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This is just a sketch of how it could look like

Elisa is a great audio player and I want to thank all KDE creators who are involved in the Elisa project. Party mode is such a great idea.

I still use Elisa not as often as would like to. I have a large music library with a lot of files. Sorting my library by Albums, Artists, Tracks or Genres is not a feasible solution.

The only way to navigate my library with ease is a directory view. As of now, Elisa comes with a Files view. With Elisa’s Files view, I see two problems:

– The Files view always starts in the root directory; consequently, I would have to navigate to my music directory every time I restart Elisa.

– The symbols in Files view are way too large. I would prefer a file tree, similar to Dolphin.

In my specific user case I would need an environment as shown in the (maniuplated) screenshot attached to this feature request.

On the left side, you see the directory browser for my music library.

On the right side, you see the playlist; in the top bar of the playlist, you see a horizontal playlist manager with different playlists.

There are only two columns needed: one for the file tree directory view and one for the playlist (with the playlist manager on top).

I firmly believe that many users would benefit from the option of this particular view. This is inspired by my DeaDBeeF and my foobar2000 setup.

To summarize my ideas:

–  Add a directory view library with a file tree; get rid of the large directory symbols.

– The directory view should always start in my music directory, not in the root directory.

– Add a horizontal playlist manager.

– Reduce the number of columns from three to two whenever the requested directory tree view is enabled.

Elisa could easily be the most beloved audio player in the Linux world. But as of now, the use case is rather limited because the directory view (File view) is lacking essential features.