Study modes
Review, Cram, and Test, and what each one records.
The Study button on a deck starts a scheduled Review; the menu behind it holds two practice modes that deliberately leave your schedule alone. Knowing which mode records what keeps practice from polluting the data your scheduler learns from.
Review
Review is the real thing: the scheduler builds a queue of cards that are due, you grade each one, and every grade updates that card's future.
Ctrl+Z undoes more than the last grade: press it again to keep stepping back through the cards you have graded this session, one at a time, and each step restores the schedule that card had before you graded it. E opens the card editor without leaving the session, and the session picks up where you left off.
Cram
Cram runs through a deck's cards (due ones, or all of them) without touching scheduling at all. It is for the night before an exam, or for warming up a deck you have been away from.
Test
Test is typed practice: the front appears with an answer box, you type what you recall, reveal, and see your answer next to the correct one. You grade yourself Missed, Close, or Got it, with Close counting half. At the end you get a score, how it compares to your last attempt, your best, and a small trend of recent tests.
The score screen offers to retake just the cards you graded Missed. The retake draws a fresh queue, so a card suspended or deleted since your last attempt does not come back.
Keyboard shortcuts
On macOS, read Ctrl as Cmd.
| In Review | Does |
|---|---|
Space | Reveal the answer, or grade Good |
1 to 4 | Again, Hard, Good, Easy |
E | Edit the current card |
Ctrl+Z | Undo the last grade |
Escape | Leave the session |
| In Test | Does |
|---|---|
Enter | Reveal, then Got it |
1 / 2 / 3 | Missed, Close, Got it |
E | Edit the current card |
Ctrl+Z | Undo the last grade |
What counts where
All three modes count toward your overall study activity (cards seen, minutes studied). Only Review ever changes scheduling and retention.