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Dashboard

KanashiiDev edited this page May 20, 2026 · 6 revisions

This page covers everything visible on the main dashboard: the Now Playing card, Listening History, Stats Logs, Settings, and the layout toggle.


Table of Contents


Dashboard Overview

You don't need to refresh the page. Updates arrive in real time:

  • The RPC status badge updates whenever the connection state changes
  • The Now Playing card refreshes every second
  • New history entries appear at the top of the list as you listen
  • New log entries appear at the top of the log list as they come in

RPC Status

A small badge in the dashboard shows whether the RPC connection is active.

Badge Meaning
🟢 Connected The app is successfully connected and sending data
🔴 Disconnected The connection is down — check that your desktop client is running

The badge updates automatically whenever the connection state changes.


Now Playing Card

The music card shows what you're currently listening to.

Element What it shows
Cover art Album/track artwork from your music source
Title Song name
Artist Artist name (hidden if it's the same as the source)
Source The platform you're playing from (e.g. Spotify)
Progress bar How far through the track you are — updates every second
Time elapsed How long you've been listening to the current track
Duration Total length of the track (only shown when available)

When nothing is playing, the card shows placeholder text and the progress bar resets to zero.

The card updates automatically — you don't need to click anything.


Listening History

The history panel shows a scrollable list of everything you've listened to, most recent at the top.

Each history entry shows:

  • Cover art — click it to open the song in your music app (if a link is available)
  • How long ago — e.g. "3 minutes ago" — hover over it for the exact date and time
  • Title, Artist, Source

Filtering history

By source (platform): A dropdown at the top of the history panel lets you filter by source (e.g. show only Spotify tracks). Select a source from the list to filter, or choose All to go back to seeing everything.

By search: Type in the search box to filter by song title or artist name. The list updates as you type.

Scrolling / loading more

History loads in batches. Scroll down to automatically load older entries — the list extends itself as you reach the bottom.

New entries

When you start playing a new song, it appears at the top of the history list in real time — no page refresh needed.


Stats

The Stats section shows you a bar chart of your listening history — how many minutes you listened or how many songs you played, day by day or month by month. You can also browse a summary of your top songs and artists.


The Controls at a Glance

[ Week | Month | Year ]    ← | May 2025 | →    [ Summary | Time | Songs ]

Three groups of buttons sit above the chart. Here's what each one does.


Range Toggle — Week / Month / Year

These three buttons control how much time the chart covers.

Button What you see
Week 7 bars — one per day of the current week (Mon–Sun)
Month One bar per day of the current month
Year 12 bars — one per month of the current year

Tip: The active button is highlighted. Click any of the three to switch instantly.


Period Navigation [ ← Label → ]

The arrow buttons let you go back in time to see older periods.

  • ← (left arrow) — go to the previous week / month / year
  • → (right arrow) — go forward (disabled when you're already at the current period — the button will appear faded)
  • Label in the middle — shows which period you're currently viewing, e.g. May 2025 or 20 Apr – 26 Apr

Mode Toggle — Summary / Time / Songs

These buttons change what the chart measures.

Button What it shows
Summary Hides the chart and shows your Top Songs, Top Artists, and total stats for the period (see Summary View below)
Time The chart shows minutes listened per bar
Songs The chart shows number of songs played per bar

Reading the Chart

  • Each bar represents a day (in week/month view) or a month (in year view).
  • Taller bars = more listening activity.
  • Darker bars = lower values; lighter/brighter bars = higher values. The color scales automatically.
  • Hover over a bar — a tooltip pops up showing the exact date and value (e.g. "143 minutes" or "27 songs").

Clicking a Bar — Detail Panel

Click any bar to open a detail panel below the chart. It shows:

  • The date or month you clicked
  • The total number of songs or total listening time for that day
  • A breakdown by platform (e.g. Spotify, YouTube Music) showing how many tracks you played on each To close the panel, click the same bar again, or click anywhere else on the chart.

Expanding a Platform Row

Inside the detail panel, each platform row has a chevron (v) on the right. Click the row to expand it and see the individual songs you listened to on that platform that day, sorted from most recent to oldest.

  • Click the row again to collapse the list.
  • Only one platform can be expanded at a time — opening another one automatically closes the previous.

Summary View

Click the Summary button to switch to a full-period overview. The summary shows:

Top Songs & Top Artists

Two columns side by side

  • Top Songs — your 5 most-played tracks in the current period, ranked by play count
  • Top Artists — your 5 most-listened-to artists, ranked by how often you played their songs Each row shows:
  • Rank number (1–5)
  • Album/artist artwork — you can click the pencil icon on any image to replace it with a custom image URL
  • Title and artist / play count
  • A bar showing how the count compares to the #1 entry

Clicking an Artist

Click any artist row (not the pencil icon) to drill down into that artist's top 10 songs for the period. A back button appears in the top-left to return to the main summary.

Hero Stats (bottom)

Two large numbers at the bottom of the summary:

  • Minutes listened — total listening time for the period
  • Tracks played — total number of song plays

Returning to the Chart

Click Time or Songs in the mode toggle to hide the summary and return to the bar chart.


Capture (Camera Icon)

Inside the Summary view, a camera icon appears in the top-right corner. Click it to open the capture menu, which lets you save your summary as a PNG image.

Layout options
Option Description
Wide Two-column layout (songs left, artists right) — good for sharing
Tall Stacked layout — better for portrait/mobile screenshots
Resolution options
Option Width
Small 1080 px
Medium 1200 px
Large 1320 px
Wide 1400 px

Click Save and the image downloads automatically to your device.

The capture menu closes if you click anywhere outside it.


Logs

The Logs panel shows a record of events and errors from the app — useful if something isn't working as expected.

Each log entry shows:

  • When — how long ago it happened, plus the exact timestamp in parentheses
  • Type badge — colored label indicating the kind of log entry (e.g. error, warning, info)
  • Message — a description of what happened
  • Stack trace — technical detail shown below the message (only present on errors)

Filtering logs

A dropdown at the top lets you filter by log type:

  • All — show everything
  • Error — show only errors
  • Other types (info, warning, etc.) depending on what the app generates

Scrolling / loading more

Logs load in batches of 40. Scroll down to load older entries.

New entries

New log events appear at the top of the list automatically as they arrive.


Settings

Click the gear icon (⚙) in the corner to open Settings.

Navigating settings

  • Gear icon — opens the Settings panel (the main dashboard is hidden while settings are open)
  • Back arrow (←) — closes settings and returns to the dashboard

What you can configure

Settings are loaded from the server and vary depending on your setup.

Each setting has a label and an optional note explaining what it does. If a setting has a minimum or maximum value, the field enforces those limits and shows an error if you go out of range.

Language

At the top of the settings form there is a Language dropdown. Changing it saves your preference and reloads the page in the selected language.

Saving settings

  • Click Save to apply your changes.
  • A status message appears at the bottom of the panel confirming success or showing an error.
  • After saving, the app reloads automatically (after ~5 seconds) to apply the new configuration.

Resetting settings

Click Reset to restore all settings to their defaults. You'll be asked to confirm before anything changes. The page reloads automatically after a successful reset.


Layout Toggle

A toggle button in the top corner switches between two layout modes.

Mode Description
Single (default) The layout will be single-column
Grid The layout splits into two columns

Your layout preference is saved automatically and restored when you reopen the dashboard.

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