

Cloze Overlapper
0.03MB. Updated 2017-03-08. Only supports Anki 2.0.x.
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very useful, thank you!

Thank you very much for all your time and effort! Please ignore the ungrateful people!

Seriously need 2.1 with 2.0 deprecated soon.
Comment from author
Working on it!

Perfect for learning a lot of facts on a single topic (e.g. a certain Bacteria). Since support for Anki 2.0 will close soon, 2.1. compatibility would be highly appreciated. Thanks for all your hard work!

Works perfectly on the old version, one of my favorite addons.
Keep working on it!
Keep working on it!

Make it workable for 2.1, please

Please do make it available for 2.1

Thank you

port this finally...

Awesome!

Very useful for memorizing lists.

this will make my time short.

Thank you for this nice plugin.
I hope it gets into Anki version 2.1 one day...
Kind regards
Alexandre
I hope it gets into Anki version 2.1 one day...
Kind regards
Alexandre

Love this add-on. Can't wait until it's available for 2.1. <3

Your work is incredible! apreciate it man! keep up :).

Essential add-on but still not available for anki 2.1...
Comment from author before post was edited
It is available for 2.1, but in testing. Good things take time. To get access to it, either build it yourself (https://github.com/glutanimate/cloze-overlapper/releases/tag/v0.4.0-alpha.0), or join the early access program on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/glutanimate/posts?tag=Cloze%20Overlapper).
But even if it was 2.0 only, it's incredibly unkind and ungrateful of you to downvote an add-on due to lack of 2.1 compatibility. Add-on authors are under no obligation to spend their free time developing add-ons for you. And as the add-on description above does not advertise 2.1 support in any fashion and the add-on is not listed on the page of 2.1 add-ons (https://ankiweb.net/shared/addons/2.1), your rating is completely uncalled for. Downvoting these "essential" add-ons as you say is a great way to discourage add-on devs from ever producing them and making them freely available to you.
But even if it was 2.0 only, it's incredibly unkind and ungrateful of you to downvote an add-on due to lack of 2.1 compatibility. Add-on authors are under no obligation to spend their free time developing add-ons for you. And as the add-on description above does not advertise 2.1 support in any fashion and the add-on is not listed on the page of 2.1 add-ons (https://ankiweb.net/shared/addons/2.1), your rating is completely uncalled for. Downvoting these "essential" add-ons as you say is a great way to discourage add-on devs from ever producing them and making them freely available to you.

amazing and essential

Hello, I am trying to install this add on but it is telling me it is not working. What should I do?

Great help for med students, looking forward to 2.1 version

gerade gemerkt du hast patreon - Konto erstellt und etwas (klein-auch student sorry) dagelassen
was ist mit direkt paypal ?
was ist mit direkt paypal ?

Looking forward to 2.1 support!

Waiting for the version for Anki 2.1!

Waiting for 2.1 version :/

Incredible plugin! It opened a new level of Anki for me. I'm glad to hear a 2.1.x version is in progress.

that's very useful

Brilliant

Thanks for the add-on, you're brilliant!

Great work, thank you!

Hey Glutanimate, I was wondering if there is a way to do a cloze WITHIN a cloze (#inception), to EXPAND on information contained in the first cloze?
After answering the first cloze, you'd graduate and be able to answer new detail in the second cloze. For example, I want the card to read like...
Card 1: CHF maintenance w/ [...]
Card 2: CHF maintenance w/ oral loop + ACE-I + BB (specifically [...])
Which would expand as...
CHF maintenance w/ oral loop + ACE-I + BB (specifically carvedilol, metoprolol, bisoprolol)
I've tried this...
CHF maintenance w/ {{c1::oral loop + ACE-I + BB (specifically {{c2::carvedilol, metoprolol, bisoprolol}})}}
But it ends up looking like this...
CHF maintenance w/ [carvedilol, metoprolol, bisoprolol])}}
Which expands as...
CHF maintenance w/ oral loop + ACE-I + BB (specifically {unknown field c2)}
Can you help? :)
After answering the first cloze, you'd graduate and be able to answer new detail in the second cloze. For example, I want the card to read like...
Card 1: CHF maintenance w/ [...]
Card 2: CHF maintenance w/ oral loop + ACE-I + BB (specifically [...])
Which would expand as...
CHF maintenance w/ oral loop + ACE-I + BB (specifically carvedilol, metoprolol, bisoprolol)
I've tried this...
CHF maintenance w/ {{c1::oral loop + ACE-I + BB (specifically {{c2::carvedilol, metoprolol, bisoprolol}})}}
But it ends up looking like this...
CHF maintenance w/ [carvedilol, metoprolol, bisoprolol])}}
Which expands as...
CHF maintenance w/ oral loop + ACE-I + BB (specifically {unknown field c2)}
Can you help? :)

This addon is an absolute cornerstone of my ability to learn lists, processes, lyrics and poetry. It handles connected sequences of information in a literally game-changing way. This should absolutely be a part of Anki's basic functionality. Truly essential.

LOVE IT!!!! Make one for 2.1! please!!!!

Too much context has been one of my biggest problems with the Anki cloze system. This however is excellent. Thank you very much.

Love it! I won't update to 2.1 until this extension is updated, because it's so integral to my learning

Really good. When will it be available for 2.1 version?
Comment from author
Thanks! Glad you like the add-on :). It might take a couple more months for the 2.1 version to hit AnkiWeb. But if you don't want to wait, I've just pushed out the first alpha build on my Patreon!: https://www.patreon.com/posts/cloze-overlapper-24279438

Great addition for students!

Please, it would be great if someone ported it to Anki 2.1 !
Comment from author
Sorry that it's taking so long, but I'm working on it!

I miss having this add-on, would be great if someone ported it to Anki 2.1 !

Looking forward to seeing this on 2.1
Makes me a little sad each time I check and it's not supported yet. I will wait still
Makes me a little sad each time I check and it's not supported yet. I will wait still

i have been using your various add-ons, love them. I have an idea for a new project, that may make anki even more powerful than before, I hope you can apply your skill to this task. can you create a bridge between the media import addon and image occlusion, here is why. I primariliy use image occulsion to study, but it can become time consuming because i use it for every slide on a given lecture, so having 3 lectures per day results in 80 slides per lecture, results in too much time making cards. media import is great because it allow you to import you lecture fast but it does not allow for the use of image occulsion , so frustrating, do you think you can take on this challenge? waiting for 2.1 overlapper, i am checking regularly

Looking forward to 2.1

Really good add-on but is severely outdated! We need the 2.1 update.

When will it be available also for Anki 2.1?

This is one of my 2 main card types. Indispensable.

Brilliant, works well. Helpful youtube tutorial as well.

Useful! Thanx!

Essential Add-on for me.

I did not think that Anki could be even more powerful than it is allready. This add-on proved me wrong. Also try the Image Oclusion Enhanced from the same developer. Highly recomended!

Desperately need this for 2.1

This is such a great addition to the normal Cloze functionality. As with others, just waiting for it to be available for 2.1!

An essential addon for me. I am really looking forward to the 2.1 port! Please keep up the amazing work!

Good!

<3 <3<3

Firstly have a meal on me.
Amazing job with all the Add-ons.
Please reconsider adding typing support for this Add-on. It would simply be awesome.
I have no idea if it would be possible but I know of one Add-on that allows more than one type field per card, called "Multiple type fields on card"
Amazing job with all the Add-ons.
Please reconsider adding typing support for this Add-on. It would simply be awesome.
I have no idea if it would be possible but I know of one Add-on that allows more than one type field per card, called "Multiple type fields on card"
Comment from author
That was very generous of you, thank you! I really appreciate the continued support! :)
Typing is definitely something I'd like to look into again. That add-on is a good start, but the implementation is a bit too hacky and unstable for my taste (it overwrites quite a few private methods in Anki's code). Ideally I'd like to find something that works across all platforms. Perhaps this will be easier to implement on Anki 2.1. No guarantees, though!
Typing is definitely something I'd like to look into again. That add-on is a good start, but the implementation is a bit too hacky and unstable for my taste (it overwrites quite a few private methods in Anki's code). Ideally I'd like to find something that works across all platforms. Perhaps this will be easier to implement on Anki 2.1. No guarantees, though!

!!!

I'd love this to be updated to work with Anki 2.1, because this is one of my "must have" add-ons!
Comment from author
Thanks for the rating! Glad you're enjoying the add-on. I'm working on the 2.1 port as we speak.

Useful add on for the biosciences (pathways, post-receptor activation steps...)

Nice ADD!

Save a lot of my time. Thanks.

It is well thought-out, well implemented, and phenomenally brilliant, really. It is utterly transforming my ability to work with lists of things I need to memorize, as well as writing (poems, songs, verses, etc.) I need to memorize. It's incredible.

Thank you, awesome addon. I would like to use it more, unfortunately, for me, I can't use it togheter with Emacs package Anki-Editor. I would like to add cards that use: [[oc::text]], however, in Emac's Org-Mode the "[[ ]]" implements a hyperlink, so I can't export the notes correctly. Is there any way to change the syntax from [[oc::text]] to something like {{oc::text}}?

Has been great for medical school. Study for step 1 right now and has been enormously helpful in learning lists.
One nit-picky thing is I wish the font size in the browser could be put back to the default/original size for this add-on. I index my cards and sort them by their index id, so when I'm scrolling through a deck in the browser looking for a specific topic to syudy, the fonts get big and small because this addon has a larger font. Makes it a little harder to quickly find a topic by eye. Currently looking for a way to change the font size in the browser so everything is the same size
One nit-picky thing is I wish the font size in the browser could be put back to the default/original size for this add-on. I index my cards and sort them by their index id, so when I'm scrolling through a deck in the browser looking for a specific topic to syudy, the fonts get big and small because this addon has a larger font. Makes it a little harder to quickly find a topic by eye. Currently looking for a way to change the font size in the browser so everything is the same size
Comment from author
Hi! Thanks for the feedback! Glad you've been enjoying the add-on.
For what it's worth, the add-on's card template actually uses the default font size for the browser appearance. You can check this by creating a new Anki profile and adding some basic cards and overlapping clozes, and then comparing how they appear in the browser.
If you are using a shared Step 1 deck like Zanki or Bros then they are more than likely equipped with custom card templates that render slightly differently in the browser. In order to apply the same font formatting to the Cloze Overlapper template you can do the following: Find a card with a smaller font size in the browser, click on "Cards" in the editor section, then click on "More" at the bottom of the card template editor. You should be able to select "Browser appearance" or something similar. Click on that and a dialog with a font selection menu should come up. Remember what font and font size is set there. Then repeat the previous steps for the Cloze Overlapper note type right up to the point where the dialog comes up. Set the font values you remember from the other note type, then confirm with OK to apply the changes.
N.B.: It might look like Cloze Overlapper and the other note types are using the same values (Arial 12), but that is actually not the case. By default, the font values of card templates in Anki are unset. I.e.: It might say Arial 12, but Anki actually uses the system-wide font settings to determine the card's appearance in the browser. It's only after clicking "OK" in the font settings dialog that the options shown there are actually applied. There is also no easy way to undo this change with Anki 2.0, so be careful with that. Once you set the font settings for one card template you will have to do it for every single one to reach the same level of consistency as before.
For what it's worth, the add-on's card template actually uses the default font size for the browser appearance. You can check this by creating a new Anki profile and adding some basic cards and overlapping clozes, and then comparing how they appear in the browser.
If you are using a shared Step 1 deck like Zanki or Bros then they are more than likely equipped with custom card templates that render slightly differently in the browser. In order to apply the same font formatting to the Cloze Overlapper template you can do the following: Find a card with a smaller font size in the browser, click on "Cards" in the editor section, then click on "More" at the bottom of the card template editor. You should be able to select "Browser appearance" or something similar. Click on that and a dialog with a font selection menu should come up. Remember what font and font size is set there. Then repeat the previous steps for the Cloze Overlapper note type right up to the point where the dialog comes up. Set the font values you remember from the other note type, then confirm with OK to apply the changes.
N.B.: It might look like Cloze Overlapper and the other note types are using the same values (Arial 12), but that is actually not the case. By default, the font values of card templates in Anki are unset. I.e.: It might say Arial 12, but Anki actually uses the system-wide font settings to determine the card's appearance in the browser. It's only after clicking "OK" in the font settings dialog that the options shown there are actually applied. There is also no easy way to undo this change with Anki 2.0, so be careful with that. Once you set the font settings for one card template you will have to do it for every single one to reach the same level of consistency as before.

super useful

Funny, it never once occurred to me that this would not solve my problem of having to type in four answers for a 4-cloze note. If spelling is important (not doctor?), and we're just supposed to analog write on paper in front of the computer, we have to write the previous item prompt and the item we're remembering.
I spent the afternoon on the videos, installed, made some cards, and only then was directed to a thread where it's explained that only one "type"-field per card is allowed. We know that. That's what we wanted this for -- to split clozes into multiple cards to avoid that limitation.
If this is creating separate cards for each line of a list, why can there not be one "type"-field per card, so we can type in the answer?
I spent the afternoon on the videos, installed, made some cards, and only then was directed to a thread where it's explained that only one "type"-field per card is allowed. We know that. That's what we wanted this for -- to split clozes into multiple cards to avoid that limitation.
If this is creating separate cards for each line of a list, why can there not be one "type"-field per card, so we can type in the answer?
Comment from author before post was edited
Sorry to hear that you were unhappy with the add-on. However, there's a reason why typing support is not advertised anywhere within the add-on description, numerous wiki entries, nor tutorial videos: Anki does not support multiple typing fields on the same card, thus Cloze Overlapper doesn't either (https://github.com/glutanimate/cloze-overlapper/issues/1). It begs the question then why you would rate the add-on for what it can't be, instead of rating it for what it is.

awesome

The work you are doing to improve learning is great..Keep up the great work Glutanimate!!

Thank you for developing this. It's excellent.

This is amazing at what it does!

Extremely Useful

it really helped

Zum Lernen langer Listen einfach klasse. Bspw. Arterien / Venen und Nerven oder Komplikationslisten und Differentialdiagnosen. Gute gemacht!

Another plug-in from glutanimate that is totally awesome. Even though it's pretty straightforward, the variations are many. Perfect tool for creating pathways, like in neuroscience and biochemistry, and learning complex related topics.

Thank you soo much for this addon. We need more people like you (programmers) that can help more people like me (non programmers). I've been looking for something like that for my learning Cantonese. You've made my day! ;)

Works wonderfully!

Cloze overlapper is the gold standard for what a plugin should be.

Nice one!

Great Stuff!

I like it.

amazing for my nursing care planning schedule.

Works just have to play around with it. Any way to convert regular cloze cards to this?

Anki essential

Awesome missing feature added. Thanks!

shut up and take my money!

Very Useful
Thank you very much. It is very useful to remember lists.
Thank you very much. It is very useful to remember lists.

Awesome
Just an awesome and very useful addon! Thanks for releasing it.
Just an awesome and very useful addon! Thanks for releasing it.

sounds good
but if only it worked on anki mobile it would have been hilarious
but if only it worked on anki mobile it would have been hilarious

Some bugs
Hello there ! thanks for your awesome add... please if you can fix some bugs... whenever i add a list row that contain some colored words and then i add the overlapping [o]] and add the note to find that this sentence which contained the colored word has split into 2 sentences.. please fix it . thanks :)
Hello there ! thanks for your awesome add... please if you can fix some bugs... whenever i add a list row that contain some colored words and then i add the overlapping [o]] and add the note to find that this sentence which contained the colored word has split into 2 sentences.. please fix it . thanks :)

Very useful addon
This addon is great for making cards for memorising lists. Would reccommend people to watch the authors videos on youtube to learn about all the features.
This addon is great for making cards for memorising lists. Would reccommend people to watch the authors videos on youtube to learn about all the features.

Just perfect
Such a useful addon to help users to memorize lists, paragraphs, poems and so on. Excellent job!
Such a useful addon to help users to memorize lists, paragraphs, poems and so on. Excellent job!

Awesome
One of the best addons.
One of the best addons.

Out of the 10+ add-ons I have, this is definitely in my top 3. I have struggled with putting metabolic pathways (Endocrinology class, yep), lists, sonnets onto Anki because of the lack of clues and connection-building -- but this is a godsend. Out of the myriad of add-ons I have, this is definitely in my top 3 most valuable for studying. Get it now!! Also, the "Remarks" field is great.

Excellent
Works as advertised.
Works as advertised.