1. A system comprising: at least one processor configured: to cause responsive to an object selection input through an input device corresponding to a selection of a first object displayed at a first object location on a visual workspace through a display device, the display device to display a preview type of a first annotation for the selected first object at a first annotation location on the visual workspace adjacent to the first object location, to cause the display device to stop displaying the first annotation on the workspace when an object deselection input is received through the input device that corresponds to a deselection of the first object prior to the first annotation being changed to a persistent type, and when the first object is selected, to cause responsive to an annotation selection input through the input device corresponding to a selection of the first annotation, the first annotation to change from being the preview type to being the persistent type that remains visually displayed at the first annotation location on the workspace when the first object is deselected via an object deselection input after the first annotation has changed to the persistent type.