# Anki freezes on Alt-Shift-2 (or 3)

**URL:** <https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-freezes-on-alt-shift-2-or-3/6981>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [January 29, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-freezes-on-alt-shift-2-or-3/6981 "2021-01-29T21:47:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![don-reba](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/don-reba/32/3258_2.png) [@don-reba](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/don-reba)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-freezes-on-alt-shift-2-or-3/6981/1 "2021-01-29T21:47:24Z")

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I switch between languages with `Alt-Shift-1` (en), `Alt-Shift-2` (ru), `Alt-Shift-3` (es), and `Alt-Shift-4` (jp). Whenever I try to switch to Russian or Spanish, Anki freezes completely and has to be restarted. It does this every time in any window. I tried it on a fresh Anki install on my second computer, as well, and it does the same thing. Graphics acceleration does not affect it.

`Alt-Shift-2` and `3` are the only ones causing this problem. The other digits are fine. Switching to Russian and Spanish via “next language” `Alt-Shift` is also ok.

Tried this with with 2.1.35 and 2.1.38. Running an up-to-date English-language Windows 10.

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**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 12:33am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-freezes-on-alt-shift-2-or-3/6981/2 "2021-02-01T00:33:01Z")

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This is a bug in the graphics toolkit Anki is built on I’m afraid.

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**Author:** ![don-reba](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/don-reba/32/3258_2.png) [@don-reba](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/don-reba)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 2:45am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-freezes-on-alt-shift-2-or-3/6981/3 "2021-02-01T02:45:20Z")

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[Found it](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-73994)! And it was reported by you, too. Two years ago.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 5:15am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-freezes-on-alt-shift-2-or-3/6981/4 "2023-05-01T05:15:31Z")

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