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  1. For some reason, after the recent update, the pencil tool's color has become very light, and there's no setting to adjust it. I hope you can make the pencil color darker, or add an option to adjust its darkness/opacity.

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  2. When you select something with the lasso, and the hot-bar of options immediately comes up, it gets in the way when you're trying to move things to a specific place, it would be much better if it went back to what it was - selecting using lasso, then tapping the selected area to pull up the object options.

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  3. After updating goodn0te tools bar in Sep2025 I found one issue which is after changing back from the lasso tools to writing tools, it's always the eraser. Nomatter what writing tools i used before lasso ( such as pen highlight etc), it is always become erasor

    2 votes

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  4. Before the latest update there was the option to access an overview of all pages I marked as favourite pages after clicking on the „four rectangle“ buttom at the top left hand corner.

    There the first tab displayed the overview of all pages and THE SECOND TAB displayed the option to quickly access all my marked favourite pages.

    Now the second tab is the document outline (which was the third one before) and the third now is an overview of audio files. I almost never need audio files but I need the quick access of ALL my favourites sometimes just…

    2 votes

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  5. Please bring back the setting, that you can customize you text field and save the customization. In earlier versions it was able to fine tune the line spacing, now it is too imprecise. It is very bad

    As well we need the function to create tables. It would make so many thing so much easier. Please invent it

    2 votes

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  6. Before the update you used to have the option of draw and hold for the highlighter. No you can’t switch it on or off. And the „mandatory draw and hold“ that you provided the highlighter with now is bad. It doesn’t correct the actual wobbles and curves itself but just the last part that comes after the wobbles or nothing at all and it just makes the wobbles more appealing and aesthetically. But its nerve wracking if you mark things fast during lectures and have to fight with not straight lines that sometimes cover the lines below or under. I…

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  7. [KR]

    안녕하세요. Goodnotes 7.0.6 업데이트 이후 Shape(모양) 도구 사용 시 수평(0°) 스냅 밑줄이 생성되지 않습니다.
    • 문제 요약: Shape 도구로 직선을 그려도 이전처럼 정확히 0°로 스냅된 밑줄이 나오지 않음.
    • 재현 단계:
    1. 문서 열기 → 2) Shape 도구 선택 → 3) 텍스트 아래에 직선을 긋기 → 4) 결과: 수평 스냅이 적용되지 않음
    • 기대 동작: Shape 도구의 Line이 0°로 스냅되어 밑줄로 사용 가능
    • 실제 동작: 스냅이 적용되지 않아 미세한 기울기가 발생, 밑줄 대량 작업 시 정렬 품질/속도 저하
    • 영향도: 수업 진도 시 하루 수백~수천 개의 밑줄을 긋습니다. 현재는 Ruler(자) 도구만이 정확한 수평을 보장해, 자 배치/이동으로 인한 추가…

    2 votes

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  8. The option to change the default setting on Goodnotes on Mac DISSAPPEARED. Doing my state exams rn and I need that option back.

    2 votes

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  9. I had this posted some time ago, and then someone mistakenly merged it into an unrelated feature, so I have to recreate it.

    The idea is simply to join pages of a PDF in vertical scroll such that the seam is either invisible or a thin line, and importantly to allow writing to bridge the page seam. Obviously the writing would break in terms of pdf pages, but so long as the break is invisible in vertical scroll, it would allow me to both use the white space between pages, but also to draw reference lines from the bottoms of…

    2 votes

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  10. Antes era posible usar las formas geométricas al mismo tiempo que se usaba el lapicero (y seguir usando el mismo color). Ahora es necesario entrar al menú de formas y volver a buscar el color que se está usando.

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  11. It requires a lot of effort just to select a text and after that it’ll say selected and it takes a lot effort for it to go back to normal, its super annoying and unfriendly.
    Also the textbox needs optimisation
    It should have the option of adjust the size on its own, especially when i am copy pasting something which has a lot of text it’ll go past the borders and making it sooo difficult to resize which itself is a big pain in the A
    Like it should have an option for fit to page or u can select…

    2 votes

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  12. Please make it so that every time you unpause a recording on the miniplayer, the whole menu does not automatically pop up (Video demonstration attached).
    It takes up a large part of the screen and moves the whole note page so I need to readjust every time, and when I play and pause one segment repeatedly I need to close it every time. I really enjoyed how it was in the previous update, where the bar was simply at the top next to a play/pause button. The new UI is fine, I just really don't want the whole menu popping…

    2 votes

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  13. The pencil tool could benefit from the possibility of regulating sensitivity, stabilization, stroke streamlining, and CONCENTRATION allowing for smoother, more controlled lines when writing or sketching. At the moment, it feels a bit too dull and diluted, making precise work difficult. Additionally, it would be great if the pencil tip were round instead of flat, to better mimic the feel of a real pencil and produce more natural, consistent strokes.

    2 votes

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  14. I’m currently using Goodnotes for handwritten notes and pages for typing ones. I’d love to do that all in Goodnotes. I think an improvement of the text document is well needed. For example, give the choice to visualise as one full page or divided in a4 pages, give more options tu personalise texts fonts, font size. All the features used in other apps.
    Thanks

    2 votes

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  15. Dear GoodNotes Developers,
    I hope this doesn’t come across as too forward, but I have a suggestion I’d like to share.
    I would greatly appreciate it if you could create a dedicated bug report channel here.
    For example, when a Sticky Note is positioned at the center or bottom of the screen, the screen automatically moves whenever the keyboard is opened. I’ve reported this issue multiple times through the in-app bug reporting, but even after several updates over the past few days, the issue still hasn’t been addressed.
    There are also other ongoing issues, such as scrolling glitches, pen input…

    2 votes

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  16. It would be helpful for many people if the flashcard set could be exported as a PDF and printed, for example.

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  17. For long text documents, it would be helpful to have a find and replace option. I have a document, for example, that has 124 instances of the same name that needs to be changed. Right now, I can only do it manually in Goodnotes 6.

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  18. I can’t really use the new shape tool to teach geometry.
    The new version
    - attaches the handwritten data to the shape, so I can’t move them separately
    - automatically deletes parts of my handwritten notes if it’s on a shape
    - it’s not possible to rotate the shapes.
    - I can’t remove the border of the shape.

    I attached a few drawings that could be made easily in the previous versions.
    Thanks if you consider to bring back the previous settings for the shape tool.

    2 votes

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  19. When listening to recordings, the pause, play, and progress bar used to be at the top of the screen and now they are in a window and in the way and I often accidentally hit it with my hand or pencil which is incredibly frustrating. Please put it back.

    2 votes

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  20. When moving stickers or text boxes between pages, they disappear. The only way to make this work is to cut and paste. Please let us move stuff between pages.

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