The Testing Toolbar

The toolbar above the question and answer areas is known as the Testing Toolbar, because you will mostly use it during a testing session. It contains eight buttons:
  1. Pass - Give up on the current item.
  2. No idea - Give up on the current item, and see it used in context (if available).
  3. Play - Play audio for the current item (if available and you're allowed to hear it)
  4. Grammar - Show a grammar file or footnote associated with the item (if available).
  5. Typo - Take back the last answer.
  6. Extend - Add your last English answer, which was marked incorrect, as a valid alternative.
  7. Skip - Claim the current item as known, skipping the learning phase.
  8. Hint - Try again with a hint, for half marks.
  9. Enter - Enter the current contents of the answer window as your answer.
In many cases, one or more of these buttons will be grayed out and inactive because the option is unavailable. For instance, hearing the audio for a German vocab item is not appropriate when testing in the English-to-German direction, unless the item has proven particularly difficult. Only a few items will have an associated Grammar file. And you can't skip an item when it is in the confirmation phase.

Each button has a shortcut associated with it, that will achieve the same result if entered as an answer. For instance, entering '?' as the answer will tell the Vocab Trainer you give up on that item. Entering '@' is the same as pressing the 'Skip' button, and entering '>' will play the audio, if appropriate. Depending on your keyboard skills, you might prefer never to click on any of these buttons at all.

TIP: You can retrieve previous answers by pressing the up and down arrows on the keyboard. This is the fastest way to correct a mistake.