Problem or Motivation
In the "Top songs" view for an artist (reached from an artist's page), clicking a track row starts playing the track immediately. There's no way to navigate to the artist page or album page by clicking the artist or album name in the row. Navigation to artist/album is only available via the context menu (right-click), which is not discoverable.
Reference screenshot showing the Top songs view with artist names and album names that should be clickable:
In the screenshot, each row shows "Blazej Malinowski" as the artist and the album name. Currently these are plain text. Clicking them should navigate to the respective artist or album page, not start playback.
Proposed Solution
Make the artist name and album name in track rows clickable navigation links, not just the track title which triggers playback. This applies to:
- Top songs view (
TopSongsView.swift)
- Playlist detail track rows (
PlaylistDetailView.swift, PlaylistTrackRow)
- History view (
HistoryView.swift)
- Any other song list views
Clicking the artist name should navigate to the artist page (like NavigationLink(value: artist)). Clicking the album name should navigate to the album page (like NavigationLink(value: playlist)).
The context menu "Go to Artist" / "Go to Album" items already exist (TopSongsView.swift lines 179-199), so the navigation destinations are wired. The issue is making the inline text itself clickable.
Alternatives Considered
- Context menu only (current): works but hidden behind right-click, most users won't find it
- Separate link buttons: clutters the row
Feature Area
Search (also touches Library / Playlists and UI / Visual)
Priority
Would improve my experience
Additional Context
The artist header link in PlaylistDetailView already demonstrates the pattern: HeaderArtistLinkLabel (line 845) uses NavigationLink(value: artist) with hover styling. The same pattern can be applied to artist/album text in track rows.
Related: issue #287 ("Draggable horizontal album scroll + Clickable band author in album detail") requests clickable artist names in album detail. This issue covers the broader track list views.
Problem or Motivation
In the "Top songs" view for an artist (reached from an artist's page), clicking a track row starts playing the track immediately. There's no way to navigate to the artist page or album page by clicking the artist or album name in the row. Navigation to artist/album is only available via the context menu (right-click), which is not discoverable.
Reference screenshot showing the Top songs view with artist names and album names that should be clickable:
In the screenshot, each row shows "Blazej Malinowski" as the artist and the album name. Currently these are plain text. Clicking them should navigate to the respective artist or album page, not start playback.
Proposed Solution
Make the artist name and album name in track rows clickable navigation links, not just the track title which triggers playback. This applies to:
TopSongsView.swift)PlaylistDetailView.swift,PlaylistTrackRow)HistoryView.swift)Clicking the artist name should navigate to the artist page (like
NavigationLink(value: artist)). Clicking the album name should navigate to the album page (likeNavigationLink(value: playlist)).The context menu "Go to Artist" / "Go to Album" items already exist (
TopSongsView.swiftlines 179-199), so the navigation destinations are wired. The issue is making the inline text itself clickable.Alternatives Considered
Feature Area
Search (also touches Library / Playlists and UI / Visual)
Priority
Would improve my experience
Additional Context
The artist header link in
PlaylistDetailViewalready demonstrates the pattern:HeaderArtistLinkLabel(line 845) usesNavigationLink(value: artist)with hover styling. The same pattern can be applied to artist/album text in track rows.Related: issue #287 ("Draggable horizontal album scroll + Clickable band author in album detail") requests clickable artist names in album detail. This issue covers the broader track list views.