Add tagging of documents and locations within documents
It would be a great deal, if it would be possible to tag all documents and (possibly) each position within each note with one or more tags. There should be a tag list for each shelf of notes, such that I can have different sets of tags for each shelf. It should then be possible to open the tag list for a shelf, click on a tag, and get a list of all usages of this tag with all documents and all locations within documents. Clicking on a usage should open the document (in case it is the tag of a whole document) or the document at the tagged position (if the tag is attached at a location within the document). The list of usages should be sorted according to the document names, and if there are more usages within a document, according to the page number. It should also be possible to jump from a tagged position within a note to the list of usages, and then to another usage, and so on.
To tag a note or a location within a note, one should be presented a list of available tags within this shelf. Then, one can select one or more tags, and possible also add one or more tags, which then can also be selected.
It would be ideal, if this approach was combined with folders (and subfolders ...) within each shelf, as is proposed in another feature request. One speciality of this request is, that these folders should be kept separately from shelves, in order that different tag groups can be maintained, one tag group for each shelf.
This feature, would make a great application, as GoodNotes already is, much more valuable. It would make GootNotes also a great knowledge management tool - with only little implementation effort. Looking forward for this feature being added! :-)
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Martta commented
I see this feature as one that is related the hyperlink request, which has many votes.
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PJN commented
Organize PDFs by tags, not just via static subfolders
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Goh commented
add a functionality to add tags by #keywords (hash tag) like the Notes app in iOS 15.
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Bill Hansley commented
Fully integrated tag support would be fantastic!
As a first step, I'd be happy if I could reliably search for #something. Currently, search ignores the hash symbol and finds all occurrences of "something" in my notebook. That's less than useful behavior for treating something like a hashtag.
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Thomas commented
Yes PLEASE, adding a possibility to add tags in a consistent way and filtering/searching by tags would be of enormous value. I use GoodNotes for my digital journal and keep all days of a year in one notebook. Hence looking up regular occurrence of items (marked with a tag) would be very helpful. Often my handwriting is not recognised by search and hence the trick using something like #tag and then search for it doesn’t work reliable enough. Which then leaves me with browsing through many many pages ….
And now with iOS 15 and apple notes I’ve learned how easy things could be! -
Gu He commented
As someone already said: Even a very simple tagging system would be helpful. My notebooks are growing, and it's becoming harder and harder to find things. The outline feature doesn't help either.
Btw: Better than _searching_ for tags would be IMHO the possibility to simply _filter_ notes by tag.
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John M commented
TL;DR: Some Notebooks belong to multiple Folders (if Folders are ideas/projects/etc.) – the current implementation doesn't allow for this.
At the moment, Notebooks are organized as though they are traditional files. In the sense that a file belongs to a singular directory and has no reference elsewhere.
In particular, I use GoodNotes for reading/annotating research papers – and many of these papers belong to different folders. For instance, say I have a class PSY 2170 and a project Deep Belief Networks – I may have a paper which was assigned by PSY 2170, yet actually turns out to be wholly relevant to Deep Belief Networks, so I would want to have it related to both as I would otherwise need to recall where I first encountered that paper.
Of course, this creates a problem for backing up to iCloud/Google Drive/etc. but I would imagine that in the worst case, the files could be duplicated into their appropriate hierarchies. I'm not exactly sure how GN would state/prevent external edits, but internally, I imagine the structure would be much more akin to a "dump all the files centrally and maintain a database with folders/tags to maintain the current mode of presentation to the user" – so that everything in GN __looks like it's part of a directory structure__ but behind the scenes, it's just an index of files with associated metadata that creates that structure.
It would be great if this were applied to tags as well – if GoodNotes implements them (https://feedback.goodnotes.com/forums/191274-customer-suggestions-for-goodnotes/suggestions/4329300-add-sub-folders-and-tags).
These other topics seem relevant/similar, but hopefully I've used more common words to increase visibility. 😅
- https://feedback.goodnotes.com/forums/191274-customer-suggestions-for-goodnotes/suggestions/40352914-notebooks-shortcuts
- https://feedback.goodnotes.com/forums/191274-customer-suggestions-for-goodnotes/suggestions/39469666-link-to-folders-and-notebooks-such-as-symbolic-li -
Danilo Luiz commented
I want to complain! the application update, from version 4 to 5, had two big setbacks. for two important tools have been removed. You can't make your own menu, index or table of contents by writing for quick access to the page tab. now you can only bookmark a particular page, without writing the description, so in a document with multiple bookmarked pages, I can't know exactly which one I'm looking for, I have to waste time looking. and they also removed the tool that made it possible to return to the last page viewed, in case I needed to leave it, to consult something on another page. a total setback… no longer a professional tool. I ask you to work on it or I will not recommend it to colleagues and I will stop using it.
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Anonymous commented
Holy moly, I ordered an iPad last week with the sole purpose of using GoodNotes, because I've heard such amazing things about it. I've been planning out my organization, and had just assumed it had a tagging system. How does it not? That's like information-organization 101. :-o
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Lee Turner commented
I'm half way there by reviewing my notes and adding a typed "#tag" in the margins - so as long as I remember the hashtag, I can easily search for occurrences of it
Some hyper-linking between these and some listing features of hashtags would really go a long way however - been finding it invaluable for organizing my thoughts!
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Payton Garland commented
Adding even rudimentary document tagging would be incredibly valuable... For me, I use good notes to read various research papers. I would love to be able to tag them with author, university, research group, topic, etc
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Chris commented
A tag to a note. Example:
Writing "Hello..." Mark with the lasso tool and add a tag, which is entered via the keyboard. This way the search function always finds my notes (At the moment the handwriting recognition in German unfortunately hardly works). -
Anonymous commented
Please PLEASE add this feature! I’ve stopped using GoodNotes because I have trouble locating documents. My handwriting isn’t always searchable.
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vw commented
Any progress here? Not having this simple feature that is used on most other platforms is severely hindering adoption. Given how there are multiple sub-topics within any one notebook, not sure if I will be able to continue using unless this update happens... or at the very least confirmation that it is in the works.
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Anonymous commented
Another +1
Whether you use multiple documents, notebooks etc there are always related topics. a TAG system would make a massive difference to easily search them. And as per someone below, UX to see available tags during editing.
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Anonymous commented
Just here to add my +1 to this.
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rrm commented
Option to have workspaces and tagging
What do I mean by workspaces? sometimes when you study, you use the same textbook for several topics, but those topics also have individual materials (e.g. topic 1 uses textbook 1 and supplementary article 1, while topic 2 uses textbook 1 and supplementary article 2). I would like the option to be able to save predefined workspaces such that when i open one, it opens up all the books and notebooks i need in several tabs.
Tagging on the other hand is self explanatory. Tagging is a great complement to the already existing folder level organization, especially when you have textbooks or source materials that can be used for several disciplines or for several courses.
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Anonymous commented
Almost 8 years later, how is it still not a thing?!
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Anonymous commented
It should be a great add for organizing the notes
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Dennis Rochel commented
Hi goodnotes team,
I'm using goodnotes within my daily private and business live - it is the most used and active app on my iPad :)
What I currently miss is the possibility to easily find todos and tasks within my notes. I would love to create some kind of custom tags like "TODO", "to be discussed", "create marketing material", "product idea" "demo script" etc. this can act as a better flagging mechanism which you already have introduced. If the search screen next offers a quick search for these tags I can easily find my todos. Beside that the tags should also be listed within the sitemap of my documents.
This would help to find specific parts within the tons of documents which people create over the time.
Cheers
Dennis