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Main settings

Changing The main settings
The default customization settings are stored in the config.json file which you can access through:
Anki's  menu bar ➡️ tools ➡️ add-ons choose "Beautify Anki" then > Configuration
and it looks like this:
{
    "animation": true,
    "change answer buttons": true,
    "date_format": "eu",
    "note_correction_factors": {
        "English": 2,
        "Fr": 2
    },
    "theme": "default"
}
Option
Usage
Default value
possible values
animation
set it to true. if you want the background to cycle through the 5 background images and to have text animation. Or, false to turn all the animation off.
true
true , false
change answer buttons
set it to true if you want to change the appearance of the answer buttons 
. Or, false if you are using other addons that changes the answer buttons like Minimal Flat Big Buttons or Large and Colorful Buttons​
true
true , false
date_format
to change the date format in the remaining widget in deck overview pages 
 
"eu"
​
"us" displays as "%m/%d/%Y", meaning Month/Day/Year, ex: 04/26/1994
"asia" displays as "%Y/%m/%d", meaning Year/Month/Day, ex: 1994/04/26
"eu" displays as "%d.%m.%Y", meaning Day.Month.Year, ex: 26.04.1994
note_correction_factors
 If you want the add-on to display the number of notes in a deck, instead of the number of cards in the config Edit the note_correction_factors as follows to add a line that includes the beginning of the deck name (including all superdecks) and the number of different cards in the note type in the deck.
example :
"note_correction_factors": { "Custom": 2 , "English" : 3 } 
 
using note correction factor
 
without using note correction factor
​
​
theme
to select the theme of the addon
"default"
"default" , "starry" , "flamingo" , "sunrise" ,"your custome made theme"

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Option	Usage	Default value	possible values
animation	set it to true. if you want the background to cycle through the 5 background images and to have text animation. Or, false to turn all the animation off.	true	true , false
change answer buttons	set it to true if you want to change the appearance of the answer buttons . Or, false if you are using other addons that changes the answer buttons like Minimal Flat Big Buttons or Large and Colorful Buttons	true	true , false
date_format	to change the date format in the remaining widget in deck overview pages	"eu"	"us" displays as "%m/%d/%Y", meaning Month/Day/Year, ex: 04/26/1994 "asia" displays as "%Y/%m/%d", meaning Year/Month/Day, ex: 1994/04/26 "eu" displays as "%d.%m.%Y", meaning Day.Month.Year, ex: 26.04.1994
note_correction_factors	If you want the add-on to display the number of notes in a deck, instead of the number of cards in the config Edit the `note_correction_factors` as follows to add a line that includes the beginning of the deck name (including all superdecks) and the number of different cards in the note type in the deck. example : `"note_correction_factors": { "Custom": 2 , "English" : 3 }` using note correction factor without using note correction factor
theme	to select the theme of the addon	"default"	"default" , "starry" , "flamingo" , "sunrise" ,"your custome made theme"