Text Tools in Right-Click Menu

AnkiWeb addon 2143302836

Adds a Text Tools menu to the editor's right-click menu with formatting, insertion, and editing commands, plus configurable quick items, user words, and optional reviewer support.
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Votes: 12 (👍 10 · 👎 2)
Updated: 2026-04-03
Anki versions: 25.09.2~
License: MIT (from the GitHub repository)
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Languages: Python, JavaScript, JSON
Description language: en

Maintenance

active

Last update or commit: 2026-10-05 (27 days before the snapshot).
Test files: 8.
GitHub Actions workflows: 1.
Commits in the last year: 50.
Issues: 0 open, 2 closed.
Pull requests: 0 open, 1 merged.
Median first response: 2 hours (2 answered issues and pull requests).

GitHub

Repository: piccoripico/text-formatting-and-editing-in-the-context-menu · more by piccoripico
Stars: ⭐ 3 · forks 0 · open issues 0
Last commit: 2026-04-04
License: MIT
Languages: Python, JavaScript
Tests: 8

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Min Anki	Max Anki	Updated
2.1.54	25.09.2+	2026-04-03

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Description

Add a Text Tools menu to the editor right-click menu so common formatting, insertion, and editing commands are always close at hand.

Japanese description (日本語)

Features

Formatting: bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, small text, superscript, subscript, monospace, inline code
Colors & size: text color, highlight color, font size presets, font selection dialog
Layout: text alignment, indent/outdent, ordered and unordered lists
Insert: links, images, ruby text, tables, date/time, math snippets, blockquotes, horizontal rules, and special characters
Edit: cut, copy, paste, paste as plain text, remove link, select all, undo/redo, clear all formatting
Extras: style presets and word count

Optional features

Quick Items

Choose frequently used commands for quicker access.
Show them near the top of the Text Tools menu or directly at the top level of the right-click menu.

User Words

Register your own words or short snippets and insert them from the User Words submenu.
Show them inside Text Tools or directly at the top level of the right-click menu.

Reviewer support

The add-on can also show Text Tools in the reviewer right-click menu. Most reviewer-side features are available when Edit Field During Review (Cloze) is installed.

Config

Open:

Tools -> Add-ons -> Text Tools in Right-Click Menu -> Config

The configuration window has three tabs:

General: show Text Tools in the editor and/or reviewer right-click menu
Quick Items: choose frequently used items and optionally display them at the top level of the right-click menu
User Words: add, edit, remove, reorder, import, or export your own words as plain text and optionally display them at the top level of the right-click menu

Changelog

2026-04-04
- Improved local image insertion by importing local files into Anki's media collection before insertion
- Improved cut, copy, and paste behavior
2026-03-08
- Rewrote the add-on from the ground up
- Renamed the add-on from Text Formatting and Editing in the Context Menu to Text Tools in Right-Click Menu
- Added style presets, ruby insertion, table insertion, and other improvements
2025-04-15
- Fixed an issue that prevented the configuration window from opening
2023-09-03
- Added a note about the reviewer context menu to the configuration window
2023-08-16
- Added the User Words feature
2023-07-29
- Added an option to display Quick Items at the top level of the right-click menu
2023-07-27
- Added a configuration window
- Added the Quick Items feature
- Fixed several bugs
2023-03-19
- Initial release

README

Text Tools in Right-Click Menu

An Anki add-on that adds a Text Tools menu to the editor right-click menu, making common formatting, insertion, and editing commands much easier to reach.

AnkiWeb: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/2143302836
Japanese README

Highlights

Text styling, colors, font sizes, alignment, lists, and clear-format helpers
Insert helpers for links, images, ruby text, tables, date/time, math snippets, blockquotes, and special characters
Quick Items and User Words for faster access to frequently used actions
Reviewer-side support, with broader functionality when Edit Field During Review (Cloze) is installed

Repository Layout

Text-Tools/: the shipped Anki add-on package
docs/: screenshots plus GitHub and AnkiWeb-facing documentation
scripts/: release helpers such as .ankiaddon packaging
tests/: automated checks for config migration, menu definitions, action dispatch, menu building, and packaging
tests-js/: DOM-level automated checks for reviewer-side web commands

Development

Install Ruff if needed:

py -3 -m pip install ruff
npm.cmd install

Run lint and formatting:

py -3 -m ruff check .
py -3 -m ruff format .

Run tests:

py -3 -m unittest discover -s tests -v
npm.cmd run test:js

Build a clean .ankiaddon package:

py -3 scripts/build_ankiaddon.py

This writes dist/Text-Tools.ankiaddon and packages the contents of Text-Tools/ at the archive root while excluding generated files such as __pycache__/, *.pyc, and user-specific files inside Text-Tools/user_files/ except README.txt.

Release Flow

Run the lint and format commands above.
Run through the manual smoke test checklist in docs/MANUAL_TEST_CHECKLIST.md.
Build dist/Text-Tools.ankiaddon.
Push a version tag such as v2.1.0 to create a GitHub release automatically.
Upload the generated .ankiaddon file to AnkiWeb manually.

The GitHub Actions workflow at .github/workflows/release.yml runs Ruff, Python tests, DOM tests, builds dist/Text-Tools.ankiaddon, and attaches that file to the GitHub release for the pushed tag.