We need a botton ‘Never Type Answer’ on Anki for Mac, like what we have on our ios/ipados one’s. It is very crucial. Greatly improve review efficiency by cutting redundant typing operations and simplifying the card interaction process Reduce unexpected deck errors, glitches and potential bugs ca…

[ {{type:外文}}]only deleting the whole line works, thanks a lot!

The workarounds for this are so straightforward that it’s unlikely you really need this added to the app. First, if you don’t want to type on either platform, the simplest solution is to stop using the type-answer functionality in your card templates. But if you want to type sometimes on desktop, …

I listed the reasons, thx! Greatly improve review efficiency by cutting redundant typing operations and simplifying the card interaction process Reduce unexpected deck errors, glitches and potential bugs caused by invalid keyboard input Eliminate severe lagging when pressing Enter to reveal a…

Disable autofocus on the input field. [image] How to customize hotkeys? Help hey guys, after researching for some time I have only found this addon on name " Customize Keyboard Shortcuts" but it does not seem to work for me. Actually I have to do bunch of typ…

The cards were encrypted, so I can not edit anything to it

[image] Alexhin: The cards were encrypted What do you mean? Cards aren’t encrypted to the best of my knowledge, they can easily be viewed by exporting as plain text, looking into the database or just using the in-app edit functionality.

We bought cards made by others for exams. They encrypted the cards to avoid any reselling. So we cannot cancel typying window for cards.

[image] Alexhin: I listed the reasons, thx! None of those reasons explain your use-case though. And with all due respect – they look like they were written by some LLM/AI/chatbot that doesn’t understand Anki very well. [If you feel the need to use that tool to express yourself in English, ple…

I appreciate your feedback, but these points are entirely my genuine hands‑on experience with Anki, not generic AI‑generated content. Let me clarify my actual use case directly: For #1, #2 and #4: While editing individual card templates can remove typing boxes, I maintain dozens of note types and…

Just have a look and try is always better than a simply “You think”. [IMG_6843] [IMG_6842] [IMG_6841] [IMG_6840]

[image] Alexhin: For #3: The Enter‑key lag happens consistently across all my decks, not just one specific note type. Do all of your decks come from that site and are encrypted in some way? [image] Alexhin: Furthermore, the seller restricts the number of devices you can use the deck on t…

A 'Never Type Answer' Botton is required

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Disable autofocus on the input field.

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A 'Never Type Answer' Botton is required

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