# "Cloze deletion same card" keyboard shortcut doesn't work when in Arabic layout

**URL:** <https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/cloze-deletion-same-card-keyboard-shortcut-doesnt-work-when-in-arabic-layout/44662>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [May 11, 2024, 1:39pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/cloze-deletion-same-card-keyboard-shortcut-doesnt-work-when-in-arabic-layout/44662 "2024-05-11T13:39:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yahya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Yahya](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Yahya)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2024, 1:39pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/cloze-deletion-same-card-keyboard-shortcut-doesnt-work-when-in-arabic-layout/44662/1 "2024-05-11T13:39:40Z")

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when creating a new card type “Cloze” or “Cloze (multiple)” and then pressing the button of “Cloze deletion (same card)” using its keyboard shortcut (ctrl + alt + shift + c) it doesn’t work with the Arabic keyboard layout even if editing English text, the expected outcome was putting the “cloze” but somehow it just replaces it with C. hope this problem get solved in the next update, I attached photos for clarification:

original

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/3X/9/b/9bfaaacbd8ec2c0082a9b2a6501dfc7423b8011a.png)

bug outcome

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/3X/a/e/aeb72edc0a129f8057b7ee7aed28c22513312986.png)

expected

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/3X/5/2/52f33c8cf103fd67dacbcfd39a9ff7102dbcf03a.png)

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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:** [May 11, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/cloze-deletion-same-card-keyboard-shortcut-doesnt-work-when-in-arabic-layout/44662/2 "2024-05-11T16:21:35Z")

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Keyboard shortcuts have some known Qt limitations on non-English language layouts, so it might not be fixable. We discussed some workaround ideas previously:

> [@Inconsistent keyboard shortcuts on Turkish-Q layout](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/inconsistent-keyboard-shortcuts-on-turkish-q-layout/38850):
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> I switch between the standard English keyboard layout and the Turkish-Q layout many, many times a day, so I generally don’t worry about which one is active unless I need for spell-check to work. But Anki responds to keyboard shortcuts inconsistently (as in some work, some don’t) based on which layout I am using. Mostly I have just tolerated this, but it is frustrating to have to guess which keys to use, and really eliminates the time-savings of keyboard shortcuts! I tested every shortcut I coul…

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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:** [June 10, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/cloze-deletion-same-card-keyboard-shortcut-doesnt-work-when-in-arabic-layout/44662/3 "2024-06-10T16:22:29Z")

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