--- title: "How do I customize the options in the annotation inspector?" canonical_url: "https://www.nutrient.io/guides/ios/knowledge-base/how-do-i-customize-the-annotation-inspector/" md_url: "https://www.nutrient.io/guides/ios/knowledge-base/how-do-i-customize-the-annotation-inspector.md" last_updated: "2026-05-14T16:53:43.872Z" description: "To customize the options in the annotation inspector, you’ll have to change the propertiesForAnnotations of PDFConfigurationBuilder." --- To customize the options in the annotation inspector, you’ll have to change the [`propertiesForAnnotations`](https://www.nutrient.io/api/ios/documentation/pspdfkitui/pdfconfiguration/propertiesforannotations) of [`PDFConfigurationBuilder`](https://www.nutrient.io/api/ios/documentation/pspdfkitui/pdfconfigurationbuilder). Use a dictionary containing an [`Annotation.Tool`](https://www.nutrient.io/api/ios/documentation/pspdfkit/annotation/tool). This dictionary should specify the annotation type as a key, and an array of strings — which lists the allowed properties — as the value. ### Example 1 The example below shows how to customize annotation inspector options for ink annotations: ### SWIFT ```swift let configuration = PDFConfiguration { // Do not show color presets. var typesShowingColorPresets = $0.typesShowingColorPresets typesShowingColorPresets.remove(.ink) $0.typesShowingColorPresets = typesShowingColorPresets // Configure the properties for ink annotations to only show the color and blend mode setting in the annotation inspector. var properties = $0.propertiesForAnnotations properties[.ink] = [[AnnotationStyle.Key.color, AnnotationStyle.Key.blendMode]] $0.propertiesForAnnotations = properties } ``` ### OBJECTIVE-C ```objc PSPDFConfiguration *configuration = [PSPDFConfiguration configurationWithBuilder:^(PSPDFConfigurationBuilder *builder) { // Do not show color presets. PSPDFAnnotationType typesShowingColorPresetes = builder.typesShowingColorPresets; typesShowingColorPresetes = typesShowingColorPresetes &~ PSPDFAnnotationTypeInk; builder.typesShowingColorPresets = typesShowingColorPresetes; // Configure the properties for ink annotations to only show the color and blend mode setting in the annotation inspector. NSMutableDictionary *propertiesForAnnotations = [builder.propertiesForAnnotations mutableCopy]; propertiesForAnnotations[PSPDFAnnotationStringInk] = @[@[PSPDFAnnotationStyleKeyColor, PSPDFAnnotationStyleKeyBlendMode]]; builder.propertiesForAnnotations = propertiesForAnnotations; }]; ``` ### Example 2 This example illustrates how to remove the font name and size options from the annotation inspector for free text annotations: ### SWIFT ```swift let configuration = PDFConfiguration { // Configure the properties for free text annotations to hide the font name and size settings in the annotation inspector. var properties = $0.propertiesForAnnotations properties[.freeText] = [[AnnotationStyle.Key.textAlignment, AnnotationStyle.Key.color, AnnotationStyle.Key.fillColor, AnnotationStyle.Key.alpha]] $0.propertiesForAnnotations = properties } ``` ### OBJECTIVE-C ```objc PSPDFConfiguration *configuration = [PSPDFConfiguration configurationWithBuilder:^(PSPDFConfigurationBuilder *builder) { // Configure the properties for free text annotations to hide the font name and size settings in the annotation inspector. NSMutableDictionary *propertiesForAnnotations = [builder.propertiesForAnnotations mutableCopy]; propertiesForAnnotations[PSPDFAnnotationStringFreeText] = @[@[PSPDFAnnotationStyleKeyTextAlignment, PSPDFAnnotationStyleKeyColor, PSPDFAnnotationStyleKeyFillColor, PSPDFAnnotationStyleKeyAlpha]]; builder.propertiesForAnnotations = propertiesForAnnotations; }]; ``` For more information, check out the [`AnnotationInspectorBlendModeStampExample.swift`](https://github.com/PSPDFKit/pspdfkit-ios-catalog/blob/master/Catalog/Examples/Annotations/AnnotationInspectorBlendModeStampExample.swift) and [`BlendModeMenuForMarkupAnnotationsExample.swift`](https://github.com/PSPDFKit/pspdfkit-ios-catalog/blob/master/Catalog/Examples/Annotations/BlendModeMenuForMarkupAnnotationsExample.swift) examples from our [Nutrient Catalog example app](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/ios/getting-started/example-projects.md#nutrient-catalog). --- ## Related pages - [Adjusting Size Of Popovers](/guides/ios/knowledge-base/adjusting-size-of-popovers.md) - 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