AnkiWeb addon 690923309
Maps standard gamepad buttons to Anki actions like flipping, answering, undo, and browser, plus custom keyboard shortcuts for card-template interactions.
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| Min Anki | Max Anki | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| 2.1.1 | 25.09+ | 2026-03-29 |
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Lets you review Anki cards with a Bluetooth gamepad by mapping its buttons to actions like flip, grade, undo, and sync, all remappable in the config.
Adds native gamepad support to Anki, mapping controller buttons and analog sticks to keyboard shortcuts, card actions, and smooth scrolling, with multi-profile detection, a modifier layer, and press-to-bind setup.
Enables gamepad control of Anki with customizable bindings, on-screen overlays, analog cursor control, a radial menu, and over 15 haptic vibration patterns for review actions.
Assigns Anki review actions—answer ratings, show answer, undo, or nothing—to mouse buttons, scroll-wheel movements, and long presses, configurable separately for question and answer sides.
Maps mouse clicks, wheel actions, and trackpad swipes to Anki review commands across question, answer, overview, and congratulations screens, plus deck-browser navigation and middle-click drag scrolling.
Maps customizable mouse-button and scroll-wheel shortcuts to over 20 review actions, such as showing answers, grading cards, and undoing.
Simple Gamepad
Map gamepad buttons to Anki actions. No profiles, no overlays, just a button-to-action config.
What it does
Connects any standard gamepad (Xbox, PlayStation, 8BitDo, etc.) to Anki and lets you assign an action to each button: flip cards, answer Again/Hard/Good/Easy, undo, open browser, and more.
Supports all standard gamepad buttons: A/B/X/Y, D-pad, shoulders, triggers, thumbstick buttons, options, and menu.
Custom action slots let you simulate any keyboard shortcut, so you can trigger things in your card templates (e.g. toggle a hint field, play audio).
How to use
Defaults
A = Flip Card B = Undo D-pad Up = Good D-pad Down = Again D-pad Left = Hard D-pad Right = Easy Everything else = Nothing
Custom action example (desktop)
In the addon config, set Custom 1 to the key P. Map a gamepad button to Custom 1.
In your card template, add:
<script>
document.addEventListener('keydown', function(e) {
if (e.key === 'p') {
var btn = document.querySelector('.replay-button') ||
document.querySelector('.replaybutton') ||
document.querySelector('.soundLink');
if (btn) btn.click();
}
});
</script>
Now the mapped gamepad button plays the card audio.
Custom actions on iPhone (AnkiMobile)
This addon is for Anki desktop only, but AnkiMobile has its own custom action support using userJs functions.
<script>
globalThis.userJs1 = function() {
var btn = document.querySelector('.replay-button') ||
document.querySelector('.replaybutton') ||
document.querySelector('.soundLink');
if (btn) btn.click();
};
</script>
Now that the gamepad button plays the card audio on your phone. You can add userJs2, userJs3, etc. for more custom actions.
The keydown listener (desktop) and the userJS function (mobile) can live in the same template. They don't interfere with each other.
Requirements
Anki 2.1.66+ Any gamepad recognised as a standard controller by your OS
Credits
Based on concepts from Contanki by Sam Bradshaw (MIT License).
Map gamepad buttons to Anki actions. No profiles, no overlays, just a button-to-action config.
Connects any standard gamepad (Xbox, PlayStation, 8BitDo, etc.) to Anki and lets you assign an action to each button: flip cards, answer Again/Hard/Good/Easy, undo, open browser, and more.
Supports all standard gamepad buttons: A/B/X/Y, D-pad, shoulders, triggers, thumbstick buttons, options, and menu.
Custom action slots let you simulate any keyboard shortcut, so you can trigger things in your card templates (e.g. toggle a hint field, play audio).
.ankiaddon filekeydown listener in your card template| Button | Action |
|---|---|
| A | Flip Card |
| B | Undo |
| D-pad Up | Good |
| D-pad Down | Again |
| D-pad Left | Hard |
| D-pad Right | Easy |
| Everything else | Nothing |
In the addon config, set Custom 1 to the key P. Map a gamepad button to Custom 1.
In your card template, add:
<script>
document.addEventListener('keydown', function(e) {
if (e.key === 'p') {
var btn = document.querySelector('.replay-button') ||
document.querySelector('.replaybutton') ||
document.querySelector('.soundLink');
if (btn) btn.click();
}
});
</script>
Now the mapped gamepad button plays the card audio.
This addon is for Anki desktop only, but AnkiMobile has its own custom action support using userJs functions.
userJs1 function:<script>
globalThis.userJs1 = function() {
var btn = document.querySelector('.replay-button') ||
document.querySelector('.replaybutton') ||
document.querySelector('.soundLink');
if (btn) btn.click();
};
</script>
Now that gamepad button plays the card audio on your phone. You can add userJs2, userJs3, etc. for more custom actions.
The keydown listener (desktop) and the userJs function (mobile) can live in the same template. They don't interfere with each other.
Based on concepts from Contanki by Sam Bradshaw (MIT License).