Hardware acceleration control of qt_webkit

AnkiWeb addon 661789272

Adds Tools menu options to disable or enable Qt WebKit hardware acceleration by editing Anki's preferences and to show current profile values.
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Updated
2023-03-13
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2.1.58~
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  • Last update or commit was 1298 days before the snapshot (2023-03-13).

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Description

You can disable Hardware acceleration of qt_webkit by modifying the config file. Close Anki. Open the file explorer and navigate to the following path: Windows: %APPDATA%\Anki2 macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Anki2 Linux: ~/.local/share/Anki2 Backup the "prefs21.db" file. Open the "prefs21.db" file using an editor. You can use tools such as SQLite Browser or DB Browser for SQLite. Find the following value in the "updateconfig" table: 'qt_webkit', '{"profile": true}' Replace it with: 'qt_webkit', '{"profile": true, "args": ["--disable-gpu", "--disable-gpu-compositing"]}' Save the file and close the editor. Restart Anki. However, this is too cumbersome. So, using this plugin, you will be able to perform the desired function. Three menus will be added under the Tools menu: Show Profile Values usehadware notusehadware You can check if the value is stored correctly through Show Profile Values.