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Chalkboard: annotations in speaker view are not mirrored to main presentation

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Description

Bug description

When using the chalkboard feature and adding some annotations in a speaker view setting, the annotations are not mirrored to the main presentation.

This is an issue as usually one looks at the speaker view during a presentation on the laptop while the main audience looks at the mirrored slides behind/beside the speaker. For speakers, it's not easy to spot that things are not synchronized.

Adding annotations only on the main presentation view would require taking the mouse across screens which is fiddly and takes additional time.

quarto v1.1.120

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Research direction

The issue names no source files, tests, or entry points. Start by reproducing the chalkboard behavior in speaker view and the main presentation, then trace how annotations are synchronized between them. Done means annotations added in speaker view appear on the main presentation.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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