# Poll: Icon for sticky/pinned/frozen fields

**URL:** <https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/poll-icon-for-sticky-pinned-frozen-fields/7910>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [March 2, 2021, 12:52am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/poll-icon-for-sticky-pinned-frozen-fields/7910 "2021-03-02T00:52:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 12:52am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/poll-icon-for-sticky-pinned-frozen-fields/7910/1 "2021-03-02T00:52:46Z")

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Henrik is currently working on integrating a button inside the editor to cause a field’s text to remain when adding, and we’re trying to decide on an icon. You can see some example screenshots and the associated discussion here:

> <https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/1046>

Which icon do you think is best?

_Poll ([view on site](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/poll-icon-for-sticky-pinned-frozen-fields/7910/1))_

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**Author:** ![rworldd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@rworldd](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/rworldd)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/poll-icon-for-sticky-pinned-frozen-fields/7910/2 "2021-03-03T17:41:21Z")

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Just an additional idea if this is being added as a native Anki feature - would it be worthwhile adding some sort of reset button?

Using Ze Frozen Fields, if I add a card with a few fields frozen, the field will stay persistent. If I’d like to make an entirely new card after adding a few cards with frozen fields, I have to uncheck the icon, highlight the field, select the content and delete it for each field. A simple card reset button would make this process much easier and especially for those not familiar with the add-on.

Other than that, my vote goes for the pin!

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**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 1:05am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/poll-icon-for-sticky-pinned-frozen-fields/7910/3 "2021-03-04T01:05:35Z")

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Not a big fan of a separate button, but it could be possible with a modified key+click

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**Author:** ![kleinerpirat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/kleinerpirat/32/19863_2.png) [@kleinerpirat](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/kleinerpirat)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 4:51pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/poll-icon-for-sticky-pinned-frozen-fields/7910/4 "2021-10-26T16:51:15Z")

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Reviving this topic, because [PR #1403](https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/1403) has lead to another change of icons for the editor.

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I’m pleading to bring back the opacity difference for active/inactive icons, as it helps tremendously to identify sticky fields (or field states in general) at a quick glance.

Previously, active icons were in font color (black/white) and inactive ones were greyed out at .2 opacity:

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/2X/2/211ee7fbc91b09f0d27231069eaf018d80901d38.png)

The new approach is using different icons for the active/inactive state (nice idea @hengiesel!), but dropped the opacity change. I find it much harder to discern the sticky state now:

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/2X/6/603330adb81aa8456d5814c042228112f0e469fd.png)

The eye and code symbol are easier, but would still benefit from a striking opacity change.

### What do you prefer?

_Poll ([view on site](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/poll-icon-for-sticky-pinned-frozen-fields/7910/4))_

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 4:45am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/poll-icon-for-sticky-pinned-frozen-fields/7910/5 "2023-05-01T04:45:47Z")

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Closed on May 1, 2023, 4:45am UTC


