diff --git a/src/TextAnnotator.jsx b/src/TextAnnotator.jsx
index 6672bbf..4f7aecd 100644
--- a/src/TextAnnotator.jsx
+++ b/src/TextAnnotator.jsx
@@ -183,10 +183,11 @@ export default class TextAnnotator extends Component {
       <>
         { this.state.selectedAnnotation &&
           <Editor
-            readOnly={this.props.readOnly}
-            bounds={this.state.selectionBounds}
             wrapperEl={this.props.wrapperEl}
+            bounds={this.state.selectionBounds}
             annotation={this.state.selectedAnnotation}
+            readOnly={this.props.readOnly}
+            autoApply={this.props.autoApply}
             onAnnotationCreated={this.onCreateOrUpdateAnnotation('onAnnotationCreated')}
             onAnnotationUpdated={this.onCreateOrUpdateAnnotation('onAnnotationUpdated')}
             onAnnotationDeleted={this.onDeleteAnnotation}
diff --git a/src/editor/Editor.jsx b/src/editor/Editor.jsx
index 0125adb..f15f78a 100644
--- a/src/editor/Editor.jsx
+++ b/src/editor/Editor.jsx
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 import React, { useState, useRef, useEffect } from 'react';
 import setPosition from './setPosition';
 
+const autoApply = props => {
+  const applied = props.annotation.clone({ body: [{ ...props.autoApply }]});
+  return applied.toAnnotation();
+}
+
 /**
  * The popup editor component.
  * 
@@ -21,6 +26,15 @@ const Editor = props => {
     if (!currentAnnotation?.isEqual(props.annotation))
       setCurrentAnnotation(props.annotation);
 
+
+
+    /** Experimental **/
+    if (props.autoApply && props.annotation?.isSelection)
+      props.onAnnotationCreated(autoApply(props));
+    /** Experimental **/      
+
+
+    
     if (element.current)
       setPosition(props.wrapperEl, element.current, props.bounds);
   }, [ props.bounds ]);
@@ -63,7 +77,7 @@ const Editor = props => {
       else
         props.onAnnotationUpdated(undraft(currentAnnotation), props.annotation);
     }
-  };
+  };  
 
   return (
     <div ref={element} className="r6o-editor">