Card types
Create each Kioku Card type and pick the one that fits what you’re learning.
Before you begin
Section titled “Before you begin”- You need an Element to attach the Card to. The Create actions are available on a Topic or an Extract, but not on an Element that is already an Item.
- Open Browse and select the Topic or Extract you want to build a Card on. Each Card you create adds a child Item under that Element for FSRS scheduling.
- All three create actions open the same card editor in the matching mode. The editor title reflects the type: Create Basic Card, Create Cloze Card, or Create Image Occlusion Card.
A basic Card has a front (the question) and a back (the answer).
- In Browse, select a Topic or Extract.
- Select Create Basic Card in the Browse details panel (or run it from the command palette) to open the editor in basic mode.
- Fill the Question (Front) rich-text field.
- Fill the Answer (Back) rich-text field. The back must not be empty.
- Select Create Card.
Result
Section titled “Result”A new Item is created under the parent Element with a basic Card. If you leave the back empty, the editor blocks creation with Please enter the answer (back) content.
A cloze Card hides part of a passage and asks you to recall it. The hidden text is written as {{c1::answer}} or {{c1::answer::hint}}.
- In Browse, select a Topic or Extract.
- Select Create Cloze in the Browse details panel (or run it from the command palette) to open the editor in cloze mode.
- Type or paste the passage into the rich-text body.
- Select the text you want to hide, then select Mark Cloze (c1) (or press F6). The selection is wrapped as
{{cN::…}}and the index increments for the next mark. - Select Create Card.
How cloze indices split into Cards
Section titled “How cloze indices split into Cards”Each distinct cloze index becomes a separate Card under one Item:
- Use a new index for each blank you want reviewed as its own Card. Two marks at
{{c1::…}}and{{c2::…}}produce two Cards. - Reuse the same index for blanks that should be hidden together. Two marks both at
{{c1::…}}produce one Card with two blanks.
For the full syntax — including hints and which patterns are ignored — see Cloze syntax.
Result
Section titled “Result”One Item is created with a cloze Card for each distinct index you marked.
Image occlusion
Section titled “Image occlusion”An image occlusion Card hides regions of an image and asks you to recall what’s beneath them.
- In Browse, select a Topic or Extract.
- Select Create Image Occlusion in the Browse details panel (or run it from the command palette) to open the editor in image-occlusion mode.
- Select Choose Image and pick an image to import.
- Drag on the image canvas to draw a rectangular mask. Drag a mask to move it, drag its bottom-right handle to resize, and press Delete or Backspace (or Remove) to delete the selected mask.
- Add as many masks as you need. Masks cannot overlap — an overlapping draw, move, or resize is rejected with Masks cannot overlap. Move or resize existing masks first.
- Optionally add text in the Prompt (optional) field.
- Optionally set Reveal to One by one or All at once.
- Select Create Card.
Result
Section titled “Result”One Item is created with an image-occlusion Card. Creation requires an image plus at least one mask; otherwise the editor shows Please select an image for occlusion or Please draw at least one occlusion mask.
Choosing a type
Section titled “Choosing a type”| Choose | When you want to recall |
|---|---|
| Basic | A whole answer from a prompt — a definition, a fact, a translation. |
| Cloze | One or a few words inside a sentence you want to keep in context. |
| Image occlusion | A labeled location on a diagram, map, or anatomy image. |
Reach for cloze when the surrounding sentence carries meaning you don’t want to lose, and basic when the question and answer are cleanly separable. Use image occlusion whenever the thing you’re learning is spatial — where a part sits on a picture rather than what a word means.