I am using Anki 25.02 with an EN-US QWERTY keyboard on Windows 11.
In Tools > Preferences > Review there are options to remap the Answer keys for Again - Easy from the default values of 1,2,3,4. I tried remapping them to a,s,d,f and none of them worked. The help text in the input field says “Enter an unused shortcut key, or leave em…”. Is there a keyboard shortcut conflict that is breaking them?
I checked the anki documentation, and this keyboard shortcut remapping is not even mentioned in the Preferences documentation! Preferences - Anki Manual
I also looked for a general list of keyboard shortcuts in the docs, but didn’t find one at all. I also found a 3-year old open github issue about centralizing keyboard shortcuts, but that seems to be more about centralizing them in code rather than documentation. Centralise shortcut definitions · Issue #1508 · ankitects/anki · GitHub
–Edit–
I tested the asdf keys with the preferences reset back to 1,2,3,4 and they do all have a function mapped to them already in both the deck main menu and review mode. However, setting the review preferences to use a,s,d,f as answer keys both 1) does not review the card and 2) breaks the default behavior for a,s,d,f!
I would expect one of the following for this feature to be considered working correctly:
- Changing the shortcut key in the preferences will cause the key to grade the card, and will override any existing system keyboard shortcuts
Or
- Shows a warning/error message if that key is already in use by a system default shortcut, and either
- doesn’t let you save it as a preference
- lets you save it, but the system shortcut continues to work with its pre-defined behavior (e.g. the D key still takes you back to the Decks screen)
It would also be great to have a list of keyboard shortcuts documented somewhere!