Anki Accent Popup – Education Perfect-Style Accent & Symbol Picker
This add-on adds a modern accent and symbol picker to Anki, similar to Education Perfect and macOS.
Hold a key to see alternate characters, then select them with number keys or by clicking.
It works while:
- Reviewing cards
- Editing notes
- Creating new notes
- Using the browser editor
No special keyboards needed.
How to Use
Hold a key to show variants (e.g. hold “e”).
Release the key and the popup will stay open.
Select a variant by:
- Pressing 1–0, -, =, `, [, ], or \
- Clicking the character
- Press Esc to close the popup
Typing another key automatically closes the popup.
Greek Mode
You can enable Greek Mode in the add-on settings (config.json):
"greek_mode": true
When Greek Mode is enabled, holding Latin letters shows Greek letters (e.g. a → α, p → π).
Settings (config.json)
enabled
Turn the entire add-on on or off.
enable_letter_variants
Enable accented letters.
enable_symbol_variants
Enable math symbols and number variants.
hold_letters_for_variants
Require holding letters to show variants.
hold_symbols_for_variants
Require holding symbols/numbers to show variants.
hold_delay_ms
How long (in milliseconds) you must hold a key before the popup appears.
greek_mode
Enable Greek alphabet mode.
Supported Characters
Accented Latin Letters:
á à â ä ā ã å æ ɑ ɐ
ḅ ƀ ɓ
ç ć č ĉ ċ
đ ď ḍ ɗ ð
é è ê ë ē ė ę œ ɛ ɜ
ğ ģ ĝ ġ ɣ
í ì î ï ī į ɪ
ł ľ ĺ ļ
ñ ń ň ŋ
ó ò ô ö ō õ ø œ ɔ
ß ś š ŝ ș
ť ţ ț
ú ù û ü ū ų ʊ
ý ÿ ŷ
ž ź ż ʒ
Greek Alphabet (Greek Mode):
α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ σ ς τ υ φ χ ψ ω
Math & Symbol Variants:
≡ ∥ ≈ ≠ ≤ ≥ ∝ ∂
∞ √
Subscripts & Superscripts:
₀ ⁰
₁ ¹
₂ ²
₃ ³
₄ ⁴
₅ ⁵
₆ ⁶
₇ ⁷
₈ ⁸
₉ ⁹
Special Constants:
π
φ
Selection Keys
Variants are ordered and selectable using:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - = ` [ ]
Tips
• Increase hold_delay_ms if the popup triggers too easily.
• Disable symbol variants if numbers interfere with typing.
• Greek Mode is great for math, physics, and science decks.
Changelog
1/2/2026 - created addon