Bold Color Shortcut

AnkiWeb addon 1759040096

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Adds editor keyboard shortcuts to quickly change selected text color, with an option to bold it, configurable via a settings file.
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Votes
10 (πŸ‘ 8 Β· πŸ‘Ž 2)
Updated
2021-04-01
Anki versions
2.1.16~
License
MIT (from the GitHub repository)
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Languages
HTML, Python, JSON
Description language
en

Maintenance

abandoned

  • Last update or commit: 2022-06-28 (1587 days before the snapshot).
  • Commits in the last year: 0.
  • Issues: 1 open, 1 closed.
  • Pull requests: 0 open, 1 merged.
  • Median first response: 19 hours (1 answered issues and pull requests).

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VersionWorks on Anki 26.09.3MaintenanceLast activity VotesApprovalGitHub starsNotes
Quick Colour Changing original supported abandoned 19 Oct 2023 πŸ‘ 106 Β· πŸ‘Ž 18 78% –
↳ Bold Color Shortcut this addon (AI-detected; may be wrong) likely abandoned 28 Jun 2022 πŸ‘ 8 Β· πŸ‘Ž 2 49% 0

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Description

Bold Color Shortcut https://github.com/BigFatDuck1/boldcolorshortcut-anki Change color of text and bold it quickly. Simple anki addon for adding keyboard shortcuts to quickly change the color of selected text, similar to the default Ctrl + B for bold or Ctrl + I for italic in the editor. You can toggle whether you want the text to be bolded as well by changing the config.json file: "bold": "on" to "bold": "off". Current default is:
  • Red
  • Orange (+ alt)
  • Yellow
  • Green
  • Light Green
  • Blue
  • Purple
  • Brown (N)
  • White
  • Cyan (D)
Shortcut is Ctrl + Shift + (First letter) (exceptions placed in brackets, e.g. `Ctrl + Shift + Alt + O` for orange or `Ctrl + Shift + D` for cyan) Make sure the keyboard shortcut you have chosen does not overlap with other anki keyboard shortcuts, as those take precedent! Credits: Based on Quick Colour Changing ("https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/2491935955")

README

Bold Color Shortcut

Change color of text and bold it quickly.

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Installation

Easiest way to install is to get it here: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1759040096

Description

Simple anki addon for adding keyboard shortcuts to quickly change the color of selected text, similar to the default Ctrl + B for bold or Ctrl + I for italic in the editor.

The default configuration will turn the text red when Ctrl + Shift + R is pressed. You can add use other shortcut key names like Ctrl + M or F11 as well.

You can toggle whether you want the text to be bolded as well by changing the config.json file: "bold": "on" to "bold": "off".

Current default is

  • Red
  • Orange (+ alt)
  • Yellow
  • Green
  • Light Green
  • Blue
  • Purple
  • Brown (N)
  • White
  • Cyan (D)
  • Grey (E)
  • Pink (K)

Shortcut is Ctrl + Shift + (First letter)
(exceptions placed in brackets, e.g. Ctrl + Shift + Alt + O for orange or Ctrl + Shift + D for cyan)

Colour names can be standard colour names like "red", or red/green/blue colour codes like #ffffff.

Make sure the keyboard shortcut you have chosen does not overlap with other anki keyboard shortcuts, as those take precedent!

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Credits

Based on Quick Colour Changing (https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/2491935955)