If you have a problem with the add-on Browser: Table/Editor side-by-side (horizontal split) post in this thread. This way I get notified. If you make a new thread I might miss it.
Consistently breaking images in other fields when jumping between cards in editor (gives no media image found icon). Fixed only with disabling addon.
Please let me know what else youâd like to know.
For me it works and Iâve have never gotten a similar bug report even though the add-on seems to be quite widely used. So I have no idea at the moment.
To get a better understanding of the problem I need some info:
- If you disable all other add-ons, enable âBrowser: Table/Editor side-by-sideâ, restart Anki, does this still happen? If the problem disappears it could be an add-on conflict. To find out which add-ons conflict you could enable half of the add-ons you have, restart anki and try again. If it still works enable half of the remaining disabled half, restart and try again. If you repeat this a few cycles you should find out the bad combination. Tell me which add-ons conflict and then thereâs a good chance that it can be solved. Since there are over 600 add-ons thereâs no way for me to test all combinations imaginable so your help is crucial here.
- Which Anki version are you on? Could you try (with just my add-on) with the latest version (2.1.35)? In case you still use an older version: You donât have to install Anki - e.g. in windows you can unzip the installer and run from this folder (after using this make sure to downgrade your profile from inside 2.1.35).
- What operating system do you use?
- Has this always happened or did this only recently start? Do you remember if something changed shortly before the problem started occuring?
- Does this happen for all images or only some images? If itâs the latter: Are these always the same? Do you see some kind of pattern?
Hello! I appreciate your quick reply. Good news and bad news. Good news is I no longer get the problem. Bad news is I cannot replicate the problem after disable and reenabling all addons.
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I only noticed the issue after updating to 2.1.35 ~1 week ago. (Windows 10)
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I have only noticed it with some images sporadically, but today I found an image/card that I could reliably reproduce the issue with every time (until disabling/reenabling half of my addons).
Iâm sorry to have bothered you, it was so sporadic before I wasnât able to figure it out myself. If it happens again Iâll be sure to have all details after trying everything myself!
Best,
Greg
@ijgnd with the latest 2.1.41beta2 (which damien said likely will not change much) Iâm getting the following error with this add-on
File âaqt/webview.pyâ, line 37, in cmd
File âaqt/webview.pyâ, line 136, in _onCmd
File âaqt/webview.pyâ, line 581, in _onBridgeCmd
File ââ, line 2, in _linkHandler
File âanki/hooks.pyâ, line 89, in decorator_wrapper
File âanki/hooks.pyâ, line 86, in repl
File â/Users/Nick/Library/Application Support/Anki2/addons21/zkingofstudytimers/init.pyâ, line 616, in myLinkHandler
return _old(self, url)
File âaqt/toolbar.pyâ, line 170, in _linkHandler
File âaqt/toolbar.pyâ, line 188, in _browseLinkHandler
File âaqt/main.pyâ, line 1069, in onBrowse
File âaqt/init.pyâ, line 101, in open
TypeError: init() got an unexpected keyword argument âcardâ
the current version of âtable/editor side-by-sideâ works for me in 2.1.41 beta3 - at least if I disable other add-ons that cause problems in 2.1.41. But maybe I missed some special situation. If you still find a problem with this add-on if you run it on its own let me know.
Youre right, mine seems to be working now. I think it may have been Advanced browser which was also having the same error
@ijgnd Stopped working after update to anki 2.1.42 from 2.1.40
Please update, i am super used to this and now it hurts my eyes 
this error pops up when ever i try to open the browser.
the browser does not open at all.
Error
An error occurred. Please start Anki while holding down the shift key, which will temporarily disable the add-ons you have installed.
If the issue only occurs when add-ons are enabled, please use the Tools>Add-ons menu item to disable some add-ons and restart Anki, repeat until you discover the add-on that is causing the problem.
When you've discovered the add-on that is causing the problem, please report the issue on the add-ons section of our support site.
Debug info:
Anki 2.1.42 (8eebfe18) Python 3.8.6 Qt 5.14.2 PyQt 5.14.2
Platform: Windows 10
Flags: frz=True ao=True sv=2
Add-ons, last update check: 2021-03-14 19:07:38
Caught exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "aqt\main.py", line 1067, in onBrowse
File "aqt\__init__.py", line 101, in open
File "C:\Users\Mahfuz\AppData\Roaming\Anki2\addons21\874215009\advancedbrowser\core.py", line 208, in __init__
origInit(self, mw, card, search)
File "aqt\browser.py", line 475, in __init__
File "<decorator-gen-88>", line 2, in setupSearch
File "anki\hooks.py", line 89, in decorator_wrapper
File "anki\hooks.py", line 81, in repl
TypeError: mysearch() takes 1 positional argument but 3 were given
Even after Deleting advanced browser addon i get this
Error
An error occurred. Please start Anki while holding down the shift key, which will temporarily disable the add-ons you have installed.
If the issue only occurs when add-ons are enabled, please use the Tools>Add-ons menu item to disable some add-ons and restart Anki, repeat until you discover the add-on that is causing the problem.
When you've discovered the add-on that is causing the problem, please report the issue on the add-ons section of our support site.
Debug info:
Anki 2.1.42 (8eebfe18) Python 3.8.6 Qt 5.14.2 PyQt 5.14.2
Platform: Windows 10
Flags: frz=True ao=True sv=2
Add-ons, last update check: 2021-03-14 19:07:38
Caught exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "aqt\main.py", line 1067, in onBrowse
File "aqt\__init__.py", line 101, in open
File "aqt\browser.py", line 475, in __init__
File "<decorator-gen-88>", line 2, in setupSearch
File "anki\hooks.py", line 89, in decorator_wrapper
File "anki\hooks.py", line 81, in repl
TypeError: mysearch() takes 1 positional argument but 3 were given
With only this add on On and the rest off i get this.
Error
An error occurred. Please start Anki while holding down the shift key, which will temporarily disable the add-ons you have installed.
If the issue only occurs when add-ons are enabled, please use the Tools>Add-ons menu item to disable some add-ons and restart Anki, repeat until you discover the add-on that is causing the problem.
When you've discovered the add-on that is causing the problem, please report the issue on the add-ons section of our support site.
Debug info:
Anki 2.1.42 (8eebfe18) Python 3.8.6 Qt 5.14.2 PyQt 5.14.2
Platform: Windows 10
Flags: frz=True ao=True sv=2
Add-ons, last update check: 2021-03-14 19:07:38
Caught exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "aqt\webview.py", line 36, in cmd
File "aqt\webview.py", line 135, in _onCmd
File "aqt\webview.py", line 580, in _onBridgeCmd
File "aqt\toolbar.py", line 169, in _linkHandler
File "aqt\toolbar.py", line 187, in _browseLinkHandler
File "aqt\main.py", line 1067, in onBrowse
File "aqt\__init__.py", line 101, in open
File "aqt\browser.py", line 475, in __init__
File "<decorator-gen-6>", line 2, in setupSearch
File "anki\hooks.py", line 89, in decorator_wrapper
File "anki\hooks.py", line 81, in repl
TypeError: mysearch() takes 1 positional argument but 3 were given
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@zen: thanks for this report. It really helps a lot that you included the error messages.
At the moment I canât reproduce the problem on my computer with Anki 2.1.42. So I need more help from you:
The last line of the last message says that there is an error in mysearch. This name of a function is more or less only used in my add-on BetterSearch. the string âmysearchâ does not occur in the source code of my add-on âBrowser: Table/Editor side-by-side (horizontal split)â
When you disable add-ons from the add-on dialog you must restart Anki. Only after restarting you can be certain that no code from such an add-on is executed. Maybe you have BetterSearch and havenât restarted anki after disabling it?
The old version of BetterSearch doesnât run in .41 and should cause such an error message, see this fix for 41.
When you update Anki the add-ons are unfortunately not updated automatically. So you might have incompatible add-ons that cause strange errors.
Could you update all your add-ons (from the main window, click Tools, then âAdd-onsâ, in the dialog that opens there is a button âCheck for Updatesâ in the upper right). Then restart anki and try again. Does this problem still occur?
@ijgnd Thanks thanks alot for the reply, yes you were ryt it was better search, for some reason in this version of anki juz toggling them off with restart is not enough, they still read the code. i juz deleted better search and this addon started working again. Cool. 
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@zen: Thatâs strange. At the moment I canât get errors when using BetterSearch and horizontal add-on. But that doesnât say much.
So could you re-install BetterSearch, restart Anki and try again.
If it still crashes your browser please describe the exact steps to reproduce this problem. And also share the debug info that you can get like this: in the main window click on the âHelpâ menu, then select âAboutâ. In the dialog that opens thereâs a button âCopy Debug Infoâ at the bottom. Click it to get the text into your clipboard. Then share it. Hopefully this allows me to repriduce the problem so that I can fix it. This might help many other people.
@ijgnd very strange indeed. installed bettersearch again. now it does not conflict with the horizontal addonâŚeverythings working perfectly fine now. maybe something was corrupted on my part.
Hello,
Thank you so much for the great add-on. I just recently updated my Anki to version 2.1.40. The add on is working as I suppose it is supposed to, but I was wondering if there is a way to make the editor on the side the default view? I believe I did it when I first started Anki as it has not been on the bottom in years, but I can not seem to figure it back out. Is there a way to make it so that the editor automatically always shows on the side rather than on the bottom?
Thanks in advance!
thereâs an add-on setting âside-by-side is defaultâ. Set it to true and restart anki. this should help. does it?
if it still doesnât work: rule out an add-on conflict: disable all other add-ons and restart anki and try again (see When problems occur - Frequently Asked Questions). Also say which anki version you use.
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That fixed it! Thank you!
Iâm having a problem with adjust the width of this add-on (canât widen as indicated in the image below). Please help. Thank you
Thanks for reporting this.
I havenât heard of this problem though this add-on is quite popular.
Read the very useful page: When problems occur - Frequently Asked Questions
After having disabled all other add-ons and having restarted Anki: Does the problem still occur? If not, itâs an add-on conflict. Then selectively disable and enable add-ons and restart each time until youâve found the conflict and post it here and decide which add-on you prefer.
If itâs still broken:
- from the main window click on Help->About. In the window that opens click the âCopy Debug Infoâ Button and share the copied text.
- which Anki version do you use? You could try with a more recent anki version and see if the problem still occurs. Some people worry that these newer versions donât support their add-ons. You can always restore from your backups and if you donât have those start making them. You could also copy all the user data you have to a different location (see Managing Files - Anki Manual), update anki, try the new version after an add-on update with some reviews and if you donât like it delete it from the default location and move the folder back that you copied. Or just copy and restore the addons21 folder in your anki folder.
- you could make a new temporary profile, check if the add-on works in it and then delete this temporary profile, see Profiles - Anki Manual . This would give me valuable diagnostic info.
- if you use linux: Do you use the anki version from the repos of your distro or do you use the binary from https://apps.ankiweb.net/ ? Over the years Iâve seen some strange bugs that disappear when you use the official binary builds. you can get older versions from the releases page from Releases ¡ ankitects/anki ¡ GitHub
If we donât find a solution: this feature will be built into the upcoming Anki 2.1.55 - then youâd get official support.
Hi ijgnd,
Thank you for your support. I disabled all the add-on and restart the anki and it works really well. In fact, I think this method is useful all the time
Any possibility of you adding the ability to create new cards from the browser (instead of a new window opening up)? That way we can see previous cards in case we repeat ourselves while creating a new card.
this add-on is no longer updated because its core functionality is built into newer anki versions. There are some add-ons that allow you to create a new note from the browser, e.g. my experimental duplicate notes, fake nid, insert empty notes - AnkiWeb (but I think there are also other add-ons).