Customize Keyboard Shortcuts (Enhanced Edition)

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Provides an interactive virtual keyboard for viewing, recording, searching, detecting third-party add-on shortcuts, and rebinding Anki keyboard shortcuts across native keyboard layouts.
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Updated: 2026-10-11
Anki versions: 23.09~
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Languages: Python, JSON, HTML+ERB
Description language: en

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Last update or commit: 2026-10-20 (12 days before the snapshot).
Commits in the last year: 3.
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Pull requests: 0 open, 0 merged.

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Repository: ficello/anki-customize-keyboard-shortcuts · more by ficello
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Last commit: 2026-10-20
Languages: Python, HTML
Tests: 0

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2.1.1	23.09+	2026-10-11

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Description

Customize Keyboard Shortcuts (Enhanced Edition)

An advanced keyboard shortcuts manager and interactive visualizer for Anki. Inspired by Adobe After Effects and professional creative software suites, this add-on brings a visual keyboard map, automatic Windows layout detection, and third-party add-on shortcut discovery to Anki.

Key Features

Interactive Virtual Keyboard: Live graphical layout rendering key mappings dynamically as you press or select modifiers (Ctrl, Alt, Shift).
Native Layout Detection: Automatically adapts to your active system keyboard layout (AZERTY, QWERTY, QWERTZ, Dvorak, Colemak).
Third-Party Add-on Discovery: Scans and displays shortcuts registered by other installed add-ons (EDN ecosystem, Card Management, Diff viewers, etc.).
Multi-Language Support: Seamless localization in French, English, and Chinese with automatic Anki language detection.
Quick Key Sequence Capture: Modal recorder to capture and assign shortcuts on the fly.
Search & Filter: Instantly search by action name, key, or category.

How to Use

Go to Tools > Customize Keyboard Shortcuts... in the main Anki window.
Click any key on the virtual keyboard to inspect its bound action, or browse actions by section (Main, Editor, Reviewer, Browser, etc.).
Double-click an action or click a key to modify the keybinding.
Click Apply to save your changes.

Compatibility

Anki 2.1.50+ up to latest Anki 24.x / 25.x+
Windows, macOS, and Linux
Qt6 & Qt5

README

Customize Keyboard Shortcuts (Enhanced Edition)

An advanced keyboard shortcuts manager and interactive visualizer for Anki. Inspired by Adobe After Effects and professional creative suites, this add-on provides an interactive virtual keyboard, native layout detection, bi-directional binding, and advanced detection of third-party add-on shortcuts.

Key Features

Interactive Virtual Keyboard
- Full visual layout rendering in real-time.
- Live modifier key detection (Ctrl, Alt, Shift).
- Dynamic key binding display directly on each keycap.
Native Keyboard Layout Support
- Automatic Windows layout detection.
- Built-in support for AZERTY (FR), QWERTY (US), QWERTZ (DE/CH), Dvorak, and Colemak.
Third-Party Add-on Scanner
- Discovers and displays shortcuts registered by other add-ons (e.g., Anki EDN ecosystem, Diff viewers, Card Managers).
- Resolves human-readable add-on names and scope (Main window, Editor, Reviewer, Browser).
Multi-Language Support (i18n)
- Fully localized in French (fr_FR), English (en_US), and Chinese (zh_CN) with automatic detection.
Safe & Non-Destructive
- Instant search and category filtering.
- Reset to defaults at any time.
- In-app key sequence recorder.

Installation & Usage

Restart Anki after installation.
Open Tools > Customize Keyboard Shortcuts (or press your configured shortcut).
Click on any key on the visual keyboard or browse the command table to edit shortcut assignments.
Click Apply or OK to save changes.

Compatibility

Anki 2.1.50+ up to Anki 23.x / 24.x / 25.x+
PyQt6 & Qt5 compatible
Windows, macOS, and Linux