Instead of having so many files open, can we have it so that there are tab groups we can open and close, and rename (like how we have it in browsers)?

This is an excellent suggestion. Implementing a tab grouping system would be a huge win for optimizing the user interface. By consolidating open documents into a single, manageable tab, we could significantly reduce the current clutter of multiple individual tabs.

This would free up precious vertical space, allowing more of the actual document to be visible. This is a critical improvement for iPad Mini users where screen real estate is limited, enhancing ease of use and reducing scrolling. Conversely, on larger displays like the 13-inch iPad Pro, it would create a cleaner, more modern, and streamlined workspace without wasted "dead area" at the top of the screen.

As someone who uses both iPad sizes, this functional efficiency is exactly the kind of upgrade that makes a tangible difference in daily workflow.

I think this would be so helpful regarding students studying multiple lessons at once . It would be so organised if someone was able to group their tabs to make them more easily accessible without looking in a series of tabs to find what you need

Convenient and efficient

Tabs can be compiled (grouping) and able to be restored again if accidentally closed.

It’s frustrating that after years of feedback, there’s still no tab grouping feature!!! Managing 15–20 tabs becomes chaotic, and opening multiple windows is not a practical solution. Tab grouping would significantly improve workflow and usability. Please prioritize this feature…it’s long overdue!!!

I weekly work with a fixed set op goodnotes document, a different group for each day of the week. It would make my life a lot easier if I could group tabs & save those groups for the following week

When I study I want some tabs open together every time depending on which topic I am currently working on, like my lecture the flash cards of the lectures, the homework related to the lectures, etc…
When switching subject if I don’t want a mess within the tabs I have to close and open each notes, every time
I suggest the ability to group some notes give the group a name and allow to switch between them. (Similar to tab groups on safari web browser)

It would be helpful to group open notes like they're tabs.

This would be helpful as I could still have my frequently visited notes open on the Goodnotes app, but they wouldn't be taking up a lot of space at the top of the app (and I wouldn't have to reopen the same note multiple times a day). I would be able to find and organize my notes easier and it would look nicer.

I have attached screenshots of what this tab grouping looks like on Chrome as an example of what it could look like on Goodnotes.

I definitely can see this option saving me time

I would love that option. I spend so much time searching for the right document because I have several different modules and lectures in university. I have like 10 documents open at all times so having the option to group them together according to each module would make life so much easier.

I'm disappointed this post was made nearly 2 years ago and that nothing seems to have been done about it. I do this exact same thing, and allowing for grouped tabs or changing the way they currently are could dramatically improve the quality of life for users on this app.

Just like I do in a window of a web browser, I group my tabs with colors and labels which allows me to keep a couple dozen tabs organized within a single window. Having to shuffle around tabs by dragging them through a fairly precise row is not fun. Grouped tabs are one idea, but another system for tabs could also be really smooth and beneficial. PLEASE update this!!

I've been using Good Notes for university and life in general for two years now, and there are several features that would make the app a much better place to study.
I've thought about them and here they go (my native language isn't english so sorry if i make mistakes):

-The audio option could be better (it would be great to be able to leave them inserted as stickers in any part of the sheet and thus divide the audio into sections, and that when pressed the previously recorded audio would sound). Also give them names and that they are not predetermined as "audio clip". Each audio clip can be paused and continue recording within the same clip, otherwise it is messed up. Being able to increase their speed.

-Choose the background color, you can only choose between white, beige and dark grey, although one could paint the entire sheet, it is not the same since there are no lines to guide oneself, and if I draw on top with another color, when moving the drawing also moves the background.

-Being able to set objects, there is only the option to set things according to categories (text boxes, handwriting, etc.) there is not the option to set something specific. For example, if you want to move a single image but not the others.

-Put videos, in the same way as audios.

-To be able to make animations, that there would be a function such as "start animation", you draw with the pencil and then "end animation" and what you did remains as a gif that can be reproduced with a click (I study astrophysics and this would help me, for example , to model a trajectory that I find difficult to visualize in a static drawing).

-To be able to edit the opacity of the objects, for example if I have an image but I want it to look more transparent because I want to write on top of it. To this could also be added that there was a mini photo editor for the images that are inserted, sometimes I take the photo from good notes and insert it right away, but I don't like how it looks, this could include colors, perspective, stretching, etc. .

-Add justified text option.

-The color and design of the folders could be customizable, as well as the background of the main menu and the interface in general.

-The text could be erased as if it were written with a pencil and move in the same way and not as a whole, it would be much more comfortable.

-Automatic backup option.

-Add the option of tracing with a dotted line and perhaps other formats.

-More pencil textures.

-Add line option with gradient effect or things like that.

-More cropping options, not only square and freehand, but also circular and/or automatic object recognition.

-Move things directly from one sheet to another with the pen, without having to copy and paste. This is useful for vertical scrolling mode.

-When I export the documents as PDF or JPG, the highlighted colors appear darker.

-Sometimes the text appears double when trying to move it.

-When writing in the app, the color of the highlights is not very powerful, but if I highlight something and erase a little bit of the highlight with the eraser, the color of the highlight changes to a more powerful one.

-When highlighting, what is written becomes opaque and so that it doesn't look like that I have to do the process in reverse: first highlight and then write the text on top of it, this is uncomfortable because one does not measure the size of what is going to be highlighted well with advance. By default the highlighter should be behind the writing and text.

-That the zoom out in the vertical scrolling mode, have the distance limit where the sheets occupy the screen size, as it happens with the zoom out with the horizontal scrolling mode.

-Tabs with subcategories, that is, having tabs within another tab, being able to group them.

I suggest you look at the reviews that people write in the App Store, it is full of suggestions and errors to improve.
:)

PS: Just for fun I attach a screenshot of the Schrödinger equation summary i made with GoodNotes.

Thank you! I love the app.

I agree with this 10000000000%! It gets so messy sometimes. Organising them would make it a breeze to navigate all the open tabs. This is especially important for students who have multiple modules and classes. They can simply open their tab group for a subject whenever they enter a new class rather than frantically open and close tabs or worse, use up the iPad's RAM by opening multiple instances of Goodnotes. Goodnotes, please add this feature! Students are desperate for this fix.

Per the attached, Chrome has nailed it and you can too! See the four university courses grouped in Chrome browser (attached image).

For each course, I have many, many corresponding notes (course outlines, lectures, readings, learning tasks, research). It sure would be nice to collapse one course's notes and open another as I transition from one class' work to another. I understand CollaNote has this in their active development pipeline.

It is very easy for users to accumulate tabs when using GoodNotes, especially since they don't have to choose to close or keep them when closing the app. As time goes by, the buildup of tabs hinders the user experience. For example, when opening an older document whose tab was never closed, the user has to swipe through the endless sea of tabs to find the document they were working on moments ago. Additionally, closing tabs rapidly could be improved on because when the user closes a tab, the next tab has to animate under the user's finger before they can close it.

Features like having an option to automatically close tab after a period of time, tab search, tab overview (like Safari) and tab groups can improve this experience.

A med student here it would be amazing if this feature would be implemented as the numbers of PDFs I have to open is quite large and with how Covid had changed the education system we students would keep on getting more and more documents. Long story short this feature would sure add quite a bit of convenience. I would also like to ask if an infinite canvas could be implemented as it would make it easier to make mind maps

I second this. I have many notes open and would love a feature where tabs can be grouped. In addition, it would be great to have grouped tabs either "open" or "closed", like what Google Chrome does with their grouped tabs.

Definitely a must-have when switching between different projects. Instead of having to close all tabs from one project and re-opening all from the other, a one-tap solution would be ideal. An easier solution to implement would be to have the option to close all current tabs AND another one to open all documents in one folder at once, as I usually make one folder per project.

I find myself opening up many notes at once, sometimes it leads to accidentally deleting some notes and I have to find them to re-open them again. If it were possible to have this function, I think it would be nice. A function similar to how google chrome on pc works, we can group tabs on chrome pc. I’m not really sure about chrome on iPad but if it were possible to use that type of technology with GoodNotes I think it would be helpful.