2.1.28 is a big update with changes in a number of areas.
- A reworked graphs screen:
- Rewritten with new graphing tools for more interactivity.
- Graphs can now be displayed for arbitrary searches.
- Added a calendar/heatmap view.
- If you need them for add-ons, the old graphs are currently still
accessible with a shift+click on the Stats button.
- Reworked syncing:
- Normal syncs and media syncs can operate in parallel, speeding up startup and shutdown.
- Normal syncs no longer need to close open windows like the Browse screen, or close & re-open
the collection.
- Full syncs now show a progress bar.
- Full syncs can now be cancelled, and both normal and full syncs cancel more quickly.
- Card generation changes:
- Card generation now supports negated conditionals, and a mix of required
and optional fields.
- When adding/importing, if a normal note doesn't generate any cards, Anki
will now add a blank card 1 instead of refusing to add the note.
- Please bear in mind that if you take advantage of these features, older Anki
clients may report the cards are blank, or try to clean them up when you
use the Empty Cards feature.
- Cloze numbers over 499 are no longer supported.
- Card template screen:
- Changes are now accumulated, and can be saved or discarded when you close the screen.
- The front, back, and styling are no longer shown at the same time. You can switch between them with ctrl+1/2/3 or cmd+1/2/3.
- Added a search bar to search for text in the template or styling.
- Added a dropdown to change the previewed cloze number.
- Added a checkbox to toggle the filling of empty fields for preview.
- You can now delete a card template even if some notes are only using that
template - they will be given a blank card 1 instead.
- Scheduling:
- The deck list no longer caps counts to 1000.
- The overview and study screen no longer cap counts to 1000.
- The deck list will no longer show a parent count higher than the limit
set on the parent.
- Empty cards screen:
- Notes will not be deleted by default.
- Empty cards are grouped by note type.
- Empty cards can be clicked on to reveal them in the browse screen.
- Database check:
- Notes with the wrong field count are now recovered instead of being deleted.
- Notes with missing note types are now recovered instead of being deleted.
- Notes with missing cards are now recovered instead of being deleted.
- Unicode normalization:
If you are studying rare CJK characters and wish to prevent them from being converted into
modern equivalents, the following in the debug console will stop Anki from normalizing note text.
mw.col.conf["normalize_note_text"] = False
- The standard Windows build has troubles with the AltGr key. This is fixed
in the 2.1.29 beta, or [a workaround is available](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/altgr-shortcuts/67).
- The standard Mac build currently does not support native dark mode. If you
previously enabled it from the terminal, please either try the 2.1.29 beta, or
undo the change with the following terminal command:
defaults write net.ankiweb.dtop NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance -bool yes
Other changes:
- Performance improvements to a number of screens.
- Fields screen now accumulates changes, which can be saved or discarded when you close the screen.
- Updated a few screens to show progress bars instead of hanging the UI.
- The standard builds now use Qt 5.15.
- Audio player on Windows has been switched back to mpv. Please report any
issues you have playing audio files/videos.
- Fixed is:review not including relearning cards.
- Scroll media log to bottom at start (thanks to Kelciour)
- Update local media server (thanks to Evandro).
- Use Qt colour picker on Linux (thanks to Andreas).
- Add edited:x search for matching notes edited in last x days.
- Improvements to mpv handling (thanks to Kelciour).
- Windows build fix (thanks to Evandro).
- Clearer error message on failed regex search.
- Find & Replace remembers input (thanks to Evandro).
- Code improvements (thanks to BlueGreenMagick, Thomas and Andrew).
- Fixed '&' being changed in image filenames in HTML editor.
- Fixed exports getting broken by Windows carriage returns in note fields.
- Fixed deck deletion, and allow "deleting" the default deck (it comes back empty).
- Card layout screen divider can now be adjusted (thanks to Evandro).
- Fixed duplicate rendering in card layout screen (thanks to Evandro).
- Fixed off-by-one in field drag&drop (thanks to BlueGreenMagick)
- Various other fixes, including contributions from BlueGreenMagick, Arthur, neitrinoweb
and kenden.
2.1.27 was reserved for a bugfix update that did not eventuate.