Touch Screen - draw and write on your cards

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Enables drawing and writing on cards during review, similar to AnkiDroid, with a temporary on-screen board, settings menu, Ctrl+R toggle, and hide/clean icons, currently supported on Linux.
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Votes
92 (πŸ‘ 70 Β· πŸ‘Ž 22)
Updated
2019-04-20
Anki versions
unknown
License
GPL-3.0 (from the GitHub repository)
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Languages
Python
Description language
en

Maintenance

abandoned

  • Last update or commit: 2023-12-23 (1044 days before the snapshot).
  • Commits in the last year: 0.
  • Issues: 21 open, 4 closed.
  • Pull requests: 2 open, 2 merged.
  • Median first response: 1673 hours (21 answered issues and pull requests).
  • Outside pull requests: 67% of 3 merged.
  • Forks that may still be maintained: "ε‘η‰Œε±εΉ•δΉ¦ε†™ | Write on your screen" (567651868), "AnkiDraw - Draw and write using mouse and stylus with pressure support" (1868980340).

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2.1.0–2019-04-20
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The original addon and its forks. The best value in each column is in bold.

VersionWorks on Anki 26.09.3MaintenanceLast activity VotesApprovalGitHub starsNotes
Touch Screen - draw and write on your cards this addon original unknown abandoned 23 Dec 2023 πŸ‘ 70 Β· πŸ‘Ž 22 66% 27
↳ AnkiDraw - Draw and write using mouse and stylus with pressure support likely active 19 Sep 2026 πŸ‘ 95 Β· πŸ‘Ž 2 93% 73
↳ annotate : writing, rectangles, highlight,lines, eraser (AI-detected; may be wrong) likely active 26 Jul 2026 πŸ‘ 6 Β· πŸ‘Ž 0 61% –
↳ AnkiDraw - Draw and write using mouse and stylus with pressure supportfixed lisi (AI-detected; may be wrong) supported stale 11 Dec 2024 πŸ‘ 1 Β· πŸ‘Ž 0 21% –
↳ ε‘η‰Œε±εΉ•δΉ¦ε†™ | Write on your screen (AI-detected; may be wrong) likely abandoned 4 Feb 2024 πŸ‘ 6 Β· πŸ‘Ž 2 41% 1

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Description

Implements same drawing/writing mechanism as in AnkiDroid. Your writing is NOT intended to remain on the cards after review - same as in AnkiDroid. Only supported on Linux (a.k.a. the maintainer does not use Windows). Use the menu View β†’ TouchScreen to activate/change settings. Use Ctrl + R to toggle the touch screen. Use icons which will show up in the top right corner of the review screen to temporarily hide/clean the board. Enjoy! Please report any issues, feature request, etc. here: GitHub Anki-TouchScreen Issues Changelog: 0.2.6 - make "undo" action available under Alt + Z 0.2.4 - add support for enhanced image occlusion, add a fix for "a double click bug" by LaucianK 0.2.3 - bugfix release, improvements to undo button, styling and performance 0.2.1 - minor fix for the buttons/canvas positioning 0.2 - added "undo" option, improved the support of long cards plus other minor improvements There is a known issue with infinite expansion of the drawing area on Windows - if you use Windows and know how to fix it, please send a pull request in the GitHub repository. Tips & tricks - center the content of your cards to prevent button overlap, or - move the buttons to the bottom Disclaimer: Important parts of Javascript code were inspired by creativejs tutorial. I recommend you check out the resource if you are interested in learning JS. This add-on works well with Anki Night Mode.

README

Anki-TouchScreen

Touch screen functionality for Anki

Implements same drawing/writing mechanism as in AnkiDroid. Your writing is NOT intended to remain on the cards after review - same as in AnkiDroid.

Use the menu View β†’ TouchScreen to activate/change settings.

Use Ctrl + R to toggle the touchscreen.

Use icons which will show up in the top right corner of the review screen to temporarily hide/clean the board. Enjoy!

Warning: the version for Anki 2.0 has limited functionality, and may sometimes not work as expected; since the release of Anki 2.1, the old version is not supported.

Changelog:

  • 0.2.6 - make "undo" action available under Alt + Z
  • 0.2.4 - add support for enhanced image occlusion, add a fix for "a double click bug" by LaucianK
  • 0.2.3 - bug fix release, improvements to undo button, styling and performance
  • 0.2.1 - minor fix for the buttons/canvas positioning
  • 0.2 - added "undo" option, improved the support of long cards plus other minor improvements

Disclaimer

Important parts of Javascript code were inspired by creativejs tutorial. I recommend you check out the resource if you are interested in learning JS.

This add-on works well with Anki Night Mode.

For developers

You are more than welcome to contribute! While I may not be able to support every user of this addon, I will do my best to help any developer willing to open PR implementing new features or fixing bugs.