Add remove song from playlist option to bottom sheet menu

[starchyunderscore]

Description

An option to remove a song from a playlist, possibly in the meatball menu of the song in the playlist, or by clicking it again in the "add to playlist" menu.

Problem solved

I accidentally added a song to the playlist twice. I trid to fix it by un-checking the song in the "add to playlist" menu. It is now in the playlist five times.

Other implementations

my only other experience is with spotify. It has a second "remove from playlist" menu.

Benefit

I can fix my mistakes without discarding the whole playlist and starting over.

Duplicates

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[OxygenCobalt]

You can remove songs by pressing the edit button in the playlist view and then swiping the song you want deleted away. Albeit, since this is the 4th time that someone has requested this, I'm just going to add an option to the menu to reduce confusion.

[Chzy2018]

In the current interface of the playlist, there is no indication of how to delete a song after pressing the edit button and swiping, which may lead to some users, including myself, being unable to locate the option to remove songs from the playlist. It is recommended that a removal button be added next to each song in the playlist to facilitate this process.

Additionally, I'd like to inquire whether the ability to add the same song multiple times to a single playlist is a bug in the software. This can result in duplication of certain tracks within the same playlist if I am unsure whether they have already been added. I would greatly appreciate it if the software could verify whether a song is already in the playlist before it is added. Thank you for your efforts, an excellent software!

[e-zk]

I would greatly appreciate it if the software could verify whether a song is already in the playlist before it is added.

FWIW, if you go to add a song to a playlist the playlist preview will have a "tick" on it to show that the song is already in there.

[Chzy2018]

FWIW, if you go to add a song to a playlist the playlist preview will have a "tick" on it to show that the song is already in there.

Thank you for your response. I have conducted an experiment with adding individual songs and noted this feature.

However, I typically select and add multiple songs or entire albums to a playlist simultaneously. When some of these songs are already in the playlist and others are not, the playlist icon does not show the "tick", making it difficult for me to discern which songs have already been added. This situation often leads to repeated tracks in my playlist, which is frustrating. Therefore, I am in need of a feature that would prevent duplicate songs from being added to the playlist. I hope this functionality can be implemented.

[OxygenCobalt]

Additionally, I'd like to inquire whether the ability to add the same song multiple times to a single playlist is a bug in the software. This can result in duplication of certain tracks within the same playlist if I am unsure whether they have already been added. I would greatly appreciate it if the software could verify whether a song is already in the playlist before it is added. Thank you for your efforts, an excellent software!

Yeah, you can add duplicate songs to a playlist. This is intentional design since perhaps some people want to deliberately add duplicates to increase the chance it shows up in shuffles.

I do want to add playlist deduplication eventually with #451.

However, I typically select and add multiple songs or entire albums to a playlist simultaneously. When some of these songs are already in the playlist and others are not, the playlist icon does not show the "tick", making it difficult for me to discern which songs have already been added. This situation often leads to repeated tracks in my playlist, which is frustrating. Therefore, I am in need of a feature that would prevent duplicate songs from being added to the playlist. I hope this functionality can be implemented.

I don't know how to best indicate "All songs are already in this playlist" vs. "Some songs are already in this playlist" A different type of checkmark would not be clear enough. Any ideas, perhaps @Chzy2018?

[Chzy2018]

I don't know how to best indicate "All songs are already in this playlist" vs. "Some songs are already in this playlist" A different type of checkmark would not be clear enough. Any ideas, perhaps @Chzy2018?

I propose implementing a secondary confirmation feature when songs are added to a playlist. If the song already exists in the playlist, a prompt could appear stating, "The following songs are already in the playlist. Would you like to add them again?" with options to "Add all songs" or "Add only those songs not currently in the playlist." If all the selected songs are new to the playlist, they could be added without any prompt. Is such a feature implementation feasible? @OxygenCobalt

[OxygenCobalt]

That works, but the issue lies in that it's a very wordy thing to ask/answer, so I would have to think more about how to clearly indicate it.

[bad1080]

You can remove songs by pressing the edit button in the playlist view and then swiping the song you want deleted away. Albeit, since this is the 4th time that someone has requested this, I'm just going to add an option to the menu to reduce confusion.

this requires you to scroll all the way up to the edit button and then back down to where the song was, it is highly unpractical with larger playlists. another way of doing it could be the "undo" route where you don't require the edit button first and instead offer an undo option (that appears where the song was in the list) for accidental swipes.

[OxygenCobalt]

Okay, so I can do this, but there's a caveat in that this will not work on playlists with several songs in them. I've yet to really build good state management for handling duplicate songs since it's extremely hard to get right. As a result, I think any kind of "delete from playlist" action will either:

1. Delete all instances of the song from the playlist
2. Fail when duplicates are in the playlist

What do you all like more @bad1080 @Chzy2018 @ez-k

[bad1080]

Okay, so I can do this, but there's a caveat in that this will not work on playlists with several songs in them. I've yet to really build good state management for handling duplicate songs since it's extremely hard to get right. As a result, I think any kind of "delete from playlist" action will either:

1. Delete all instances of the song from the playlist
2. Fail when duplicates are in the playlist

What do you all like more @bad1080 @Chzy2018 @Ez-K

i have a playlist with over 27k songs on it so scrolling to the top of the list to remove something is just not possible for me. so since i am not using it for duplicates i don't care if all of them are gone, so option no. 1 for me! i just realized i'd need the ability to do just that but from the "queue" since removing it from the playlist involves several more steps (and finding the song i want to remove on the playlist would become equally impossible)... but i guess that wont be possible with the way the playlist is converted to a queue once you start playing it : (

[gummyhulk]

I'm not sure if anyone else mentioned, but would it be possible to add "delete from playlist" option in the 3 dots beside the songs? Like in Spotify?

[OxygenCobalt]

Yes, this is the whole point of the issue @gummyhulk

[OxygenCobalt]

So, I think what I need to do is either:

1. Forbid duplicates in a playlist (Annoying external problem)
2. Uniquely identify individual entries within a playlist, even when duplicate (Annoying internal problem)

I think I can do 2 with more refactors, so I guess that's the aim. Does mean I'll prioritize other stuff for now. Probably try to do #479 first.