Overview¶
Quod Libet has different ways to browse your library, called Browsers, which are selectable from the View menu. There is always one (primary) browser active.
Depending on which browser you’re using, different options will be available in the Filters menu and context menus. For example, the Search Bar can filter by anything, but there’s no way to get a “top 40” in the Album List.
Secondary Browsers¶
You can also browse your library in a separate window (without disturbing your current playlist) by selecting one of the options from Music → Browse Library. You can have multiple of these open at once, and they will all react to changes to your library underneath.
No Browser¶
If you select Disable Browser, whatever browser you were using just disappears. You can still browse your library with the Filters menu, but you can’t search manually.
The Song List¶
The Song List, as the name implies, presents a list of all the songs that the current browser has found, or filtered for you. The columns are configurable, and can be any tag, or even combinations of tags from your library. For more information on tags, see An Introduction to Tags.
Sorting:
- List columns sorted by “disc” and “track” are actually sorted by “album”
- All songs are sorted by the column header tag and with a special sort key. If there is something wrong with the sort order check the tags used in the sort key: “albumsort or album, album_grouping_key or labelid or musicbrainz_albumid, ~#disc, ~#track, artistsort or artist, musicbrainz_artistid, title, ~filename” (see An Introduction to Tags)