The Anki Browser window on macOS is missing the standard “Window” menu items. This makes features typically found there unavailable when using Anki Notes Browser. As the Anki Browser is a window like any other application window on Mac, could the standard Window menu items please be included? Why is the Window menu items omitted in the first place…
This in Anki Notes Browser Menubar (missing Window menubar item, even though it is a regular Window):
This is what is missing:
- Have you recently upgraded? Was this present in an earlier version?
- Give us your full version information – go to Anki > About – click “Copy Debug Info” and paste here.
I don’t think this was ever there, I just recently updated to macOS sequoia which has Window management features only via the menu bar on Anki 25.02.7 (Platform: macOS Sequoia 15.5 (arm64))
Please do this:
And then try everything on the Troubleshooting Checklist – Troubleshooting - Anki Manual .
Anki 25.02.7 (1b882285)
Python 3.9.18 Qt 6.6.2 PyQt 6.6.1
Platform: macOS-15.5-arm64-arm-64bit
I did all the troubleshooting still the same problem, I believe it is Anki bug by design omitting/missing this Window menu item? It should show Window menu item like this:
Probably just not been built. Unlikely that Qt includes this by default as a toggle.
Anki is built on a cross-platform toolkit, and this unfortunately means not all platform-specific functionality is available.