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  1. The current dark mode in GN is simply turning the theme into dark, but not the document. This is not particularly useful, and the dark mode seems to appeal only to people who at the start make the notes with a dark background. What I suggest is to introduce two types of dark nodes and let users have the freedom to choose between the two. The other dark mode would turn every colour into its “opposite” colour (MarginNote does this with their dark mode, and I do find that experience much better). It would be really great if you could…

    38 votes

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  2. i noticed that they implimented for goodnotes to create an auto link whenever you type “.com” at the end of anything which is very frustrating when i am not trying to attatch any links. i have to click the link to unlink it only for it to come back the second i continue typing. Can you create a feature in the settings where this feature can be turned off?

    6 votes

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  3. I frequently use different fonts for titles, the body of my text, subtitles, and also, depending on the notebook I am using. Could you create a feature that let us save more than one default text so that it is easier to change the format of the things I mentioned above? I find the lack of this feature to be the most frustrating thing with Goodnotes. Otherwise, I love the app. Thanks!

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  4. Make us able to drag the page further in zoom window. It’s hard to write at the end of the page.

    4 votes

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  5. 13 votes

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  6. It would be nice to be able to airdrop specific pages or a page to a different device. Or someone else.

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  7. We should be able to see the words highlighted even if you have a colored background behind it, etc.

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  8. Please add a option to the searching feature that you can type in a date and you only get results that you wrote at this date

    13 votes

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  9. I think the reason for so many questions about handwriting looking spidery or messy is that the sensitivity settings do not have a lower-bounds option. What I mean is that as well as the maximum pressure, there should also be the lowest pressure at which any pen creates any mark. I can just rest my stylus under it's own weight and it creates a clear mark. We should be able to adjust the lower bound setting so that we can control how firmly we have to press before any 'ink' is laid down.

    My writing in Procreate using the brushes…

    1 vote

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  10. It would be wonderful to create a file (A) that allowed me to compile pages from many other documents/files (B, C, D.....) into file A's outline instead of copying and importing into file A. This would help tremendously with research papers and consolidating information on one topic from multiple sources.

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  11. In addition to the multi-tab functionality already in GoodNotes, it would be very useful to be able to open multiple instances of the same document at the same time. An example use case would be flipping between textbook chapters and tthe problems at the end of the chapter. Currently bookmarking provides a way to make it easier to flip back and forth between sections of a text, but it's clunky and much less convenient, and I often end up using my computer instead.

    2 votes

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  12. A system which allows the user to create a shortcut that when a word/shape is written/drawn, it is automatically replaced with a sticker that is premade.

    for examples:
    writing xyz would insert a axis system sticker created by the user and assigned to xyz

    1 vote

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  13. Be able to write and view a note in dark mode however automatically invert to white paper and black/ darker coloured text when exporting to a pdf, sharing the document or printing. Onenote already does this and it is very useful.

    4 votes

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  14. Hi - I love Goodnotes, but it's too cumbersome to repeatedly switch between read-only mode and editing mode and it creates needless cognitive burden (e.g. you have to think about which mode you're in).

    It would be great to have a setting where I can enable hyperlinks (e.g. navigational links) to work AT ALL times - even when I'm in editing mode. In such a scenario, I could happily edit with my Apple Pencil (including scribbling over hyperlinks), but the moment I touch a hyperlink with my finger, Goodnotes would take me to that link.

    This feature alone would help…

    5 votes

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  15. When taking notes for class, I write in a new note for each lecture rather than continuing off of one notebook. When studying for exams, I'd like to open all my lecture notes at once to study, but I can only tediously open one at a time. Could you add a feature for you to select and open multiple notes at once? Thank you!

    6 votes

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  16. Goodnotes 5 syncs all documents to the iCloud. It would be great if the user good choose not to sync certain files and folders.

    Thank you very much!

    45 votes

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  17. Include mac app shortcuts for switching tabs, show/hide sidebar, add page to outline, etc.

    12 votes

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  18. I think it would be easier if we had an option that allowed us to choose which opaqueness we wanted instead of having to overlap the same area again and again. Especially for someone like me that wants the overlapped areas to line up perfect.

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  19. Can the title of a document, image or any sort of file be more colors than just white?

    I want them to be red, pink, green, yellow, orange, brown, blue and so on.

    The reason is that I save articles in goodnotes and then I use them as sources in my papers. To make writing the sources quicker i just assort them into colors as to immeditaly tell them apart. However I would be much more effecient if I had some help to remember which color belongs to which goodnotes files - the solution is if the title were different…

    2 votes

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  20. I'm using Iphone -8 and ipad ,not have wide camera (zoom 0.5X) like Iphone 12.
    Please add more feature in "take photo" mode for keep wide area image.

    Sorry for my poor english.

    Thank you
    Best regards.

    3 votes

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