Columns UI
@musicmusic [span style='font-size:13pt;line-height:100%']Proposal how to solve the whole albummode/hybridmode mess [/span] The problem is that currently, there is no way for formatting-strings to properly distinguish between "playlist-contentgroups". To overcome this limitations, formattings have used tracknumbers as a hackish way to create playlist contentgroups - with the known downsides(it simply only works properly with continious full albums). Some have proposed that formatting-strings should be able to "look-ahead" and "-behind". I once thought so as well - but upon recognizing that what's missing is not look-ahead/-behind but instead real contentgroups, i no longer think that any change to how formatting-strings work is necessary at all.My proposal instead is the following: - add some configurable "grouping-pattern" string to the columns ui prefs - (important) this string should be included when importing/exporting - columns ui uses this string to scan a playlist and build groups - it then makes %_playlist_group_index%(integer) and %_playlist_group_total%(integer) available to formatting-strings - thus, formatting-strings can recognize their current position inside of a contentgroup - and use this instead of tracknumbers - possible complications: when files are moved/added/removed in a playlist, then the grouping needs to be updated. Maybe most reasonable way to do it would be to only create groups for all visible playlist-entries - and then update the grouping of all visible entries if changes happen to the playlist.Solves: - singles and albums in same playlist without the need for extra-tags or weird guessing - incomplete-albums - uncontinious albums in playlist(actually, free arrangement of playlist entries) - display of albums consisting of just 1 or 2 tracks