diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/WebReader/WebReaderContent.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/WebReader/WebReaderContent.swift
index ab2cea59d..0df5750b3 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/WebReader/WebReaderContent.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/WebReader/WebReaderContent.swift
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ struct WebReaderContent {
           window.localStorage.setItem("theme", "\(themeKey)")
           window.prefersHighContrastFont = \(prefersHighContrastText)
           window.enableHighlightBar = \(isMacApp)
+          window.enableSelectToHighlight = true
         </script>
         <script src="bundle.js"></script>
         <script src="mathJaxConfiguration.js" id="MathJax-script"></script>
diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Views/Article/OmnivoreWebView.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Views/Article/OmnivoreWebView.swift
index 7405e4777..a76c02c4b 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Views/Article/OmnivoreWebView.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Views/Article/OmnivoreWebView.swift
@@ -196,15 +196,17 @@ public final class OmnivoreWebView: WKWebView {
     private func setDefaultMenu() {
       currentMenu = .defaultMenu
 
-      if #available(iOS 16.0, *) {
-        // on iOS16 we use menuBuilder to create these items
-      } else {
-        let annotate = UIMenuItem(title: "Annotate", action: #selector(annotateSelection))
-        let highlight = UIMenuItem(title: LocalText.genericHighlight, action: #selector(highlightSelection))
-        //     let share = UIMenuItem(title: "Share", action: #selector(shareSelection))
+      setHighlightMenu()
 
-        UIMenuController.shared.menuItems = [highlight, /* share, */ annotate]
-      }
+//      if #available(iOS 16.0, *) {
+//        // on iOS16 we use menuBuilder to create these items
+//      } else {
+//        let annotate = UIMenuItem(title: "Annotate", action: #selector(annotateSelection))
+//        let highlight = UIMenuItem(title: LocalText.genericHighlight, action: #selector(highlightSelection))
+//        //     let share = UIMenuItem(title: "Share", action: #selector(shareSelection))
+//
+//        UIMenuController.shared.menuItems = [highlight, /* share, */ annotate]
+//      }
     }
 
     private func setHighlightMenu() {
@@ -230,7 +232,8 @@ public final class OmnivoreWebView: WKWebView {
     }
 
     @objc func menuDidHide() {
-      setDefaultMenu()
+      // setDefaultMenu()
+      setHighlightMenu()
     }
 
     // swiftlint:disable:next line_length
diff --git a/packages/web/components/templates/article/HighlightsLayer.tsx b/packages/web/components/templates/article/HighlightsLayer.tsx
index c29fec273..4dda397db 100644
--- a/packages/web/components/templates/article/HighlightsLayer.tsx
+++ b/packages/web/components/templates/article/HighlightsLayer.tsx
@@ -73,10 +73,7 @@ export function HighlightsLayer(props: HighlightsLayerProps): JSX.Element {
     Highlight | undefined
   >(undefined)
 
-  const [selectionData, setSelectionData] = useSelection(
-    highlightLocations,
-    false //noteModal.open,
-  )
+  const [selectionData, setSelectionData] = useSelection(highlightLocations)
 
   const [labelsTarget, setLabelsTarget] = useState<Highlight | undefined>(
     undefined
@@ -192,6 +189,41 @@ export function HighlightsLayer(props: HighlightsLayerProps): JSX.Element {
     [props.highlightBarDisabled]
   )
 
+  const selectionPercentPos = (selection: Selection): number | undefined => {
+    if (
+      selection.rangeCount > 0 &&
+      window &&
+      window.document.scrollingElement
+    ) {
+      const percent =
+        (selection.getRangeAt(0).getBoundingClientRect().y + window.scrollY) /
+        window.document.scrollingElement.scrollHeight
+      return Math.min(Math.max(0, percent * 100), 100)
+    }
+    return undefined
+  }
+
+  const selectionAnchorIndex = (selection: Selection): number | undefined => {
+    if (selection.rangeCount > 0) {
+      const containerElement = () => {
+        const node = selection.getRangeAt(0).startContainer
+        if (node.nodeType == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
+          return node as HTMLElement
+        }
+        return node.parentElement
+      }
+      let walk = containerElement()
+      while (walk) {
+        const idx = Number(walk.getAttribute('data-omnivore-anchor-idx'))
+        if (idx > 0) {
+          return idx
+        }
+        walk = walk.parentElement
+      }
+    }
+    return undefined
+  }
+
   const createHighlightFromSelection = async (
     selection: SelectionAttributes,
     note?: string
@@ -203,6 +235,8 @@ export function HighlightsLayer(props: HighlightsLayerProps): JSX.Element {
         existingHighlights: highlights,
         highlightStartEndOffsets: highlightLocations,
         annotation: note,
+        highlightPositionPercent: selectionPercentPos(selection.selection),
+        highlightPositionAnchorIndex: selectionAnchorIndex(selection.selection),
       },
       props.articleMutations
     )
@@ -258,20 +292,6 @@ export function HighlightsLayer(props: HighlightsLayerProps): JSX.Element {
     ]
   )
 
-  const scrollToHighlight = (id: string) => {
-    const foundElement = document.querySelector(
-      `[omnivore-highlight-id="${id}"]`
-    )
-    if (foundElement) {
-      foundElement.scrollIntoView({
-        block: 'center',
-        behavior: 'smooth',
-      })
-      window.location.hash = `#${id}`
-      props.setShowHighlightsModal(false)
-    }
-  }
-
   // Detect mouseclick on a highlight -- call `setFocusedHighlight` when highlight detected
   const handleClickHighlight = useCallback(
     (event: MouseEvent) => {
@@ -424,6 +444,23 @@ export function HighlightsLayer(props: HighlightsLayerProps): JSX.Element {
     ]
   )
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    ;(async () => {
+      if (
+        'enableSelectToHighlight' in window &&
+        window.enableSelectToHighlight &&
+        selectionData
+      ) {
+        // console.log('auto highlight: ', selectionData.selection.toString())
+        await createHighlightCallback('none', undefined)
+        selectionData.selection.collapseToStart()
+        // handleClickHighlight(selectionData.mouseEvent)
+        // setSelectionData(null)
+        // window.getSelection()?.removeAllRanges()
+      }
+    })()
+  }, [selectionData, setSelectionData])
+
   const dispatchHighlightError = (action: string, error: unknown) => {
     if (props.isAppleAppEmbed) {
       window?.webkit?.messageHandlers.highlightAction?.postMessage({
diff --git a/packages/web/lib/highlights/createHighlight.ts b/packages/web/lib/highlights/createHighlight.ts
index 7262e3252..045f28819 100644
--- a/packages/web/lib/highlights/createHighlight.ts
+++ b/packages/web/lib/highlights/createHighlight.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ type CreateHighlightInput = {
   annotation?: string
   existingHighlights: Highlight[]
   highlightStartEndOffsets: HighlightLocation[]
+  highlightPositionPercent?: number
+  highlightPositionAnchorIndex?: number
 }
 
 type CreateHighlightOutput = {
@@ -30,7 +32,6 @@ export async function createHighlight(
   input: CreateHighlightInput,
   articleMutations: ArticleMutations
 ): Promise<CreateHighlightOutput> {
-
   if (!input.selection.selection) {
     return {}
   }
@@ -65,7 +66,10 @@ export async function createHighlight(
         annotations.push(annotation)
       }
     })
-    removeHighlights(input.selection.overlapHighlights, input.highlightStartEndOffsets)
+    removeHighlights(
+      input.selection.overlapHighlights,
+      input.highlightStartEndOffsets
+    )
   }
 
   const highlightAttributes = makeHighlightNodeAttributes(
@@ -83,6 +87,8 @@ export async function createHighlight(
     patch,
     annotation: annotations.length > 0 ? annotations.join('\n') : undefined,
     articleId: input.articleId,
+    highlightPositionPercent: input.highlightPositionPercent,
+    highlightPositionAnchorIndex: input.highlightPositionAnchorIndex,
   }
 
   let highlight: Highlight | undefined
@@ -98,7 +104,9 @@ export async function createHighlight(
       ($0) => !input.selection.overlapHighlights.includes($0.id)
     )
   } else {
-    highlight = await articleMutations.createHighlightMutation(newHighlightAttributes)
+    highlight = await articleMutations.createHighlightMutation(
+      newHighlightAttributes
+    )
   }
 
   if (highlight) {
diff --git a/packages/web/lib/highlights/useSelection.tsx b/packages/web/lib/highlights/useSelection.tsx
index 5070b182e..10fb104fc 100644
--- a/packages/web/lib/highlights/useSelection.tsx
+++ b/packages/web/lib/highlights/useSelection.tsx
@@ -7,10 +7,8 @@ import {
 import type { SelectionAttributes } from './highlightHelpers'
 
 export function useSelection(
-  highlightLocations: HighlightLocation[],
-  isDisabled: boolean
+  highlightLocations: HighlightLocation[]
 ): [SelectionAttributes | null, (x: SelectionAttributes | null) => void] {
-  const disabled = isDisabled
   const [selectionAttributes, setSelectionAttributes] =
     useState<SelectionAttributes | null>(null)
 
@@ -142,10 +140,6 @@ export function useSelection(
   }, [selectionAttributes?.selection])
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (disabled) {
-      return
-    }
-
     document.addEventListener('mouseup', handleFinishTouch)
     document.addEventListener('touchend', handleFinishTouch)
     document.addEventListener('contextmenu', handleFinishTouch)
@@ -157,7 +151,7 @@ export function useSelection(
       document.removeEventListener('contextmenu', handleFinishTouch)
       document.removeEventListener('copyTextSelection', copyTextSelection)
     }
-  }, [highlightLocations, handleFinishTouch, disabled, copyTextSelection])
+  }, [highlightLocations, handleFinishTouch, copyTextSelection])
 
   return [selectionAttributes, setSelectionAttributes]
 }
diff --git a/packages/web/lib/networking/fragments/highlightFragment.ts b/packages/web/lib/networking/fragments/highlightFragment.ts
index fc7bfabb2..d7ca16cf4 100644
--- a/packages/web/lib/networking/fragments/highlightFragment.ts
+++ b/packages/web/lib/networking/fragments/highlightFragment.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ export const highlightFragment = gql`
     createdByMe
     updatedAt
     sharedAt
+    highlightPositionPercent
+    highlightPositionAnchorIndex
     labels {
       id
       name
@@ -34,6 +36,8 @@ export type Highlight = {
   updatedAt: string
   sharedAt: string
   labels?: Label[]
+  highlightPositionPercent?: number
+  highlightPositionAnchorIndex?: number
 }
 
 export type User = {