Inconsistent track playback behavior when browsing playlists — right-side play button only plays single track instead of continuing playlist

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Description

When navigating through tracks in a playlist (or browsing by album/title), there are two ways to start playback of a track:

1. The dropdown button (▶ icon at the top of the track row) — offers "Play", "Play Randomly", "Download". Clicking "Play" starts playback and continues with the following tracks in the playlist.
2. The play button to the right of the track — starts playback of only that single track, with no continuation of the following tracks.

This behavior is inconsistent and unintuitive. A user browsing a playlist who clicks on a track expects to start playback from that point onward, not just that isolated track.

Additional issue: long playlists

This inconsistency becomes especially problematic in long playlists. If a user is browsing deep into a long playlist and accidentally clicks the right-side play button on the wrong track, they are forced to:

1. Scroll all the way back to the top of the playlist
2. Click "Play" from the dropdown to resume continuous playback
3. Click "Next" multiple times to get back to where they were

This is a frustrating and tedious experience that could easily be avoided.

Current behavior

• Dropdown button → "Play" → plays from the selected track and continues the playlist
• Right-side button → plays only the selected track, no continuation

Expected behavior

The right-side play button within a playlist should behave the same as the dropdown "Play" option: start playback from that track and continue through the rest of the playlist.

Steps to reproduce

1. Open LMS in the browser
2. Navigate to a playlist (or an album with multiple tracks)
3. Click the play button (▶) to the right of a track
4. → Only that track plays, the following tracks do not continue
5. Go back, use the dropdown button → "Play"
6. → The track and following tracks play continuously as expected

Screenshots

The screenshot below highlights the two areas of concern:

• Zone A (red) — The dropdown button at the top of the track row, which provides "Play", "Play Randomly", and "Download" options. Clicking "Play" here continues through the playlist as expected.

• Zone B (red) — The play button to the right of the track, which only plays that single track without continuing the playlist.

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As a follow-up suggestion: ideally, Zone A (the dropdown controls) would be repositioned at the bottom of the playlist, similar to how Spotify handles its player. This way:

• The controls are always accessible without scrolling back to the top
• When browsing a long playlist, you can start playback from any point and immediately have full control (next, previous, shuffle, etc.) right where you are
• It removes the ambiguity between the two play buttons entirely, since there would be only one clear way to start playback from a track row

This would solve both the behavioral inconsistency and the long-playlist usability issue in one change.

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Thank you for the fix—it works perfectly.

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Forgot to thank you for your detailed report!

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No worries at all — I’m glad you found the report useful!