dhonus/jellyfin-tui

Select mode in playlists?—a way to remove multiple tracks at once

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#176 opened on Mar 31, 2026

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good first issue

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Description

I'm finding myself in need of removing a bunch of tracks from a playlist.

The Jellyfin web UI is awful for this, and I personally find it not always works. Plus, I would like to be able to do this without leaving the music player itself.

I don't think there is something like this currently, but I may be wrong. Either way, I imagined something like this:

  1. Press V (or something else) to enter select mode
  2. Mode cursor up or down to select tracks—as you would select lines in vim
  3. Press d to remove them from the playlist
  4. Back to normal mode

Would that make sense?

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Research direction
Implement a select mode for playlist tracks using vim like keybindings. Study existing TUI library (e.g., ratatui) for state management and event handling. Add a state to track selection and modify the delete action.
Tech stack
rust
Domain
frontendcli
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Feature
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3
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Half day
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Fresh
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Clear
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Rust
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60