Popup-form proposal

[qwiglydee]

Official Google Translate crome extension (id:aapbdbdomjkkjkaonfhkkikfgjllcleb) has neat modes of functionality:

• "immidiate popup" - when you select a text, a popup instantly appears right under or above selection.
• "icon to popup" - when you select a text, an icon appears near cursor, clicking the icon opens popup.

Another mode is found in SkyEng translator (id:heeikiohkfkolhmdodhcjdklofmhmmhn) - it activates popup when 'shift' was pressed during selection.

I believe such mode of functionality could be convenient for anki-adder as well, having a note form in this such popup. But it's very intrusive when you are not in learning mode, but just browsing. So, it's better to make it easily switchable on/off somewhere. Perhaps, the finest way is to check if anki is running and only then activate the popup. Also, when in 'learning' mode a user might want to use some translation extension as well.

The complete use case:

• user selects a text on a page -- a icon or popup with form appears
• user chooses a field to fill -- the selection is put into the field
• user may then edit fields in the popup
• user clicks back on the page, or 'x' icon on popup -- the popup disappears
• steps are repeated to fill all needed fields.
• then user cicks 'save' in the popup -- and the data is saved

[1nsp1r3rnzt]

I would go with your idea of making it a switchable option. The idea of pressing shift while selecting text seems less intrusive and practical as most Anki users have multiple extensions which use the double click.