From bddfd37a5cd177e826447f2431cecb17996331b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Logan <logan@ljones.me>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:38:36 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feat(track-list): show Album by default, and search smart
 playlists
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H-15: the default columns were track, artist and duration, so a library
manager with duplicate detection could not tell its own duplicate
fixtures apart by eye. Album is a default now, in Go and in the
frontend fallback — both, because a fresh install persists the Go list
and the UI renders the TS one until the config arrives.

It does not deliver the finding's stated benefit, and that is worth
recording: the three `Tideline / Aurora Fields / 00:06` rows are
duplicates of the same album, so they read identically with an Album
column too. What tells them apart is the duplicate-detection feature or
a file path column, not this. Album is still the right default for
every other row in the list.

smart-playlist-details joins search-store's scope map. Checked before
adding, as asked: it reads searchCtrl.term in getVisibleTracks and
prints the term in the page, so the header box was disabled and
unlabelled on a view that filters as you type — the fix is a scope
entry, not a disabled state with a reason.
---
 backend/tracklist/config.go                   | 9 +++++++--
 frontend/src/components/track-list/columns.ts | 9 ++++++++-
 frontend/src/store/search-store.ts            | 6 ++++++
 frontend/test/stores/view-stores.test.ts      | 4 ++++
 4 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backend/tracklist/config.go b/backend/tracklist/config.go
index c6bdf9d..e1ba8d0 100644
--- a/backend/tracklist/config.go
+++ b/backend/tracklist/config.go
@@ -60,11 +60,16 @@ var AllColumnIDs = []ColumnID{
 	ColPlayCount,
 }
 
-// DefaultColumns is the initial column configuration matching the
-// original hardcoded layout.
+// DefaultColumns is the initial column configuration.  Album is in it
+// (H-15): without it the three identical `Tideline / Aurora Fields /
+// 00:06` rows in this app's own fixture library cannot be told apart,
+// in an app that has a duplicate-detection feature.  Must match
+// DEFAULT_COLUMN_IDS in frontend/src/components/track-list/columns.ts,
+// which is what the UI falls back to before the config arrives.
 var DefaultColumns = []Column{
 	{ID: ColTrackName},
 	{ID: ColArtistName},
+	{ID: ColAlbum},
 	{ID: ColTrackLength},
 }
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/track-list/columns.ts b/frontend/src/components/track-list/columns.ts
index 614603d..7880f96 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/track-list/columns.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/track-list/columns.ts
@@ -249,9 +249,16 @@ export const CORE_SEARCH_COLUMN_IDS: string[] = [
     'album',
 ];
 
-/** Default column IDs matching the original hardcoded layout. */
+/**
+ * Default column IDs. Album is in them (H-15): without it, the three
+ * `Tideline / Aurora Fields / 00:06` rows in this app's own fixture
+ * library are indistinguishable, in an app that has duplicate
+ * detection. Must match `tracklist.DefaultColumns` in Go, which is what
+ * a fresh install actually persists.
+ */
 export const DEFAULT_COLUMN_IDS: string[] = [
     'trackName',
     'artistName',
+    'album',
     'trackLength',
 ];
diff --git a/frontend/src/store/search-store.ts b/frontend/src/store/search-store.ts
index e764f90..3d6725b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/store/search-store.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/store/search-store.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ const SEARCH_SCOPES: Record<string, string> = {
     genres: 'genres',
     playlists: 'playlists',
     'playlist-details': 'tracks in this playlist',
+    // Its sibling was in this map and it was not, so the box went
+    // disabled and unlabelled on a view that filters on the term all
+    // the same — typing narrowed the list under a placeholder saying
+    // there was nothing to search. Checked before adding: it reads
+    // `searchCtrl.term` in `getVisibleTracks` and says so in the page.
+    'smart-playlist-details': 'tracks in this smart playlist',
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/frontend/test/stores/view-stores.test.ts b/frontend/test/stores/view-stores.test.ts
index c4e1b09..b189459 100644
--- a/frontend/test/stores/view-stores.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/test/stores/view-stores.test.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ describe('search store', () => {
       'albums',
       'playlists',
       'playlist-details',
+      // A detail view that filters on the term has to be in the map:
+      // this one was not, so the box was disabled and unlabelled on a
+      // page that narrowed its list as you typed.
+      'smart-playlist-details',
       'artists',
       'genres',
     ].map((view) => {