Playlist Shortcuts

Add the current Quod Libet track to playlists with global keyboard shortcuts. Tracks can belong to multiple playlists; repeated presses never duplicate or remove them.

Requirements

Linux, Quod Libet 4.7.1 (other versions unverified), KDE Plasma, dbus-python, and GLib’s gdbus. Wayland is supported; Flatpak and Snap are untested.

Install and configure

From this repository’s root:

mkdir -p ~/.config/quodlibet/plugins
install -m 644 playlist_shortcuts.py ~/.config/quodlibet/plugins/

1. Open Quod Libet’s Plugins, click Refresh (or restart), and enable Add Current Track to Playlist.
2. In its preferences, enter a shortcut beside a playlist, such as Ctrl+Alt+1, and click Apply. Conflicts appear beside the playlist; Clear removes a binding.
3. Keep Quod Libet running and press the shortcut to add the current track, even while paused.

Bindings survive restarts and disabling the plugin. Clear a playlist’s shortcut before renaming or deleting it, then assign a new binding if needed.

Uninstall

Clear the bindings in preferences, disable the plugin, and remove ~/.config/quodlibet/plugins/playlist_shortcuts.py. After clearing bindings, you can also remove its quodlibet-playlist-*.desktop files from ~/.local/share/kglobalaccel/.

Use your XDG_CONFIG_HOME and XDG_DATA_HOME paths if customized.

Tests

With a Quod Libet source checkout and its test dependencies installed:

QUODLIBET_SOURCE_DIR=/path/to/quodlibet python3 -m pytest

Run in a graphical D-Bus session; headless testing requires Xvfb and pyvirtualdisplay. Tests use isolated data and mock shortcut registration.

License

GPL-2.0-or-later. An independent community plugin for Quod Libet. Favorite icon from KDE Breeze, LGPL-3.0-or-later.