bug: playlists grouped albums view broken

[sanderr]

System Details OS: Arch Linux Arch: x64 Desktop Environment: Sway Version: 3.3.0 Installed by: AUR (tried both binary cantata-qt6 and source cantata-qt6-git)

Describe the bug In the playlists tab, under stored playlists, when "Grouped Albums" view is selected, all song information is empty (no text or picture at all).

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go to 'Playlists'
2. Click on 'Stored Playlists'
3. Click on the bottom left menu button (three horizontal lines)
4. Under "View" click "Grouped Albums"
5. Click one of your stored playlists -> you'll see the first instance of the problem: no album information shows
6. Click an album to open it -> second instance of the problem: the album expands but all song lines are empty

Expected behavior After step 5 in the reproduction, show a list of albums with at least title, and preferably album art and other metadata, as in the "Library" tab. After step 6 in the reproduction, show songs with at least title, and preferably other metadata, as in the "Library" tab.

I only recently switched from CDDrummond's Cantata to this fork. I never encountered this issue with the original version.

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[sanderr]

(Other Views seem to work fine, only the "Grouped Albums" one is affected as far as I can tell.)

[gbcox]

Sorry if I’m being slow here, but I’m not sure I understand what “Grouped Albums” is supposed to show.

From what I can tell, it takes a playlist and groups the tracks by album. But I’m not sure why that’s useful—if the playlist already has full albums, it seems unnecessary. And if it’s a mix of different songs, grouping by album feels like it messes with the order.

Just wondering what the goal of this feature is. It kind of feels like something that was added without thinking much about how people actually use playlists.

[sanderr]

You make a fair point. I personally make 90% of my playlists with full albums, so for me it's really useful. I can see how it might be less useful if it's a random selection of songs. But in that case you would choose a different view. Here's a screenshot of what it looks like on the original Cantata. I like that it allows me to see which albums are in there in a concise manner (in contrast to the other views which expand all tracks).

I honestly had no idea how it would show in case of single-track playlists where ordering is relevant, so I tried that out. Here's a screenshot of the original Cantata for a playlist that has multiple tracks of the same albums, but interleaved in order. It seems to preserve order. I do still agree with your point that for those types of playlists, the view doesn't add much value.