Hiding clozes for specific questions

[VoidBarbecue]

hi! first time posting.

I’m trying to get the following set up for doing math’s/physics related cards:
it consists of 3 clozes, the first two are the sides of an equation and the third one is the proof of the theorem or equation.
my goal is to get 3 cards, 2 to test the equation itself, so that it asks c1=c2 and one to test my knowledge of the proof. problem is c3 will be displayed whenever i’m on the first 2 clozes, and often demonstrations are too large and i don’t want it to show up when the question is only about the equation itself

my current solution is to have c3 be: {{c3 :: ::proof?}} and then have the proof shown as a hint but I don’t like it since the hint appears on all 3 cards and I feel like there’s a nicer way to do this
any help is appreciated! thanks!

[ZornHadNoChoice]

You can make a new note type which works exactly like you want. Just read the key concepts or search online for tutorials about note types.

[VoidBarbecue]

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[Eltaurus]

You might also want to consider doing this based on a regular note type instead of a cloze one. Since you have a fixed amount of card types with strictly defined roles, clozes might not be the best fit for the purpose.

[VoidBarbecue]

well now i feel dumb lol. spent all night yesterday trying to get it to work and could’t figure it out.
i had a better read at card generation (bottom part on clozes) after you told me and it was very easy so i’ll share in case anyone else has a use for this.

needs 2 fields (i also added one for a question because i might use it)
first one is where you would write the 3 clozes and the second one shows the proof

here’s the code (paste onto a cloze card type)
front:

{{question}} <br> <br>

{{cloze:clozes}}

<! -- next part is just for the tags to show up -->

<br><br><br> <div style='font-family: "Helvetica"; font-size: 10px; color: brown'>{{Tags}}</div>

and back:

{{question}}

<br> <br>

{{cloze:clozes}}

<! -- this following part makes the "proof" field show up only on the 3rd cloze card -->

{{#c3}}

  <div style =' color: cyan' >{{proof}}

{{/c3}}

<br><br><br><br>

<! -- next part is just for the tags to show up -->

<div style='font-family: "Helvetica"; font-size: 10px; color: brown'>{{Tags}}</div>

so here’s how both of the “equation” questions look like (c1 and c2)

and here’s the proof one

[VoidBarbecue]

oh absolutely, i use regular ones when needed, i just wanted this type of note because about half of my cards are “theorem” and then a separate “proof” one and this just speeds up the proces a bunch. thanks!

[ZornHadNoChoice]

That’s not the solution I had in mind (I agree with Eltaurus) which would be much more efficient and cleaner.

[VoidBarbecue]

i guess i missunderstood Eltarus meant? that i should create a basic note type and edit from there?

i did’t quite get which note type you were refering to. what was it you had in mind?

[ZornHadNoChoice]

Any note type that isn’t a copy of cloze or image occlusion would do, but Basic is the easiest to edit.

You can have fields for Question, Left side, Right side, and Proof. Then make 2 additional card types and fill their templates as you like.

You wouldn’t need the cloze brackets anymore, nor would you need to type “proof?”.

[Eltaurus]

@ZornHadNoChoice

Left side, Right side

Also these two can be merged into a single field for brevity and split with JS on the template itself at the equal sign (or at a specially inserted breaking character).

[Eltaurus]

@Eltaurus

(or at a specially inserted breaking character)

Since MathJax allows marking elements with custom classes, it can be used for this purpose too:

\(K_e\class{sep}{=}\frac{mv^2}{2}\)

Then either part of a formula can be extracted as:

Full equation:
<p>
    {{Equation}}
</p>

Left-hand side:
<p class="lhs">
    {{Equation}}
</p>

Right-hand side:
<p class="rhs">
    {{Equation}}
</p>

with the following styles:

.lhs .sep,
.lhs .sep ~ * {
    display: none;
}

.rhs .sep,
.rhs :has(> .sep) > *:not(.sep ~ *):not(.sep) {
    display: none;
}