Protected fields still being semi-adjusted?

[eren.sakarcan]

Hi!

I protect the extra field on random cards intermittently when i don’t care about receiving updates on them/they already have sufficient AnKing diagrams/images in the field. I protect them so that when I add my own pics to my protected Lecture Notes field, both my images and the Anking images can fit all in the same window without overflowing off the screen, making me scroll to see the content.

I’m noticing lately that despite protecting Lecture Notes and the random Extra fields, the next time I sync and see the card, the size of the images I modified and protected has been readjusted back to its original! The images remain in the arrangement I put them (side by side), but they don’t stay the size I adjusted them to.

Size adjustments also happen to all my wholly-protected Lecture Notes field images in that if I shrink them today, they’ve expanded. It’s sometimes enough to cut text in the Extra section below off the screen, meaning I have to once again readjust the sizing.

Any idea what setting I can toy with or styling modifications I can make so this stops happening? This issue annoys me to no end because I thought protecting a field would eliminate any changes from happening to those fields with syncing.

Thanks for any help / advice!

Example:

• 1st screenshot: How the card used to look after I adjusted and protected the extra field like 4 days ago
• 2nd screenshot: How the card looks now despite protecting it; the left pic obviously returned to its normal dimensions and it’s so annoying for me to have to readjust stuff bc i thought protecting would keep it as is.

[Brian_BH]

Hello,

@eren.sakarcan

This issue annoys me to no end because I thought protecting a field would eliminate any changes from happening to those fields with syncing.

My first instinct is to question if this is related to syncing, or AnkiHub, at all. It may not be related to syncing, so much as a local settings issue and/or an Anki issue. If that’s the case, protecting fields won’t have been a relevant factor here.

Just to check, first: are you using the AnKing Note Types addon, and/or any other addons (particularly ones that might be related to styling or formatting)?

[eren.sakarcan]

I do use the Note Types add on. These are the add-ons I have. I pretty much only use symbols, edit in review, the fastbar, and UWorld add ons.

[Brian_BH]

You might double-check your image styling in the AnKing Note Types addon.

This can be done from your main Anki Screen at the top: Anking - AnKing Note Types - Images:

You might tinker with that, in both the ‘general’ tab as well as the tab for the note type you happen to be using.

In a pinch, there’s also an option in the same window pane to reset your note type:

Let me know how you fare and we’ll go from there.

[eren.sakarcan]

I’ve messed with the Note Types Image Styling settings before with not much help. That’s the first place I went when i noticed this issue happening and I adjusted it to see if it would stop the occurrence, it didn’t change anything.

I feel like the issue has to do with some max height/width setting being set to some %, with another H/W setting elsewhere (no idea where though) listed as another different %.

My Note Types Image Styling = 40% (in an attempt to decrease image size expansion with this issue). I clicked “update anking note types” just now and saved settings then went into the card styling and the following settings are new - I think I had the #extra img. and other fields at either 40-50% but never 85 and 60.

do you think the issue lies somewhere in there?

[Ahmed7]

Do you know which ones you clicked, can you try both (general and AnKingOverhaul) and see if it does anything?

[abdo.nh]

@eren.sakarcan do you have CSS to adjust the image size in the field? Can you share the CSS or the card?

[eren.sakarcan]

I’ve done both - didn’t fix anything!

[eren.sakarcan]

Different card than my original inquiry, but same issue - sorry, took me a minute to find a card I was sure I’ve adjusted previously that went back to its original dimensions, then realized i just sent one after readjusting it again and had to find another lol)

But by CSS do you mean this?

[eren.sakarcan]

And like i know for a fact i’ve adjusted that card’s image layout/dimensions before because the Extra pics are side by side like i like them, as are the Lecture Notes pics, but images in both fields should be the same height (nitpicky ik) and they’re not, indicating the protected fields reverted to some previous setting after I protected their adjustments.

Ik it’s all semantics and nitpicking and I probs shouldn’t waste my time bothering with it, but it’s just a weird preference thing of mine, it makes the cards w multiple images appear less distracting to me

Anyway lmk if you need more screenshots/info

[abdo.nh]

It does appear to be related to protected fields. Can you go to AnkiHub > Help > Upload logs and data and post the filename shown?

[eren.sakarcan]

ankihub_addon_debug_info_82b7e_1741369055.zip

[eren.sakarcan]

Any updates on this issue?

[abdo.nh]

I did some tests and I think it’s unlikely to be related to protected fields. AnkiHub doesn’t do partial adjustments to fields. If you do size adjustments to a field now and sync, do you immediately see the issue? If so, can you post screenshots of the field contents before / after the issu?

[eren.sakarcan]

It doesn’t do it immediately upon syncing. This card, for example, has been protected… when i opened it today (haven’t opened it in a while), it looked like this (first 2 images); should look like second 2 images. I synced, restarted app, and it still had my adjustments preserved… it’s hard for me to tell when Anki decides to override the adjustments, but it happens often, just not immediately upon syncing, so I’m sorry if that’s not very helpful. Should it happen tomorrow, i’ll attach screenshots.