# Allow user to set the display order of due learning cards **URL:** \ **Category:** Suggestions\ **Created:** [July 3, 2024, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/allow-user-to-set-the-display-order-of-due-learning-cards/46733 "2024-07-03T19:13:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![walkhere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dbc845/32.png) [@walkhere](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/walkhere)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2024, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/allow-user-to-set-the-display-order-of-due-learning-cards/46733/1 "2024-07-03T19:13:30Z")
I’m studying a deck created using the LPCG (Lyrics/Poetry Cloze Generator) add-on ([https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/2084557901](https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/2084557901)). The deck is a long list of words that I have to learn in the exact order they have been entered. However, I’m running into an issue - I can’t control the display order of learning cards and as a result, if I set LPCG to show me the previous 5 words as context and card #30 comes up for review, it will spoil the answers to cards #26, #27, #28 and #29 making their reviews pointless. It would be incredibly helpful to be able to set the order of due learning cards from oldest to newest. ---
**Author:** ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/danika_dakika/32/17815_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/allow-user-to-set-the-display-order-of-due-learning-cards/46733/2 "2024-07-03T20:37:07Z")
> [@walkhere](#): > > It would be incredibly helpful to be able to set the order of due learning cards from oldest to newest. Learn cards are already shown in the order they are due – [Studying - Anki Manual](https://docs.ankiweb.net/studying.html#display-order) . But that can deviate from the order they are introduced because as you study each card, a random amount of fuzz is added to keep the cards from being in the same order every time – [Studying - Anki Manual](https://docs.ankiweb.net/studying.html#fuzz-factor) . Isn’t LPCG designed to work with Anki functioning exactly that way? > LPCG takes a different approach: it generates cards that can stand on their own and make perfect sense in random order. – [Theory — LPCG 1.4.3 documentation](https://ankilpcg.readthedocs.io/en/latest/theory.html) ---
**Author:** ![walkhere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dbc845/32.png) [@walkhere](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/walkhere)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2024, 9:47pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/allow-user-to-set-the-display-order-of-due-learning-cards/46733/3 "2024-07-03T21:47:13Z")
The thing is, I use Anki both for initial memorization and for reviewing. If I go through 10 new cards (moving them to the learning queue) then I need those 10 cards to be shown to me in the exact order they were added or else they will reveal the answers to the previous cards. As a test, I added 10 new basic cards to an empty deck and numbered them from 1 to 10, then I quickly failed them all (pressing ‘Again’ to make them go to the learning queue). When I reviewed them, they came up in the order: 5 3 2 9 4 6 1 10 8 7. What I’m looking for is for the learning cards to show up in order from 1 to 10 no matter what. ---
**Author:** ![Keks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/keks/32/20537_2.png) [@Keks](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Keks)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2024, 9:52pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/allow-user-to-set-the-display-order-of-due-learning-cards/46733/4 "2024-07-03T21:52:09Z")
[**Order added**](https://docs.ankiweb.net/filtered-decks.html#order:~:text=Order%20added%0ADisplay%20cards%20that%20you%20added%20first%20(i.e.%20those%20cards%20that%20have%20the%20earliest%20creation%20date).) ---
**Author:** ![walkhere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dbc845/32.png) [@walkhere](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/walkhere)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 7:27am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/allow-user-to-set-the-display-order-of-due-learning-cards/46733/5 "2024-07-04T07:27:54Z")
Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, that doesn’t work well for my use case, if I understand filtered decks correctly. I can add hundreds of new cards every day and continuously having to create filtered decks every few minutes would be very unwieldy, especially on AnkiDroid. ---
**Author:** ![Keks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/keks/32/20537_2.png) [@Keks](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Keks)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 8:21am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/allow-user-to-set-the-display-order-of-due-learning-cards/46733/6 "2024-07-04T08:21:08Z")
If you do not delete the filtered deck, then you will not have to create it every time. The number of cards is specified in the settings. ---
**Author:** ![walkhere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dbc845/32.png) [@walkhere](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/walkhere)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 10:41am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/allow-user-to-set-the-display-order-of-due-learning-cards/46733/7 "2024-07-04T10:41:35Z")
After some testing, I find that doesn’t quite behave the way I need it to. When I create a filtered deck with “deck:Test is:due” as a search filter and select cards by “Order added” - I do initially get a deck where learning cards show up in correct order from 1 to 10, but they revert back to “random” order after one review. ---
**Author:** ![Keks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/keks/32/20537_2.png) [@Keks](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Keks)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/allow-user-to-set-the-display-order-of-due-learning-cards/46733/8 "2024-07-04T10:52:19Z")
> [@walkhere](#): > > but they revert back to “random” order after one review. What does it mean? Are you using a filtered deck without rescheduling? Or do you mean Learning cards? [Types of Cards **Learning**](https://docs.ankiweb.net/getting-started.html#:~:text=never%20studied%20before.-,Learning,-%3A%20Cards%20that) ---
**Author:** ![walkhere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dbc845/32.png) [@walkhere](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/walkhere)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/allow-user-to-set-the-display-order-of-due-learning-cards/46733/9 "2024-07-04T11:12:38Z")
Yes, I mean Learning cards. ---
**Author:** ![Keks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/keks/32/20537_2.png) [@Keks](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Keks)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 11:25am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/allow-user-to-set-the-display-order-of-due-learning-cards/46733/10 "2024-07-04T11:25:10Z")
> [@Bug? Anki doesn't show due cards first](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/bug-anki-doesnt-show-due-cards-first/46567/2): > > Anki treats small steps and steps that [cross a day boundary](https://docs.ankiweb.net/preferences.html#review) differently. With small steps, the cards are shown as soon as the delay has passed, in preference to other waiting cards like reviews. This is done so that you can answer the card as closely to your requested delay as possible. In contrast, if the interval crosses a day boundary, it is automatically converted to days. [Day Boundaries](https://docs.ankiweb.net/deck-options.html#day-boundaries)[Learning Steps](https://docs.ankiweb.net/deck-options.html#learning-steps)[Relearning Steps](https://docs.ankiweb.net/deck-options.html#relearning-steps)[Hello, is there any way I can review the green cards first before the …](https://www.reddit.com/r/Anki/comments/1aszkx2/hello_is_there_any_way_i_can_review_the_green/) In short, there’s nothing you can do about it. ---
**Author:** ![walkhere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dbc845/32.png) [@walkhere](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/walkhere)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 12:34pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/allow-user-to-set-the-display-order-of-due-learning-cards/46733/11 "2024-07-04T12:34:02Z")
Thanks for looking into it. I hope the devs will consider adding this feature if feasible. In the meantime, I will continue looking for a workaround. ---
**Author:** ![Keks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/keks/32/20537_2.png) [@Keks](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Keks)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/allow-user-to-set-the-display-order-of-due-learning-cards/46733/12 "2024-07-04T13:02:17Z")
I used the Lyrics/Poetry Close Generator and I didn’t have any problems. Over time, the algorithm will disperse the cards. Alternatively, there may be a preview function or a note type that will allow you to open the lines yourself. [Enhanced Cloze (for Anki 2.1)](https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1990296174) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 1:03pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/allow-user-to-set-the-display-order-of-due-learning-cards/46733/13 "2024-08-03T13:03:00Z")
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