Trying to order my cards according to how I was taught

[open kelp]

I don't understand how to reorder the card order to the vowels, k, etc order seen with Pic 2 from top to bottom. Is there a better way to organize my cards? I'll like simpler ways of explaining

[mortal sierra]

Are you asking about the order the cards are introduced in when you first study them?

[open kelp]

Yeah

For some reason after か everything becomes disordered

[mortal sierra]

Okay, the primary factor in that is the card's number in the New-queue, which you'll see in the "Due" column (since New cards don't have a due date yet). When you sort by that column, what order are the cards in?

[open kelp]

How?

[mortal sierra]

That doesn't look like you sorted by the column, did you? https://docs.ankiweb.net/browsing.html#columns

[open kelp]

ok I sorted it out

[mortal sierra]

Sorted the column -- or "sorted" (solved) the problem? 😉

[open kelp]

solved it seemed, I sorted it to time created

[mortal sierra]

Okay. To be clear -- the order those rows appear in the Browse window does not control the order the cards are introduced.

[open kelp]

Oh

[open kelp]

is there a way then?

[mortal sierra]

Sure. You told me you solved it before we got there.

Sort by whatever column you need to get them in the order you want -- and then Reposition the cards in your New-queue into that order.

Once your queue is in order, you'll need to make sure your Deck Options are also gathering the cards in the correct order.

[open kelp]

trying to do that but all I get is "Shifted position of 0 cards"

[mortal sierra]

You can uncheck "shift position" (you don't need that here) and you should uncheck "random" (it will do the opposite of what you want). You'll be able to tell if the adjustment happened immediately by looking at the same "Due" column. The New #s will change immediately to match that order.

[open kelp]

ok

[open kelp]

neither of those are checked

[mortal sierra]

After sorting, did you select the cards? Are any of the cards that you're selecting New, or do they already have due dates?

[open kelp]

most of them have due dates

[mortal sierra]

It's fine if some of them have due dates, but you'll be affecting the ones that don't. The only point of this is to change the order of the cards in the New-queue, so if you don't have a significant number of New cards left, there's no point.

[open kelp]

new cards currently

not sure what I did to change 116 to 115 for the queue

[mortal sierra]

Since you can see the other columns and I can't -- are those cards now in the order you want them to be introduced when you sort by that column?

not sure what I did to change 116 to 115 for the queue
I have no idea what you mean by that.

[open kelp]

now the bottom most card is New #0

[mortal sierra]

Is that the only one you had selected when you ran the command? You need to select everything that you want to reposition at the same time, in order you want them respositioned. I hope you're actually reading the links I'm posting for you. They really do explain the things you want to do. And if you're not, this is just a waste of both of our time.

[open kelp]

sorry

[mortal sierra]

Okay, then after you've read the links, you can come back and ask questions about anything you need clarified.

[open kelp]

I shifted them but what can I do for the cards that are already learned and due?

[sterile dome]

Non-new cards are meant to come in random order, so you don't remember "this one is ta, so the next one is chi"
The only thing you can influence is the order of the groups, not the order of the cards within those.

If you encounter ちかてつ (subway), you don't have that hint from the previous card either.

[open kelp]

Order of Groups?

Is it related to Display Order for my problem?

[sterile dome]

I mean you can influence how learning/review cards are mixed. But within those groups, things are somewhat randomised to reduce the amount of context you get from other cards.