From e85f1201902fb852bc25a56a21a4f313f3820940 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Soffke <christian.soffke@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:44:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] playlist_viewer: add character-based Now Playing indicator

Addresses issue where it became difficult to find the
currently playing track once you scrolled away from it,
either with icons disabled in the Playlist Viewer, or if
the theme's icon set used whitespace for the Music icon.

An example scenario would be when you're moving some track
and are trying to put it next to the currently playing one.

Change-Id: I073a7e55fb723eeff755e32a78f88dcc7db1c245
---
 apps/playlist_viewer.c | 18 +++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/playlist_viewer.c b/apps/playlist_viewer.c
index 88f2590c3e..392131a8a9 100644
--- a/apps/playlist_viewer.c
+++ b/apps/playlist_viewer.c
@@ -515,9 +515,15 @@ static void format_line(struct playlist_entry* track, char* str,
                         int len)
 {
     char *id3viewc = NULL;
-    char *skipped = "";
+    char *skipped, *prefix, *suffix;
+    skipped = prefix = suffix = "";
     if (track->attr & PLAYLIST_ATTR_SKIPPED)
         skipped = "(ERR) ";
+    if (track->index == viewer.current_playing_track)
+    {
+        prefix = "[";
+        suffix = "]";
+    }
     if (!(track->attr & PLAYLIST_ATTR_RETRIEVE_ID3_ATTEMPTED) &&
         (global_settings.playlist_viewer_track_display ==
             PLAYLIST_VIEWER_ENTRY_SHOW_ID3_TITLE_AND_ALBUM ||
@@ -591,9 +597,10 @@ static void format_line(struct playlist_entry* track, char* str,
         format_name(name, track->name, sizeof(name));
         if (global_settings.playlist_viewer_indices)
             /* Display playlist index */
-            snprintf(str, len, "%d. %s%s", track->display_index, skipped, name);
+            snprintf(str, len, "%s%d. %s%s%s",
+                     prefix, track->display_index, skipped, name, suffix);
         else
-            snprintf(str, len, "%s%s", skipped, name);
+            snprintf(str, len, "%s%s%s%s", prefix, skipped, name, suffix);
     }
     else
     {
@@ -603,9 +610,10 @@ static void format_line(struct playlist_entry* track, char* str,
         }
         if (global_settings.playlist_viewer_indices)
             /* Display playlist index */
-            snprintf(str, len, "%d. %s%s", track->display_index, skipped, id3viewc);
+            snprintf(str, len, "%s%d. %s%s%s",
+                     prefix, track->display_index, skipped, id3viewc, suffix);
         else
-            snprintf(str, len, "%s%s", skipped, id3viewc);
+            snprintf(str, len, "%s%s%s%s", prefix, skipped, id3viewc, suffix);
     }
 }