮处）",
   "toolPlaceScratchLink": "放置便签链接",
+  "toolText": "文字（点按或双击添加）",
+  "textPlaceholder": "输入文字…",
   "scratchLinkDeleteTitle": "删除便签链接？",
   "scratchLinkDeleteBody": "这会移除锚点及其专属草稿纸。",
   "toolAddBookmark": "添加书签（当前位置或所选段落）",

lib/storage/badnote_sidecar.dart

@@ -108,6 +108,95 @@ class SidecarHighlight {
       'SidecarHighlight(l: $l, t: $t, r: $r, b: $b, color: $color)';
 }
 
+/// A single typed-text annotation on a page (PDF editor for now). Position is
+/// NORMALIZED to the page rect ([nx],[ny] in [0,1]) so the box stays glued under
+/// zoom/scroll, exactly like [SidecarHighlight] / [ScratchLink]. [fontSize] is
+/// PAGE-RELATIVE (a fraction of the page width), so the rendered text scales
+/// with the page; the editor multiplies it by the on-screen page width.
+class SidecarText {
+  const SidecarText({
+    required this.id,
+    required this.nx,
+    required this.ny,
+    required this.text,
+    this.fontSize = 0.03,
+    this.color = 0xFF000000,
+  });
+
+  /// Stable id (uuid) so edits/deletes address a specific box.
+  final String id;
+
+  /// Normalized x of the box's top-left in [0,1].
+  final double nx;
+
+  /// Normalized y of the box's top-left in [0,1].
+  final double ny;
+
+  /// The typed text.
+  final String text;
+
+  /// Font size as a fraction of page WIDTH (page-relative; scales with zoom).
+  final double fontSize;
+
+  /// ARGB text color.
+  final int color;
+
+  SidecarText copyWith({
+    String? id,
+    double? nx,
+    double? ny,
+    String? text,
+    double? fontSize,
+    int? color,
+  }) =>
+      SidecarText(
+        id: id ?? this.id,
+        nx: nx ?? this.nx,
+        ny: ny ?? this.ny,
+        text: text ?? this.text,
+        fontSize: fontSize ?? this.fontSize,
+        color: color ?? this.color,
+      );
+
+  Map<String, dynamic> toJson() => {
+        'id': id,
+        'nx': nx,
+        'ny': ny,
+        'text': text,
+        'fontSize': fontSize,
+        'color': color,
+      };
+
+  factory SidecarText.fromJson(Map<String, dynamic> json) => SidecarText(
+        id: json['id'] as String,
+        nx: (json['nx'] as num).toDouble(),
+        ny: (json['ny'] as num).toDouble(),
+        text: (json['text'] as String?) ?? '',
+        fontSize: (json['fontSize'] as num?)?.toDouble() ?? 0.03,
+        color: (json['color'] as num?)?.toInt() ?? 0xFF000000,
+      );
+
+  @override
+  bool operator ==(Object other) =>
+      identical(this, other) ||
+      other is SidecarText &&
+          runtimeType == other.runtimeType &&
+          id == other.id &&
+          nx == other.nx &&
+          ny == other.ny &&
+          text == other.text &&
+          fontSize == other.fontSize &&
+          color == other.color;
+
+  @override
+  int get hashCode => Object.hash(id, nx, ny, text, fontSize, color);
+
+  @override
+  String toString() =>
+      'SidecarText(id: $id, nx: $nx, ny: $ny, text: $text, '
+      'fontSize: $fontSize, color: $color)';
+}
+
 /// An anchor's private infinite scratchpad: a list of [InkStroke]s in ABSOLUTE
 /// world pixels (unchanged format from `SplitViewScreen`), plus the world size
 /// so it restores (today the canvas always resets to 4000×4000).
@@ -219,6 +308,7 @@ class BadnoteSidecar {
     this.updatedAt,
     Map<int, List<EditorStroke>>? strokes,
     Map<int, List<SidecarHighlight>>? highlights,
+    Map<int, List<SidecarText>>? texts,
     List<Bookmark>? bookmarks,
     List<SidecarScratchLink>? scratchLinks,
     Map<int, String>? legacyAnnotations,
@@ -227,6 +317,7 @@ class BadnoteSidecar {
     this.background,
   })  : strokes = strokes ?? <int, List<EditorStroke>>{},
         highlights = highlights ?? <int, List<SidecarHighlight>>{},
+        texts = texts ?? <int, List<SidecarText>>{},
         bookmarks = bookmarks ?? <Bookmark>[],
         scratchLinks = scratchLinks ?? <SidecarScratchLink>[],
         legacyAnnotations = legacyAnnotations ?? <int, String>{};
@@ -255,6 +346,10 @@ class BadnoteSidecar {
   /// Page index → highlighted text rects (normalized).
   final Map<int, List<SidecarHighlight>> highlights;
 
+  /// Page index → typed-text annotations (normalized position, page-relative
+  /// font size). PDF editor only for now (note text is a later increment).
+  final Map<int, List<SidecarText>> texts;
+
   final List<Bookmark> bookmarks;
   final List<SidecarScratchLink> scratchLinks;
 
@@ -304,6 +399,12 @@ class BadnoteSidecar {
             entry.key.toString():
                 entry.value.map((h) => h.toJson()).toList(),
         },
+        if (texts.isNotEmpty)
+          'texts': {
+            for (final entry in texts.entries)
+              entry.key.toString():
+                  entry.value.map((t) => t.toJson()).toList(),
+          },
         'bookmarks': bookmarks.map((b) => b.toJson()).toList(),
         'scratchLinks': scratchLinks.map((s) => s.toJson()).toList(),
         if (legacyAnnotations.isNotEmpty)
@@ -350,6 +451,7 @@ class BadnoteSidecar {
           : DateTime.tryParse(json['updatedAt'] as String),
       strokes: decodePageMap(json['strokes'], EditorStroke.fromJson),
       highlights: decodePageMap(json['highlights'], SidecarHighlight.fromJson),
+      texts: decodePageMap(json['texts'], SidecarText.fromJson),
       bookmarks: ((json['bookmarks'] as List<dynamic>?) ?? const [])
           .map((e) => Bookmark.fromJson(e as Map<String, dynamic>))
           .toList(),