Genres
The Genres view lists every genre in your library with album and song counts. A 3×3 collage of album covers stands in for genre artwork.
For navigation, search, multi-select, ratings, and shared right-click actions, see Library Basics.
Sort modes
Section titled “Sort modes”- Name (default), Album Count, Song Count, Random
Two-level expansion
Section titled “Two-level expansion”Shift + Enter on a genre expands its albums inline. Shift + Enter on an expanded album (or clicking the “N songs” text) expands that album’s tracks. Only one genre and one album within it can be expanded at a time. You can also click the “N albums” text on a genre row to focus and expand it directly.
Search
Section titled “Search”Search matches genre name only (unlike most other views, which use Navidrome’s full-text index).
Click-through filters
Section titled “Click-through filters”From an expanded album or track row:
- Album name → Albums view filtered to that album
- Artist name → Artists view filtered to that artist