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add support for game controllers(gamepads)
I hope to add support for game controllers(gamepads) and the ability to customize key mappings, so that we can use the controller(gamepads) with my left hand to control which tool to use, and use Apple Pencil with my right hand to write. Not everyone has the latest Apple Pencil Pro, which makes it difficult for those without Apple Pencil Pro to experience the quick switching of pen tools.
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Cartesian co-ordinate system tool
Hello Goodnotes Team,
I am a dedicated user of your app, and I love how it has transformed my note-taking. I have a feature suggestion that I believe would be immensely valuable for students and professionals in mathematics, science, and engineering: the addition of a built-in Cartesian Coordinate System tool.
The Suggestion
Currently, users must manually draw or import graph paper to create graphs. My suggestion is to implement a feature that allows users to instantly generate a customizable Cartesian coordinate plane on any page, similar to how the Shape Tool works.
Key Customization Options
This tool would be most powerful if it included the following options:
1. Axis Limits: Ability to set the minimum and maximum values for both the x-axis and the y-axis.
2. Grid Density/Spacing: Control over the distance between major and minor grid lines (e.g., spacing of 1, 0.5, 2, 10 units).
3. Visibility Toggle: Options to toggle the visibility of the primary axes, the grid lines, and labels/tick marks independently.
4. Styling: Selection of line weight and color for the axes and grid.
5. Snapping (Ideal): An advanced option for shapes, lines, and the Pen tool to "snap" to the grid lines or tick marks when enabled, making it easy to plot points and draw precise functions.Why This is Important
This feature would significantly:
1. Save Time: Eliminate the tedious and imprecise process of manually drawing axes and grid lines.
2. Increase Precision: Ensure accurate and neat graphs for homework, lab reports, and technical notes.
3. Enhance Goodnotes' Value: Solidify Goodnotes' position as the premier application for academic and technical users.
Thank you for considering this request. I look forward to seeing the app continue to evolve!
Best regards.Hello Goodnotes Team,
I am a dedicated user of your app, and I love how it has transformed my note-taking. I have a feature suggestion that I believe would be immensely valuable for students and professionals in mathematics, science, and engineering: the addition of a built-in Cartesian Coordinate System tool.
The Suggestion
Currently, users must manually draw or import graph paper to create graphs. My suggestion is to implement a feature that allows users to instantly generate a customizable Cartesian coordinate plane on any page, similar to how the Shape Tool works.
Key Customization Options
This tool would be most…1 vote -
Goodnotes 6 Beta: Writing/Typing functionality in Notebooks (like Word), not just in the new "Text Documents"
In the current beta, the ability to type text directly into classic notebooks (e.g., DIN A4) has been removed. Instead, text can now only be added via individual text boxes. At the same time, you introduced the new “Text Documents” – a fantastic feature that I find very well implemented.
However, the current setup lacks the flexibility to combine both writing methods within a notebook. Many users – myself included – like to work in a way where we write with the stylus on one page, type on the next A4 page, and then switch back to handwriting again. This freedom was extremely valuable for many use cases and is now missing in the beta version.
My suggestion would therefore be:
Keep the new “Text Documents” exactly as they are – this feature is excellent.
Reintroduce the option to type directly in classic notebooks (similar to how it works in “Text Documents”), without being limited to individual text boxes.
This way, the new functionality could be perfectly combined with the flexibility of the old workflow. Many users I have already spoken with would very much welcome such a solution, as the removed feature was widely used and important for productivity.I would be very happy if you could take this feedback into consideration – and I would also greatly appreciate a reply from you.
In the current beta, the ability to type text directly into classic notebooks (e.g., DIN A4) has been removed. Instead, text can now only be added via individual text boxes. At the same time, you introduced the new “Text Documents” – a fantastic feature that I find very well implemented.
However, the current setup lacks the flexibility to combine both writing methods within a notebook. Many users – myself included – like to work in a way where we write with the stylus on one page, type on the next A4 page, and then switch back to handwriting again. This…
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Shape Tool: Horizontal snap for underlines (no hold required)
TL;DR
Please add (or restore) horizontal snapping in the Shape Tool so near-horizontal strokes become perfectly straight underlines without draw-and-hold.Problem
In Goodnotes 7.0.6, to get a perfectly straight underline I must use Pen/Highlighter and pause for draw-and-hold on every stroke. This breaks flow when underlining many items per page.Current behavior
• Pen/Highlighter: can “perfect” a line with draw-and-hold.
• Shape Tool: lacks horizontal snap for quick, hold-free underlines.Proposal
• Add horizontal snapping in Shape Tool: if the stroke angle is within a tolerance of horizontal (e.g., ±5–10°), snap to 0°/180° automatically.
• Provide a quick toggle on the toolbar (e.g., Underline mode or “Require Hold to Snap”: Off).Nice-to-have options
• Tolerance slider (e.g., ±3/5/8/10°).
• Shortcuts: double-tap Apple Pencil, or a keyboard shortcut to toggle “Underline mode.”Impact
• Underlining dozens of terms per slide is common in study sessions; removing the hold reduces hundreds of pauses per session and keeps handwriting flow intact.
• Especially valuable for students/researchers annotating dense PDFs at speed.Environment
• Goodnotes 7.0.10 (iPad)
• Apple Pencil
• Documents: lecture PDFs with heavy underliningThanks for considering this.
TL;DR
Please add (or restore) horizontal snapping in the Shape Tool so near-horizontal strokes become perfectly straight underlines without draw-and-hold.Problem
In Goodnotes 7.0.6, to get a perfectly straight underline I must use Pen/Highlighter and pause for draw-and-hold on every stroke. This breaks flow when underlining many items per page.Current behavior
• Pen/Highlighter: can “perfect” a line with draw-and-hold.
• Shape Tool: lacks horizontal snap for quick, hold-free underlines.Proposal
• Add horizontal snapping in Shape Tool: if the stroke angle is within a tolerance of horizontal (e.g., ±5–10°), snap to 0°/180° automatically.
• Provide a quick toggle on…2 votes -
upgrade to comment section
comment section in goodnotes is very limited
Trust me majority of goodnotes users are medical students and they uses goodnotes for books mostle sometime for new notes
so when you read and highlight premade books and pdf there is very little space for adding new points and pictures
i want goodnotes team to upgrade the comment section so you can add pdf or pictures to the comment section and enable highlighting in comment section and when comment section popups on clicking on it it should be more larger windows so people can read the pdf/pictures/direct text with hightlights more easily
I mean that you should reorganize the comment section for a greater purpose and believe me it will attract 500% new users especially medical studentscomment section in goodnotes is very limited
Trust me majority of goodnotes users are medical students and they uses goodnotes for books mostle sometime for new notes
so when you read and highlight premade books and pdf there is very little space for adding new points and pictures
i want goodnotes team to upgrade the comment section so you can add pdf or pictures to the comment section and enable highlighting in comment section and when comment section popups on clicking on it it should be more larger windows so people can read the pdf/pictures/direct text with hightlights more easily…7 votes -
Select all and paste
I used to be able to select all by double tapping or holding in the midst of something I've written, now the option is gone.
I also was able to press and hold in an area to paste something l had copied _ since the update these options are gone and every tune I want to paste this annoying pop up comes up - please never to the way it was before.
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tape
Hi! The tape feature is such an incredible tool to help learning. I use it a lot to cover long answers in the exercises. Sometimes there are large areas to cover with tape and have to 'paint' it all. It would be interesting to have in this feature the possibility of drawing tape shapes, like squares and circles that I can resize.
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Shape autofill
I used to use the shape snap feature when writing notes. Previously the shape would automatically fill in with a less opaque colour, and I had the option to erase the filled colour using the erase tool, or leave it but change the colour(both of which I used on different occasions). In the new update I can't erase or change the filled in colour and my only options are to disable the autofill colour altogether, or to just ignore it. I don't understand why this feature was removed.
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Remove filename extensions when importing files into GoodNotes (Mac version)
When importing files such as PDFs into GoodNotes 6 for Mac, the document name keeps the filename extension (e.g., “Document.pdf”).
Please automatically strip extensions upon import, or at least provide a toggle in settings.2 votes -
Image Insertion
Please allow us to choose image after tapping on desired location like earlier rather than Choosing the image then moving it to desired location as it doubles the work.
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Table of Contents
Please create an auto-generated table of contents template, that can also be edited. This should include an option to sort by date, through your outline, or topics.
Someone else said "Allow me to select the text, eg my page heading like (meeting to discuss projected financial) and then click on a button which shoots the page heading to an automatically generated table of contents in the front of the Notebook. Table of contents will be built using all the specified headings, and should also display the date of that entry for easy reference." THIS IS GREAT AND SO HELPFUL.
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Feedback on the new toolbar design — please reconsider.
상단바 내의 버튼들 눌렀을 때 옵션창이 밑애 새로 생기게 한 점, 진짜 너무너무 화가 난다.
이런 글 처음 남겨보는데, 9월 전으로 되돌려놓은 게 좋을거야.
너는 공책을 가리는 앱을 좋아해? 5도 사고 6도 샀는데 진짜 이번 변신이 최악이다.
이러한 인터페이스를 제시한 사람을 저주할거야.
진짜 너무 짜증이 난다. 뭐 자꾸 새로운 거 하려들지말고 유지보수나 잘해줘.I truly don’t understand the decision behind the new toolbar behavior.
Having option panels suddenly appear below when tapping buttons on the top bar feels incredibly counterintuitive and distracting.I’ve never submitted feedback before, but I really believe reverting to the pre-September design would be a wise move.
Do you personally enjoy using an app that keeps covering your notebook while you’re trying to write?I’ve purchased both version 5 and 6, and this redesign is by far the most disappointing change I’ve seen.
Whoever approved this interface clearly didn’t consider actual usability.Please, instead of constantly trying to reinvent what wasn’t broken, focus on maintaining the reliability that made GoodNotes great in the first place.
상단바 내의 버튼들 눌렀을 때 옵션창이 밑애 새로 생기게 한 점, 진짜 너무너무 화가 난다.
이런 글 처음 남겨보는데, 9월 전으로 되돌려놓은 게 좋을거야.
너는 공책을 가리는 앱을 좋아해? 5도 사고 6도 샀는데 진짜 이번 변신이 최악이다.
이러한 인터페이스를 제시한 사람을 저주할거야.
진짜 너무 짜증이 난다. 뭐 자꾸 새로운 거 하려들지말고 유지보수나 잘해줘.I truly don’t understand the decision behind the new toolbar behavior.
Having option panels suddenly appear below when tapping buttons on the top bar feels incredibly counterintuitive and distracting.I’ve never submitted feedback before, but I really believe reverting to the pre-September design would be a wise…
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Swipe Right: Notes Without the Mess - Scroll Vertically - Swipe right to add group pages
Need space to annotate without breaking up your document? With Swipe Right, just swipe on the page you want and instantly create a stack of extra pages right inside that page. Clean, simple, seamless. Extra pages shouldn’t wreck your document’s flow!
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Create an item-lock feature that can be toggled on/off
It would be invaluable if you add a feature to lock images/text boxes/stickers in place, because anything placed above cannot be adjusted with the lasso tool and then what is normally an incredibly helpful tool becomes useless.
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disable snap to shapes
I wish there would be a setting to globally turn off snap to other shapes. I often find it rather annoying when trying to draw lines closely together. A global setting to not be on by default would be a game changer for me.
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macOS 13.7 is unable to synchronise with iCloud
I own a 2019 MacBook Pro with a high-end configuration, and most software runs extremely smoothly on it. I spent a significant amount of money purchasing the Mac version of GoodNotes, but now I can’t use the sync feature due to a version issue. Do I really have to buy a new computer just to use this function? That’s absolutely ridiculous!
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Different colour pallets/ groups for writing and highlighters
Have the pen colours and highlighter colours be able to be organised into different colour palettes. Also be able to have different presets for different notebooks!
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PDF Accessibility
When exporting PDFs into and out of Goodnotes, accessibility features like alt text on images, reading pane orders, etc. are totally lost. As an instructor, I have been using Goodnotes to annotate pdfs of notes in class, but I cannot post those annotated pdfs because they do not meet our University's accessibility standards. Exporting as editable or flattened files does not help with this.
Creating a PowerPoint and setting up accessibility info. in it is not difficult, and those translate perfectly to Adobe Acrobat and are recognized by Canvas. Ideally, it seems like Goodnotes handwriting recognition could essentially add alt. text to my annotations for me...but at the very least, it would be nice to be able to export a pdf from Goodnotes that maintains the alt text, reading orders, etc. and I can add annotations for my handwriting or alt text for drawings myself.
I will have to switch programs for annotating notes in the future if this is not implemented, as will many other instructors at Universities that are now required to meet more strict electronic content accessibility standards.
When exporting PDFs into and out of Goodnotes, accessibility features like alt text on images, reading pane orders, etc. are totally lost. As an instructor, I have been using Goodnotes to annotate pdfs of notes in class, but I cannot post those annotated pdfs because they do not meet our University's accessibility standards. Exporting as editable or flattened files does not help with this.
Creating a PowerPoint and setting up accessibility info. in it is not difficult, and those translate perfectly to Adobe Acrobat and are recognized by Canvas. Ideally, it seems like Goodnotes handwriting recognition could essentially add alt.…
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Straightening for the Highlighter Tool
Since the newest update, the straightening of the highlighting tool has been "improved", i.e. when highlighting and holding at the end of the line, the shape resembles the original handwriting with more details. But that brings a rather glaring downside: when marking, one usually does not highlight in a perfectly straight line but rather with multiple bumps etc. When holding now, the highlighter often is not converted into a straight line through the text but rather a bumpy line with multiple edges and curves. It therefore does not go straight through the text anymore.
It would be lovely, if GoodNotes would make it so that the adjusted form of the highlighter would resemble the straight line more often, even if the handwriting contained some imperfections.
Since the newest update, the straightening of the highlighting tool has been "improved", i.e. when highlighting and holding at the end of the line, the shape resembles the original handwriting with more details. But that brings a rather glaring downside: when marking, one usually does not highlight in a perfectly straight line but rather with multiple bumps etc. When holding now, the highlighter often is not converted into a straight line through the text but rather a bumpy line with multiple edges and curves. It therefore does not go straight through the text anymore.
It would be lovely, if GoodNotes…
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The color of the pencil tool
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.
2 votes
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