[Lasso] Allow creating multiple text boxes without switching to the lasso
Stop having lasso be the default tool. I cannot even remove it from the toolbar. It is frustrating that everything always goes back to lasso. I can’t even do multiple text boxes one after the other because once you type in a text box once and click off it goes straight to lasso instead of having text toggled on like it used to
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Hello! Thanks so much for your feedback and for sharing your ideas with us.
We’re excited to let you know that we’ve updated the Text tool and introduced a new dedicated floating menu for text boxes, including more customization options.
One of the new tools is Pin Text Tool — when enabled, it keeps the Text tool active so you can create multiple text boxes continuously without having to reselect it each time.
This is especially helpful when you're focused on adding or adjusting text in your notes. The pin will automatically turn off once you switch to another tool.
Feel free to try it out and let us know how it works for you!
This improvement is available in the latest Apple update.
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B Riggs commented
I absolutely Love GoodNotes. I use everyday at work and at home. I praise it and recommend it to everyone. That being said, this resent update with the lasso tool being a default setting is TERRIBLE. It slows down your workflow and just does not make any sense.
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Neil Sweren commented
Why on earth is this a thing? Makes it unusable.
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C H commented
It’s been more than a month and they still haven’t removed the default lasso tools. This makes typing notes such a pain and Im going crazy
I use goodnotes everyday as a student and they’re making it worse and worse
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Lee
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You guys keep messing with classic features and regressing this app. Don’t fix what’s not broken lol. Not sure if you have users who are giving the dev team bad intel for things to change or if you guys simply aren’t even testing feature changes with a large enough test group but it feels like functions are being changed based on just vibes. I’ve been a loyal user for almost a decade now and you guys make it hard to stick around when non-sensical changes are made.
Please bring back the feature where the textbox function remains selected to allow a quick creation of subsequent text boxes. The ability to create text boxes quickly fluidly without having to click on the function again in the toolbar is essential for efficient note-taking.
Side note: I used to recommend GoodNotes to anyone who was looking for a note-taking app. Lately not anymore. I would love if you guys made this app functional so that I can start recommending it with no reservations.
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S Powell commented
This update with the default lasso tool has disrupted my workflow by increasing the time it takes to produce what I need. The increased clicks are frustrating, distracting, and diminish the ease of use.
A user should have the option to choose their default tool.
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Anonymous
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Just started using Goodnotes and thought I was an idiot because I had to constantly switch from lasso back to text box every time. So glad to find out everyone hates this. Makes the app unusable for taking notes.
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Agnieszka
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This software becomes useless to me the way it is now. I am slowed down with extra clicks to get back to the text mode each time. The menu band has also become too minimalistic all the functionalities are hidden now and require extra clicks. Not to mention the fact that a floating copy/paste menu constantly blocks my floating keyboard.
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Casey Escamilla commented
This is terrible! Lasso should not be the default tool!
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ᄋᄋ commented
Please, please remove the feature that automatically switches to the select tool after using a Text Box. Or at least make it an optional setting. I take notes during lectures, and having to re-select the Text Box tool every time I create a new one makes it impossible to keep up with the professor
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Michael Albert commented
This default interrupts workflow big time. I would rather have it default to the writing tool, but would like a choice.
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Katelyn Chapman commented
Ditto to all! This has reduced my productivity. To do this in the middle of the semester is honestly criminal. I have resulted to using the new text document, but even then I can't search words in the document like a quick note or highlight notes. Hoping everything is fixed soon.
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Erin Noel commented
KEEP TEXT BOX SELECTED. IT AUTOMATICALLY GOES BACK TO SELECTION TOOL AFTER YOU TYPE IN THE TEXT BOX
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Sarah Regnier
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This change slows me down so much it either has to get changed or I will have to find an alternative app. I use GoodNotes for digital planning and write many small text boxes in a row. Having to select the text box tool between each one is slow and frustrating.
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Agnieszka
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The copy paste function barely works and it’s not intuitive anymore. Plus auto switch to lasso mode makes it unusable.
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Brian Parker commented
This makes the app unusable for me. I'll have to find an alternative.
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SM S commented
The upgrade is so so uncomfortable i cant keep writing the text and always i need to touch for new pen tools or text box. I don't understand why u update like this. Also when i draw some circle or check(v) shape, it so suddenly changes to another appearance, and in korea app store, there are a lot of people who feels so uncomfortable of this kind of update. I hope it come back of old version
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Jessica Bruner commented
I have been a huge goodnotes fan and promoter for many years. This most recent update is HORRIBLE for workflow...who even designed it?? It takes MULTIPLE steps to get to the tools I want, and it keeps defaulting back to lasso when I am trying to type multiple text boxes in a row. UNREAL. Please please please change it back, so I don't have to find and switch to another app. oof.
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Greg Smith commented
Like most here I use the app primarily to take notes. Using text boxes takes so much longer now after this update. The app is not usable with lasso being the default. Especially when using for to-do lists/planners.
I’ll go back to paper planner and get rid of the app is this isn’t fixed soon. Just give users the option of what to tool is the default.
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aasmita sharma commented
Since the latest GoodNotes 6 update, the text box tool has become a bit annoying to use. Before, I could select the text box tool once and keep adding multiple text boxes without having to click it again each time. Now, after I add one text box, the tool automatically deselects, and I have to tap the text box icon again to make a new one. It makes writing notes much slower and less convenient. I’d really prefer if the old behaviour came back or if there was an option to keep the text box tool active.
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Throw Away commented
GoodNotes is now BadNotes lol. The past few days I’ve used this app to take notes I have been so distracted fiddling to put the boxes where I need them to go and wrestling with the lasso feature. I can’t take notes with ease anymore. The one thing the app was designed for was broken in 2 updates haha. Such a shame honestly. I’ve waited a week for them to at least fix the auto lasso feature but something so simple can’t even be done when it was available last update.
I’ll also add on that the textbox placement has been such a pain for the last few updates. The app has “zones” that when I try to click to add a textbox into I can’t. I’ll click and click and click trying to add a box to that place and it won’t let me. I’ll find spots where I can add the textbox and then I have to click elsewhere and move it which I could deal with ok but now it’s gotten to the point of being unusable.