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Browser Visual Toolkit + Visual Note Type Manager Browser Visual Toolkit + Visual Note Type Manager is a visual productivity and organization add-on for Anki. It enhances two major parts of Anki: The Browser The Choose Note Type / Note Type management interface It adds visual Browser layouts, zoom controls, Explorer-style navigation, tabs, drag-and-drop organization, coloured folders, a visual Note Type Grid, nested note-type folders, note/card statistics, quick template editing, and JSON note-type import/export. Browser Features Multiple Browser Views The Browser can be displayed using different visual layouts: List View Grid View Gallery View Compact-style views Changing the visual layout does not modify your underlying cards, notes, or decks. Browser Zoom Resize Browser content using: Ctrl + Mouse Wheel Trackpad / pinch gestures where supported Zoom can resize visual Browser elements such as thumbnails, cards, text, and other supported content. The selected zoom level can persist between Anki sessions. Explorer-Style Navigation The Browser includes navigation inspired by desktop file managers. Back navigation Forward navigation Breadcrumb / address-style navigation Decks displayed visually like folders Easier navigation through nested deck structures Browser Tabs Open multiple Browser locations using tabs. Open locations in a new tab Keep several deck locations open at once Switch between locations without losing navigation context Use drag-and-drop with supported tab views Browser Drag and Drop Decks can be visually organized using drag and drop. For example: Japanese ├── Vocabulary ├── Grammar └── Kanji A deck can be dragged into another deck where supported, making deck organization feel more like a normal file manager. Browser Selection Supports familiar selection behavior such as: Ctrl+A Ctrl+Click Multi-selection Dragging selected items where supported Browser Context Menu Improvements Additional right-click actions are available depending on the current item and view. New Card New Deck Cut Copy Paste Open in New Tab Organization controls Folder Colours Deck/folder entries can be assigned custom colours. Right-click a supported deck/folder and choose: Organise → Folder Colour Available options include: Preset colour palette Custom colour picker Reset colour The interaction is inspired by the folder-colour workflow used in services such as Google Drive. Folder colours persist between sessions. Visual Note Type Manager The add-on also enhances Anki's Choose Note Type interface. Two main viewing modes are available: List View Grid View List View List View intentionally remains close to Anki's normal note-type interface. Simple note-type names Standard selection behaviour Minimal additional UI This view is intended for users who prefer Anki's traditional compact note-type chooser. Grid View Grid View provides a more visual interface for browsing and managing note types. Each note type appears as a tile. Unselected tiles remain clean and minimal. Additional information and controls appear only after the note type is selected. Selection-Based Note Type Details When a note type is selected, its tile can reveal: Notes count Flashcards count Field information Card-template information Fields button Cards button Styling button This keeps the Grid uncluttered when you are browsing a large number of note types. Notes Counter The selected note type displays how many notes currently use that note type. Example: Notes: 1,284 Flashcards Counter The selected tile also displays how many actual Anki cards are generated from those notes. Example: Flashcards: 2,568 Notes and Flashcards are intentionally shown separately because a single Anki note can generate multiple cards. Card Template Information The note-type interface can also show information about the card templates belonging to that note type. For example: 2 Card Templates This is different from the Flashcards count. A note type may contain two card templates while those templates generate thousands of actual cards. Quick Fields Button Selecting a note type reveals a Fields button. Clicking it opens that note type's Fields editor directly. This reduces the need to repeatedly navigate through Manage Note Types. Quick Cards Button The Cards button opens the selected note type's Card Templates editor directly. This provides quick access to: Front Template Back Template Card templates Template configuration Quick Styling Button The Styling button provides quick access to the card template styling / CSS editor. This makes it faster to modify the visual appearance of a note type without navigating through multiple Anki dialogs. Note Type Folders Note types can be organized into visual folders. For example: Languages ├── Japanese ├── Sanskrit └── Latin University ├── Literature ├── Linguistics └── Psychology These folders are organizational metadata used by the add-on. They do not rename or modify the underlying Anki note types. Nested Note Type Folders Folders can contain other folders. For example: Languages └── Japanese ├── N5 │ ├── Vocabulary │ └── Grammar └── N4 This makes it possible to organize large note-type collections into meaningful hierarchies. Folder Navigation Nested folders support breadcrumb-style navigation. For example: All Note Types > Languages > Japanese > N5 The breadcrumb allows you to quickly return to previous levels. Creating Folders Folders can be created directly from the Note Type interface. If you create a folder while already inside another folder, the new folder becomes part of that hierarchy. The interface simply uses: New Folder rather than separating the concepts of "folder" and "subfolder." Note Type Multi-Selection Grid View supports selecting several note types at once. Click to select a note type Ctrl+Click to add or remove note types from the current selection Selected note types can then be organized together. Note Type Drag and Drop Note types can be dragged directly into organizational folders. If several note types are selected, dragging one of the selected tiles can move the entire selected group. Nested folders can also be used as drop destinations. Blank-Area Deselection Clicking an empty area of the Note Type window clears the current selection. This provides behavior similar to a desktop file manager. Note Type Grid Zoom Grid View supports visual resizing. Use: Ctrl + Mouse Wheel Trackpad / pinch gestures Zooming can adjust: Note-type tile size Icons Grid spacing Grid density The number of tiles visible on screen The selected Grid zoom level persists between sessions. Zooming is intentionally silent, with no distracting size-percentage popup. Note Type JSON Import / Export Individual note types can be imported and exported as standard .json files. Export Note Type A note type can be exported using: The Export Note Type button in Grid View Right-click a note type → Export Note Type Example filename: Japanese Vocabulary.json Import Note Type Use Import Note Type to recreate a compatible note-type definition from a JSON file. If a note type with the same name already exists, the importer avoids silently overwriting the existing note type. What the JSON Can Store The exported JSON represents the reusable definition of the note type. It can include: Note-type name Note-type kind Fields Field names Field properties Sort-field configuration Card templates Card-template names Front templates Back templates Browser templates where available Styling / CSS Cloze-related information Relevant LaTeX settings Template configuration Source Statistics The JSON can also contain informational metadata describing the original note type. For example: { "source_stats": { "notes": 1284, "flashcards": 2568, "field_count": 5, "template_count": 2 } } These statistics describe the source collection only. They do not recreate those notes or cards when the note type is imported. What the JSON Does NOT Store JSON note-type export is intended for sharing the note-type design , not complete study data. It does not export: Actual note content Actual cards Review history Scheduling information Due dates Ease values FSRS state Learning history Deck membership Use Anki's normal .apkg or collection export tools when you need to transfer decks and study data. Why JSON? The add-on deliberately uses ordinary .json files instead of introducing another custom file extension. Benefits include: Human-readable Easy to inspect Easy to edit Easy to debug Easy to version-control with Git Easy for developers to work with Compatible with standard JSON tools Clearly separate from full deck exports Persistent Preferences Where appropriate, the add-on remembers supported interface preferences between Anki sessions. Examples include: Browser zoom Note Type Grid zoom Folder colours Visual organization information View preferences Designed Around Anki The add-on is designed to enhance Anki's interface rather than replace Anki's underlying data model. Note types remain normal Anki note types Decks remain normal Anki decks Note Type folders are visual organizational metadata List View remains close to native Anki Grid View provides optional richer functionality JSON exports do not modify the original note type Anki's normal deck export system remains available Main Features at a Glance Browser List View Grid View Gallery View Compact views Pinch zoom Ctrl+Wheel zoom Persistent zoom Back / Forward navigation Breadcrumb navigation Explorer-style deck navigation Tabs Open in New Tab Drag-and-drop deck organization Multi-selection Ctrl+A Cut / Copy / Paste Folder colours Custom folder colours Improved context menus Visual Note Type Manager Native-style List View Visual Grid View Note-type tiles Selection-based details Notes counter Flashcards counter Field information Card-template information Quick Fields editor Quick Cards editor Quick Styling editor Ctrl multi-selection Drag-and-drop organization Nested folders Breadcrumb navigation Blank-area deselection Pinch zoom Ctrl+Wheel zoom Persistent Grid zoom Silent zooming JSON Note Type Import JSON Note Type Export Right-click Note Type Export Portable note-type definitions Source statistics metadata Feedback and Bug Reports If you encounter a bug, please include: Your Anki version Your operating system The full error / traceback if one appears The steps required to reproduce the problem Feedback and feature suggestions are welcome. Browser Visual Toolkit + Visual Note Type Manager A more visual, organized, and flexible way to work with Anki's Browser and note types.

Min Anki	Max Anki	Updated
2.1.1	–	2026-09-19
2.1.2	–	2026-09-21
2.1.3	–	2026-09-23
2.1.4	–	2026-09-23
2.1.5	–	2026-09-25
2.1.6	–	2026-09-26
2.1.7	–	2026-09-26
2.1.8	–	2026-09-26
2.1.9	–	2026-09-26
2.1.10	+	2026-09-27

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