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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.