How do I annotate a control without triggering its click?

Start element picking before clicking the page control. Pinthread intercepts the selection input so it does not activate the underlying action. When you leave comment mode, ordinary page interaction resumes. This also helps when a page delegates clicks from a parent container.

<button type="button" data-action="publish">Publish changes</button>
<div role="status" aria-live="polite"></div>