There are two view modes in Goodnotes:

1. File navigation
2. Documents tabs (the documents already open)

We can switch from 2 to 1.

But for some baffling reason there is no way to simply switch from 1 to 2. Instead there is only the contrived way of having to open any file in order to return to 2.

I do not know why Goodnote's UI/UX team has been thinking all these years that that be an okay solution. No other programme does this and it is counterintuitive.

Could you please add this? It's so easy to do. E.g. you could add a close file explorer cross or a return to documents tab button in the file navigation view.