diff --git a/qt/aqt/editor.py b/qt/aqt/editor.py
index 6f182d890..8ff59aaa8 100644
--- a/qt/aqt/editor.py
+++ b/qt/aqt/editor.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 
 import aqt
 import aqt.sound
+from anki._legacy import deprecated
 from anki.cards import Card
 from anki.collection import Config, SearchNode
 from anki.consts import MODEL_CLOZE
@@ -588,46 +589,6 @@ $editorToolbar.then(({{ toolbar }}) => toolbar.appendGroup({{
 
     setNote = set_note
 
-    # HTML editing
-    ######################################################################
-
-    def onHtmlEdit(self) -> None:
-        field = self.currentField
-        self.call_after_note_saved(lambda: self._onHtmlEdit(field))
-
-    def _onHtmlEdit(self, field: int) -> None:
-        d = QDialog(self.widget, Qt.Window)
-        form = aqt.forms.edithtml.Ui_Dialog()
-        form.setupUi(d)
-        restoreGeom(d, "htmlEditor")
-        disable_help_button(d)
-        qconnect(
-            form.buttonBox.helpRequested, lambda: openHelp(HelpPage.EDITING_FEATURES)
-        )
-        font = QFont("Courier")
-        font.setStyleHint(QFont.TypeWriter)
-        form.textEdit.setFont(font)
-        form.textEdit.setPlainText(self.note.fields[field])
-        d.show()
-        form.textEdit.moveCursor(QTextCursor.End)
-        d.exec_()
-        html = form.textEdit.toPlainText()
-        if html.find(">") > -1:
-            # filter html through beautifulsoup so we can strip out things like a
-            # leading </div>
-            html_escaped = self.mw.col.media.escape_media_filenames(html)
-            with warnings.catch_warnings():
-                warnings.simplefilter("ignore", UserWarning)
-                html_escaped = str(BeautifulSoup(html_escaped, "html.parser"))
-                html = self.mw.col.media.escape_media_filenames(
-                    html_escaped, unescape=True
-                )
-        self.note.fields[field] = html
-        if not self.addMode:
-            self._save_current_note()
-        self.loadNote(focusTo=field)
-        saveGeom(d, "htmlEditor")
-
     # Tag handling
     ######################################################################
 
@@ -682,88 +643,6 @@ $editorToolbar.then(({{ toolbar }}) => toolbar.appendGroup({{
 
     saveTags = blur_tags_if_focused
 
-    # Format buttons
-    ######################################################################
-
-    def toggleBold(self) -> None:
-        self.web.eval("setFormat('bold');")
-
-    def toggleItalic(self) -> None:
-        self.web.eval("setFormat('italic');")
-
-    def toggleUnderline(self) -> None:
-        self.web.eval("setFormat('underline');")
-
-    def toggleSuper(self) -> None:
-        self.web.eval("setFormat('superscript');")
-
-    def toggleSub(self) -> None:
-        self.web.eval("setFormat('subscript');")
-
-    def removeFormat(self) -> None:
-        self.web.eval("setFormat('removeFormat');")
-
-    def onCloze(self) -> None:
-        self.call_after_note_saved(self._onCloze, keepFocus=True)
-
-    def _onCloze(self) -> None:
-        # check that the model is set up for cloze deletion
-        if self.note.note_type()["type"] != MODEL_CLOZE:
-            if self.addMode:
-                tooltip(tr.editing_warning_cloze_deletions_will_not_work())
-            else:
-                showInfo(tr.editing_to_make_a_cloze_deletion_on())
-                return
-        # find the highest existing cloze
-        highest = 0
-        for name, val in list(self.note.items()):
-            m = re.findall(r"\{\{c(\d+)::", val)
-            if m:
-                highest = max(highest, sorted([int(x) for x in m])[-1])
-        # reuse last?
-        if not KeyboardModifiersPressed().alt:
-            highest += 1
-        # must start at 1
-        highest = max(1, highest)
-        self.web.eval("wrap('{{c%d::', '}}');" % highest)
-
-    # Foreground colour
-    ######################################################################
-
-    def setupForegroundButton(self) -> None:
-        self.fcolour = self.mw.pm.profile.get("lastColour", "#00f")
-        self.onColourChanged()
-
-    # use last colour
-    def onForeground(self) -> None:
-        self._wrapWithColour(self.fcolour)
-
-    # choose new colour
-    def onChangeCol(self) -> None:
-        if isLin:
-            new = QColorDialog.getColor(
-                QColor(self.fcolour), None, None, QColorDialog.DontUseNativeDialog
-            )
-        else:
-            new = QColorDialog.getColor(QColor(self.fcolour), None)
-        # native dialog doesn't refocus us for some reason
-        self.parentWindow.activateWindow()
-        if new.isValid():
-            self.fcolour = new.name()
-            self.onColourChanged()
-            self._wrapWithColour(self.fcolour)
-
-    def _updateForegroundButton(self) -> None:
-        # self.web.eval(f"setFGButton('{self.fcolour}')")
-        pass
-
-    def onColourChanged(self) -> None:
-        self._updateForegroundButton()
-        self.mw.pm.profile["lastColour"] = self.fcolour
-
-    def _wrapWithColour(self, colour: str) -> None:
-        self.web.eval(f"setFormat('forecolor', '{colour}')")
-
     # Audio/video/images
     ######################################################################
 
@@ -998,9 +877,138 @@ $editorToolbar.then(({{ toolbar }}) => toolbar.appendGroup({{
     def onCutOrCopy(self) -> None:
         self.web.flagAnkiText()
 
-    # Advanced menu
+    # Legacy editing routines
     ######################################################################
 
+    _js_legacy = "this routine has been moved into JS, and will be removed soon"
+
+    @deprecated(info=_js_legacy)
+    def onHtmlEdit(self) -> None:
+        field = self.currentField
+        self.call_after_note_saved(lambda: self._onHtmlEdit(field))
+
+    @deprecated(info=_js_legacy)
+    def _onHtmlEdit(self, field: int) -> None:
+        d = QDialog(self.widget, Qt.Window)
+        form = aqt.forms.edithtml.Ui_Dialog()
+        form.setupUi(d)
+        restoreGeom(d, "htmlEditor")
+        disable_help_button(d)
+        qconnect(
+            form.buttonBox.helpRequested, lambda: openHelp(HelpPage.EDITING_FEATURES)
+        )
+        font = QFont("Courier")
+        font.setStyleHint(QFont.TypeWriter)
+        form.textEdit.setFont(font)
+        form.textEdit.setPlainText(self.note.fields[field])
+        d.show()
+        form.textEdit.moveCursor(QTextCursor.End)
+        d.exec_()
+        html = form.textEdit.toPlainText()
+        if html.find(">") > -1:
+            # filter html through beautifulsoup so we can strip out things like a
+            # leading </div>
+            html_escaped = self.mw.col.media.escape_media_filenames(html)
+            with warnings.catch_warnings():
+                warnings.simplefilter("ignore", UserWarning)
+                html_escaped = str(BeautifulSoup(html_escaped, "html.parser"))
+                html = self.mw.col.media.escape_media_filenames(
+                    html_escaped, unescape=True
+                )
+        self.note.fields[field] = html
+        if not self.addMode:
+            self._save_current_note()
+        self.loadNote(focusTo=field)
+        saveGeom(d, "htmlEditor")
+
+    @deprecated(info=_js_legacy)
+    def toggleBold(self) -> None:
+        self.web.eval("setFormat('bold');")
+
+    @deprecated(info=_js_legacy)
+    def toggleItalic(self) -> None:
+        self.web.eval("setFormat('italic');")
+
+    @deprecated(info=_js_legacy)
+    def toggleUnderline(self) -> None:
+        self.web.eval("setFormat('underline');")
+
+    @deprecated(info=_js_legacy)
+    def toggleSuper(self) -> None:
+        self.web.eval("setFormat('superscript');")
+
+    @deprecated(info=_js_legacy)
+    def toggleSub(self) -> None:
+        self.web.eval("setFormat('subscript');")
+
+    @deprecated(info=_js_legacy)
+    def removeFormat(self) -> None:
+        self.web.eval("setFormat('removeFormat');")
+
+    @deprecated(info=_js_legacy)
+    def onCloze(self) -> None:
+        self.call_after_note_saved(self._onCloze, keepFocus=True)
+
+    @deprecated(info=_js_legacy)
+    def _onCloze(self) -> None:
+        # check that the model is set up for cloze deletion
+        if self.note.note_type()["type"] != MODEL_CLOZE:
+            if self.addMode:
+                tooltip(tr.editing_warning_cloze_deletions_will_not_work())
+            else:
+                showInfo(tr.editing_to_make_a_cloze_deletion_on())
+                return
+        # find the highest existing cloze
+        highest = 0
+        for name, val in list(self.note.items()):
+            m = re.findall(r"\{\{c(\d+)::", val)
+            if m:
+                highest = max(highest, sorted([int(x) for x in m])[-1])
+        # reuse last?
+        if not KeyboardModifiersPressed().alt:
+            highest += 1
+        # must start at 1
+        highest = max(1, highest)
+        self.web.eval("wrap('{{c%d::', '}}');" % highest)
+
+    def setupForegroundButton(self) -> None:
+        self.fcolour = self.mw.pm.profile.get("lastColour", "#00f")
+
+    # use last colour
+    @deprecated(info=_js_legacy)
+    def onForeground(self) -> None:
+        self._wrapWithColour(self.fcolour)
+
+    # choose new colour
+    @deprecated(info=_js_legacy)
+    def onChangeCol(self) -> None:
+        if isLin:
+            new = QColorDialog.getColor(
+                QColor(self.fcolour), None, None, QColorDialog.DontUseNativeDialog
+            )
+        else:
+            new = QColorDialog.getColor(QColor(self.fcolour), None)
+        # native dialog doesn't refocus us for some reason
+        self.parentWindow.activateWindow()
+        if new.isValid():
+            self.fcolour = new.name()
+            self.onColourChanged()
+            self._wrapWithColour(self.fcolour)
+
+    @deprecated(info=_js_legacy)
+    def _updateForegroundButton(self) -> None:
+        pass
+
+    @deprecated(info=_js_legacy)
+    def onColourChanged(self) -> None:
+        self._updateForegroundButton()
+        self.mw.pm.profile["lastColour"] = self.fcolour
+
+    @deprecated(info=_js_legacy)
+    def _wrapWithColour(self, colour: str) -> None:
+        self.web.eval(f"setFormat('forecolor', '{colour}')")
+
+    @deprecated(info=_js_legacy)
     def onAdvanced(self) -> None:
         m = QMenu(self.mw)
 
@@ -1025,24 +1033,27 @@ $editorToolbar.then(({{ toolbar }}) => toolbar.appendGroup({{
 
         m.exec_(QCursor.pos())
 
-    # LaTeX
-    ######################################################################
-
+    @deprecated(info=_js_legacy)
     def insertLatex(self) -> None:
         self.web.eval("wrap('[latex]', '[/latex]');")
 
+    @deprecated(info=_js_legacy)
     def insertLatexEqn(self) -> None:
         self.web.eval("wrap('[$]', '[/$]');")
 
+    @deprecated(info=_js_legacy)
     def insertLatexMathEnv(self) -> None:
         self.web.eval("wrap('[$$]', '[/$$]');")
 
+    @deprecated(info=_js_legacy)
     def insertMathjaxInline(self) -> None:
         self.web.eval("wrap('\\\\(', '\\\\)');")
 
+    @deprecated(info=_js_legacy)
     def insertMathjaxBlock(self) -> None:
         self.web.eval("wrap('\\\\[', '\\\\]');")
 
+    @deprecated(info=_js_legacy)
     def insertMathjaxChemistry(self) -> None:
         self.web.eval("wrap('\\\\(\\\\ce{', '}\\\\)');")