Describe the bug

Clicking the 'Export Set' button makes the app crash if there is no Flashcard in the Set.

To Reproduce

1. Create an empty set and remove the 2 default question templates
2. Click 'Export set'

Expected behavior

I didn't expect that button to produce anything when the set is empty anyway ^^. Nonetheless it should at least be 'greyed out'/defined as not clickable to avoid this

I'm really enjoying the latest changes, great work! Semantically, I think it would make more sense to use a hierarchical navigation model for the main view at narrow window widths than an overlay sidebar based one, since the app has a clear top-down structure (list of sets -> set info -> study/test modes). AdwNavigationSplitView implements this hierarchical model.

Describe the bug

Hi, I'm stress-testing your UI a lil bit by using Memorize to make my English <-> Arabic flashcards. Not a big deal, but the Arabic text (written right-to-left) isn't properly centered. Stylesheet issue probably?

Thanks for the app, it's very straightforward if a bit barebones for now 👍

To Reproduce

A flashcard test you can import:

Midday	ظَهيرة
Night	لَيلةٌ
Star	نَجمة

The result:

Expected behavior

Well-centered questions and answers.

Additional context

No response

Most of the buttons lack 'tooltips' to indicate what they trigger, which makes understanding the app's features (sometimes) not evident…
E.g. I was confused by the button that allows importing from Quizlet/Anki, thinking it created a backup of my Flashcards set; same for the 'export' button next to the 'delete' one 😅

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

No response

Describe the solution you'd like

It'd be great if Flashcards allowed importing Anki files.

Describe alternatives you've considered

I suppose Anki could gain support for export to Flashcards instead, but Anki is the more common format here.

Additional context

Anki is probably the most commonly-used free and open-source flashcard app. As such, there's a lot of Anki decks being shared around and it'd be great to be able to use them inside Flashcards.

Hi,

this app is really nice!
Could you please provide the po for translations?
Thank you.
Regards.
A

Describe the bug

clicking on the "add a set" button and pressing the ESC key does not prevent the set from being created

To Reproduce

click on the "add set" button and press ESC

Expected behavior

the set should not be created

Additional context

I think we could prevent this with the user being forced to put a name on the set

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

I use Memorize to study Thai Script and the default font for Thai Script in GNOME is hard to read.

Describe the solution you'd like

It would be great if one could define font, font size and color for questions and answers individually.

Describe alternatives you've considered

It would already be helpful if the font and font size could be set globally (for questions and answers combined).

Additional context

Libadwaita 1.5 comes with new adaptive dialogs, that adapt to the parent window size and turn into bottom sheets on narrow window widths. It would be neat if the set editing view could utilize such a dialog.

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

No response

Describe the solution you'd like

@wada3n reported in #1 that it would make sense to add an image to a flashcard. I would add another button to a flashcard's toolbar (maybe make it one media button together with #3) for the image. Similarly to #3, this would be hidden by default and displayed in a popover in all the views.

Describe alternatives you've considered

One might also display the image in the flashcard next to the text (on the top), and in the study and test view to the question, but this solution is not ideal as an image can illustrate the question as well as the answer.

Additional context

This problem has been reported by @wada3n in #1.

Describe the bug

When there is a long tag name, it will be displayed with scrollbars in the appearing pop-up instead of being cleanly cut-off, which spoils the aesthetics of the app (and makes navigating through tags a bit unpleasant)

To Reproduce

1. Create a long Tag name (e.g. something in French 😇)
2. Click the Tag button next to a FlashCard
3. Tag name is partially hidden, with scrollbars appearing

Expected behavior

I don't really expect the pop-up to exactly fit the size of the tag (it could be too long), but a more clean solution would be to make it a bit adaptive, with a maximum size beyond which the words are simply cut with '…'

Additional context

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

I have stockpiled a lot of these old csv flashcard sets from various flashcards sites (i.e. quizlet, omniset, brainscape, etc) and would like to import them to Memorize

Describe the solution you'd like

1. the ability to import csv flashcards directly to Memorize.
2. the ability to export csv flashcards directly from Memorize.

Describe alternatives you've considered

• Some of these files are no longer available online so it is impossible to re-export them into another format.
• While I have been manually converting some these csv flashcards myself, it has become tedious and tiresome.

Additional context

Most of these files follows the standard question/answer structure

HEADER1,HEADER2
Question1,Answer1
Question2,Answer2

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

The app currently isn't fully adaptive (scalable down to 360px*296px in all states).

Describe the solution you'd like

Since the layout already utilizes multiple adaptive widgets, we could get most of the way there by adding some breakpoints. There might be some layout changes required, but it shouldn't be too hard.

Describe alternatives you've considered

N/A

Additional context

The app can scale down enough when the sidebar isn't shown, but when the sidebar is open, the minimum width gets too big to fit on mobile.

One last design suggestion: With the design suggested in #24, there would be some leftover space in the header bar of the main "flash card" view of sets. Since deleting and exporting a set aren't really actions that edit the set, I think it would make sense to move them out into the header bar there instead. The edit button could also be moved there, to make it clear that it edits the whole set, not just the name:

In addition to being semantically better, this would make it a lot quicker to delete unwanted sets.

If more actions that apply to the entire set are added in the future, we could group them together with deleting and exporting in a three-dot popover menu instead.

Apps usually have translatable metainfo files. I'm not quite sure how this would work with the Localized.yml file, but it's something that happens at built time, at least.

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

No response

Describe the solution you'd like

@wada3n had the idea of recording and adding audio to cards (see #1), since this would be great for language learning. We can add a third button to every flashcard's toolbar (next to tags and delete) that opens a popover for recording audio, and then a button on the flashcard next to the star (if enabled, maybe in another corner) for playing the audio. In the study view, we could add it to the question and solution, and in the test view to the question.

Additional context

This problem has been reported by @wada3n in #1.

The current set layout uses a view switcher with 3 options: "Overview", "Study" and "Test". When "Study" or "Test" is chosen, the sidebar hides. This setup leads to some problems:

• The sidebar hiding behavior is confusing. If you're not aware of how it works, it may come as a surprise, and you might end up struggling to get it back again.
• It's possible to navigate directly from tests and study sessions to other parts of the app, without interrupting the current test/study session. This allows for "cheating" by peeking at the flash cards and going straight back to the test, and removes the feeling of being in a focused "session" of anything at all.
• The way tests and study sessions are cancelled is ambiguous.

To solve this, we could e.g. make the study and test modes available through buttons that open dedicated views with back buttons:

This is a cleaner navigation model that would solve the problems above and make the relationship between the different app states clearer. It would also easen the process of making the app adaptive.

Describe the bug

The 'Copy' action in the 'Export' dialog doesn't give any feedback to the user - whether content was actually copied to the clipboard as intended.

To Reproduce

1. Edit/create a Set and select 'Export' and click 'Copy'
2. The 'Export' dialog will immediatly close (the content of the Set has been copied to your clipboard but there is no way to know it unless you verify it)

Expected behavior

A little toast notification at the end of the second step (when the 'Export' dialog is closed) would be great to inform the user it was correctly copied to the clipboard :)
E.g.: something like "The contents/items of [Set name] have been copied to the clipboard"

Additional context

No response

When you create a new set, it's likely that you'll want to give it a name and fill it with something right away. Because of this, it would make sense to jump right into its editing mode once it gets created.

Describe the bug

When using the search button on the main page and in the edit view (see additional context below), it's not possible to close the search field/action by pressing the Esc key - which is the usual (and most practical) way to do it. You have to click manually on the search button to deactivate search.

To Reproduce

1. Click 'Search' in the app menu
2. Try pressing Esc key to close the search action/field : nothing happens

Expected behavior

Esc key should terminate/escape the search action

Additional context

Describe the bug

When editing the back of the flashcard, the front is cleared and the back is distorted.

To Reproduce

1. Create new set
2. Click on 'Edit set'
3. Create a new card (or edit an existing one).
4. Modify the "back" of the card
5. Witness the front side clear, and the back mutilated

Expected behavior

Editing one field does not change other fields, and it shows exactly what I type in the order I typed it.

Additional context

Version 0.2.1 on Arch.

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.-

The initial state of the app looks awkward, with a completely empty sidebar

Describe the solution you'd like

When there are no flash card sets, the app should only display a status page with a pill button to create a set (e.g. the current status page, but without the sidebar, and with a button underneath the description instead of the + icon in the corner. See Image Viewer for reference).

Describe alternatives you've considered

• Open the app directly into set creation on first launch: could work, but a status page serves as a welcoming introduction of the app and provides some breathing space

Additional context

Current state:

Image viewer (proposed source of insipiration):

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

There is already a project called "Flash Cards" in the GNOME world.

Describe the solution you'd like

Rename the app. Here is a list of ideas by @wada3n in #1:

-    Memorize
-    Learner
-    Savoir
-    RectoVerso
-    FlashMemo
-    Brain Booster
-    Memoria
-    Learnify

The new name should follow the GNOME HIG.

Describe alternatives you've considered

"Flash Cards" hasn't been updated for 7 months, so maybe it is dead and there's no need for renaming.

Additional context

This problem has been reported by @wada3n in #1.
The other GNOME app "Flash Cards" is here.

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Managing large sets is slow and causes instabilities. A database would resolve these issues.

Describe the solution you'd like

1. If sets.json exists
   • Convert to sets.db
   • Move to sets.json.bak
2. Access sets.db with SQLite.swift

Describe alternatives you've considered

Optimization of procedures related to editing sets

Additional context

Instabilities: crashes, freezes

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

The current brand colors are monochrome.

Describe the solution you'd like

It's recommended to use brand colors that are actually colorful. We know the guidelines are not complete yet in this regard, but we're learning as we go and this will be updated :)

Example for colors that would work here:

• light: #9fe38c
• dark: #49823d

Describe alternatives you've considered

n/a

Additional context

n/a

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

yes, when importing a csv file you have to apply the tags manually

Describe the solution you'd like

Ability to import and export CSV with tags included

Describe alternatives you've considered

none

Additional context

I'm creating a set of multiplication tables and I would like to divide it into tags for different numbers

Describe the bug

Pressing the Enter key should create a Tag directly from the input field filled in by the user, without having to search for another interface button to save it.

To Reproduce

Currently you have to tap the + button once, then type and press the + button again, which is not very intuitive (and creates another tag)…

Expected behavior

When creating a Tag, you should only have to tap the + button once, then type and press Enter

Additional context

Hi @david-swift ,

I just wanted to reach out and say thank you for the FlashCards app. It's a great tool,
I really appreciate how simple and elegant the app is. It's easy to use and navigate, and it's clear that a lot of thought went into the design.

I have a few suggestions for improvement, if you're open to them.

New Name

First, there is already a gnome project called flashcards. Here are a few other names that I think would be more descriptive and memorable:

• Memorize
• Learner
• Savoir
• RectoVerso
• FlashMemo
• Brain Booster
• Memoria
• Learnify

I believe there may be other names that deserve consideration more than my simple suggestions.

Add image and audio to cards

Second, I would love to see the ability to add images to cards. This would be a great way to help people remember information, especially for visual learners.

Third, it would be great if users could record audio for their cards. This would be a great way to practice pronunciation and listening comprehension, it would be awesome if users could listen to the audio for their cards while they're flipping through them.

I know you're probably busy, but I think these changes would make the app even more useful and enjoyable.

Thanks for your time and consideration.

Describe the bug

Each time the app is reopened it will default to a fixed size, which is not always convenient

To Reproduce

1. Adjust the window to a custom size
2. Quit
3. Re-open

Expected behavior

I would expect the app to remember its last size. Otherwise it can be frustrating when you have long Sets names which will end up being cut-off everytime you restart the app (see screenshot below)

Additional context

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Yes, I want to apply a tag to several flashcards but the current workflow doesn't help much

Describe the solution you'd like

a more practical and easy way to select multiple flashcards and apply a tag or several tags

Describe alternatives you've considered

none

Additional context

the way it currently works, you waste a lot of time using the mouse scroll and selecting which tag you want to apply to the chosen flashcard

Describe the bug

App icons with baked-in shadows are a problem in app store UIs because you end up with double shadows when the programmatic shadows are added. See the Flathub guidelines for more detail: https://docs.flathub.org/docs/for-app-authors/appdata-guidelines/quality-guidelines

You could probably just mask the shadows in this case so only the part overlaying the bottom card is visible (this is what some other icons do). If you need help with this or any other icon design stuff, feel free to file an issue against app-icon-requests, or ask on Matrix in #appicondesign:gnome.org

To Reproduce

• Open Flathub home/category/app page
• There's a double shadow on the icon

Expected behavior

No double shadow :)

Additional context

No response

Describe the solution you'd like

It would be great to be able to move flashcard Sets up and down in the left panel, so the user is able to reorder his work at any time…
e.g.: something like what NewsFlash offers for RSS feeds / feed categories (see screencast below)

Additional context