The highlighter is a wonderful tool! It could be improved by adding a keyboard shortcut to it.
Currently F7 applies the text color, and F8 selects the text color. We could change selection to Shift+F7, use F8 for background color, and Shift+F8 for selecting background color. What do people think?
Your suggestion is good. We just need a shortcut. I really hope you can add it.
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No, it’s not the same.
Not working in MacOs..
is there a shortcut keys for highlighting words & choosing a highlight colours ?? Not the word colour but highlight colour..
Was this working for you at some point and then stopped? I don’t think this was ever implemented.
It was never working.. just replied​
Okay, I merged your post into this existing suggestion. That’s the best place to advocate for a feature.
awesome.. is it possible to get highlight feature shortcut key in review session itself rather than opening a edit window or browser window..
Also.. Ima new bee, can u kind tell when will that feature or add-on be available. Like what’s next??
Noone knows. Someone would have to work on it and then it would need to be accepted into the code base.
In theory, it could be done today; or never.
If it’s color in the editor, there’s this addon:
https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/62061336
If it’s color in the review, there’s this:
Note: within the card type, there must be an edit box for the shortcut to work.
If the field is called Front, then it would be {{edit:Front}}
https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/456372554
Note: I don’t know if it works on Mac, as I don’t have one, but if it doesn’t work, just ask an AI like Gemini or Claude to change the addon codes and make it work on Mac too.
it says there isn’t one from gemini & claude.. let me try tis add on & see