--- a/src/js/widgets/annotationsWidget.js	Wed Dec 28 17:05:25 2011 +0100
+++ b/src/js/widgets/annotationsWidget.js	Wed Dec 28 17:06:46 2011 +0100
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 IriSP.AnnotationsWidget = function(Popcorn, config, Serializer) {
   IriSP.Widget.call(this, Popcorn, config, Serializer);
-  
+  /* flag used when we're creating an annotation */
+  this._hidden = false;
 };
 
 
@@ -12,8 +13,7 @@
     this.selector.find(".Ldt-SaKeywordText").text("");
 };
 
-IriSP.AnnotationsWidget.prototype.displayAnnotation = function(annotation) {   
-
+IriSP.AnnotationsWidget.prototype.displayAnnotation = function(annotation) {       
     var title = annotation.content.title;
     var description = annotation.content.description;
     var keywords =  "" // FIXME;
@@ -39,9 +39,7 @@
     this.selector.find(".Ldt-GplusShare").attr("href", fb_link + IriSP.encodeURI(text) + IriSP.encodeURI(url));
 };
 
-IriSP.AnnotationsWidget.prototype.clearWidget = function() {
-
-    
+IriSP.AnnotationsWidget.prototype.clearWidget = function() {   
     /* retract the pane between two annotations */
     this.selector.find(".Ldt-SaTitle").text("");
     this.selector.find(".Ldt-SaDescription").text("");
@@ -54,7 +52,9 @@
 
   var annotationMarkup = IriSP.templToHTML(IriSP.annotationWidget_template);
 	this.selector.append(annotationMarkup);
-  
+
+  this._Popcorn.listen("IriSP.PlayerWidget.AnnotateButton.clicked", 
+                        IriSP.wrap(this, this.handleAnnotateSignal));  
   var legal_ids = this._serializer.getNonTweetIds();
   
   var annotations = this._serializer._data.annotations;
@@ -85,3 +85,13 @@
   }
 
 };
+
+IriSP.AnnotationsWidget.prototype.handleAnnotateSignal = function() {
+  if (this._hidden == false) {
+    this.selector.hide();
+    this._hidden = true;
+  } else {
+    this.selector.show();
+    this._hidden = false;
+  }
+};
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