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  1. For colours you can add as many to the menu as you want. do the same for strokes (sizes) so you can add more than 3 strokes to the menu and swipe between them.

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  2. ノートを「読み出しのみ」にしてるときに縮小した「付箋」を開けるようにして欲しいです。というかワンタップで拡大縮小できるようにして欲しいです。

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  3. I layer elements often and use a white shape to hide parts of my planner I’m redoing- but new things I add snap to the shape automatically. I click bring to front and it won’t unsnap from the shape. It has really been frustrating and has made my planner use tedious.

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  4. Being able to draw an arrow figure while in pen mode and have it turn into an arrow when you hold.

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  5. I use Goodnotes on my iPad primarily and always keep tabs open for work to refer to at any time easily. I keep these open all the time because it's either a standard of procedure that I reference like my bible or documents pertinent to a project I'm working on over the course of a couple days, weeks, or so.

    I find that sometimes I will accidentally click to close a tab and not know what tab I closed. I would love for a setting to toggle hiding the close tab button to prevent this.

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    • Search sometimes misses words that are already present in the document.
    • Add Match Case and Whole Words search options.
    • Navigate directly to the exact location of the searched word instead of only opening the page.
    • Preserve the current zoom level when jumping to search results.
    • Highlight the searched word after navigation.
    • This would be especially useful in Whiteboard mode, where the large canvas makes precise navigation essential.
    • A search experience similar to PDF Expert would greatly improve speed and productivity.
    2 votes

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  6. For function like y=sin(x°), the range and domain are very different ( -1 to 1 vs 0 to 360). The graph displayed is too flat for any visual understanding.
    It would be great to be able to adjust the interval of x/y-axes seperately.

    In desmos, it is done by dragging the x/y-axes with two fingers.
    In Apple Notes, it is auto-adjusted with "centered"

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  7. It's a bit irritating that the entire image moves when I crop it, when I already have markings on it with the perfect positioning. I would prefer it, if it stays in the same place

    3 votes

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  8. Currently, we can add preset colours to pens, highlighters, text, etc. but individually. I think it would be practical if the preset colours were added to every tool instead of having individual preset colours (example: I sometimes want my text to be the same colour as my pen, or my pen the same colour as my pencil, or my highlighter the same colour as my side notes, but I have to go fetch the colour again every time to add it to all the other tools)

    Also, for text boxes, the eye drop tool is not available for the background…

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  9. Please add the zoom window to the whiteboards

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  10. Every time I erase something with "Erase Highlighter Only" enabled, I get a popup asking if I want to disable the setting. When I hit "ignore," the popup goes away, but then it comes back the next time I erase something! I do, in fact, sometimes want to erase highlighter only. The "ignore" button should prevent the popup from happening at all, maybe until the next time I change the setting

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  11. The June 2026 update removed Undo and Redo from the Top Bar of GoodNotes 5 when in split screen. I use Undo constantly when taking notes. The option to customize the toolbar is disabled for me, so I can’t add Undo to the toolbar either.

    Please add Undo back to the top bar when running in split screen, or allow customizing the toolbar so that I can add it there.

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  12. I want you to return it so that "Select" and "Select All" can be selected immediately when surrounding the text. It used to be possible, but now it's inconvenient because it can't be done. I look forward to working with you.

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  13. Can you please make it to where we can rotate the page or turn it to the side slightly when writing like you would in procreate or on a regular piece of paper? I find myself having to turn my iPad to the side or my body just to get comfortable when writing. That would be a cool idea to implement.

    2 votes

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  14. The floating text formatting toolbar covers content above the text box, making it difficult to read or present PDFs while typing. This is especially disruptive during screen sharing or teaching sessions. The user prefers the previous toolbar placement or an option to choose between the old and new layouts.

    5 votes

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  15. There should be an option to be able to highlight the pdf text in the highlighter color you have selected. Similar to how you long press on a word and it selects, it should highlight, that way its much cleaner and easier on laptops to use. It should be in a rectangular highlighter shape. This feature is available in notability and is really urging me to switch.

    4 votes

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  16. Handwriting recognition function is quite important and attractive for new users, However, the app can't really recognise my Chinese handwriting even though I write in a relatively clear way. Please imporve your recognition features for Chinese as well as other languages

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  17. I would love to have a feature that allows us to draw wavy lines (squiggly lines) automatically using the Shape tool. Currently, drawing them by hand looks messy, and using text boxes or stickers is inconvenient. It would be extremely helpful for underlining and emphasizing key points while taking notes. Thank you!

    2 votes

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  18. Before the last update, connected lines could be selected individually which allowed drawings to happen easily. However, now all connected lines are treated as one object so it is now physically impossible to actually edit any singular line diagram you make. This is horrible because if u make 1 mistake and accidentally connect a line to a line diagram and delete 1 singular line, you delete the entire line diagram, which makes mistakes that are old enough to not simply “undo” permanent. Before this, you had more freedom and lines worked better.

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  19. ipadで作成したマスキングを
    webやwindowsで確認すると単色になってしまうので
    デザインを統一表示してほしい
    またマスキングテープを一括で表示非表示を切り替えられないのが不便

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