
In MacOS some things are different so this add-on doesn't fully work on MacOS. I don't have a Mac so I can't adjust and test this add-on for MacOS. IrfanView has "Options->Start/Stop Animation" and you can adjust the speed with or. On Windows I use the popular image viewer IrfanView that can also display gifs. Then open these gifs with a program that supports to pause gif files. Then select "save image as" from the context menu (tested in Chrome and Firefox). You can download the following screencasts (gifs) by right-clicking them. I have used this add-on to open pdf files in Acrobat Reader, office documents in LibreOffice Writer, epub files in the calibre ebook-viewer, audio files in vlc at positions in the middle, text files in my wiki software ZIM, mindmaps in Freeplane, etc. So when editing notes you can also quickly open linked files.

If the field where you put the filename or path of the linked pdf file is not empty you'll have a context menu entry "open external_source" (or however you named this field, see the config section below). This add-on also works in the editor which is part of the Add window, the EditCurrent window and the bottom of the browser. AnkiMobile and AnkiDroid don't support add-ons so this add-on is only useful on Windows, MacOS, and Linux. When you click the hyperlink your pdf viewer will open the file "my lecture notes.pdf" on page 123. This add-on allows you create a clickable hyperlink during reviews "my lecture notes.pdf - 123".

This add-on converts file names (and page numbers) from separate fields in your note to a clickable hyperlink that opens this file in an external application you set. This description only refers to the add-on version for Anki 2.1.30+Īpple/MacOS are only partially supported, see the section "Apple/Mac" below.
