[JS API] Add a way to control snackbars

ZornHadNoChoice · September 8, 2025, 11:12pm

I basically ran into the exact same issue as vgf89

github.com/ankidroid/Anki-Android

Add a way for the Javascript API to control where toasts (undo, leech, etc messages) appear

opened 09:06AM - 24 Dec 23 UTC

closed 01:36PM - 01 Apr 24 UTC

vgf89

Priority-Low Stale

**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.** When I was… implementing my two-button-answer card template, which replaces the native four answer buttons, I discovered that the toasts for undo, leech, etc appear over my template-rendered buttons and prevent me from interacting with my buttons until I click the toast or wait for it to disappear on its own. Usually this isn't a bother with leeches because reading/comprehending the front of my card takes time, but if I click "undo" I want to be able to correct my answer as soon as possible, and the toasts appearing directly over my buttons makes me click an extra time. It's a subtle but mildly annoying interaction when trying to replace the native buttons with buttons in a card template. **Describe the solution you'd like** I'd like an API call I can call from my card template that tells ankidroid where toasts can be rendered to not obscure my buttons. Whether this is done with some sort of keepout zone, an offset from the bottom of the webview, or just setting an origin point for the toast, any of those ways would work for me. **Describe alternatives you've considered** I can't think of any alternatives, short of interrogating the webview renderer for positions of buttons to influence the toast position, which sounds worse than just letting a template set the position itself via an API. This is a very subtle interaction that, before now, I'm guessing no one thought of when implementing answer button calls in the Javascript API. **Additional context** I guess #15070, but only because I noticed both issues when trying to implement custom answer buttons in card templates to replace native answer buttons.

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