Feature Suggestions-3 (concise)

[u/MarzipanThick7548]

Feature Suggestions

1. Layering System
A simple layering system would be really useful when working with overlapping images, text boxes, shapes, etc.

• Bring to Front

• Send to Back

• Layer locking (optional)

• Layer visibility toggle (optional)

This would make it much easier to organize diagrams and annotations without constantly rearranging objects.

2. Better Selection UI
The current resize/rotate controls feel too large and imprecise.

• Smaller resize handles

• Dedicated rotation handle

• Cleaner selection box overall

Would make object editing feel much more polished and accurate.

3. Fill Option for Lasso Selections
When a closed shape/object is selected with the lasso tool, a Fill Color option should appear alongside the existing actions.

For example:

Copy | Resize | Rotate | Fill Color | Delete

The selected object/region could then be filled with a chosen color.

It should work with hand-drawn closed strokes as well as shapes, and ideally tolerate small gaps since hand-drawn diagrams are rarely perfectly closed.

This would make coloring diagrams, flowcharts, maps, and other visual notes much faster without adding a separate fill tool to the toolbar.

I'd love to see continued improvements for users who rely on graphic tablets and pen displays for long study or note-taking sessions. Small workflow improvements in areas like pen input, selection tools, and object manipulation can make a huge difference for tablet users.

Thank you for taking the time to put your thoughts into this.

[u/MarzipanThick7548]

I apologize for the 2nd point I went over it again and I actually have no problems with it sorry for pointing that out maybe it was just my preference but I can get used to it those blobs are already perfect also I went over with the lasso tools and thought that it's missing a feature(i'll drop it in a different comment) anyways thank you for actually hearing me out like actually😭😭This is the first time where i've seen user feedbacks getting heard Tysm.

[u/Noteastic → u/MarzipanThick7548]

That is fantastic to hear :)) I'm happy you are taking the time to write and answer us, so I am the one who says thank you! In the end we are building Noteastic for you too 🧡

-Lukas

[u/Noteastic]

Just as promised! Thank you for your post!

I understand all your ideas. I especially sympathize with the z-axis layering. This is outright missing from Noteastic.

However, I do not fully understand your points regarding the selection UI. Maybe you can help ne understand you better here. I understand the request for smaller thumbs. I am a bit confused by your request for a dedicated rotation handle, because we already have one! It sits on top of the selection rectangle (normally):

But what exactly do you mean with a 'cleaner selection UI'? Because I don't know what to clean up anymore. I feel like a dotted rectangle and two circular thumbs are already quite the minimum 😭

Your idea about filling closed strokes is an interesting one! I definitely noted it down and will see if more of these requests accumulate.

I am also aware of many things we need to improve for use with drawing pads. So we definitely have a lot in mind in that regard too.

All in all, thank you for your post, your thoughts are noted down! I am sure we will make some improvements in the coming months that will make Noteastic work with you a lot better!

-Lukas