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

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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

22 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
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  • March 27, 2020

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


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  • Alien SuperStar
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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/