Elements tool:
Tapping its icon in the toolbar will show a popover which is anchored to the icon in the tool bar.
Tapping anywhere on the page will show a popover that is anchored to the tapped spot on the page. No blue placeholder symbol indicating that an element will be placed there.

Image tool:
Tapping its icon in the toolbar will show a blue placeholder symbol in the middle of the screen and a popover which is anchored to it.
Tapping anywhere on the page will show a blue placeholder at the tapped spot and a popover that is anchored to it.

I’d suggest also showing a blue placeholder symbol when inserting an element.
Also, I think tapping a tool in the toolbar should have a consistent effect. So maybe it would be better to have the image tool popover anchored to its symbol in the toolbar too.

This applies mainly to the situation when I am using an Apple Pencil.
Let’s say I want to resize and reposition an object (image, shape or element).
Right now, when a tool like the pen or the marker is selected, I have to tap and hold the object with my finger to bring up the edit menu. Then I have to select "Edit" to select the object and make it editable.
Or I have to switch to the image, shape or element tool in the toolbar. Then I can tap the object with my pencil (or finger) to resize it or to drag it around. If I want to, for example, crop the image, then I need to tap it another time to bring up edit menu.

That’s a lot of tapping and changing tools. I think this could be a bit faster and easier.

Just let me tap an object with my finger to select it regardless of the tool I am using at the moment. Also bring the edit menu up immediately when an object gets selected. That’s the way Apple’s Pages does it.

When using your fingers to draw instead of the pencil, you could just touch an object with two fingers to select it.

Editing text in text fields should work the way it does in Pages or Word because that’s what people are used to. It’s confusing that GoodNotes has a different way of handling this and it throws me off every time I’m working with text fields.
In Pages and Word, clicking a text field once selects it. Then you can click it again to get the cursor to appear so that you can start typing. To deselect the text field, you just click anywhere else in the page.
However, in GoodNotes, after clicking a text field once to select it, clicking it again deselects it. If I want to edit the text, I have to double click inside the text field.

I've read the work-around of using two windows, but sometimes I want to zoom into a particular part of my visualization and lock this part, so students can better read this part. And at the same time I might have to zoom in even more so that I can better add aspects. It would be extremely helpful to have this lock-feature again. Especially on a small screen multiple windows result in having not enough space to actually do what I want to do.
I've seen you closing this request several times, but I wanted to emphasize that the trick is good, but sometimes the zoom lock would be more convenient.
Thank you for reading my request. :-)

I've read the work-around of using two windows, but sometimes I want to zoom into a particular part of my visualization and lock this part, so students can better read this part. And at the same time I might have to zoom in even more so that I can better add aspects. It would be extremely helpful to have this lock-feature again. Especially on a small screen multiple windows result in having not enough space to actually do what I want to do.
I've seen you closing this request several times, but I wanted to emphasize that the trick is good, but sometimes the zoom lock would be more convenient.
Thank you for reading my request. :-)

Needless to say, there are many advantages of goodnotes. Here is a Chinese user who loves handwriting:
I am a student who attaches great importance to handwriting experience. I like the experience of writing on paper and yearn for the convenience of taking notes on iPad. Therefore, I have been looking for a note taking software that can not only facilitate me to take notes, but also retain my experience of writing on paper to the greatest extent
After trying many software such as goodnotes, notability, marginnotes3, prodrafts and 印象笔记, I found that the function of goodnotes is the most suitable for me. But the writing experience of goodnotes alone is far from my writing experience on paper．
After trying so many note taking software, I found that the native pen on the iPad can retain my writing experience on paper to the greatest extent, so I hope goodnotes can add a function of importing the native pen on the iPad, and prodrafts does a good job．
There are many students around me who love handwriting, especially the art of calligraphy in China. Many students haveａgood writing on paper, but they can't show it on the iPad, which directly reduces their enthusiasm to use goodnotes
I hope developers can consider my opinion．