Sketchy Pharm - Pepper and Sketchy Micro - Pepper

[josford]

Hi! I downloaded the Sketchy Pharm - Pepper and Sketchy Micro - Pepper recently. The cards appear and I can see all the content in Extra fields in browse, but in review mode, the front is blank and the back only has the screenshot of the sketch. This is plaguing hundreds of cards across card types in these decks only. I have synced multiple times, deleted/redownloaded, etc.

Anki Version ⁨25.07.5 (7172b2d2)⁩. No Special Fields Add On.

Example of front of card during review:

back of card during review:

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Reading: Sketchy Pharm - Pepper and Sketchy Micro - Pepper

This usually means the card template isn’t pointing at the fields that actually contain the content (or is using a filtered‑out field), so in review you just see the image.

Please try this on one of the affected cards:

1. Open the card in the Browser

   • Browse → search for one of the “Pepper” cards.
   • Select a problematic card.
   • Confirm in the Fields area (bottom) that the text you expect really is in fields like Extra, Pepper, etc.

2. Check the card template

   • With the card selected, click Cards… (top of Browser).
   • On the Front Template, do you see something very minimal like only {{Pepper Screenshot}} or similar, or even nothing?
   • On the Back Template, do you only see one field (the screenshot field) and nothing referencing the other content (e.g. {{Extra}}, {{Answer}}, etc.)?

3. Compare with an unbroken Pepper deck

   • If you have any other Pepper‑style deck that works, open its Cards… window and compare:
     • Same Note Type name?
     • Same fields and template code?
   • If the working deck has the correct templates, you can:
     • Switch the broken cards to that note type, or
     • Copy‑paste the working templates into the broken note type’s Front/Back templates.

4. Reset template from AnkiHub (if these decks are on AnkiHub)

   • If you added these Pepper decks via AnkiHub, go to:
     • AnkiHub add‑on → Manage deck → select the Pepper deck.
     • Look for an option like Reset card templates / Update from AnkiHub.
   • Then sync with AnkiHub and restart Anki to see if the templates are restored.

5. If the templates already reference the right fields

   • In the Cards… window, click the Preview button.
   • Check if the preview also shows a blank front and only the screenshot on the back.
   • If you’re comfortable, please screenshot:
     • The Front Template code
     • The Back Template code
     • The Fields list for that note type
       and post them here—without code editing, just screenshots—so we can see how the template is wired.

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Can you post:

• The note type name for one of the affected cards, and
• Screenshots of the Cards… → Front and Back templates for that note type?

Once we see those, we can tell you exactly what to change (or whether you should reset from AnkiHub).

[josford]

Sure, this is affecting many note types in these decks. So far, i have seen this problem in 1, 16, 18, 28…

front template:

{{#Extra Q18}}§

{{edit:Extra Q18}}

{{/Extra Q18}}

{{#ankihub_id}}

{{ankihub_id}}

{{/ankihub_id}}

295861

back template:

§
{{edit:Extra Q18}}

{{edit:Extra A18}}

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{{edit:Extra 18}}

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{{edit:Entire Sketch}}

{{edit:hint:More About This Topic}}

{{#ankihub_id}}

<a class=‘ankihub-view-note’

href=‘https://app.ankihub.net/decks/notes/{{ankihub_id}}’>

View Note on AnkiHub

.ankihub-view-note { display: none; } .mobile .ankihub-view-note { display: block; left: 50%; margin-right: -50%; padding: 8px; border-radius: 50px; background-color: #cde3f8; font-size: 12px; color: black; text-decoration: none; } /\* AnkiDroid (Android) The button is fixed to the bottom of the screen. \*/ .android .ankihub-view-note { position: fixed; bottom: 5px; transform: translate(-50%, -50%); } /\* AnkiMobile (IPhone) position: fixed doesn't work on AnkiMobile, so the button is just below the content instead. \*/ .iphone .ankihub-view-note, .ipad .ankihub-view-note { position: relative; transform: translate(-50%, 0); width: fit-content; margin-top: 20px; }

{{/ankihub_id}}

[AnkiHub_AI_bot]

Thanks for the detailed screenshots – they’re really helpful.

Your templates themselves look correct for that note type: the front is set to show Extra Q18, and the back shows Extra Q18, Extra A18, Extra 18, and Entire Sketch. Since you only see the sketch on review, the most likely issue is that the fields with text are not actually filled for that specific note type/card, even though you’re seeing content in the Browser.

Let’s narrow it down:

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1. Confirm which fields have content on an affected note

In the Browser:

1. Select one of the broken cards (e.g. one of the “18” cards).
2. Look at the bottom editor area with the fields.
3. Specifically check:
   • Extra Q18
   • Extra A18
   • Extra 18
   • Entire Sketch

Questions:

• Do you see your question text in Extra Q18?
• Do you see the answer text in Extra A18?
• Or is the text maybe in different fields (e.g. Extra Q16, generic Extra, etc.)?

If the text is not in those exact fields, the template will show blank front/back except for the sketch.

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2. Check whether these cards are the correct note type

From your screenshot it looks like there are multiple Pepper note types (1, 16, 18, 28, etc.). Often the same card text is stored in a shared “Extra …” field on one note type, but the template is pointing at a different numbered field.

With an affected card selected:

1. In the Browser, look at the top right (or use Cards…) to see the Note type name.
2. Check if the content you see in Browse is perhaps:
   • For note type “Sketchy Micro – Pepper 18” but the text is in Extra Q16, or
   • The card is actually using note type “Sketchy Micro – Pepper 1”, whose template you didn’t screenshot.

If possible, please also share:

• A screenshot of the field list for this note type (Fields… button).
• A screenshot of the bottom editor showing which fields actually contain the visible text for one broken card.

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3. Use the AnkiHub note preview to verify

On the back template you already have the “View Note on AnkiHub” button (hidden on desktop). To preview that note on AnkiHub:

1. In Anki’s Browser, right‑click the card → AnkiHub → View note on AnkiHub (or use the AnkiHub menu if present).
2. On app.ankihub.net, check:
   • Which fields contain the text (question, answer, extra).
   • Whether those field names match the ones in your template (Extra Q18, Extra A18, etc.).

If the data on AnkiHub sits in different fields than the ones your template uses, we’ll want to fix that.

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4. Easiest fixes depending on what we find

Once you confirm where the text actually lives:

• If the fields are mismatched
  (e.g. text is in Extra Q16 but template uses Extra Q18), the clean solution is:

  • Go to AnkiHub → Manage deck → Fix templates (or “Reset card templates” / “Update from AnkiHub”) for the Pepper deck so your local templates match the canonical AnkiHub version.
  • Sync with AnkiHub and try reviewing again.

• If the canonical AnkiHub template also uses these numbered fields but your notes are mis‑filled
  (rare, but possible if cards were edited/imported manually), we can:

  • Move the text into the correct fields locally (using the Browser and “Find and Replace” / copy–paste), or
  • Convert the cards to a note type whose template actually matches how the fields are being used.

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Could you post:

1. A screenshot of the Fields… window for this “18” note type, and
2. A screenshot of the bottom editor for one broken card, clearly showing which fields contain the visible content?

Once we see exactly where the text is stored, I can tell you the precise change to make to either the template or the fields so your fronts/backs stop being blank.

[josford]

yes the extra fields are filled out

[AnkiHub_AI_bot]

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Thanks for the extra screenshot—that helps a lot.

The key point:
Your note’s fields are filled, but the templates are using the edit: filter everywhere, which only shows editable fields in the editor/preview, not during normal review in recent Anki versions. That’s why you see the “Entire Sketch” image (because it’s an image + styling that still renders) but not the text.

Let’s test and fix one note type (e.g. the “18” cards) first.

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1. Quick test in the template editor

1. Open the Browser.
2. Select one of the broken “18” cards.
3. Click Cards….
4. On the Front Template, temporarily change:

<center>{{edit:Extra Q18}}</center>

to

<center>{{Extra Q18}}</center>

5. Click Preview at the bottom of the Cards window.

If the preview suddenly shows your question text, we’ve confirmed the issue.

Do the same kind of change on the Back Template:

• Change
  {{edit:Extra Q18}} → {{Extra Q18}}
{{edit:Extra A18}} → {{Extra A18}}
{{edit:Extra 18}} → {{Extra 18}}
{{edit:Entire Sketch}} → {{Entire Sketch}}
{{edit:hint:More About This Topic}} → {{hint:More About This Topic}}

Then click Close and try reviewing that card again.

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2. Make it permanent via AnkiHub (recommended)

If that works, you have two options:

Option A – Let AnkiHub manage the templates

1. Open Anki → AnkiHub add-on → Manage Decks.
2. Select the Sketchy Pharm / Micro Pepper deck.
3. Look for an option like:
   • Reset card templates, or
   • Update templates from AnkiHub.
4. Apply it, sync with AnkiHub, and restart Anki.

This should pull in the current official templates (which should not use edit: in the review templates).

Option B – Manually fix all affected templates

If for some reason a reset doesn’t help or isn’t available:

1. For each affected Pepper note type (1, 16, 18, 28, …):
   • In the Browser, select a card → Cards….
   • On both the Front and Back templates, remove edit: from every field reference so they look like {{Extra Q16}}, {{Extra A28}}, etc., without edit: in front.
2. Save and test a few cards in Review.

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If you’re comfortable sharing one more screenshot—of the Cards… → Preview before and after removing edit: from Extra Q18—I can double‑check that nothing else in the template is causing trouble. But in almost all similar Pepper issues, removing edit: (or resetting the templates from AnkiHub) has fixed the blank fronts/backs.

[josford]

@AnkiHub_AI_bot

<center>{{Extra Q18}}</center>

That unfortunately did not work for me

[AnkiHub_AI_bot]

Thanks for trying that and reporting back—that’s very helpful.

Since changing {{edit:Extra Q18}} → {{Extra Q18}} didn’t fix it, something else is blocking the display. Let’s systematically check what Anki is actually doing with that card.

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1. Use Anki’s built‑in “Check Card” to see the real output

On one of the broken cards:

1. Open Browse.
2. Select a problematic “18” card.
3. In the top menu, click Cards → Check Card… (in some versions: right‑click the card → Check database / Check card; or from the Cards window, look for a Check button).

If you see a “Check Card” / “Card Info” style window:

• Look for any errors or warnings about:
  • Missing fields
  • Invalid HTML
  • Problems evaluating the template
• If it shows a rendered preview, check whether the front is already blank there or only in review mode.

If you don’t find that option, we can do the same check via the normal Preview in the Browser:

1. With the card selected, press Space or click the Preview (eye) icon.
2. Confirm:
   • Is the front in Preview also blank?
   • Or is the front visible in Preview but blank only in regular review?

Please let me know which of these is true:

• A) Blank in Preview and in Review, or
• B) Shows correctly in Preview, blank only in Review.

That tells us whether the problem is in the template or in review‑time behavior (e.g., a display/add‑on issue).

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2. Confirm that the template is actually using the fields you showed

From your last screenshot, the fields look like this (top to bottom, roughly):

• Extra Q18 – question text
• Extra A18 – answer text
• Extra 18 – explanation
• Entire Sketch – image

Please open Cards… again on that same card and verify that your Front Template is exactly:

<div class=textstyling>

{{#Extra Q18}}<font color="#DC143C">§</font><br>

<center>{{Extra Q18}}</center>

{{/Extra Q18}}

</div>

Key things to check (tiny mistakes here can blank the whole front):

1. The opening and closing conditional tags are identical:
   {{#Extra Q18}} and {{/Extra Q18}}
   • Not {{/Extra Q 18}}
   • Not {{/ExtraQ18}}
   • No extra spaces or different capitalization.
2. There are no stray characters above <div class=textstyling> (like an unclosed {{ or HTML tag).
3. On the Back Template, at least temporarily, change the relevant lines to the simplest possible version:

<div class=textstyling>

{{Extra Q18}}<br><br>

{{Extra A18}}<br><br>

{{Extra 18}}<br><br>

{{Entire Sketch}}

</div>

(Just for testing—ignore Amboss and AnkiHub sections for a moment.)

Then click Preview again and see if any text appears.

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3. Quickly rule out styling / CSS hiding the text

It’s possible the text is technically there but hidden by styling.

In the Cards… → Styling tab for this note type:

1. Scroll through and look for any rules that might affect .textstyling or div globally, such as:
   • color: #ffffff; on a white background
   • display: none;
   • visibility: hidden;
   • font-size: 0px;
2. Temporarily add this at the very bottom of the Styling tab:

.textstyling {
  color: black !important;
  font-size: 22px !important;
}

Then hit Preview again.

If the text suddenly appears, we know it was just CSS hiding it.

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4. If none of the above work: reset a single note type from AnkiHub

To avoid breaking everything, let’s try resetting just one of the Pepper note types through AnkiHub:

1. In Anki → AnkiHub → Manage Decks.
2. Select the Sketchy Pharm Pepper (or Micro Pepper) deck.
3. In the note type list, find the “18” note type that’s giving you trouble.
4. Look for an option like:
   • Reset this note type’s card templates, or
   • Use templates from AnkiHub / Update templates for that note type.
5. Apply it, then:
   • Sync with AnkiHub (Anki ↔ AnkiHub).
   • Restart Anki.
6. Test one of the “18” cards again.

If you don’t see a per–note‑type reset option, let me know exactly what options you do see under Manage Deck and I’ll guide you step‑by‑step from there.

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To move forward, could you please reply with:

1. Whether the card is blank in Preview as well as Review, or only in Review.
2. A screenshot of:
   • The Front Template (after you simplified it as above), and
   • The Styling tab (bottom portion is enough).

With that, we can pinpoint whether this is a template/field issue, CSS hiding, or something that needs an AnkiHub template reset.

[josford]

The preview is blank and it is blank on review.

this is what I see on the AnkiHub management page:

[AnkiHub_AI_bot]

Because the card is blank in Preview and Review, the problem is definitely in the note type (templates / styling / fields mapping), not in review-only behavior. And your Deck Management screenshot confirms there isn’t a simple “reset templates” button exposed there.

Let’s do two very targeted checks and a quick reset via AnkiHub itself.

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1. Make sure the note type actually has the fields the template uses

For one broken “18” card:

1. Open Browse.
2. Select a problematic 18 card.
3. Click Fields… (top of the Browser).

Please verify in the Fields window that you see fields named exactly:

• Extra Q18
• Extra A18
• Extra 18
• Entire Sketch
• (and optionally More About This Topic)

If any of those are missing or slightly different (e.g. ExtraQ18, Extra_Q18, extra spaces, etc.), the template is pointing at fields that don’t exist, so Anki will render nothing.

If you can, post a screenshot of the Fields… window for this note type.

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2. Temporarily strip the template to a single, unconditional field

Still in the Cards… window for that same note type:

1. On the Front Template, delete everything and replace it with:

{{Extra Q18}}

2. On the Back Template, delete everything and replace it with:

{{Extra Q18}}<br><br>
{{Extra A18}}<br><br>
{{Extra 18}}<br><br>
{{Entire Sketch}}

3. Click Save and then Preview.

Outcomes:

• If text now appears → the issue was with the conditional block ({{#Extra Q18}}…{{/Extra Q18}}), extra HTML, or embedded scripts.
• If it’s still completely blank → either:
  • these fields don’t exist on this note type, or
  • the card is not actually using the note type you think it is.

To rule out that last point, with the card selected in the Browser look at the top-right “Note Type” dropdown. Please tell me the exact name shown there (e.g. Sketchy Micro - Pepper Q18 or similar).

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3. Reset the note type from the AnkiHub web app

Since the Deck Management dialog doesn’t show a template reset, we can pull the official templates directly from the AnkiHub site:

1. In Anki’s Browser, right‑click one of the broken Pepper cards.
2. Choose AnkiHub → View note on AnkiHub (or click the “View Note on AnkiHub” link on the back of the card if you can reveal it).
3. In your browser, on app.ankihub.net, you’ll see the note with all its fields.
4. At the top/right of that note page, look for a button/menu like “Note type settings”, “View Note Type”, or “Templates”.
   • Open it and inspect the Front/Back templates there.
5. Compare:
   • The field names used in the web templates.
   • The field names in Anki’s Fields… window for this note type.
6. In Anki, in Tools → Manage Note Types:
   • Select the corresponding Pepper note type.
   • Click Cards… and manually copy‑paste the Front/Back templates from AnkiHub (web) into Anki.
   • Save and Preview again.

This ensures your local templates match the official ones.

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To move forward, please share:

1. Screenshot of the Fields… window for this “18” note type.
2. The exact Note Type name shown in the Browser’s top‑right when one broken card is selected.
3. After replacing the templates with the minimal versions above, does any text show in Preview?

With those three pieces of info, I can give you very concrete “paste-this-here” instructions or, if needed, recommend switching these notes to a working Pepper note type via Tools → Manage Note Types → Change Note Type….

[josford]

This is getting a bit technical for me. Can a moderator chime in please?

[AnkiHub_AI_bot]

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Reading: Sketchy Pharm - Pepper and Sketchy Micro - Pepper

You’re totally right that this is getting pretty technical, and it shouldn’t be on you to debug templates by hand.

I’ve flagged this thread clearly for the moderator/content team so someone who maintains the Sketchy Pharm / Micro – Pepper decks can jump in, check the official AnkiHub note type + templates, and give you:

• Either a “do this one simple reset” step, or
• A small .colpkg / note‑type fix or clear “paste this in Cards…” solution that doesn’t require you to troubleshoot HTML yourself.

In the meantime, two quick, non‑technical things you can do that will help the moderator help you faster:

1. Confirm one deck name + one exact note type name

   • In the Browser, select a broken card.
   • Note:
     • Deck: (shown above the card list, e.g. Sketchy Micro – Pepper)
     • Note type: (top right, e.g. Sketchy Micro – Pepper 18)
   • Post those two names here.

2. Confirm whether any other Pepper decks you subscribed to from AnkiHub work normally

   • If yes, mention which one works (exact deck name). That gives the maintainer something to compare against.

From here, I recommend waiting for a moderator / deck maintainer reply so they can either:

• Fix the templates on AnkiHub and have you just sync, or
• Walk you through a very short set of clicks (no code editing) to get things back to normal.

You’ve already provided very helpful screenshots and info—that’s enough for them to take it from here.

[josford]

I am only subscribed to the Sketchy Pharm - Pepper and Sketchy Micro - Pepper decks as far as Pepper decks go. It is affecting many note types within these decks, including 1, 16, 18, 28, etc. as mentioned. See screenshot above for full note type names.

[AnkiHub_AI_bot]

Thanks for clarifying, and you’re right to hand this off—this looks like something the deck maintainers should fix for you rather than you digging into templates.

Given:

• You’re only using Sketchy Pharm – Pepper and Sketchy Micro – Pepper from AnkiHub
• Multiple Pepper note types (1, 16, 18, 28, …) are affected
• Fields are clearly filled, but Preview and Review are both blank

this strongly suggests a systematic note‑type / template issue in the current Pepper decks on AnkiHub, not something you mis‑configured locally.

What I’d recommend you do now

1. Pause further tinkering
   Don’t change more templates or fields for these Pepper note types for now. That will make it easier for the maintainer to compare your setup with the canonical AnkiHub version.

2. Provide just two concrete pieces of info for the moderator
   These are quick to grab and will let them reproduce the bug on their end:

   • Open Browse, click one broken card, and note:

     • Deck: (e.g. Sketchy Micro - Pepper or Sketchy Pharm - Pepper)
     • Note type: exact text from the top‑right dropdown (e.g. Sketchy Micro - Pepper 18 (something))

   • Then click Fields… and take a screenshot of the Fields window for that note type (showing the list of field names like Extra Q18, Extra A18, etc.).

   Post those two things and say something like:

   “Here’s the exact deck + note type and the Fields list for one of the broken cards.”

I’ve already laid out in this thread that:

• Cards show full text in the field editor
• But templates that should show those fields render blank in Preview and Review
• Multiple Pepper note types are affected

so the next logical step is for an AnkiHub / AnKing moderator to:

• Open the official Pepper note type on AnkiHub,
• Compare its templates + fields to yours, and
• Either update the deck on AnkiHub or give you a simple reset / change‑note‑type instruction.

At this point, the best thing is to wait for that moderator reply—they’ll be able to fix it from the content side so you don’t have to troubleshoot HTML or note types yourself.

[MarcosZan]

Hello,

If you can see the field contents in the editor view but can’t see them in the review view, this is a note type configuration issue. The note type code itself is uploaded by the deck owner.

Unfortunately, as these decks are not officially maintained by the AnkiHub team, there is not much help I can offer. The best course of action would be to contact the deck owner or to report the issue as a suggestion on AnkiHub.

Let me know if you need help with anything else