If you choose Edit parameters on the element pop-up menu, press Ctrl+Shift+P, or double click the empty area to the right of learning buttons at the bottom of the element window, a dialog box with editable element parameters will open.
This dialog provides the following fields:
- Element title - title of the element
- Element number - it is the physical position of the element in the collection
- Interval - the interval between the last repetition and the next repetition (in days)
- Next repetition - date of the next repetition
- A-factor - current A-factor associated with the element (A-factors determine element difficulty)
- Forgetting index - current forgetting index requested for the element
- Ordinal - current ordinal number assigned to the element
- Category - field that makes it possible to move the element to another contents category (if there are categories defined)
- Comment - field that displays the comment associated with the element
- History - button for displaying the window with the element's repetition history
You are most likely to use the element parameters dialog box in the following circumstances:
- Changing element's ordinal (open the dialog and type in the new ordinal). You can also change individual ordinals by editing them in the element data window
- Changing element's forgetting index (open the dialog, press Alt+F, and type in the new forgetting index). You can also change individual forgetting indices by editing them in the element data window
- Moving the element to another contents category (open the dialog, choose another category in the Category field, and click OK)
- Adding a comment (type it in the Comment field)
- Viewing the history of repetitions for a given element (click History). You can also view the history of repetitions by double-clicking the element data window