# Are custom answer keys currently broken?

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**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [November 22, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/are-custom-answer-keys-currently-broken/67545 "2025-11-22T22:24:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Austudy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c57346/32.png) [@Austudy](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Austudy)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/are-custom-answer-keys-currently-broken/67545/1 "2025-11-22T22:24:38Z")

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The space bar shows the back of the card. The “Answer keys” I chose are not working. Default 1 2 3 4 is not working either.

Am I missing something?

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**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:** [November 22, 2025, 10:41pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/are-custom-answer-keys-currently-broken/67545/2 "2025-11-22T22:41:38Z")

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> [@Austudy](#):
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> The “Answer keys” I chose are not working.

Those ones won’t work because you happen to have chosen keys that are already hard-coded to other primary functionality –  
`A` opens the Add-note window.  
`S` jumps to the Study screen for the selected deck.  
`D` jumps to the main Decks list.  
`F` opens the pop-up to create a Filtered deck.

If you choose things that aren’t already used, you’ll have better luck! If you want to see what is available, you can go to the back of a card in a study session and try them.

> [@Austudy](#):
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> Default 1 2 3 4 is not working either.

Those won’t work anymore because you’ve changed them to something else in this screen.

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**Author:** ![Austudy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c57346/32.png) [@Austudy](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Austudy)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2025, 10:56pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/are-custom-answer-keys-currently-broken/67545/3 "2025-11-22T22:56:35Z")

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Thank you for the answer. The nice thing about left hand home row is that it is a very neutral hand position on the keyboard. Is there a way to disable or change the other primary functionality assigned to those keys?

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**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:** [November 22, 2025, 11:03pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/are-custom-answer-keys-currently-broken/67545/4 "2025-11-22T23:03:17Z")

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You can try the “Customize Keyboard Shortcuts” add-on – but those are such foundational/universal shortcuts in the app, I’m not certain whether they are editable by add-on.

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**Author:** ![Austudy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c57346/32.png) [@Austudy](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Austudy)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2025, 11:25pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/are-custom-answer-keys-currently-broken/67545/5 "2025-11-22T23:25:07Z")

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I appreciate it. Guess I just go without a cornflower blue icon at this time.

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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:** [December 22, 2025, 11:25pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/are-custom-answer-keys-currently-broken/67545/6 "2025-12-22T23:25:58Z")

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