single track drag-and-drop ghost

frontend/src/components/cover-grid/cover-grid.ts

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import type { DragPayload } from '@utils/drag-controller';
 import {
     createAlbumArtDragImage,
     createDragImage,
+    createTrackCardDragImage,
     removeDragImage,
 } from '@utils/drag-image';
 
@@ -2850,9 +2851,16 @@ export class CoverGrid extends LitElement {
                 JSON.stringify(payload),
             );
 
-            this.dragImageEl = createDragImage(
-                filePaths.length,
-            );
+            this.dragImageEl =
+                filePaths.length === 1
+                    ? createTrackCardDragImage(
+                          track.TrackName,
+                          track.ArtistName,
+                          track.FilePath,
+                      )
+                    : createDragImage(
+                          filePaths.length,
+                      );
             dataTransfer.setDragImage(
                 this.dragImageEl,
                 0,

frontend/src/components/playlist-view/playlist-view.ts

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import {
 } from '@utils/drag-controller';
 import {
     createDragImage,
+    createTrackCardDragImage,
     removeDragImage,
 } from '@utils/drag-image';
 
@@ -1143,9 +1144,14 @@ export class PlaylistView
             sourcePlaylistId: entry.summary.ID,
         });
 
-        this.dragImageEl = createDragImage(
-            filePaths.length,
-        );
+        this.dragImageEl =
+            filePaths.length === 1
+                ? createTrackCardDragImage(
+                      track.Title,
+                      track.Artist,
+                      track.FilePath,
+                  )
+                : createDragImage(filePaths.length);
         e.dataTransfer?.setDragImage(
             this.dragImageEl,
             0,

frontend/src/components/queue-panel/queue-panel.ts

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import {
 } from '@utils/drag-controller';
 import {
     createDragImage,
+    createTrackCardDragImage,
     removeDragImage,
 } from '@utils/drag-image';
 
@@ -1096,9 +1097,21 @@ export class QueuePanel
             source: 'queue',
         });
 
-        this.dragImageEl = createDragImage(
-            filePaths.length,
-        );
+        if (filePaths.length === 1) {
+            const t = tracks[index]!;
+
+            this.dragImageEl =
+                createTrackCardDragImage(
+                    t.title,
+                    t.artist,
+                    t.filePath,
+                );
+        } else {
+            this.dragImageEl = createDragImage(
+                filePaths.length,
+            );
+        }
+
         e.dataTransfer?.setDragImage(
             this.dragImageEl,
             0,

frontend/src/components/track-list/track-list.ts

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
 } from '@utils/drag-controller';
 import {
     createDragImage,
+    createTrackCardDragImage,
     removeDragImage,
 } from '@utils/drag-image';
 import '@lit-labs/virtualizer';
@@ -1135,9 +1136,14 @@ export class TrackList extends LitElement implements SelectionHost {
         });
 
         // Custom drag image.
-        this.dragImageEl = createDragImage(
-            filePaths.length,
-        );
+        this.dragImageEl =
+            filePaths.length === 1
+                ? createTrackCardDragImage(
+                      track.TrackName,
+                      track.ArtistName,
+                      track.FilePath,
+                  )
+                : createDragImage(filePaths.length);
         e.dataTransfer?.setDragImage(
             this.dragImageEl,
             0,

frontend/src/utils/drag-image.ts

@@ -66,6 +66,83 @@ export function createAlbumArtDragImage(
     return wrapper;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Creates a drag image styled like a queue track card showing the
+ * track title and artist.  Used when dragging a single track.
+ *
+ * If `title` is empty and `filePath` is provided the filename
+ * (without extension) is used as a fallback.  An empty `artist`
+ * falls back to "Unknown Artist".
+ */
+export function createTrackCardDragImage(
+    title: string,
+    artist: string,
+    filePath?: string,
+): HTMLElement {
+    let displayTitle = title;
+
+    if (!displayTitle && filePath) {
+        const parts = filePath.split(/[\\/]/);
+        const filename =
+            parts[parts.length - 1] ?? filePath;
+
+        displayTitle = filename.replace(/\.[^.]+$/, '');
+    }
+
+    if (!displayTitle) {
+        displayTitle = 'Unknown Title';
+    }
+
+    const displayArtist = artist || 'Unknown Artist';
+
+    const card = document.createElement('div');
+
+    card.style.cssText = [
+        'position: fixed',
+        'top: -1000px',
+        'left: -1000px',
+        'max-width: 220px',
+        'padding: 8px 14px',
+        'border-radius: 6px',
+        'background: #2a2a2a',
+        'box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.4)',
+        'pointer-events: none',
+        'z-index: 9999',
+        'display: flex',
+        'flex-direction: column',
+        'gap: 2px',
+        'font-family: inherit',
+    ].join(';');
+
+    const titleEl = document.createElement('span');
+
+    titleEl.textContent = displayTitle;
+    titleEl.style.cssText = [
+        'font-size: 13px',
+        'color: #fff',
+        'white-space: nowrap',
+        'overflow: hidden',
+        'text-overflow: ellipsis',
+    ].join(';');
+
+    const artistEl = document.createElement('span');
+
+    artistEl.textContent = displayArtist;
+    artistEl.style.cssText = [
+        'font-size: 11px',
+        'color: #b3b3b3',
+        'white-space: nowrap',
+        'overflow: hidden',
+        'text-overflow: ellipsis',
+    ].join(';');
+
+    card.appendChild(titleEl);
+    card.appendChild(artistEl);
+    document.body.appendChild(card);
+
+    return card;
+}
+
 /** Remove a drag image element created by createDragImage. */
 export function removeDragImage(el: HTMLElement): void {
     el.remove();