Make line, square tool hot key underbar

"This small feature would make this app 100 times better" - Paul Silvestri.
I really agree!!

this would improve my experience of squid massively. by far the best note-taking app i've come across but my workflow is painfully slowed because of this clunkiness - you don't even have to think much about it, so many solid suggestions below.

my suggestion would just be to cut out one of the steps, so allow the different tools be be available on the toolbar instead of having to tap the current tool first. i'm on a chromebook and that extra click just ruins my experience when i'm jumping between sketching and selecting (which i often feel the need to do)

This still isn't implemented after 5 YEARS..?

I agree with the ability to choose between writing, selecting, and inputting text without dealing with a drop-down menu.

I made my own ticket, but this ticket is popular and similar so I'll drop it here as well...

Currently, it takes up to THREE taps to do something, (1) opening the menu icon, (2) browsing the submenu and (3) making a selection. This can be shortened to just ONE tap when using the tool/color menu. When hovering over a menu/submenu with a mouse, finger, or stylus, the menu/submenu should immediately open without a tap. With touchpads/mouses, clicks should be used to make a selection. When using a STYLUS/FINGER, the user should be able to hold on the menu icon, drag to the selection, and release to make the selection (menus/submenus should open as soon as touched).

This implementation should be relatively EASY for the developer to add in, so if you like the sound of it, please upvote to get it some attention.
http://feedback.squidnotes.com/forums/177239-general/suggestions/38802388-quick-hover-tool-color-select

Currently, it takes up to THREE taps to do something, (1) opening the menu icon, (2) browsing the submenu and (3) making a selection. This can be shortened to just ONE tap when using the tool/color menu. When hovering over a menu/submenu with a mouse, finger, or stylus, the menu/submenu should immediately open without a tap. With touchpads/mouses, clicks should be used to make a selection. When using a STYLUS/FINGER, the user should be able to hold on the menu icon, drag to the selection, and release to make the selection (menus/submenus should open as soon as touched).

When you are on the select tool (nothing selected) and you select a new color, change the tool to the last used color-using tool.

For example: I am writing with the pencil In blue. I select the crop tool and move something around. I unselect all. I then change the color to black. The pencil tool should be automatically selected since color means nothing with the crop tool, and changing the color with nothing selected indicates intent to change to a color-using tool.

If I want to use black for something other than the pencil, that's fine, I will select that tool. I will have to do as many clicks as I would with the current system. But in no case will I want to use that new color for the selection tool. I predict that for the majority of usage, reverting to the last used color tool will be what the user wants.

This is most needed!

Please display both the pen AND the eraser at the same time and you ll get loads of new premium customers, starting with me ;)

Similar to this thread here.

http://feedback.squidnotes.com/forums/177239-general/suggestions/5576881-fewer-clicks-to-switch-tools

Bump! Still waiting for these features after many years. Makes switching tools and colors a lot faster.

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Seconded. It's bad UX having the tool selector be a DDL with an option box that obscures the drawing space because it adds clicks and remains in the way after the user has chosen a tool. The five tools should all be on the main menu bar and the option box behind either another button or a long press on the tool.

+1 please do that!¨i'm a paid user and i waste so much time just to change color etc.

It takes too much time to change tool

Want to put the tool bar into one long line, which has all the tools placed together. it is convenient to change the tools for note taking. because I use the phone to note. and want to increase the rotation and increase the existing shape...thanks

Started using squid to take notes more and a fast toolbar is really necessary!

I hope to increase the ability to automatically switch to the default brush after using the eraser. Goodnote on the IOS platform has this feature.
After all, there are only a few parts of the mistake, and using the eraser to automatically switch to a brush can greatly improve the writing efficiency.

This is a must, however, this has been recommended many times over the years with no action. This is the best writing app on Android, and while some people don't agree with me, I am OK with a yearly subscription IF, and only IF you are taking that fee and improving the app. I use the app every day, every day... and have done so for years, back when it was Papyrus. Over the past couple years I have not seen any improvements. Yes there is likely some things in the background, but you have a long list of recommended user interface features that I believe could be done easily. If you truly want a top notch app, then give us some improvements. If you don't, then people will start to look at other options....

Some ideas 1. fast tool bar so we can have custom pens/highlighters/shapes and color combinations, 2. the ability to open a new note based on a pdf background, and every time you add a page that pdf is used as the background, not the standard grid note. 3. Backup notes to Google Drive or other cloud based storage