That selection does not persist (it auto toggles back to navigation) is very jarring. It is problematic with standard gestures but is even more egregious when using a pencil as the presence of a pencil gives a clear disambiguation of what actions should below to what.
I am trying to figure out a complete app to keep “Infinite Notes” like endless paper so that to draft and share my ideas with the team during a brainstorming session and figmaJam can do the trick.
But while editing notes gets messy because the above features are not implemented. @Ben_Shelford I wish I could give 1000 votes for this