🪟 Multi-Edit - Keep multiple Edit Card windows open at the same time

AnkiWeb addon 761230512

Opens a separate Edit Card window on every edit action instead of reusing a single one, letting multiple cards stay open simultaneously.
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Updated: 2026-04-26
Anki versions: 2.1.1~
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Languages: Python, JSON
Description language: en

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Last update or commit: 2026-04-26 (189 days before the snapshot).

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Description

By default, Anki uses a single Edit window. If you press E to edit a card, then move to the next card and press E again, the previous edit window is reused and switches to the new card, so you lose what you were looking at. 😤

🚀 What this add-on does

Every press of E (or click on the Edit button) spawns a fresh Edit window. Previous edits stay open with their original card, so you can:

👀 Compare two cards side by side while editing
📌 Keep one card open as a reference while editing another
⚡ Batch-edit several cards without constantly reopening them

🎯 Usage

Install, restart Anki. That's it, no config, no menu, no UI change. Just press E as you normally would. 🎉

🔧 How it works

The add-on intercepts aqt.dialogs.open("EditCurrent", ...) and bypasses the singleton dialog manager for this one dialog. All other dialogs behave exactly as before. Open windows are tracked internally to prevent Qt from garbage-collecting them, and references are released when each window is closed. 🧹

✅ Compatibility

🟢 Anki 2.1.50 and newer (Qt5 and Qt6)
🤝 No conflicts expected with other add-ons (the patch is scoped to the EditCurrent dialog name only and chains through to the original dialogs.open for everything else)