It would be great to have a button to quickly jump between last edited page and last viewed page in the file.
E.g I am now taking notes on the page 35, but I want to quickly reference something on page 15. I open this page manually, and the have to manually return to page 35. It would be great to have a button that would take be straight back to last edited page (optionally when I am already on the last page it could be sending you back to the page you referenced before.

Problem: When navigating large documents (textbooks, planners, or technical manuals), clicking a hyperlink or an item in the Outline often jumps the view hundreds of pages away. Currently, if I want to return to my original spot (e.g., the Table of Contents or a specific diagram), I have to manually scroll back or remember the page number.

Proposed Feature: Implement a "Back" and "Forward" navigation system similar to a web browser or Drawboard PDF.

How it would work:

Trigger: Whenever a user clicks a hyperlink, an outline item, or a bookmark that changes the page view, the app "remembers" the previous location.

UI: A small "Back" arrow icon would appear (perhaps in the top toolbar or near the page indicator) to instantly return the user to their last viewed page.

Shortcut: For users with keyboards, support for Cmd + [ or Alt + Left Arrow would be ideal.

Why this is useful: This would significantly improve the workflow for students and professionals who cross-reference different sections of a PDF frequently. It eliminates the friction of losing your place after following a reference.

There is an implementation of a similar feature in Notability which is really useful when using scientific documents with in-document hyperlinks for, e.g., equations or references.

I would really like to see a feature such that I can go back to the original page where I clicked the link on, after having a peek at the underlying equation or reference.

Here's my explanation of what I think this is saying: You insert a link on page 1 to jump to page 17 of a notebook. You touch the link and go to page 17. There is briefly a link at the bottom left of the screen about going back to page 1, but it quickly disappears. You may take some time looking at page17, or at page 18 if it continues the topic of page 17. Ideally, whenever you jump to a page in a notebook with a link, the bottom of every page of the notebook should have a temporary button to return to the calling page. Otherwise, it is some effort to scroll through pages to get to the original calling page. If another link is tapped, then the return button should return to that calling page, not an earlier calling page.

using the left/right arrow keys to move between pages

A button that scrolls back to the first page automatically. This would make for a very smooth experience. Could be implemented like a floating button, similar to the one in the Reddit phone app.

Add a way/button to jump back to a previous. For instance, I click on a link to the bibliography and then I want to jump back to the page on which I clicked the link. Currently, one must go through the outline or manually scroll back to the page.

Currently, when jumping to a different page, the “Return to Previous Page” button disappears after scrolling about half a page forward.

Often, when studying, I follow references in the text by using Goodnotes’ internal links to jump to a previous page. However, if the referenced content spans multiple pages, I need to read through those pages before returning. By the time I finish reading and attempt to go back, the “Return to Previous Page” button has already disappeared, making navigation inconvenient.

Video example: https://gyazo.com/b84dc9cd464d2afd86dc691d23ed8d50

Alternatively, a different approach, like Kindle’s system of keeping multiple jump history records, would be even better.

If using links on Goodnotes, it would be very convenient to go back to original page using click on like “backward” button in Goodnotes without mutual links in files.

Currently, if I upload a PDF file that has links in it (for instance, the table of contents), when I press the link, it will automatically take me to the page I selected. However, there is no way for me to go back immediately to the previous page I was on; this is cumbersome, as I work with laws and often have to jump back and forth between addendums, and having to manually navigate back to the page (or try to remember what page number I was on) is less than ideal.

Noteful has a system that works similar to this, and Kindle has had a "return to previous page" function for a very long time as well. I believe such a feature would be incredibly useful and easy to integrate.

It’s 2024 and this simple feature still hasn’t been implemented. Most yearly planners in the marketplace rely heavily on hyperlinks. With 1900+ pages it becomes a nightmare to navigate in them back and forward. While the yearly planners have impressive designs, the way the app handles hyperlinks makes them inferior.

I’d like to be able to return to a page I just hyperlinked from instead of scrolling back.

I second all this.

Improved Navigation and Workflow Efficiency in GoodNotes 6: Adjust Home and Back Buttons to Navigate Back One Level

Current Behavior:

• Pressing the Home or Back button in GoodNotes 6 navigates back to the root directory, regardless of the current folder depth.

Requested Behavior:

• Pressing the Home or Back button should navigate back one level to the folder containing the most recently accessed document, preserving the user’s position within the directory structure.

One should be able to go back to the original page after clicking a hyperlink in a PDF file. This is necessary when annotating some long PDF files.

Agreed, adding this feature would quietly make GoodNotes the most useful pdf reader for all scientific articles, I’ll have no choice but to recommend GoodNotes to everyone.

This is a very important feature for reading scientific papers (PDFs) where there are many citations that hyperlink to the bibliography section

Instead of opening a new document to go back, there should be another easier way to go back and forth smoothly

If I am on slide 50 of a pdf powerpoint but I want to keep referencing slide 9 multiple times quickly, I would like to press one button that would take me to the "previous page". So I could go between slide 50 and 9 at one press of a button

I would love to see this, too. I can create that kind of button in both Keynote and Adobe Acrobat DC. However, for some reason, GoodNotes doesn't recognize it. Even though the link works in the PDF, it won't work after importing it into GoodNotes.