(1) Minimal: Dual toolbars present too many icons. I only use 1/3rd most of the time. So reduce clutter of icons.

(2) Make the toolbars disappear when they are not focused on (like Apple Dock), so I get more space and less visual distraction

(3) option to make the tool-square (not a bar) floating near where the user currently is in the page (maybe a long press of the pen). Square also disappears when not used. This reduces the need to go all the way to the top of screen to use the bar.

(4) a bonus: arrange the icons in the square by frequency of their use.

A toggle beside the toolbar that allows users to hide or show the tab bar as needed.

This brings a better experience on small screens and more usable space for content.

If I had an option to choose whether I'd end world hunger or remove the floating tool bar, I would choose to remove the floating toolbar.

Yes it too annoying and also extra space capture…my muscle memory is also used to old toolbar…
So at least give option to switch to old toolbar

The floating text bar just gets in the way now when I'm typing... I can't seem to move it or close it... is there a way? It covers up info on the page I need to see as well. Also, i don't like having to click on the text box every time I want to use the pen now.... am I missing something???

The floating text toolbar is always in the way of what I’m trying to see to type. Please get rid of it or offer the option to turn off this feature!!!

You don’t even need a button. Just tap the screen once to make it go away. You should be able to scroll with a hidden toolbar in edit mode, then just tap the screen to bring up all the options. Way less capable apps have this feature.

I HATE FLOATING TOOLBAR.

Get rid of the floating toolbar PLEASE! I hate the look of it and if you move it to the side, you can't change between pen sizes without clicking into a menu. I've used Goodnotes for about 8 years, but I am seriously considering a switch.

FYI everyone, if you purchased Goodnotes 5, you can refert! That's what I did.

Actually before the change this was a complete uninterrupted additional third menu/toolbar row, that was always visible and in the foreground. It took up the same vertical space as the floating toolbar does now. Some find it more distracting because of the new „floating“ effect, but no additional space is lost.

On the contrary, now you can anchor it to the side, only obscuring page margins, thereby leaving more vertical space for reading. And when tapping on the main menu bar pen icon it disappears completely, while still letting you use the selected pen or highlighter.

Also, when no tools are needed while reading, there is the „read only“ view.

Upvoted as “Critical”!

Very important for me to be able to hide the floating toolbar/menu!

I don’t see the point of having separate places for the tools to be placed in…

I do not prefer the floating toolbar idea!

Why do you need two toolbars — One floating and one fixed? It reduces useful reading or writing space.

Need an option back to hide the floating toolbar and reclaim space.

UI elements are not supposed to be the focus, content is.

This inability to hide the added floating toolbar is causing me to not use the app at all!

The old text at the top was better now its hard to change font size and things like that

Get rid of the newly introduced floating Menus. When using this app to annotate PDFs it blocks the document and makes this incredibly cumbersome. If you can't get rid of it, at least make it optional so I can put it back in the top navigation so its not in the way.

Please remove this ridiculous toolbar.

The toolbar is an essential place to find your tools - The way you could customize it was just great - Also it did not hide content behind a floating thingy.

Your decision to hide the ruler behind another tap (And just not allowing us to bring it to the front) is another miserable choice. How dare you?

Perhaps a drill down option and/or expand such that the toolbar is always one row, but minimizes top level options when one enters additional pen level detailed options (level 2).

There could be a arrow up to navigate back up to seeing the full level 1 toolbar again.

YES - I need to option to further customize the toolbar so that my writing page is maximized on the screen. I really only want 1 toolbar row like the app used to be.

There is an option to hide the status bar, but I often glance up to see the date, time and battery levels on my iPad.

Perhaps a compact status bar option would still show the date, time & battery...
AND fill the unused space with the open tabs?

I hate the new floating toolbar that came with the new update. Very frustrating. How do I access the tutorial for the updates?

Have you tried tapping on the selected tool in the blue bar? That usually gets rid of the floating one for me.

So that an a4 paper can maximize in the screen