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  1. The undo button has been migrated to an inconvenient location. Please revert this change.

    I use split screen mode very often on my tablet, with Goodnotes on one side and lecture slides open on the other. The undo button was easily accessible before.

    Now I have to tap the 3-dot menu just to undo one change. The only other options are to use Goodnotes fullscreen (not ideal), or surgically erase things on diagrams I've drawn.

    This was so disruptive that I've already started moving to a different service. I'm aware there are smart gestures available, but I still heavily prefer…

    2 votes

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  2. The tool similar to the one they have on word ( either the remove background, or set to transparent tool) for images… because I love to make aesthetic notes and it is so time consuming having to manually remove the background on images of third party tools and then import them into my notes

    305 votes

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  3. Please bring back the typing tool in handwritten documents as a separate button in the toolbar.
    Also, please fix the overlapping of the typing “toolbar” with the title when typing.

    16 votes

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  4. Add a pressure-sensitive eraser, which allows the user to adjust the pressure level. Feeling different pressures determines whether the eraser function is activated.

    16 votes

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  5. Wir brauchen die Zoom-Ansicht für das Whiteboard!
    Ich liebe das Whiteboard & finde es total praktisch, das einzige was fehlt, ist die Zoom-Ansicht, dass man genauso entspannt schreiben kann wie in anderen Formaten, das wäre toll!!

    2 votes

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  6. I use the laser pen tool for reviewing notes and repetition, but now for some reason the dots on the i’s and sometimes some short vertical & horizontal lines vanish, making it hard to study. please bring back the old laser pen tool

    2 votes

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  7. It's a bit irritating that the entire image moves when I crop it, when I already have markings on it with the perfect positioning. I would prefer it, if it stays in the same place

    3 votes

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  8. Please allow us to move the toolbar on iPhone duo. I can't work with it stuck to the bottom forever!!!

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  9. I Macでの使用です。
    シェイプを描画した後、辺の長さを調節しようとシェイプを選択し、辺上に出現する青い点にカーソルを合わせると、勝手に矢印の描画が始まり、長さの調整ができなくなっています。
    昨日までは問題なく使用できてました。
    解決方法はありますか?

    1 vote

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  10. After selecting something with the Lasso tool, I have to tap More (…) in the Object Menu to find Copy, Paste or Take Screenshot. On a smaller screen, I also have to scroll through that list. In Goodnotes 5, these actions appeared directly when I tapped the selection.

    Copy and Paste are among the most-used actions in the app. Please show them directly in the Object Menu, or let us choose which actions are pinned there, the same way Toolbar Customization works for the main toolbar.

    1 vote

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  11. Goodnotes 開発チームの皆様
    いつも素晴らしいアプリを提供していただき、ありがとうございます。

    建築設計の業務において、iPadのGoodnotesに図面のPDFを読み込み、手書きで検討や修正、打合せ内容の書き込みを頻繁に行っています。その中で一つ要望がございます。

    「定規ツールの縮尺(スケール)を、読み込んだ図面に合わせて任意に変更・設定できる機能」を追加していただけないでしょうか。

    現状の定規ツールでは、図面上の実際の寸法(1/60や1/70など)を測りながら、クライアントに「階段の幅は〇〇cmです。」などの説明をする際に電卓で換算しないと寸法が出せません。定規のスケール合わせが可能になれば、建築やデザイン分野での実用性が飛躍的に向上し、さらに手放せないツールになります。
    今後のアップデートにて、ぜひご検討いただけますと幸いです。よろしくお願いいたします。

    1 vote

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  12. Since the new goodnotes (7) update, I always go back to latest tool I was using before the eraser, especially to the lasso tool, I do not want it, I want to be able to go back to pencil mode after the eraser again.

    16 votes

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  13. Goodnotes has become more cumbersome and slower with the latest update. I now need two clicks to switch between pens and the laser pointer. When I have images, there is now always a white border at the top of the projection, and I first have to switch to read-only mode to display the image in full screen.
    The fold-out toolbox also takes up space on the screen.
    Adding to favorites also requires one more click.
    The updates have only increased the amount of work involved and represent a deterioration. On the other hand, I don't need AI or sound recordings.…

    15 votes

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  14. I would like to suggest aligning the grid spacing and the ruler in GoodNotes with common measurement standards.
    In many countries (for example in Europe), squared paper follows a standardized pattern where two squares equal exactly 1 cm. This standard is widely used in schools, universities, and technical work.
    Currently in GoodNotes, however, two squares correspond to about 1.12 cm when measured with the built-in ruler. Because of this mismatch, the ruler becomes difficult to use for precise measurements or technical sketches. Lines drawn using the grid do not correspond correctly to real-world measurements.
    This can be especially inconvenient for…

    6 votes

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  15. Like Microsoft word, a way to go back 5 mins and restore things that might have been deleted. The undo button resets when you leave the document.

    1 vote

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  16. Currently, Text Documents are displayed in a relatively narrow, fixed-width column, leaving substantial unused white space on either side of the screen. Even when the Goodnotes window is maximised, I cannot enlarge the document or adjust its width to make better use of the available screen space.

    This makes reading, studying and working with longer documents unnecessarily difficult, particularly on larger Mac displays.

    I would greatly appreciate the following improvements:

    Adjustable document width: Allow users to expand or narrow the text column, ideally with a "Fit to Window" option that automatically adapts to the screen size.

    Independent zoom controls: Introduce…

    1 vote

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  17. Please revert the elements selection back to its original form:
    - click on the elements tool and it remains selected just like the pen tool.
    - Tap anywhere on screen and the elements dropdown shows
    - tap on an element to paste it onto the page in the location that was originally tapped
    - if more elements are needed, continue to tap in screen where you would like the element then select the element from the dropdown.

    2 votes

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  18. I can see curved arrows and I can also see shaped arrows but there are no straight arrows that are straight from one point to another for any direction

    1 vote

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  19. Oh... that's where the copy tool is! Buried behind the ( . . . ) menu, so now in layer two of the context menu when I have circled content I want to copy and move.

    Why?

    And I do realize there is a Duplicate option but I don't want to drag my content around behind me, I want to have the copied content ready to be pasted multiple times over without it visibly overlaying other content which Duplicate does.

    But maybe I am just super old fashioned and want to copy and paste content all the time and therefore…

    8 votes

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  20. Sticky notes that are also arrow-shaped, and a feature that automatically collapses sticky notes that aren't in use and expands them when you click on them, without always having to collapse them via a menu

    1 vote

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