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The interface

Four panes, numbered in the tab strip.

ytkew
ytkew's track view: the tab strip, now playing with cover art and spectrum, and the up-next pane
Key Pane
1 queue
2 library
3 track
4 search

tab cycles them, esc opens the menu, F6 shows the help.

The right-hand end carries the state you need at a glance: whether you are signed in, position in the queue, shuffle and repeat, and the volume meter.

The volume meter is a five-cell bar. It reads muted in the accent colour at zero rather than a quiet 0%, because a player that looks like it is working while making no sound is the single most confusing thing it can do.

The mouse works throughout:

  • Click a tab to switch panes
  • Click a row to select it, click again to play it — the same feel as a file manager
  • Drag the progress bar to seek
  • Scroll the wheel over a list to scroll it; away from a list it changes the volume
  • Right-click anywhere to play or pause

esc opens a floating menu with the ytkew banner, in the style btop uses. Options, help and quit. The options pane steps each setting with ← and → and applies it immediately, so you can see what a theme or a renderer looks like before committing it to the config.