[IDEA] In tag view use artists instead of albumartist

[Atair]

Yes, of course I read the Quick help.
But on Android, how do I press enter or type !r when the virtual keyboard is not available. It is displayed only when entering a text field!

[Atair]

Ah, quite cool!!!
I really overlooked this search field (gray on dark gray background).

Can you tell which tags are evaluated in albums view, e.g., also composer?

[Tim Curtis]

The search function in Tag, Album and Radio views, and the Playlist performs what is called a "typedown text search" on the contents of lines in the displayed list. This is different from the search in Folder view which performs a query by tag(s) on the MPD database. The exception to this is the custom year or year range search. This actually filters the Library by the date tag.

Here are some examples of the contents of lines in the Album list in Tag view. The text (bolded for clarity) is what can be searched.

<li class="lib-entry">
<img class="lazy-tagview" data-original="/imagesw/thmcache/f60a8d9a92d4c772a9f434553aeb533a.jpg" src="/imagesw/thmcache/f60a8d9a92d4c772a9f434553aeb533a.jpg" style="display: inline;">
<div class="tag-cover-text">
<span class="album-name-art">20th Century Guitar</span>
<span class="artist-name-art">Julian Bream</span>
<span class="album-year">(1967)</span>
</div>
<div class="encoded-at-notvisible">16/44.1 FLAC</div>
</li>

<li class="lib-entry">
<img class="lazy-tagview" data-original="/imagesw/thmcache/0b013fda9ea176b4125a8c3c2431a0c7.jpg" src="/imagesw/thmcache/0b013fda9ea176b4125a8c3c2431a0c7.jpg" style="display: inline;">
<div class="encoded-at-hdonly-tagview">HD</div>
<div class="tag-cover-text">
<span class="album-name-art">Hesitation Marks</span>
<span class="artist-name-art">Nine Inch Nails</span>
<span class="album-year">(2013)</span>
</div>
<div class="encoded-at-notvisible">24/48 FLAC</div>
</li>

[Atair]

I see. Searching the DOM tree is for sure faster than a database query. This limits the possible information that can be searched for, though.

Searching the folders results in a track list with no means to open the related album. I do not know whether this is really useful.
Does this search understand sort of of <tag> <value> syntax? Searching for tags like composer , album or artist without value yields a result list which I do not really understand.

(BTW (off topic): Playing guitar myself, I like Julian Bream very much. I once visited a concert in Munich and had a nice conversation with him afterwards.)

[Tim Curtis]

Likewise, Classical and Jazz Git for over 20 yrs. Bream is one of the greats, especially his interpretations of contemporary and modern Classical. His performance of Britten's Nocturnal is a masterpiece.

Yes, the search in Folder view uses tag = value queries to MPD.
- The quick search performs a search of all tags using an OR relationship.
- The Advanced search (magnifier icon) allows individual tags to be searched using an AND relationship.

[Atair]

Ah, everything is there, although quite hidden, especially with a dark theme. This would really deserve a better description in the quick help.
The only thing I would wish is a direct access to a (list of) album(s) from the search result.

[Tim Curtis]

The icons and text should be highly visible on the dark themes.

Post a screen shot that shows visibility issues so we can investigate.

[Atair]

   
   

The magnifier glass is perfectly visible. But it is not mentioned in the help and one has to touch it to see what's behind it.

Regarding the search fields, to my taste they are too dim to be recognised immediately. Maybe because the same background as for the rest of the menu is used. And it is only displayed when tag or albums view has been selected before. So in order to use the search, one has to open the menu a second time.
Maybe a lighter background and a white border could improve the visibility (if this does not spoil the otherwise very clean design which I like very much).

[Atair]

Sad news: Julian Bream died on August 14.

[DRONE7]

Sad news: Julian Bream died on August 14.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obi...story.html

A good innings.   Celebrate a life well lived and a lifelong contribution to the arts.