Alternatives to Multi-column note editor (2025 edition)

Displays note editor fields in multiple adjustable columns, with per-note-type and per-context settings and options to make selected fields span an entire row.

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Displays the note editor in multiple columns using automatic, manual, or custom grid-area layouts, with shortcuts to toggle modes and temporarily widen a field.

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Adds visual Browser layouts, tabs, zoom, explorer-style navigation, drag-and-drop organization, folder colours, and a grid-based note-type manager with counters, quick editors, nested folders, and JSON import/export.

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Enhances Anki's card browser with multi-select column menus, extra fields and tags, customizable column order, navigation history, card preview buttons, and translation support.

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Creates multiple notes at once from a temporary note in the add window, splitting configured question/answer fields, with optional cloze support and cross-note links.

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Adds a button to freeze and unfreeze fields, controlling whether content is kept when adding notes, with compatibility for other add-ons like multi-column editor and LaTeX/MathJax in editor.

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Displays multiple note fields per line, lets users toggle fields between short and full-width, shows LaTeX compilation results in editor and browser, and saves column settings with the note type.

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Displays live total and per-field word counts in Anki's Add, Edit Current, and Browser editors, updating as you type while safely handling formatted HTML content.

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Adds customizable, sortable browser columns for note fields, card statistics, review data, and internal database values, plus optional selectable or editable table content.

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Lets you set which note field receives the cursor when creating a new note, configured per note type using a zero-based field index.

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Opens field content in a separate dialog using a customized TinyMCE editor for advanced table editing, with configurable shortcuts and optional custom CSS.

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Creates many Anki notes at once from flat JSON arrays or mapped CSV/TSV data, supporting decks, tags, validation, warnings, and editable cards before bulk creation.

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