diff --git a/EnvelopeGenerator.Web/wwwroot/js/app.js b/EnvelopeGenerator.Web/wwwroot/js/app.js
index 234a0fec..ff5d09f9 100644
--- a/EnvelopeGenerator.Web/wwwroot/js/app.js
+++ b/EnvelopeGenerator.Web/wwwroot/js/app.js
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ class App {
             this.handleAnnotationsCreate.bind(this)
         )
 
+        this.Instance.addEventListener("annotations.willChange", _ => {
+            //hide buttons
+            Comp.ActPanelElements.forEach(child => child.style.display = 'none');
+          });
+
         // Load annotations into PSPDFKit
         try {
             this.signatureCount = this.currentDocument.elements.length
diff --git a/EnvelopeGenerator.Web/wwwroot/js/event-binder.js b/EnvelopeGenerator.Web/wwwroot/js/event-binder.js
index 67465b18..b631d303 100644
--- a/EnvelopeGenerator.Web/wwwroot/js/event-binder.js
+++ b/EnvelopeGenerator.Web/wwwroot/js/event-binder.js
@@ -46,4 +46,8 @@ class Comp{
             return Comp.__fActPanel
         }
     }
+
+    static get ActPanelElements() {
+        return [...Comp.ActPanel.children]
+    }
 }
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