Card layouts
With card layouts, you can manage the disposition of fields in cards. A deck can have one or several card layouts.
Having several card layouts allows you to retrieve knowledge from different pieces of information. For example, you can have a front and back side in one layout, and reverse them in another.
Editing card layouts
- To create a new layout, click .
- To edit a layout, click below the layout you want to modify.
When creating or editing a layout, you candrag and drop fields to the front or back side of the card.
For text-based fields, you can also choose from a few styling options.
Card layouts have two limitations:
- Front side can contain from 1 to 6 fields.
- Back side can contain from 1 to 12 fields.
Primary card layout
The primary card layout is the default layout used to display your cards.
There is always exactly one primary card layout in a deck. To delete it, you need to select a new primary layout first.
In the primary card layout, the field on the front side can't have any empty values. This ensures there is always at least one valid layout when you review your cards.
Activate or deactivate a card layout
You can deactivate a layout to prevent it being used in reviews instead of deleting it. The primary layout can't be deactivated.
When you activate a layout, it adds all the card variants to your reviews. Each card variant has its own study schedule. Therefore, activating layouts increases the number of reviews to be scheduled.
When you deactivate a layout, it removes the card variants from the reviews. The cards' progress data is not deleted and will resume at the same stage if reactivated.