Add an annotation to the Favorite Toolbox panel

By Cynthia, 31 December, 2025

You can save your custom annotations as favorites or templates in the Favorite Toolbox panel of the navigation pane for easy reuse. Foxit PDF Editor Subscription Release also allows you to create, import, export, and manage toolboxes so you can organize frequently used annotation symbols more efficiently. To add an annotation to the Favorite Toolbox panel, follow these steps:

  1. Select the Hand command, the Select Annotation command, or the corresponding commenting command. 
  2. Select the annotation you want to add to the Favorite Toolbox panel. Then do either of the following:
  • Click the Add to Favorite Toolbox button on the Format tab in the right panel, and choose the preset My Tools Toolbox or a custom Toolbox to include the annotation.
  • Right-click the annotation, select Add to Favorite Toolbox from the context menu, and choose a Toolbox.
  1. The annotation will be added to the Favorite Toolbox panel in the navigation pane. Repeat these steps above to save additional custom annotations as needed.

In the Favorite Toolbox panel, all the annotations you have added are displayed as a group of preview icons in each Toolbox, which allows you to quickly select one for reuse, and you can also:

  • Click the/ icon to enlarge or reduce the size of the preview icons.
  • Right-click a favorite annotation and choose Delete from the context menu to remove it, or choose Pin to Top to move it to the beginning of the icon group. 

Toolbox Management (Available in Subscription Releases)

Foxit PDF Editor allows you to manage toolboxes to organize annotation symbols more flexibly. Click the Manage Toolbox icon in the Favorite Toolbox panel and do any of the following in the Manage Toolbox dialog box:

  • Click the Create button to create a new toolbox to group related annotation symbols. To display the toolbox in the Favorite Toolbox panel, check the box in the Visible column of the Toolbox list.
  • Click the Import button to import an existing toolbox created by another user or exported from another device.
  • Click the Export button to export a toolbox to share your annotation sets with teammates or reuse them across machines.
  • Click the Rename or Delete button to rename or delete toolboxes to keep your workspace organized.
  • Reorder toolboxes by dragging and dropping them in the dialog box to change their order in the Favorite Toolbox panel.
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