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Select multiple songs in a row per "Shift+click"

  • Nir
  • ChielMontagne
    ChielMontagne

Hi,

it would be very great and useful if we could use the shift button to select multiple songs in a row! Like in windows explorer...

Thanks

24 replies

I organise my songs in long playlists with hundreds of songs. I often want to move songs to or from a playlist. Therefore I have to mark them one by one by clicking the small checkboxes. It would be very handy if I could mark them via shift+click. An example could be that I click the checkbox of a song in my playlist and then shift+click the checkbox of another song. Now all of the songs in between should also be checked. To unmark them I can do the same procedure again or click "mark all" twice.

Rafael.
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  • Alien SuperStar
  • 8543 replies
  • January 8, 2019
Hi there, just to confirm that we have passed this feedback on to the right team 😉

@Rafael. are you still working on this feature or it’s activated by some other key? Cause it’s still not working with shift.


  • Tiny Dancer
  • 2 replies
  • March 24, 2020

I’ve been using Deezer for a while as my primary tool to listen to music. It honestly blows my mind that this feature hasn’t been made yet.. It seems so obvious. I’ve had times where I have to manually select hundreds of specific tracks, while not selecting all of them at once. I’m saddened to see that this request was made over a year ago and has still not been completed. 


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  • Lucky Star
  • 1593 replies
  • March 25, 2020

Hello @mokachino, thank you for your feedback, I agree this would be a very handy feature to have. I’ll forward this request to the teams.

Have a nice day :slight_smile:


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in windows explorer you can ctrl+click to select a single file while keeping your current selection


Rudi
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  • Alien SuperStar
  • 14316 replies
  • March 27, 2020

That could also help @raccoonsarecool, just to make things more practical. Thanks for the comment, we'll pass it on :wink:


Rafael.
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  • Alien SuperStar
  • 8543 replies
  • February 10, 2021
Updated idea status In discussionNot for now

  • Tiny Dancer
  • 1 reply
  • June 4, 2021

Bump! I need this feature! Here’s the quick breakdown of how this could work:

  • shift + click on playlist row checkbox
    select all rows up to the row of the clicked checkbox from either:
    • the closest selected playlist row, or if none then
    • the first playlist row
  • you cannot deselect multiple playlist rows at once unless you click the select/deselect all checkbox (in column header)
    - OR -
    shift + click selected checkboxes to deselect all selected playlist rows from start of selected rows to the clicked checkbox row
  • ctrl + click on checkbox
    select/deselect single playlist row when multiple rows are selected

🙏


  • Tiny Dancer
  • 1 reply
  • April 8, 2022
Rafael. wrote:

Updated idea status In discussionNot for now

 

The absence of a multiple track select feature on Deezer is a deal breaker for me. I’ll be moving my account to Tidal (whose interface is almost identical to Spotify).

Also, why can’t I see a dropdown list of playlists on the left screen menu? I should be able to simply drag and drop multiple songs into another playlist, like I would (and have) with my own personal library of songs or my Spotify and Tidal accounts.

And why can’t I organize my playlists into folders? 

After migrating away from Spotify, I can’t believe most music streaming services don’t include these extremely basic piece of UI. I thought I’d found a Spotify replacement with Deezer but Tidal it is instead.

You guys have a near perfect streaming service that’s sabotaging its own success by failing to include these features. Not every user just streams the same top 100 playlist on their phone.


  • Tiny Dancer
  • 2 replies
  • October 31, 2022

I love the range and quality of the music but I will be moving back to another service at the end of this month, as the UI is too painful to use without shift-click.


  • Tiny Dancer
  • 3 replies
  • March 23, 2023

This is a 4 year old feature request, and basic functionality of list management in any software.  I’m beginning to think Deezer simply does not care about UI/UX.


I'm really disappointed that this still isn't a thing.  I'm making a roadtrip playlist and it's honestly painful when you have to individually move hundreds of tracks.  Maybe I'll have to go back to another service.


Rafael. wrote:

Updated idea status In discussionNot for now

2 years to put it from discussion to not for now and 2 years later still nothing wth? 

truthsolo wrote:

This is a 4 year old feature request, and basic functionality of list management in any software.  I’m beginning to think Deezer simply does not care about UI/UX.

I mean hes right its not an big feature to implement nor should it be hard to implement… 

 


Come om guys, this should be just an easy fix and VERY helpful.


  • Tiny Dancer
  • 2 replies
  • January 25, 2024

Just transferred my old liked tracks from Spotify through Soundiiz.

However - because of this feature missing, I am now unable to move the 1000 songs I have now in my ‘liked’ tracks to their own playlist in Deezer, NOR DELETE the tracks. 

PLEASE, THIS IS SUCH A BASIC FEATURE.

I am NOT clicking over 1000 times in order to move or delete the songs. 
I love the service otherwise - but this needs to be updated ASAP.


  • Tiny Dancer
  • 2 replies
  • January 25, 2024

Update :
(In case someone is having the same issue as I did.)

I managed to now move the tracks to their own playlist through Soundiiz - but this isn’t really a thing a user should have to do through a 3rd party app. Such basic features shouldn’t be outsourced to external services.

I am beyond frustrated and really contemplating on my Streaming-service choices now. 


  • Tiny Dancer
  • 3 replies
  • February 3, 2024

I am currently checking the different services to choose where to move. I had almost decided to move to Deezer, but if there is no easy way to do selection of multiple tracks, I will have to pass. Too bad, Deezer is the best of the bunch until now, but this is a dealbreaker for me!


Hey folks, this is an accessibility issue.

I have an elbow issue and can’t click hundreds of times to select songs. I really need this accessibility shortcut to work.


Leonídia.Deezer
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Hi ​@thumpingferret201! Thanks for bringing this up again!

I’ll pass it along to our team. 🙌


  • Tiny Dancer
  • 3 replies
  • February 7, 2025

A premium streaming platform has to support users who wish to make mixes/playlists. To really support making mixes, that platform has to have a user friendly UI that allows users to move tracks around in bulk when working within a long playlist. Little fixes like this make a huge difference to usability. Clicking boxes individually is actually quite tedious in a long playlist, whereas shift functionality is extremely easy (and something that users are accustomed to expect).

 

I would also second the excellent point made by the user above: keyboard control is a basic compliance standard for making a program accessible for individuals with Disabilities.


thumpingferret201 wrote:

Hey folks, this is an accessibility issue.

I have an elbow issue and can’t click hundreds of times to select songs. I really need this accessibility shortcut to work.

I second this. I am trying to click through 200 songs and can’t continue because it makes my carpal tunnel flare up. I just want to make a playlist and now I can’t feel my hands. 🙃 If this doesn’t get fixed then I will be making a swift exit to another music streaming platform.

I also find it weird that you can’t select the selection box with keyboard controls at all. Even trying to jump around via the Tab key doesn’t work.

I recommend the devs check out WCAG standards: https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/


  • Tiny Dancer
  • 1 reply
  • July 13, 2025

I’m shocked that such a basic feature doesn’t exist. How are we supposed to move or delete entire albums?


  • Tiny Dancer
  • 3 replies
  • July 13, 2025
Leonídia.Deezer wrote:

Hi ​@thumpingferret201! Thanks for bringing this up again!

I’ll pass it along to our team. 🙌

I appreciate you passing it along, and I am sure others do, but the development team should take a moment to read these comments first hand. There are consumers of this product telling you that the lack of basic accessibility features is causing them actual pain. That should be an attention getter, and a priority.


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