Is there an easy way to make this dropdown more attractive? A shorter name for the card type. Viewing when pressed Cards... and going to template view. It bugs me a little! 
The display is dynamic, the content depends on the structure of your cards.
For Cloze note types ā The name of the card is āCloze.ā But you donāt need to use that dropdown at all, because you canāt switch between card types. The same goes for Image Occlusion note types.
For any other note type ā Sure, you can name each of the cards whatever you want! The name will show at the front of the dropdown, just after the card number.
@ferophila @Danika_Dakika I see. I understand what information itās providing now ā¦ itās showing the {{ fieldname }} or the template tags on the front and reverse. Iām still not 100% sure about multiple card types per note, Iāll have to check the documentation again ā¦ The example you gave, could you walk me through all those card types and how youāre using them? A gif perhaps?
I guess my point is: it might not be the best place to cram in all that visual information when thereās more than 3 or 4 fields on the front or reverse.
For the original āBasicā and āClozeā cards it seems fine; itās a minor annoyance when it overflows in this way for larger cards
I wasnāt presenting my set of card types as a āmodelā for how anyone should do things ā just as an example of how card types are displayed when they have names. At its simplest, multiple card types would be something like āreverseā cards ā see: Card Generation - Anki Manual and Getting Started - Anki Manual for more examples.
Just taking my 1-4 cards you see there ā the first 2 are a ārecognitionā card, with the word in my target language on the front, and a āproductionā card, with the word in my native language on the front. And since I already have sentences/translations/audio in fields on this note (to use as examples on those 1st cards), itās easy to make cards with those sentences to practice listening and speaking fluency.
There is a maximum length for what it will display for a side of the card, and it also appears to stop at 4 fields per side. But I donāt think itās fair to consider it āvisualā information. For a note type with meaningful field names, itās really a succinct way to effectively describe what is contained on a card ā so you donāt even need to name it. Thatās how a lot of people use it, Iām sure.
So the bottom line here is that for small amounts of fields, that Card Type dropdown gives a helpful way to describe the cardās content, but for a longer list of fields, itās not very helpful (as itās hard to digest visually). Seems Iām stuck with it as-is. Thanks @Danika_Dakika anyway.
Also for a Cloze type card, there doesnāt seem to be a way to rename it. I copied this originally from the default cloze note type, so perhaps thatās why.
Correct. But again, you donāt need to touch it on a cloze note type. If you arenāt making cloze cards, you donāt need to use this note type though.