Hi everyone, I recently got a new laptop and downloaded Anki (25.09.2 version, I hope it’s the most recent). Initially, it worked well. Now when I try to study a deck, I see a blank screen with the ribbon above kind of faded. [image] But when I click edit, I can see that the card isn’t blank. Ca…

That’s most likely a video driver issue. Try #6 on the Troubleshooting Checklist . If that doesn’t work, try the rest of that list.

Could also be an issue with the templates or the fields. For example html tags that are opened but never closed cause the webview to render blank as the webview doesn’t know how to handle that. So my recommendation is this: If your issue occurs on every card (or specific card type) try what Danik…

Thank you for responding. I tried what Danika_Dakika said but it didn’t work. Nor did the other items on the troubleshooting checklist. But I noticed that not every card is affected. So like Anon_0000, maybe it’s an issue with the template? If so, how do I check the template and what should I do to …

That seems likely then! There are a few places you can look. A. On the blank study screen, if you try to select text on the card (double-click, or click-drag), is there anything there? B. From the blank study screen, click “Browse” to see the note editor and check the HTML view (click < > above th…

After some investigation, I’ve noticed it’s the colour of the text that was causing it to appear blank. Is there a way to change the formatting of all the cards at once or do I have to go about it one-by-one?

Whether you can change it quickly and how easily depends on where it is. There are 3 Styling and formatting places that could be coming from. The styling for your note type , where classes of formatting can be defined overall for all of the cards, or for specific cards, or specific parts of cards. T…

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Blank screen when trying to study cards

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