IO: Change Default Mask Colours

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Problem

I often mistakenly guess an inactive mask instead of the active one, and I think that has to do with the default inactive colour, which is yellow. (Usually happens when I’m reviewing fast or the active mask is in a weird position, my brain just goes for an inactive mask).

Suggestion

I think we should have a more subtle colour than yellow for inactive masks, perhaps something lighter (closer to white) given most image occlusion images have a white background.

I haven’t experimented with the IO maks colours myself, but I did try something like this for my hide-all cloze cards and changing colours hugely reduced invalid attempts.

Also sidenote, given a “hide-all-guess-one” cloze mode is in the plans, the default for active/inactive colours should probably be consistent in both IO and cloze notes.

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@krmanik @glutanimate do you remember why the original colors were chosen? Did you end up copying them over from IOE?

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If I remember correctly then there were discussion in the PR about, then after some discussion the color of IOE was used.
Feature image occlusion by krmanik · Pull Request #2367 · ankitects/anki · GitHub
Feature image occlusion by krmanik · Pull Request #2367 · ankitects/anki · GitHub

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Thanks, that’s good to know, and I appreciate you taking the time to look it up :slight_smile:

@sorata I have no personal feelings on what the colors should be used, but imagine we might upset some users if we change this. Recommend you do a poll so we can get a mild approximation of what the majority may want.

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doesn’t the template include this piece of code?

#image-occlusion-canvas {
    --inactive-shape-color: #ffeba2;
    --active-shape-color: #ff8e8e;
    --inactive-shape-border: 1px #212121;
    --active-shape-border: 1px #212121;
    --highlight-shape-color: #ff8e8e00;
    --highlight-shape-border: 1px #ff8e8e;
}

I thought the change could be made so that it only applies to new users.

Not sure what options to include, really. If someone knows how to do it, go ahead.

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Sorry, you’re right. No objections from me if you can find consensus on a better default.