feat(search): scoped live search on browse pages (#938)

* feat(artists): scoped live search badge replaces page filter

Move Artists browse text search into the header Live Search with a page
scope badge (Users icon), field-local undo, and double-click/backspace
to clear scope. Block the live-search dropdown while scoped so results
only filter the Artists grid; mobile overlay follows the same rules.

* fix(artists): plain grid for scoped search fixes broken card layout

Route the browse grid through VirtualCardGrid, switch to non-virtual CSS
grid when live search filters the catalog, reset scroll on filter changes,
and skip content-visibility on plain tiles to avoid blank/black cards.

* fix(search): scope badge double-Backspace and single clear control

Require two Backspaces on an empty scoped field after prior text input;
one Backspace still clears the badge when the field was never filled.
Move live-search clear/advanced controls inside the field pill, drop the
extra outer clear button, and use type=text to avoid native search clears.

* fix(search): drop duplicate outer live-search clear button

Keep the native in-field clear on type=search and the original pill layout;
remove only the extra × control outside the search border. Reset dropdown
state when the query is cleared via the native control.

* refactor(search): generic scoped browse query helper, drop dead code

Rename artistsBrowseSearchQuery to scopedBrowseSearchQuery with an
expectedScope argument; wire Artists via useScopedBrowseSearchQuery.
Remove unused liveSearchScoped dropdown helper (scoped mode blocks it).

* feat(search): ghost scope badge and single-click badge remove

After clearing the artists scope on /artists, show a faded ghost chip to
restore page-only search while keeping the global search placeholder.
Active badge removes on one click; tooltips and styles updated.

* feat(search): scoped live search for All Albums and New Releases

Wire albums and newReleases scope badges with debounced album title search
(local index title-only FTS + filtered search3). Plain grid, scroll reset,
and session query restore on album grid browse pages.

* fix(browse): preserve scroll restore after album/artist detail back

Only reset in-page scroll when filter resetKey changes, not when
isScrollRestorePending clears after session restore.

* feat(search): scoped live search for Tracks browse

Wire /tracks to header live search with wide title/artist/album FTS,
hide hero and discovery rails while search is active, and remove the
inline search field from the browse list.

* fix(search): clear header query when leaving scoped browse pages

Prevent global live search from firing on album/detail routes after a
scoped browse query; browse session stashes still restore on back.

* fix(tracks): restore scroll after back from detail during scoped search

Hold stashed song results across fetchSongPage churn, defer leave-stash
teardown past AppShell scroll reset, restore tracks scroll after the list
is ready, and save scroll snapshot when opening artist from song context menu.

* fix(tracks): hide discovery headings during scoped search

Hide the page subtitle and "Browse all tracks" section title when
tracks search is active, matching hero/rails chrome behavior.

* feat(search): scoped live search for Composers browse

Wire /composers to header live search with composers scope badge,
session stash, scroll restore, and plain grid/list during text filter.
Remove the in-page filter input; add i18n and navigation helpers.

* docs: CHANGELOG and credits for scoped browse live search (PR #938)

src/api/library.ts

@@ -213,6 +213,8 @@ export interface LibraryAdvancedSearchRequest {
   offset?: number;
   /** Skip expensive COUNT queries (Live Search). */
   skipTotals?: boolean;
+  /** Album text query matches title/name only (All Albums scoped browse). */
+  queryAlbumTitleOnly?: boolean | null;
 }
 
 export interface LibraryAlbumDto {

src/app/AppShell.tsx

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import { useGlobalDndAndSelectionBlockers } from '../hooks/useGlobalDndAndSelect
 import { useAppActivityTracking } from '../hooks/useAppActivityTracking';
 import { useMainScrollingIndicator } from '../hooks/useMainScrollingIndicator';
 import { useCoverNavigationPriority } from '../hooks/useCoverNavigationPriority';
+import { useLiveSearchRouteScope } from '../hooks/useLiveSearchRouteScope';
 import { useNowPlayingPrewarm } from '../hooks/useNowPlayingPrewarm';
 import { useOfflineAutoNav } from '../hooks/useOfflineAutoNav';
 import { AppShellQueueResizerSeam } from '../components/AppShellQueueResizerSeam';
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ export function AppShell() {
   const location = useLocation();
   const prevPathnameRef = useRef(location.pathname);
   useCoverNavigationPriority();
+  useLiveSearchRouteScope();
   useNowPlayingPrewarm();
   const useCustomTitlebar = useAuthStore(s => s.useCustomTitlebar);
   const offlineAlbums = useOfflineStore(s => s.albums);

src/components/LiveSearch.tsx

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import {
   logLibrarySearch,
 } from '../utils/library/libraryDevLog';
 import React, { useState, useEffect, useRef, useCallback, useMemo } from 'react';
-import { useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { useNavigate, useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { useNavigateToAlbum } from '../hooks/useNavigateToAlbum';
 import { Search, Disc3, Users, Music, TextSearch, Database, Globe } from 'lucide-react';
 import { usePlayerStore } from '../store/playerStore';
@@ -38,6 +38,19 @@ import { albumCoverRefForSong } from '../cover/ref';
 import { showToast } from '../utils/ui/toast';
 import { useShareSearch } from '../hooks/useShareSearch';
 import ShareSearchResults from './search/ShareSearchResults';
+import {
+  LiveSearchScopeBadge,
+  LiveSearchScopeGhostBadge,
+  createLiveSearchScopeBackspaceState,
+  handleLiveSearchScopeBackspace,
+  handleLiveSearchScopeUndo,
+  isLiveSearchDropdownBlocked,
+  liveSearchScopePlaceholderKey,
+  noteLiveSearchScopeQueryInput,
+  resetLiveSearchScopeBackspaceState,
+  resolveLiveSearchScopeGhost,
+} from './search/liveSearchScopeUi';
+import { useLiveSearchScopeStore } from '../store/liveSearchScopeStore';
 import { resolveIndexKey } from '../utils/server/serverIndexKey';
 
 type LiveSearchSource = 'local' | 'network';
@@ -98,7 +111,15 @@ function LiveSearchArtistThumb({ artist }: { artist: Pick<SubsonicArtist, 'id' |
 
 export default function LiveSearch() {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
-  const [query, setQuery] = useState('');
+  const query = useLiveSearchScopeStore(s => s.query);
+  const setQuery = useLiveSearchScopeStore(s => s.setQuery);
+  const scope = useLiveSearchScopeStore(s => s.scope);
+  const setScope = useLiveSearchScopeStore(s => s.setScope);
+  const clearScope = useLiveSearchScopeStore(s => s.clearScope);
+  const undoLiveSearch = useLiveSearchScopeStore(s => s.undo);
+  const scopeBackspaceRef = useRef(createLiveSearchScopeBackspaceState());
+  const location = useLocation();
+  const ghostScope = resolveLiveSearchScopeGhost(location.pathname, scope);
   const [results, setResults] = useState<SearchResults | null>(null);
   const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
@@ -136,6 +157,14 @@ export default function LiveSearch() {
     void refreshLocalReady();
   }, [refreshLocalReady, musicLibraryFilterVersion]);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    resetLiveSearchScopeBackspaceState(scopeBackspaceRef.current);
+  }, [scope]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    noteLiveSearchScopeQueryInput(scopeBackspaceRef.current, query);
+  }, [query]);
+
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!indexEnabled || !serverId) return;
     let unlistenProgress: (() => void) | undefined;
@@ -161,7 +190,16 @@ export default function LiveSearch() {
     setOpen(false);
     setQuery('');
     setSearchSource(null);
-  }, []);
+  }, [setQuery]);
+
+  const handleQueryChange = useCallback((value: string) => {
+    setQuery(value, { recordUndo: true });
+    if (!value) {
+      setResults(null);
+      setOpen(false);
+      setSearchSource(null);
+    }
+  }, [setQuery]);
 
   /** Leave live search for a full-page route — cancel in-flight queries and reset overlay state. */
   const leaveLiveSearchFor = useCallback((path: string) => {
@@ -175,11 +213,19 @@ export default function LiveSearch() {
     setIsFocused(false);
     inputRef.current?.blur();
     navigate(path);
-  }, [navigate]);
+  }, [navigate, setQuery]);
 
   const share = useShareSearch(query, closeSearch);
 
   useEffect(() => {
+    if (isLiveSearchDropdownBlocked(scope)) {
+      setResults(null);
+      setOpen(false);
+      setSearchSource(null);
+      setLoading(false);
+      return;
+    }
+
     if (share.shareMatch) {
       setResults(null);
       setLoading(false);
@@ -338,9 +384,9 @@ export default function LiveSearch() {
       abort.abort();
       liveSearchGenRef.current += 1;
     };
-  }, [query, share.shareMatch, serverId, indexEnabled, musicLibraryFilterVersion, t]);
+  }, [query, scope, share.shareMatch, serverId, indexEnabled, musicLibraryFilterVersion, t]);
 
-  const isSearchActive = isFocused || open || query.trim().length > 0;
+  const isSearchActive = isFocused || open || query.trim().length > 0 || scope != null;
 
   useEffect(() => {
     const root = ref.current;
@@ -485,6 +531,9 @@ export default function LiveSearch() {
   ] : [];
 
   const handleKeyDown = (e: React.KeyboardEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
+    if (handleLiveSearchScopeUndo(e, undoLiveSearch)) return;
+    if (handleLiveSearchScopeBackspace(e, query, scope, clearScope, scopeBackspaceRef.current)) return;
+    if (isLiveSearchDropdownBlocked(scope)) return;
     if (share.shareMatch) {
       if (e.key === 'Enter') {
         e.preventDefault();
@@ -547,46 +596,50 @@ export default function LiveSearch() {
           requestAnimationFrame(() => inputRef.current?.focus());
         }}
       >
-        {loading ? (
-          <span className="live-search-icon animate-spin" style={{ opacity: 0.6 }}>
-            <div style={{ width: 16, height: 16, border: '2px solid var(--border)', borderTopColor: 'var(--accent)', borderRadius: '50%' }} />
-          </span>
-        ) : (
-          <Search size={16} className="live-search-icon" />
-        )}
-        <input
-          ref={inputRef}
-          id="live-search-input"
-          className="input live-search-field"
-          type="search"
-          placeholder={t('search.placeholder')}
-          value={query}
-          onChange={e => setQuery(e.target.value)}
-          onFocus={() => {
-            setIsFocused(true);
-            if (results) setOpen(true);
-          }}
-          onBlur={() => setIsFocused(false)}
-          onKeyDown={handleKeyDown}
-          aria-autocomplete="list"
-          aria-controls="search-results"
-          aria-expanded={open}
-          autoComplete="off"
-        />
-        {query && (
-          <button
-            className="live-search-clear"
-            onClick={() => {
-              setQuery('');
-              setResults(null);
-              setOpen(false);
-              setSearchSource(null);
+        <div className="live-search-field-cluster">
+          {loading ? (
+            <span className="live-search-leading-icon animate-spin" style={{ opacity: 0.6 }}>
+              <div style={{ width: 16, height: 16, border: '2px solid var(--border)', borderTopColor: 'var(--accent)', borderRadius: '50%' }} />
+            </span>
+          ) : (
+            <Search size={16} className="live-search-leading-icon" aria-hidden />
+          )}
+          {scope && (
+            <LiveSearchScopeBadge
+              scope={scope}
+              className="live-search-scope-badge"
+              clearScope={clearScope}
+            />
+          )}
+          {ghostScope && (
+            <LiveSearchScopeGhostBadge
+              scope={ghostScope}
+              className="live-search-scope-badge live-search-scope-badge--ghost"
+              setScope={setScope}
+            />
+          )}
+          <input
+            ref={inputRef}
+            id="live-search-input"
+            className="input live-search-field"
+            type="search"
+            placeholder={t(liveSearchScopePlaceholderKey(scope))}
+            data-tooltip={scope ? t(liveSearchScopePlaceholderKey(scope)) : undefined}
+            data-tooltip-pos="bottom"
+            value={query}
+            onChange={e => handleQueryChange(e.target.value)}
+            onFocus={() => {
+              setIsFocused(true);
+              if (!isLiveSearchDropdownBlocked(scope) && results) setOpen(true);
             }}
-            aria-label={t('search.clearLabel')}
-          >
-            ×
-          </button>
-        )}
+            onBlur={() => setIsFocused(false)}
+            onKeyDown={handleKeyDown}
+            aria-autocomplete="list"
+            aria-controls="search-results"
+            aria-expanded={open && !isLiveSearchDropdownBlocked(scope)}
+            autoComplete="off"
+          />
+        </div>
         <button
           className="live-search-adv-btn"
           type="button"
@@ -607,7 +660,7 @@ export default function LiveSearch() {
         </button>
       </div>
 
-      {open && (
+      {open && !isLiveSearchDropdownBlocked(scope) && (
         <div className="live-search-dropdown" id="search-results" role="listbox" ref={dropdownRef}>
           {searchSource && !share.shareMatch && (
             <div

src/components/MobileSearchOverlay.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { search } from '../api/subsonicSearch';
 import type { SearchResults, SubsonicArtist } from '../api/subsonicTypes';
 import { songToTrack } from '../utils/playback/songToTrack';
+import { useLiveSearchScopeStore } from '../store/liveSearchScopeStore';
 import React, { useState, useEffect, useRef, useCallback, useMemo } from 'react';
 import { createPortal } from 'react-dom';
 import { useLocation, useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom';
@@ -17,6 +18,18 @@ import { albumCoverRefForSong } from '../cover/ref';
 import { showToast } from '../utils/ui/toast';
 import { useShareSearch } from '../hooks/useShareSearch';
 import ShareSearchResults from './search/ShareSearchResults';
+import {
+  LiveSearchScopeBadge,
+  LiveSearchScopeGhostBadge,
+  createLiveSearchScopeBackspaceState,
+  handleLiveSearchScopeBackspace,
+  handleLiveSearchScopeUndo,
+  isLiveSearchDropdownBlocked,
+  liveSearchScopePlaceholderKey,
+  noteLiveSearchScopeQueryInput,
+  resetLiveSearchScopeBackspaceState,
+  resolveLiveSearchScopeGhost,
+} from './search/liveSearchScopeUi';
 
 const STORAGE_KEY = 'psysonic_recent_searches';
 const MAX_RECENT = 6;
@@ -31,9 +44,12 @@ function saveRecent(q: string, prev: string[]): string[] {
   return updated;
 }
 
-function debounce(fn: (q: string) => void, ms: number): (q: string) => void {
+function debounce<A extends unknown[]>(
+  fn: (...args: A) => void,
+  ms: number,
+): (...args: A) => void {
   let timer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>;
-  return (q: string) => { clearTimeout(timer); timer = setTimeout(() => fn(q), ms); };
+  return (...args: A) => { clearTimeout(timer); timer = setTimeout(() => fn(...args), ms); };
 }
 
 /** Mobile search row thumb — larger than desktop live search (32px). */
@@ -93,7 +109,14 @@ export default function MobileSearchOverlay({ onClose }: { onClose: () => void }
   const location = useLocation();
   const enqueue = usePlayerStore(s => s.enqueue);
 
-  const [query, setQuery] = useState('');
+  const query = useLiveSearchScopeStore(s => s.query);
+  const setQuery = useLiveSearchScopeStore(s => s.setQuery);
+  const scope = useLiveSearchScopeStore(s => s.scope);
+  const setScope = useLiveSearchScopeStore(s => s.setScope);
+  const clearScope = useLiveSearchScopeStore(s => s.clearScope);
+  const undoLiveSearch = useLiveSearchScopeStore(s => s.undo);
+  const scopeBackspaceRef = useRef(createLiveSearchScopeBackspaceState());
+  const ghostScope = resolveLiveSearchScopeGhost(location.pathname, scope);
   const [results, setResults] = useState<SearchResults | null>(null);
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
   const [recentSearches, setRecentSearches] = useState<string[]>(loadRecent);
@@ -103,6 +126,14 @@ export default function MobileSearchOverlay({ onClose }: { onClose: () => void }
 
   useEffect(() => { inputRef.current?.focus(); }, []);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    resetLiveSearchScopeBackspaceState(scopeBackspaceRef.current);
+  }, [scope]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    noteLiveSearchScopeQueryInput(scopeBackspaceRef.current, query);
+  }, [query]);
+
   useEffect(() => {
     const prev = document.body.style.overflow;
     document.body.style.overflow = 'hidden';
@@ -113,20 +144,26 @@ export default function MobileSearchOverlay({ onClose }: { onClose: () => void }
     debounce(async (q: string) => {
       if (!q.trim()) { setResults(null); setLoading(false); return; }
       setLoading(true);
-      try { setResults(await search(q)); }
-      finally { setLoading(false); }
+      try {
+        setResults(await search(q));
+      } finally { setLoading(false); }
     }, 300),
-    [musicLibraryFilterVersion]
+    [musicLibraryFilterVersion],
   );
 
   useEffect(() => {
+    if (isLiveSearchDropdownBlocked(scope)) {
+      setResults(null);
+      setLoading(false);
+      return;
+    }
     if (share.shareMatch) {
       setResults(null);
       setLoading(false);
       return;
     }
     doSearch(query);
-  }, [query, doSearch, share.shareMatch]);
+  }, [query, scope, doSearch, share.shareMatch]);
 
   const commit = (q: string) => {
     if (q.trim()) setRecentSearches(prev => saveRecent(q, prev));
@@ -146,7 +183,7 @@ export default function MobileSearchOverlay({ onClose }: { onClose: () => void }
     onClose();
   };
   const useRecent = (term: string) => {
-    setQuery(term);
+    setQuery(term, { recordUndo: true });
     inputRef.current?.focus();
   };
   const removeRecent = (term: string, e: React.MouseEvent) => {
@@ -159,27 +196,50 @@ export default function MobileSearchOverlay({ onClose }: { onClose: () => void }
   };
 
   const hasResults =
-    !!share.shareMatch ||
-    (results && (results.artists.length || results.albums.length || results.songs.length));
-  const showEmpty = !query;
+    !isLiveSearchDropdownBlocked(scope)
+    && (
+      !!share.shareMatch
+      || (results && (results.artists.length || results.albums.length || results.songs.length))
+    );
+  const showEmpty = !query && !scope;
 
   return createPortal(
     <div className="mobile-search-overlay">
       {/* ── Search bar ── */}
       <div className="mobile-search-bar">
-        <div className="mobile-search-field">
+        <div className={`mobile-search-field${scope ? ' mobile-search-field--scoped' : ''}`}>
           {loading ? (
             <div className="mobile-search-spinner" />
           ) : (
             <Search size={16} className="mobile-search-icon" />
           )}
+          {scope && (
+            <LiveSearchScopeBadge
+              scope={scope}
+              className="mobile-search-scope-badge"
+              clearScope={clearScope}
+            />
+          )}
+          {ghostScope && (
+            <LiveSearchScopeGhostBadge
+              scope={ghostScope}
+              className="mobile-search-scope-badge mobile-search-scope-badge--ghost"
+              setScope={setScope}
+            />
+          )}
           <input
             ref={inputRef}
             className="mobile-search-input"
             type="search"
-            placeholder={t('search.placeholder')}
+            placeholder={t(liveSearchScopePlaceholderKey(scope))}
+            data-tooltip={scope ? t(liveSearchScopePlaceholderKey(scope)) : undefined}
+            data-tooltip-pos="bottom"
             value={query}
-            onChange={e => setQuery(e.target.value)}
+            onChange={e => setQuery(e.target.value, { recordUndo: true })}
+            onKeyDown={(e) => {
+              if (handleLiveSearchScopeUndo(e, undoLiveSearch)) return;
+              if (handleLiveSearchScopeBackspace(e, query, scope, clearScope, scopeBackspaceRef.current)) return;
+            }}
             autoComplete="off"
             autoCorrect="off"
             autoCapitalize="off"
@@ -187,7 +247,7 @@ export default function MobileSearchOverlay({ onClose }: { onClose: () => void }
           {query && (
             <button
               className="mobile-search-clear"
-              onClick={() => { setQuery(''); setResults(null); inputRef.current?.focus(); }}
+              onClick={() => { setQuery('', { recordUndo: true }); setResults(null); inputRef.current?.focus(); }}
               aria-label={t('search.clearLabel')}
             >
               <X size={15} />
@@ -249,7 +309,7 @@ export default function MobileSearchOverlay({ onClose }: { onClose: () => void }
         )}
 
         {/* ── No results ── */}
-        {!loading && query && !hasResults && (
+        {!loading && query && !hasResults && !isLiveSearchDropdownBlocked(scope) && (
           <div className="mobile-search-noresults">
             {t('search.noResults', { query })}
           </div>

src/components/VirtualSongList.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React from 'react';
+import React, { useState } from 'react';
 import { useSongBrowseList } from '../hooks/useSongBrowseList';
 import SongBrowseSection from './tracks/SongBrowseSection';
 
@@ -9,14 +9,13 @@ interface Props {
 
 /** @deprecated Use SongBrowseSection via SearchBrowsePage (`/tracks`). */
 export default function VirtualSongList({ title, emptyBrowseText }: Props) {
-  const browse = useSongBrowseList({ enabled: true });
+  const [searchQuery] = useState('');
+  const browse = useSongBrowseList({ enabled: true, searchQuery });
 
   return (
     <SongBrowseSection
       title={title}
       emptyBrowseText={emptyBrowseText}
-      query={browse.query}
-      onQueryChange={browse.setQuery}
       songs={browse.songs}
       hasMore={browse.hasMore}
       loading={browse.loading}

src/components/artists/ArtistsGridView.tsx

@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import type { Virtualizer } from '@tanstack/react-virtual';
 import { Check } from 'lucide-react';
 import type { TFunction } from 'i18next';
 import type { SubsonicArtist } from '../../api/subsonicTypes';
 import type { PlayerState } from '../../store/playerStoreTypes';
+import { ARTISTS_INPAGE_SCROLL_VIEWPORT_ID } from '../../constants/appScroll';
+import { VirtualCardGrid } from '../VirtualCardGrid';
 import { ArtistCardAvatar } from './ArtistAvatars';
 
-export type ArtistsGridVirtualization = {
-  virtualizer: Virtualizer<HTMLElement, Element>;
-  scrollMargin: number;
-};
-
 interface TileProps {
   artist: SubsonicArtist;
   selectionMode: boolean;
@@ -68,11 +64,10 @@ function ArtistGridTile({ artist, ...rest }: TileProps) {
 
 interface Props {
   visible: SubsonicArtist[];
-  /** Column count from layout (capped at six in parent); drives `repeat(n, minmax(0,1fr))`. */
-  gridCols: number;
-  /** ResizeObserver target — same node for plain and virtual grid. */
-  measureRef: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement | null>;
-  virtualization?: ArtistsGridVirtualization | null;
+  /** Plain CSS grid (canonical card layout) vs row virtualization for large catalogs. */
+  disableVirtualization: boolean;
+  /** Remount grid when browse filters change so virtualizer state cannot go stale. */
+  layoutKey: string;
   selectionMode: boolean;
   selectedIds: Set<string>;
   selectedArtists: SubsonicArtist[];
@@ -84,14 +79,12 @@ interface Props {
 }
 
 /**
- * Card grid for the artists page. Optional row virtualization (TanStack) for
- * large libraries; column count and `measureRef` always come from the parent.
+ * Card grid for the artists page — same VirtualCardGrid path as Albums/Composers.
  */
 export function ArtistsGridView({
   visible,
-  gridCols,
-  measureRef,
-  virtualization,
+  disableVirtualization,
+  layoutKey,
   selectionMode,
   selectedIds,
   selectedArtists,
@@ -112,67 +105,19 @@ export function ArtistsGridView({
     t,
   };
 
-  const cols = Math.max(1, gridCols);
-
-  if (virtualization) {
-    const { virtualizer, scrollMargin } = virtualization;
-    const rowCount = Math.ceil(visible.length / cols);
-    return (
-      <div
-        ref={measureRef}
-        className="album-grid-wrap"
-        style={{ display: 'block', position: 'relative', width: '100%' }}
-      >
-        <div
-          style={{
-            height: rowCount === 0 ? 0 : virtualizer.getTotalSize(),
-            width: '100%',
-            position: 'relative',
-          }}
-        >
-          {virtualizer.getVirtualItems().map(vRow => {
-            const start = vRow.index * cols;
-            const rowArtists = visible.slice(start, start + cols);
-            return (
-              <div
-                key={vRow.key}
-                style={{
-                  position: 'absolute',
-                  top: 0,
-                  left: 0,
-                  width: '100%',
-                  transform: `translateY(${vRow.start - scrollMargin}px)`,
-                  display: 'grid',
-                  gridTemplateColumns: `repeat(${cols}, minmax(0, 1fr))`,
-                  gap: 'var(--space-4)',
-                  alignItems: 'start',
-                }}
-              >
-                {rowArtists.map(artist => (
-                  <ArtistGridTile key={artist.id} artist={artist} {...tilePropsShared} />
-                ))}
-              </div>
-            );
-          })}
-        </div>
-      </div>
-    );
-  }
-
   return (
-    <div
-      ref={measureRef}
-      className="album-grid-wrap"
-      style={{
-        display: 'grid',
-        gridTemplateColumns: `repeat(${cols}, minmax(0, 1fr))`,
-        gap: 'var(--space-4)',
-        alignItems: 'start',
-      }}
-    >
-      {visible.map(artist => (
+    <VirtualCardGrid
+      key={layoutKey}
+      items={visible}
+      itemKey={(artist) => artist.id}
+      rowVariant="artist"
+      disableVirtualization={disableVirtualization}
+      layoutSignal={visible.length}
+      scrollRootId={ARTISTS_INPAGE_SCROLL_VIEWPORT_ID}
+      wrapClassName={disableVirtualization ? 'album-grid-wrap album-grid-wrap--plain' : 'album-grid-wrap'}
+      renderItem={artist => (
         <ArtistGridTile key={artist.id} artist={artist} {...tilePropsShared} />
-      ))}
-    </div>
+      )}
+    />
   );
 }

src/components/contextMenu/SongContextItems.tsx

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import { Play, ListPlus, Radio, Heart, ChevronRight, ChevronsRight, User, Disc3, ListMusic, Info, Sparkles, Star, Trash2, HeartCrack, Share2, Orbit as OrbitIcon } from 'lucide-react';
-import { useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { useNavigateToAlbum } from '../../hooks/useNavigateToAlbum';
+import { useNavigateToArtist } from '../../hooks/useNavigateToArtist';
 import { getAlbum } from '../../api/subsonicLibrary';
 import { queueSongStar } from '../../store/pendingStarSync';
 import { lastfmLoveTrack, lastfmUnloveTrack } from '../../api/lastfm';
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ export default function SongContextItems(props: ContextMenuItemsProps) {
   } = props;
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const auth = useAuthStore();
-  const navigate = useNavigate();
   const navigateToAlbum = useNavigateToAlbum();
+  const navigateToArtist = useNavigateToArtist();
 
   return (
     <>
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ export default function SongContextItems(props: ContextMenuItemsProps) {
                 </div>
               )}
               {song.artistId && (
-                <div className="context-menu-item" onClick={() => handleAction(() => navigate(`/artist/${song.artistId}`))}>
+                <div className="context-menu-item" onClick={() => handleAction(() => navigateToArtist(song.artistId!))}>
                   <User size={14} /> {t('contextMenu.goToArtist')}
                 </div>
               )}
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ export default function SongContextItems(props: ContextMenuItemsProps) {
                 </div>
               )}
               {song.artistId && (
-                <div className="context-menu-item" onClick={() => handleAction(() => navigate(`/artist/${song.artistId}`))}>
+                <div className="context-menu-item" onClick={() => handleAction(() => navigateToArtist(song.artistId!))}>
                   <User size={14} /> {t('contextMenu.goToArtist')}
                 </div>
               )}

src/components/search/liveSearchScopeUi.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+import type { KeyboardEvent, MouseEvent } from 'react';
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import {
+  createLiveSearchScopeBackspaceState,
+  handleLiveSearchScopeBackspace,
+  handleLiveSearchScopeBadgeClick,
+  handleLiveSearchScopeGhostClick,
+  handleLiveSearchScopeUndo,
+  isLiveSearchDropdownBlocked,
+  liveSearchScopePlaceholderKey,
+  noteLiveSearchScopeQueryInput,
+  resetLiveSearchScopeBackspaceState,
+  resolveLiveSearchScopeGhost,
+} from './liveSearchScopeUi';
+
+function keyEvent(
+  key: string,
+  mods: Partial<KeyboardEvent<HTMLInputElement>> & { code?: string } = {},
+) {
+  const { code, ...rest } = mods;
+  return {
+    key,
+    code: code ?? key,
+    ctrlKey: false,
+    metaKey: false,
+    shiftKey: false,
+    preventDefault: vi.fn(),
+    ...rest,
+  } as unknown as KeyboardEvent<HTMLInputElement>;
+}
+
+describe('resolveLiveSearchScopeGhost', () => {
+  it('offers artists ghost on artists browse when scope was cleared', () => {
+    expect(resolveLiveSearchScopeGhost('/artists', null)).toBe('artists');
+    expect(resolveLiveSearchScopeGhost('/artists', 'artists')).toBeNull();
+    expect(resolveLiveSearchScopeGhost('/albums', null)).toBe('albums');
+    expect(resolveLiveSearchScopeGhost('/albums', 'albums')).toBeNull();
+    expect(resolveLiveSearchScopeGhost('/new-releases', null)).toBe('newReleases');
+    expect(resolveLiveSearchScopeGhost('/new-releases', 'newReleases')).toBeNull();
+    expect(resolveLiveSearchScopeGhost('/tracks', null)).toBe('tracks');
+    expect(resolveLiveSearchScopeGhost('/tracks', 'tracks')).toBeNull();
+    expect(resolveLiveSearchScopeGhost('/composers', null)).toBe('composers');
+    expect(resolveLiveSearchScopeGhost('/composers', 'composers')).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
+
+describe('handleLiveSearchScopeBadgeClick', () => {
+  it('clears scope with undo', () => {
+    const clearScope = vi.fn();
+    const e = { preventDefault: vi.fn(), stopPropagation: vi.fn() } as unknown as MouseEvent<HTMLElement>;
+    handleLiveSearchScopeBadgeClick(e, clearScope);
+    expect(clearScope).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ recordUndo: true });
+  });
+});
+
+describe('handleLiveSearchScopeGhostClick', () => {
+  it('restores scope with undo', () => {
+    const setScope = vi.fn();
+    const e = { preventDefault: vi.fn(), stopPropagation: vi.fn() } as unknown as MouseEvent<HTMLElement>;
+    handleLiveSearchScopeGhostClick(e, 'artists', setScope);
+    expect(setScope).toHaveBeenCalledWith('artists', { recordUndo: true });
+  });
+});
+
+describe('handleLiveSearchScopeBackspace', () => {
+  it('clears scope on first Backspace when the field was never filled', () => {
+    const clearScope = vi.fn();
+    const state = createLiveSearchScopeBackspaceState();
+    const e = keyEvent('Backspace');
+    expect(handleLiveSearchScopeBackspace(e, '', 'artists', clearScope, state)).toBe(true);
+    expect(clearScope).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ recordUndo: true });
+  });
+
+  it('requires two Backspaces on empty after prior input', () => {
+    const clearScope = vi.fn();
+    const state = createLiveSearchScopeBackspaceState();
+    noteLiveSearchScopeQueryInput(state, 'ab');
+
+    const first = keyEvent('Backspace');
+    expect(handleLiveSearchScopeBackspace(first, '', 'artists', clearScope, state)).toBe(true);
+    expect(clearScope).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+    const second = keyEvent('Backspace');
+    expect(handleLiveSearchScopeBackspace(second, '', 'artists', clearScope, state)).toBe(true);
+    expect(clearScope).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ recordUndo: true });
+  });
+
+  it('does not clear scope while text remains', () => {
+    const clearScope = vi.fn();
+    const state = createLiveSearchScopeBackspaceState();
+    expect(handleLiveSearchScopeBackspace(keyEvent('Backspace'), 'a', 'artists', clearScope, state)).toBe(false);
+    expect(clearScope).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('resets empty streak when deleting characters', () => {
+    const clearScope = vi.fn();
+    const state = createLiveSearchScopeBackspaceState();
+    noteLiveSearchScopeQueryInput(state, 'a');
+    handleLiveSearchScopeBackspace(keyEvent('Backspace'), '', 'artists', clearScope, state);
+    expect(state.emptyBackspaceStreak).toBe(1);
+    handleLiveSearchScopeBackspace(keyEvent('Backspace'), 'x', 'artists', clearScope, state);
+    expect(state.emptyBackspaceStreak).toBe(0);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('resetLiveSearchScopeBackspaceState', () => {
+  it('clears hadQueryInput and streak', () => {
+    const state = createLiveSearchScopeBackspaceState();
+    noteLiveSearchScopeQueryInput(state, 'x');
+    state.emptyBackspaceStreak = 1;
+    resetLiveSearchScopeBackspaceState(state);
+    expect(state.hadQueryInput).toBe(false);
+    expect(state.emptyBackspaceStreak).toBe(0);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('isLiveSearchDropdownBlocked', () => {
+  it('blocks dropdown when a browse scope badge is active', () => {
+    expect(isLiveSearchDropdownBlocked('artists')).toBe(true);
+    expect(isLiveSearchDropdownBlocked(null)).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('liveSearchScopePlaceholderKey', () => {
+  it('uses scoped placeholders when a browse scope badge is active', () => {
+    expect(liveSearchScopePlaceholderKey('artists')).toBe('search.scopeArtistsPlaceholder');
+    expect(liveSearchScopePlaceholderKey('albums')).toBe('search.scopeAlbumsPlaceholder');
+    expect(liveSearchScopePlaceholderKey('newReleases')).toBe('search.scopeNewReleasesPlaceholder');
+    expect(liveSearchScopePlaceholderKey('tracks')).toBe('search.scopeTracksPlaceholder');
+    expect(liveSearchScopePlaceholderKey('composers')).toBe('search.scopeComposersPlaceholder');
+    expect(liveSearchScopePlaceholderKey(null)).toBe('search.placeholder');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('handleLiveSearchScopeUndo', () => {
+  it('calls undo on Ctrl+Z (English layout)', () => {
+    const undo = vi.fn(() => true);
+    const e = keyEvent('z', { ctrlKey: true, code: 'KeyZ' });
+    expect(handleLiveSearchScopeUndo(e, undo)).toBe(true);
+    expect(e.preventDefault).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(undo).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('calls undo on Ctrl+Z with non-Latin key label (e.g. Russian Я)', () => {
+    const undo = vi.fn(() => true);
+    const e = keyEvent('я', { ctrlKey: true, code: 'KeyZ' });
+    expect(handleLiveSearchScopeUndo(e, undo)).toBe(true);
+    expect(undo).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('ignores plain z', () => {
+    const undo = vi.fn();
+    expect(handleLiveSearchScopeUndo(keyEvent('z'), undo)).toBe(false);
+    expect(undo).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});

src/components/search/liveSearchScopeUi.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,237 @@
+import type { KeyboardEvent, MouseEvent } from 'react';
+import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
+import { ALL_NAV_ITEMS } from '../../config/navItems';
+import type { LiveSearchScope } from '../../store/liveSearchScopeStore';
+import { isAlbumsBrowsePath, isNewReleasesBrowsePath } from '../../store/albumBrowseSessionStore';
+import { isTracksBrowsePath } from '../../store/advancedSearchSessionStore';
+import { isArtistsBrowsePath } from '../../store/artistBrowseSessionStore';
+import { isComposersBrowsePath } from '../../store/composerBrowseSessionStore';
+
+const SCOPE_NAV_ITEM: Record<LiveSearchScope, keyof typeof ALL_NAV_ITEMS> = {
+  artists: 'artists',
+  albums: 'allAlbums',
+  newReleases: 'newReleases',
+  tracks: 'tracks',
+  composers: 'composers',
+};
+
+/** Scope to restore when on a browse route but the badge was cleared (global search mode). */
+export function resolveLiveSearchScopeGhost(
+  pathname: string,
+  activeScope: LiveSearchScope | null,
+): LiveSearchScope | null {
+  if (activeScope != null) return null;
+  if (isArtistsBrowsePath(pathname)) return 'artists';
+  if (isAlbumsBrowsePath(pathname)) return 'albums';
+  if (isNewReleasesBrowsePath(pathname)) return 'newReleases';
+  if (isTracksBrowsePath(pathname)) return 'tracks';
+  if (isComposersBrowsePath(pathname)) return 'composers';
+  return null;
+}
+
+export function liveSearchScopePlaceholderKey(scope: LiveSearchScope | null): string {
+  switch (scope) {
+    case 'artists':
+      return 'search.scopeArtistsPlaceholder';
+    case 'albums':
+      return 'search.scopeAlbumsPlaceholder';
+    case 'newReleases':
+      return 'search.scopeNewReleasesPlaceholder';
+    case 'tracks':
+      return 'search.scopeTracksPlaceholder';
+    case 'composers':
+      return 'search.scopeComposersPlaceholder';
+    default:
+      return 'search.placeholder';
+  }
+}
+
+/** Scoped browse mode filters the page only — no live-search dropdown. */
+export function isLiveSearchDropdownBlocked(scope: LiveSearchScope | null): boolean {
+  return scope != null;
+}
+
+export function liveSearchScopeBadgeTooltipKey(scope: LiveSearchScope): string {
+  switch (scope) {
+    case 'artists':
+      return 'search.scopeArtistsBadgeTooltip';
+    case 'albums':
+      return 'search.scopeAlbumsBadgeTooltip';
+    case 'newReleases':
+      return 'search.scopeNewReleasesBadgeTooltip';
+    case 'tracks':
+      return 'search.scopeTracksBadgeTooltip';
+    case 'composers':
+      return 'search.scopeComposersBadgeTooltip';
+    default:
+      return 'search.scopeArtistsBadgeTooltip';
+  }
+}
+
+export function liveSearchScopeGhostTooltipKey(scope: LiveSearchScope): string {
+  switch (scope) {
+    case 'artists':
+      return 'search.scopeArtistsGhostTooltip';
+    case 'albums':
+      return 'search.scopeAlbumsGhostTooltip';
+    case 'newReleases':
+      return 'search.scopeNewReleasesGhostTooltip';
+    case 'tracks':
+      return 'search.scopeTracksGhostTooltip';
+    case 'composers':
+      return 'search.scopeComposersGhostTooltip';
+    default:
+      return 'search.scopeArtistsGhostTooltip';
+  }
+}
+
+type LiveSearchScopeIconProps = {
+  scope: LiveSearchScope;
+  size?: number;
+};
+
+/** Sidebar nav icon for the scoped browse page (e.g. Users for Artists). */
+export function LiveSearchScopeIcon({ scope, size = 14 }: LiveSearchScopeIconProps) {
+  const Icon = ALL_NAV_ITEMS[SCOPE_NAV_ITEM[scope]].icon;
+  return <Icon size={size} aria-hidden />;
+}
+
+/** Tracks Backspace-on-empty badge removal (double after prior text input). */
+export type LiveSearchScopeBackspaceState = {
+  hadQueryInput: boolean;
+  emptyBackspaceStreak: number;
+};
+
+export function createLiveSearchScopeBackspaceState(): LiveSearchScopeBackspaceState {
+  return { hadQueryInput: false, emptyBackspaceStreak: 0 };
+}
+
+export function resetLiveSearchScopeBackspaceState(state: LiveSearchScopeBackspaceState): void {
+  state.hadQueryInput = false;
+  state.emptyBackspaceStreak = 0;
+}
+
+/** Call when the scoped field query changes (typing, paste, clear button, undo). */
+export function noteLiveSearchScopeQueryInput(
+  state: LiveSearchScopeBackspaceState,
+  query: string,
+): void {
+  if (query !== '') state.hadQueryInput = true;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Backspace on an empty scoped field removes the badge.
+ * After the user typed text (even if cleared), two consecutive Backspaces on empty are required.
+ */
+export function handleLiveSearchScopeBackspace(
+  e: KeyboardEvent<HTMLInputElement>,
+  query: string,
+  scope: LiveSearchScope | null,
+  clearScope: (options?: { recordUndo?: boolean }) => void,
+  state: LiveSearchScopeBackspaceState,
+): boolean {
+  if (e.key !== 'Backspace' || !scope) return false;
+
+  if (query !== '') {
+    state.emptyBackspaceStreak = 0;
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  e.preventDefault();
+
+  if (!state.hadQueryInput) {
+    clearScope({ recordUndo: true });
+    resetLiveSearchScopeBackspaceState(state);
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  state.emptyBackspaceStreak += 1;
+  if (state.emptyBackspaceStreak >= 2) {
+    clearScope({ recordUndo: true });
+    resetLiveSearchScopeBackspaceState(state);
+    return true;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+/** Single click removes the scope badge. */
+export function handleLiveSearchScopeBadgeClick(
+  e: MouseEvent<HTMLElement>,
+  clearScope: (options?: { recordUndo?: boolean }) => void,
+): void {
+  e.preventDefault();
+  e.stopPropagation();
+  clearScope({ recordUndo: true });
+}
+
+/** Single click restores scope after the user cleared the badge on this browse route. */
+export function handleLiveSearchScopeGhostClick(
+  e: MouseEvent<HTMLElement>,
+  scope: LiveSearchScope,
+  setScope: (scope: LiveSearchScope, options?: { recordUndo?: boolean }) => void,
+): void {
+  e.preventDefault();
+  e.stopPropagation();
+  setScope(scope, { recordUndo: true });
+}
+
+type LiveSearchScopeBadgeProps = {
+  scope: LiveSearchScope;
+  className: string;
+  clearScope: (options?: { recordUndo?: boolean }) => void;
+};
+
+export function LiveSearchScopeBadge({ scope, className, clearScope }: LiveSearchScopeBadgeProps) {
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+  const tooltip = t(liveSearchScopeBadgeTooltipKey(scope));
+  return (
+    <span
+      className={className}
+      role="button"
+      tabIndex={-1}
+      data-tooltip={tooltip}
+      data-tooltip-pos="bottom"
+      aria-label={tooltip}
+      onMouseDown={(e) => e.preventDefault()}
+      onClick={(e) => handleLiveSearchScopeBadgeClick(e, clearScope)}
+    >
+      <LiveSearchScopeIcon scope={scope} size={14} />
+    </span>
+  );
+}
+
+type LiveSearchScopeGhostBadgeProps = {
+  scope: LiveSearchScope;
+  className: string;
+  setScope: (scope: LiveSearchScope, options?: { recordUndo?: boolean }) => void;
+};
+
+export function LiveSearchScopeGhostBadge({ scope, className, setScope }: LiveSearchScopeGhostBadgeProps) {
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+  const tooltip = t(liveSearchScopeGhostTooltipKey(scope));
+  return (
+    <span
+      className={className}
+      role="button"
+      tabIndex={-1}
+      data-tooltip={tooltip}
+      data-tooltip-pos="bottom"
+      aria-label={tooltip}
+      onMouseDown={(e) => e.preventDefault()}
+      onClick={(e) => handleLiveSearchScopeGhostClick(e, scope, setScope)}
+    >
+      <LiveSearchScopeIcon scope={scope} size={14} />
+    </span>
+  );
+}
+
+/** Field-local undo (Ctrl/Cmd+Z) for live search query and scope badge. */
+export function handleLiveSearchScopeUndo(
+  e: KeyboardEvent<HTMLInputElement>,
+  undo: () => boolean,
+): boolean {
+  const isUndoKey = e.code === 'KeyZ' || e.key.toLowerCase() === 'z';
+  if (!isUndoKey || !(e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey) || e.shiftKey) return false;
+  e.preventDefault();
+  return undo();
+}

src/components/tracks/SongBrowseSection.tsx

@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 import type { SubsonicSong } from '../../api/subsonicTypes';
 import React from 'react';
-import { Search as SearchIcon, X } from 'lucide-react';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import PagedSongList from '../PagedSongList';
 
 interface Props {
   title?: string;
   emptyBrowseText?: string;
-  query: string;
-  onQueryChange: (value: string) => void;
+  searchActive?: boolean;
   songs: SubsonicSong[];
   hasMore: boolean;
   loading: boolean;
@@ -16,12 +14,11 @@ interface Props {
   onLoadMore: () => void;
 }
 
-/** Tracks hub toolbar + paginated song list (shared chrome with Search song results). */
+/** Tracks hub toolbar + paginated song list (search lives in the header live search field). */
 export default function SongBrowseSection({
   title,
   emptyBrowseText,
-  query,
-  onQueryChange,
+  searchActive = false,
   songs,
   hasMore,
   loading,
@@ -29,31 +26,15 @@ export default function SongBrowseSection({
   onLoadMore,
 }: Props) {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
-  const showEmptyBrowse = !loading && songs.length === 0 && query.trim() === '' && (browseUnsupported || !hasMore);
+  const showEmptyBrowse =
+    !loading && songs.length === 0 && !searchActive && (browseUnsupported || !hasMore);
 
   return (
     <section className="virtual-song-list-section">
-      {title && <h2 className="section-title virtual-song-list-title">{title}</h2>}
+      {title && !searchActive && (
+        <h2 className="section-title virtual-song-list-title">{title}</h2>
+      )}
       <div className="virtual-song-list-toolbar">
-        <div className="virtual-song-list-search">
-          <SearchIcon size={16} className="virtual-song-list-search-icon" />
-          <input
-            type="text"
-            className="input virtual-song-list-search-input"
-            placeholder={t('tracks.searchPlaceholder')}
-            value={query}
-            onChange={e => onQueryChange(e.target.value)}
-          />
-          {query && (
-            <button
-              className="virtual-song-list-search-clear"
-              onClick={() => onQueryChange('')}
-              aria-label={t('search.clearLabel')}
-            >
-              <X size={14} />
-            </button>
-          )}
-        </div>
         <div className="virtual-song-list-meta">
           {songs.length > 0 && (
             <span>{t('tracks.count', { count: songs.length })}{hasMore ? '+' : ''}</span>

src/components/tracks/TracksPageChrome.tsx

@@ -24,9 +24,12 @@ const TRACKS_SONG_RAIL_INITIAL_ARTWORK_BUDGET = 14;
 /** Tracks hub hero + song rails (above the browse-all list). */
 export default function TracksPageChrome({
   onLayoutReady,
+  hideDiscoveryChrome = false,
 }: {
   /** Fires once when hero + rails finish their initial load (or fail). */
   onLayoutReady?: () => void;
+  /** When true, skip hero and song rails (active scoped search). */
+  hideDiscoveryChrome?: boolean;
 }) {
   const perfFlags = usePerfProbeFlags();
   const { t } = useTranslation();
@@ -79,15 +82,15 @@ export default function TracksPageChrome({
   }, []);
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (!activeServerId) return;
+    if (!activeServerId || hideDiscoveryChrome) return;
     rerollHero();
     rerollRandom();
     reloadRated();
-  }, [activeServerId, rerollHero, rerollRandom, reloadRated]);
+  }, [activeServerId, hideDiscoveryChrome, rerollHero, rerollRandom, reloadRated]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!onLayoutReady || layoutReadyNotifiedRef.current) return;
-    if (!activeServerId) {
+    if (hideDiscoveryChrome || !activeServerId) {
       layoutReadyNotifiedRef.current = true;
       onLayoutReady();
       return;
@@ -95,7 +98,7 @@ export default function TracksPageChrome({
     if (heroLoading || randomLoading || ratedLoading) return;
     layoutReadyNotifiedRef.current = true;
     onLayoutReady();
-  }, [activeServerId, onLayoutReady, heroLoading, randomLoading, ratedLoading]);
+  }, [activeServerId, hideDiscoveryChrome, onLayoutReady, heroLoading, randomLoading, ratedLoading]);
 
   const railSongs = useMemo(
     () => (hero ? random.filter(s => s.id !== hero.id) : random),
@@ -108,12 +111,14 @@ export default function TracksPageChrome({
         <header className="tracks-header">
           <div className="tracks-header-text">
             <h1 className="page-title">{t('tracks.title')}</h1>
-            <p className="tracks-subtitle">{t('tracks.subtitle')}</p>
+            {!hideDiscoveryChrome && (
+              <p className="tracks-subtitle">{t('tracks.subtitle')}</p>
+            )}
           </div>
         </header>
       )}
 
-      {!perfFlags.disableMainstageHero && hero && (
+      {!perfFlags.disableMainstageHero && !hideDiscoveryChrome && hero && (
         <section className="tracks-hero">
           <div className="tracks-hero-cover">
             {hero.albumId && hero.coverArt ? (
@@ -173,7 +178,7 @@ export default function TracksPageChrome({
         </section>
       )}
 
-      {!perfFlags.disableMainstageRails && ratedSupported && (ratedLoading || rated.length > 0) && (
+      {!perfFlags.disableMainstageRails && !hideDiscoveryChrome && ratedSupported && (ratedLoading || rated.length > 0) && (
         <SongRail
           title={t('tracks.railHighlyRated')}
           songs={rated}
@@ -184,7 +189,7 @@ export default function TracksPageChrome({
         />
       )}
 
-      {!perfFlags.disableMainstageRails && (
+      {!perfFlags.disableMainstageRails && !hideDiscoveryChrome && (
         <SongRail
           title={t('tracks.railRandom')}
           songs={railSongs}

src/config/settingsCredits.ts

@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ const CONTRIBUTOR_ENTRIES = [
       'Artist page: top-track thumbnails use the same album cover path and warm batch as the albums grid (PR #886)',
       'Library browse navigation: session restore on back for Artists, Search/Tracks, New Releases, Random Albums; unified SearchBrowsePage (PR #936)',
       'Genres: local index genre browse with Subsonic fallback, aligned counts cache, scroll restore, hold-to-shuffle play (PR #937)',
+      'Live Search: scoped browse on Artists, Albums, New Releases, Tracks, and Composers — header badge, ghost restore, album title FTS, session stash (PR #938)',
     ],
   },
   {

src/hooks/useAlbumBrowseFilters.ts

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
 } from '../store/albumBrowseSessionStore';
 import type { AlbumBrowseSort } from '../utils/library/browseTextSearch';
 import { shouldRestoreAlbumBrowseSession } from '../utils/navigation/albumDetailNavigation';
+import { useLiveSearchScopeStore } from '../store/liveSearchScopeStore';
 
 const ALBUMS_SURFACE: AlbumBrowseSurface = 'albums';
 
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ export function useAlbumBrowseFilters(
     compFilter,
     starredOnly,
     losslessOnly,
+    searchQuery: useLiveSearchScopeStore.getState().query,
   };
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -119,6 +121,7 @@ export function useAlbumBrowseFilters(
       restoredFromStashRef.current = true;
       const restored = useAlbumBrowseSessionStore.getState().peekReturnStash(serverId, ALBUMS_SURFACE);
       if (restored) {
+        useLiveSearchScopeStore.getState().setQuery(restored.searchQuery ?? '');
         setSelectedGenres(restored.selectedGenres);
         setYearFrom(restored.yearFrom);
         setYearTo(restored.yearTo);
@@ -132,6 +135,7 @@ export function useAlbumBrowseFilters(
     if (restoredFromStashRef.current) return;
 
     useAlbumBrowseSessionStore.getState().clearReturnStash(serverId, ALBUMS_SURFACE);
+    useLiveSearchScopeStore.getState().setQuery('');
     setSelectedGenres([]);
     setYearFrom('');
     setYearTo('');

src/hooks/useAlbumBrowseScrollReset.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { useLayoutEffect, useRef, type RefObject } from 'react';
+import type { AlbumBrowseScrollSnapshot } from './useAlbumBrowseFilters';
+
+type Args = {
+  scrollSnapshotRef: RefObject<AlbumBrowseScrollSnapshot>;
+  getScrollRoot: () => HTMLElement | null;
+  isScrollRestorePending: boolean;
+  resetKey: string;
+};
+
+/** Scroll to top when browse filters shrink the album grid (e.g. scoped text search). */
+export function useAlbumBrowseScrollReset({
+  scrollSnapshotRef,
+  getScrollRoot,
+  isScrollRestorePending,
+  resetKey,
+}: Args): void {
+  const prevResetKeyRef = useRef(resetKey);
+
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    if (isScrollRestorePending) return;
+    if (prevResetKeyRef.current === resetKey) return;
+    prevResetKeyRef.current = resetKey;
+
+    const el = getScrollRoot();
+    if (!el) return;
+
+    if (el.scrollTop !== 0) {
+      el.scrollTop = 0;
+      el.dispatchEvent(new Event('scroll', { bubbles: false }));
+    }
+    scrollSnapshotRef.current.scrollTop = 0;
+  }, [resetKey, isScrollRestorePending, getScrollRoot, scrollSnapshotRef]);
+}

src/hooks/useAlbumGridBrowseFilters.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   useAlbumBrowseSessionStore,
 } from '../store/albumBrowseSessionStore';
 import { shouldRestoreAlbumBrowseSession } from '../utils/navigation/albumDetailNavigation';
+import { useLiveSearchScopeStore } from '../store/liveSearchScopeStore';
 import {
   inpageScrollViewportIdForSurface,
   readInpageScrollTop,
@@ -53,8 +54,11 @@ export function useAlbumGridBrowseFilters(
 
   const [selectedGenres, setSelectedGenres] = useState<string[]>(() => initialState.selectedGenres);
   const restoredFromStashRef = useRef(false);
-  const filtersRef = useRef({ selectedGenres });
-  filtersRef.current = { selectedGenres };
+  const filtersRef = useRef({ selectedGenres, searchQuery: '' });
+  filtersRef.current = {
+    selectedGenres,
+    searchQuery: useLiveSearchScopeStore.getState().query,
+  };
 
   useEffect(() => {
     restoredFromStashRef.current = false;
@@ -66,8 +70,11 @@ export function useAlbumGridBrowseFilters(
     if (shouldRestoreAlbumBrowseSession(navigationType, location.state)) {
       restoredFromStashRef.current = true;
       const restored = useAlbumBrowseSessionStore.getState().peekReturnStash(serverId, surface);
-      if (restored && !sameGenreSelection(restored.selectedGenres, filtersRef.current.selectedGenres)) {
-        setSelectedGenres(restored.selectedGenres);
+      if (restored) {
+        useLiveSearchScopeStore.getState().setQuery(restored.searchQuery ?? '');
+        if (!sameGenreSelection(restored.selectedGenres, filtersRef.current.selectedGenres)) {
+          setSelectedGenres(restored.selectedGenres);
+        }
       }
       return;
     }
@@ -75,6 +82,7 @@ export function useAlbumGridBrowseFilters(
     if (restoredFromStashRef.current) return;
 
     useAlbumBrowseSessionStore.getState().clearReturnStash(serverId, surface);
+    useLiveSearchScopeStore.getState().setQuery('');
     setSelectedGenres([]);
   }, [serverId, surface, navigationType, location.state]);
 
@@ -93,6 +101,7 @@ export function useAlbumGridBrowseFilters(
         useAlbumBrowseSessionStore.getState().stashReturnFilters(serverId, surface, {
           ...DEFAULT_ALBUM_BROWSE_RETURN_FILTERS,
           selectedGenres: filtersRef.current.selectedGenres,
+          searchQuery: filtersRef.current.searchQuery,
           scrollTop,
           displayCount: gridSnapshot?.albums.length ?? scrollSnapshot?.displayCount,
           albums: gridSnapshot?.albums,

src/hooks/useArtistsBrowseFilters.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
 } from '../store/artistBrowseSessionStore';
 import { isArtistDetailPath } from '../store/albumBrowseSessionStore';
 import { shouldRestoreArtistBrowseSession } from '../utils/navigation/albumDetailNavigation';
+import { useLiveSearchScopeStore } from '../store/liveSearchScopeStore';
 
 export type ArtistBrowseScrollSnapshot = {
   scrollTop: number;
@@ -38,9 +39,6 @@ export function useArtistsBrowseFilters(
   const location = useLocation();
   const setShowArtistImages = useAuthStore(s => s.setShowArtistImages);
 
-  const [filter, setFilter] = useState(
-    () => returnStateForNavigation(serverId, navigationType, location.state).filter,
-  );
   const [letterFilter, setLetterFilter] = useState(
     () => returnStateForNavigation(serverId, navigationType, location.state).letterFilter,
   );
@@ -56,7 +54,7 @@ export function useArtistsBrowseFilters(
   const showArtistImages = useAuthStore(s => s.showArtistImages);
 
   browseStateRef.current = {
-    filter,
+    filter: useLiveSearchScopeStore.getState().query,
     letterFilter,
     starredOnly,
     viewMode,
@@ -74,7 +72,7 @@ export function useArtistsBrowseFilters(
       restoredFromStashRef.current = true;
       const restored = useArtistBrowseSessionStore.getState().peekReturnStash(serverId);
       if (restored) {
-        setFilter(restored.filter);
+        useLiveSearchScopeStore.getState().setQuery(restored.filter);
         setLetterFilter(restored.letterFilter);
         setStarredOnly(restored.starredOnly);
         setViewMode(restored.viewMode);
@@ -86,7 +84,7 @@ export function useArtistsBrowseFilters(
     if (restoredFromStashRef.current) return;
 
     useArtistBrowseSessionStore.getState().clearReturnStash(serverId);
-    setFilter('');
+    useLiveSearchScopeStore.getState().setQuery('');
     setLetterFilter(DEFAULT_ARTIST_BROWSE_RETURN_STATE.letterFilter);
     setStarredOnly(false);
     setViewMode('grid');
@@ -110,8 +108,6 @@ export function useArtistsBrowseFilters(
   }, [serverId, scrollSnapshotRef]);
 
   return {
-    filter,
-    setFilter,
     letterFilter,
     setLetterFilter,
     starredOnly,

src/hooks/useArtistsBrowseScrollReset.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import { useLayoutEffect, useRef, type RefObject } from 'react';
+import type { Virtualizer } from '@tanstack/react-virtual';
+type BrowseScrollSnapshot = {
+  scrollTop: number;
+  visibleCount: number;
+};
+
+type Args = {
+  scrollSnapshotRef: RefObject<BrowseScrollSnapshot>;
+  getScrollRoot: () => HTMLElement | null;
+  isScrollRestorePending: boolean;
+  resetKey: string;
+  viewMode: 'grid' | 'list';
+  listVirtualize: boolean;
+  listVirtualizer: Virtualizer<HTMLElement, Element>;
+};
+
+/** Scroll to top when browse filters shrink the list (e.g. scoped text search). */
+export function useArtistsBrowseScrollReset({
+  scrollSnapshotRef,
+  getScrollRoot,
+  isScrollRestorePending,
+  resetKey,
+  viewMode,
+  listVirtualize,
+  listVirtualizer,
+}: Args): void {
+  const prevResetKeyRef = useRef(resetKey);
+
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    if (isScrollRestorePending) return;
+    if (prevResetKeyRef.current === resetKey) return;
+    prevResetKeyRef.current = resetKey;
+
+    const el = getScrollRoot();
+    if (!el) return;
+
+    if (el.scrollTop !== 0) {
+      el.scrollTop = 0;
+      el.dispatchEvent(new Event('scroll', { bubbles: false }));
+    }
+    scrollSnapshotRef.current.scrollTop = 0;
+
+    if (listVirtualize && viewMode === 'list') listVirtualizer.scrollToOffset(0);
+  }, [
+    resetKey,
+    isScrollRestorePending,
+    getScrollRoot,
+    scrollSnapshotRef,
+    viewMode,
+    listVirtualize,
+    listVirtualizer,
+  ]);
+}

src/hooks/useBrowseAlbumTextSearch.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import type { SubsonicAlbum } from '../api/subsonicTypes';
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import {
+  BROWSE_TEXT_DEBOUNCE_NETWORK_MS,
+  BROWSE_TEXT_DEBOUNCE_RACE_MS,
+  browseRaceCountsAlbums,
+  raceBrowseWithLocalFallback,
+  runLocalBrowseAlbums,
+  runNetworkBrowseAlbums,
+} from '../utils/library/browseTextSearch';
+
+/**
+ * Debounced album title search with local-vs-network race when the
+ * library index is enabled; network-only when it is not.
+ */
+export function useBrowseAlbumTextSearch(
+  filter: string,
+  indexEnabled: boolean,
+  serverId: string | null | undefined,
+  losslessOnly = false,
+) {
+  const [debouncedFilter, setDebouncedFilter] = useState('');
+  const [textSearchAlbums, setTextSearchAlbums] = useState<SubsonicAlbum[] | null>(null);
+  const [textSearchLoading, setTextSearchLoading] = useState(false);
+  const searchGenRef = useRef(0);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const ms = indexEnabled ? BROWSE_TEXT_DEBOUNCE_RACE_MS : BROWSE_TEXT_DEBOUNCE_NETWORK_MS;
+    const timer = window.setTimeout(() => setDebouncedFilter(filter.trim()), ms);
+    return () => window.clearTimeout(timer);
+  }, [filter, indexEnabled]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const q = debouncedFilter;
+    if (!q || !serverId) {
+      setTextSearchAlbums(null);
+      setTextSearchLoading(false);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const gen = ++searchGenRef.current;
+    const isStale = () => gen !== searchGenRef.current;
+    setTextSearchLoading(true);
+
+    void (async () => {
+      if (!indexEnabled) {
+        const albums = await runNetworkBrowseAlbums(q);
+        if (isStale()) return;
+        setTextSearchAlbums(albums);
+        setTextSearchLoading(false);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const outcome = await raceBrowseWithLocalFallback(
+        isStale,
+        () => runLocalBrowseAlbums(serverId, q, undefined, losslessOnly),
+        () => runNetworkBrowseAlbums(q),
+        {
+          surface: 'albums_browse',
+          query: q,
+          indexEnabled,
+          counts: browseRaceCountsAlbums,
+        },
+      );
+      if (isStale()) return;
+      setTextSearchAlbums(outcome?.result ?? null);
+      setTextSearchLoading(false);
+    })();
+  }, [debouncedFilter, indexEnabled, serverId, losslessOnly]);
+
+  const effectiveFilter = textSearchAlbums != null ? '' : filter;
+  return { textSearchAlbums, textSearchLoading, effectiveFilter };
+}

src/hooks/useComposersBrowseFilters.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState, type RefObject } from 'react';
+import { useLocation, useNavigationType, type NavigationType } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { isComposerDetailPath } from '../store/albumBrowseSessionStore';
+import {
+  DEFAULT_COMPOSER_BROWSE_RETURN_STATE,
+  type ComposerBrowseReturnState,
+  type ComposerBrowseViewMode,
+  isComposersBrowsePath,
+  useComposerBrowseSessionStore,
+} from '../store/composerBrowseSessionStore';
+import { shouldRestoreComposerBrowseSession } from '../utils/navigation/albumDetailNavigation';
+import { useLiveSearchScopeStore } from '../store/liveSearchScopeStore';
+
+export type ComposerBrowseScrollSnapshot = {
+  scrollTop: number;
+  visibleCount: number;
+};
+
+function returnStateForNavigation(
+  serverId: string,
+  navigationType: NavigationType,
+  locationState: unknown,
+): ComposerBrowseReturnState {
+  if (!shouldRestoreComposerBrowseSession(navigationType, locationState) || !serverId) {
+    return DEFAULT_COMPOSER_BROWSE_RETURN_STATE;
+  }
+  return (
+    useComposerBrowseSessionStore.getState().peekReturnStash(serverId)
+    ?? DEFAULT_COMPOSER_BROWSE_RETURN_STATE
+  );
+}
+
+export function useComposersBrowseFilters(
+  serverId: string,
+  scrollSnapshotRef?: RefObject<ComposerBrowseScrollSnapshot>,
+) {
+  const navigationType = useNavigationType();
+  const location = useLocation();
+
+  const [letterFilter, setLetterFilter] = useState(
+    () => returnStateForNavigation(serverId, navigationType, location.state).letterFilter,
+  );
+  const [starredOnly, setStarredOnly] = useState(
+    () => returnStateForNavigation(serverId, navigationType, location.state).starredOnly,
+  );
+  const [viewMode, setViewMode] = useState<ComposerBrowseViewMode>(
+    () => returnStateForNavigation(serverId, navigationType, location.state).viewMode,
+  );
+
+  const browseStateRef = useRef<ComposerBrowseReturnState>(DEFAULT_COMPOSER_BROWSE_RETURN_STATE);
+  const restoredFromStashRef = useRef(false);
+
+  browseStateRef.current = {
+    filter: useLiveSearchScopeStore.getState().query,
+    letterFilter,
+    starredOnly,
+    viewMode,
+  };
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    restoredFromStashRef.current = false;
+  }, [serverId]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!serverId) return;
+
+    if (shouldRestoreComposerBrowseSession(navigationType, location.state)) {
+      restoredFromStashRef.current = true;
+      const restored = useComposerBrowseSessionStore.getState().peekReturnStash(serverId);
+      if (restored) {
+        useLiveSearchScopeStore.getState().setQuery(restored.filter);
+        setLetterFilter(restored.letterFilter);
+        setStarredOnly(restored.starredOnly);
+        setViewMode(restored.viewMode);
+      }
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (restoredFromStashRef.current) return;
+
+    useComposerBrowseSessionStore.getState().clearReturnStash(serverId);
+    useLiveSearchScopeStore.getState().setQuery('');
+    setLetterFilter(DEFAULT_COMPOSER_BROWSE_RETURN_STATE.letterFilter);
+    setStarredOnly(false);
+    setViewMode('grid');
+  }, [serverId, navigationType, location.state]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    return () => {
+      if (!serverId) return;
+      const path = window.location.pathname;
+      if (isComposerDetailPath(path)) {
+        const snapshot = scrollSnapshotRef?.current;
+        useComposerBrowseSessionStore.getState().stashReturnState(serverId, {
+          ...browseStateRef.current,
+          scrollTop: snapshot?.scrollTop,
+          visibleCount: snapshot?.visibleCount,
+        });
+      } else if (!isComposersBrowsePath(path)) {
+        useComposerBrowseSessionStore.getState().clearReturnStash(serverId);
+      }
+    };
+  }, [serverId, scrollSnapshotRef]);
+
+  return {
+    letterFilter,
+    setLetterFilter,
+    starredOnly,
+    setStarredOnly,
+    viewMode,
+    setViewMode,
+  };
+}

src/hooks/useComposersBrowseScrollRestore.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+import { useLayoutEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import { useLocation, useNavigationType, type NavigationType } from 'react-router-dom';
+import {
+  peekComposerBrowseScrollRestore,
+  useComposerBrowseSessionStore,
+} from '../store/composerBrowseSessionStore';
+import { shouldRestoreComposerBrowseSession } from '../utils/navigation/albumDetailNavigation';
+
+type PendingScroll = {
+  scrollTop: number;
+  visibleCount: number;
+};
+
+export type UseComposersBrowseScrollRestoreArgs = {
+  serverId: string;
+  scrollBodyEl: HTMLElement | null;
+  visibleCount: number;
+  loading: boolean;
+  loadingMore: boolean;
+  hasMore: boolean;
+  loadMore: () => void;
+};
+
+export type UseComposersBrowseScrollRestoreResult = {
+  isScrollRestorePending: boolean;
+};
+
+function readPendingScrollRestore(
+  serverId: string,
+  navigationType: NavigationType,
+  locationState: unknown,
+): PendingScroll | null {
+  if (!shouldRestoreComposerBrowseSession(navigationType, locationState) || !serverId) return null;
+  return peekComposerBrowseScrollRestore(serverId);
+}
+
+/** Restore Composers in-page scroll after returning from composer detail. */
+export function useComposersBrowseScrollRestore({
+  serverId,
+  scrollBodyEl,
+  visibleCount,
+  loading,
+  loadingMore,
+  hasMore,
+  loadMore,
+}: UseComposersBrowseScrollRestoreArgs): UseComposersBrowseScrollRestoreResult {
+  const navigationType = useNavigationType();
+  const location = useLocation();
+  const initRef = useRef(false);
+  const pendingRef = useRef<PendingScroll | null>(null);
+  const doneRef = useRef(false);
+
+  if (!initRef.current) {
+    initRef.current = true;
+    pendingRef.current = readPendingScrollRestore(serverId, navigationType, location.state);
+  }
+
+  const [isScrollRestorePending, setIsScrollRestorePending] = useState(
+    () => readPendingScrollRestore(serverId, navigationType, location.state) !== null,
+  );
+
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    const pending = pendingRef.current;
+    if (doneRef.current || !pending) return;
+    if (!scrollBodyEl || loading) return;
+
+    const needsMore = visibleCount < pending.visibleCount && hasMore;
+    if (needsMore) {
+      if (!loadingMore) loadMore();
+      return;
+    }
+    if (loadingMore) return;
+
+    scrollBodyEl.scrollTop = pending.scrollTop;
+    scrollBodyEl.dispatchEvent(new Event('scroll', { bubbles: false }));
+    pendingRef.current = null;
+    doneRef.current = true;
+    setIsScrollRestorePending(false);
+    useComposerBrowseSessionStore.getState().clearReturnStash(serverId);
+  }, [
+    scrollBodyEl,
+    visibleCount,
+    loading,
+    loadingMore,
+    hasMore,
+    loadMore,
+    serverId,
+  ]);
+
+  return { isScrollRestorePending };
+}

src/hooks/useLiveSearchRouteScope.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
+import { useLiveSearchScopeStore } from '../store/liveSearchScopeStore';
+import { syncLiveSearchRouteScope } from './useLiveSearchRouteScope';
+
+describe('syncLiveSearchRouteScope', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    useLiveSearchScopeStore.setState({ query: '', scope: null, undoStack: [] });
+  });
+
+  it('activates scope on supported browse routes', () => {
+    syncLiveSearchRouteScope('/albums');
+    expect(useLiveSearchScopeStore.getState().scope).toBe('albums');
+
+    syncLiveSearchRouteScope('/tracks');
+    expect(useLiveSearchScopeStore.getState().scope).toBe('tracks');
+
+    syncLiveSearchRouteScope('/composers');
+    expect(useLiveSearchScopeStore.getState().scope).toBe('composers');
+  });
+
+  it('clears scope and query when leaving browse routes', () => {
+    useLiveSearchScopeStore.setState({ query: 'beatles', scope: 'albums' });
+
+    syncLiveSearchRouteScope('/album/abc123');
+
+    expect(useLiveSearchScopeStore.getState().scope).toBeNull();
+    expect(useLiveSearchScopeStore.getState().query).toBe('');
+  });
+
+  it('clears query when leaving browse with scope already cleared (ghost mode)', () => {
+    useLiveSearchScopeStore.setState({ query: 'beatles', scope: null });
+
+    syncLiveSearchRouteScope('/album/abc123');
+
+    expect(useLiveSearchScopeStore.getState().scope).toBeNull();
+    expect(useLiveSearchScopeStore.getState().query).toBe('');
+  });
+
+  it('preserves query when switching between browse routes', () => {
+    useLiveSearchScopeStore.setState({ query: 'jazz', scope: 'albums' });
+
+    syncLiveSearchRouteScope('/artists');
+
+    expect(useLiveSearchScopeStore.getState().scope).toBe('artists');
+    expect(useLiveSearchScopeStore.getState().query).toBe('jazz');
+  });
+});

src/hooks/useLiveSearchRouteScope.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { useEffect } from 'react';
+import { useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { isAlbumsBrowsePath, isNewReleasesBrowsePath } from '../store/albumBrowseSessionStore';
+import { isArtistsBrowsePath } from '../store/artistBrowseSessionStore';
+import { isTracksBrowsePath } from '../store/advancedSearchSessionStore';
+import { isComposersBrowsePath } from '../store/composerBrowseSessionStore';
+import { useLiveSearchScopeStore } from '../store/liveSearchScopeStore';
+
+/** Keep scope badge in sync with browse routes; clear field text when leaving browse. */
+export function syncLiveSearchRouteScope(pathname: string): void {
+  const store = useLiveSearchScopeStore.getState();
+
+  if (isArtistsBrowsePath(pathname)) {
+    store.setScope('artists');
+  } else if (isAlbumsBrowsePath(pathname)) {
+    store.setScope('albums');
+  } else if (isNewReleasesBrowsePath(pathname)) {
+    store.setScope('newReleases');
+  } else if (isTracksBrowsePath(pathname)) {
+    store.setScope('tracks');
+  } else if (isComposersBrowsePath(pathname)) {
+    store.setScope('composers');
+  } else {
+    if (store.scope != null) store.clearScope();
+    if (store.query !== '') store.setQuery('');
+  }
+}
+
+/** Activate the browse scope badge when a supported route is open; clear on leave. */
+export function useLiveSearchRouteScope() {
+  const location = useLocation();
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    syncLiveSearchRouteScope(location.pathname);
+  }, [location.pathname]);
+}

src/hooks/useNavigateToComposer.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { useCallback } from 'react';
+import { useLocation, useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { navigateToComposerDetail } from '../utils/navigation/albumDetailNavigation';
+
+/** Navigate to composer detail, remembering the current page for the back button. */
+export function useNavigateToComposer() {
+  const navigate = useNavigate();
+  const location = useLocation();
+  return useCallback(
+    (composerId: string, opts?: { search?: string }) => {
+      navigateToComposerDetail(navigate, location, composerId, opts);
+    },
+    [navigate, location],
+  );
+}

src/hooks/useSongBrowseList.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+// @vitest-environment jsdom
+import { renderHook, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import type { SubsonicSong } from '../api/subsonicTypes';
+import { useSongBrowseList } from './useSongBrowseList';
+import { useAuthStore } from '../store/authStore';
+import { useLibraryIndexStore } from '../store/libraryIndexStore';
+
+vi.mock('../api/subsonicSearch', () => ({
+  searchSongsPaged: vi.fn(async () => []),
+}));
+
+vi.mock('../api/navidromeBrowse', () => ({
+  ndListSongs: vi.fn(async () => []),
+}));
+
+vi.mock('../utils/library/advancedSearchLocal', () => ({
+  runLocalSongBrowse: vi.fn(async () => []),
+}));
+
+vi.mock('../utils/library/browseTextSearch', () => ({
+  BROWSE_TEXT_DEBOUNCE_NETWORK_MS: 10,
+  BROWSE_TEXT_DEBOUNCE_RACE_MS: 10,
+  browseRaceCountsSongs: vi.fn(),
+  loadMoreLocalBrowseSongs: vi.fn(async () => []),
+  raceBrowseWithLocalFallback: vi.fn(async () => null),
+  runLocalBrowseSongPage: vi.fn(async () => []),
+  runNetworkBrowseSongPage: vi.fn(async () => [{ id: 'fresh' } as SubsonicSong]),
+}));
+
+const stashedSong = { id: 'stashed', title: 'Stashed', artist: 'A', duration: 180 } as SubsonicSong;
+
+describe('useSongBrowseList restore hold', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    useAuthStore.setState({ activeServerId: 'srv-1' });
+    useLibraryIndexStore.setState({ masterEnabled: true });
+  });
+
+  it('keeps stashed songs after fetchSongPage identity changes until query edits', async () => {
+    const { result, rerender } = renderHook(
+      ({ searchQuery }) => useSongBrowseList({
+        enabled: true,
+        searchQuery,
+        initialRestore: {
+          query: 'jazz',
+          songs: [stashedSong],
+          offset: 1,
+          hasMore: false,
+          localSearchMode: true,
+          browseUnsupported: false,
+          hasSearched: true,
+        },
+      }),
+      { initialProps: { searchQuery: 'jazz' } },
+    );
+
+    expect(result.current.songs).toEqual([stashedSong]);
+
+    rerender({ searchQuery: 'jazz' });
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(result.current.songs).toEqual([stashedSong]);
+    }, { timeout: 500 });
+
+    rerender({ searchQuery: 'jazzx' });
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(result.current.songs[0]?.id).toBe('fresh');
+    }, { timeout: 500 });
+  });
+});

src/hooks/useSongBrowseList.ts

@@ -42,16 +42,19 @@ export type SongBrowseListRestore = {
 
 type UseSongBrowseListArgs = {
   enabled: boolean;
+  /** Header scoped browse query (wide title/artist/album search). */
+  searchQuery: string;
   initialRestore?: SongBrowseListRestore | null;
 };
 
 /** Tracks hub song browse — all-library paging or filtered text search. */
-export function useSongBrowseList({ enabled, initialRestore }: UseSongBrowseListArgs) {
+export function useSongBrowseList({ enabled, searchQuery, initialRestore }: UseSongBrowseListArgs) {
   const serverId = useAuthStore(s => s.activeServerId);
   const indexEnabled = useLibraryIndexStore(s => s.isIndexEnabled(serverId));
 
-  const [query, setQuery] = useState(() => initialRestore?.query ?? '');
-  const [debouncedQuery, setDebouncedQuery] = useState(() => initialRestore?.query.trim() ?? '');
+  const [debouncedQuery, setDebouncedQuery] = useState(
+    () => initialRestore?.query.trim() ?? searchQuery.trim(),
+  );
   const [songs, setSongs] = useState<SubsonicSong[]>(() => initialRestore?.songs ?? []);
   const [offset, setOffset] = useState(() => initialRestore?.offset ?? 0);
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
@@ -63,14 +66,25 @@ export function useSongBrowseList({ enabled, initialRestore }: UseSongBrowseList
 
   const requestSeqRef = useRef(0);
   const localSearchModeRef = useRef(initialRestore?.localSearchMode ?? false);
-  const skipInitialFetchRef = useRef(initialRestore != null);
+  /** Keep stashed songs until the user edits the scoped query (survives fetchSongPage identity changes). */
+  const holdRestoredListRef = useRef(initialRestore != null);
+  const heldRestoredQueryRef = useRef(initialRestore?.query.trim() ?? '');
+
+  const restoreQueryHoldRef = useRef(
+    initialRestore?.query.trim() ? initialRestore.query.trim() : null,
+  );
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!enabled) return;
+    const incoming = searchQuery.trim();
+    if (incoming !== '') {
+      restoreQueryHoldRef.current = null;
+    }
+    const effectiveQuery = incoming || restoreQueryHoldRef.current || '';
     const debounceMs = indexEnabled ? BROWSE_TEXT_DEBOUNCE_RACE_MS : BROWSE_TEXT_DEBOUNCE_NETWORK_MS;
-    const timer = window.setTimeout(() => setDebouncedQuery(query.trim()), debounceMs);
+    const timer = window.setTimeout(() => setDebouncedQuery(effectiveQuery), debounceMs);
     return () => window.clearTimeout(timer);
-  }, [query, indexEnabled, enabled]);
+  }, [searchQuery, indexEnabled, enabled]);
 
   const fetchSongPage = useCallback(
     async (q: string, pageOffset: number, isStale: () => boolean): Promise<SubsonicSong[]> => {
@@ -114,9 +128,14 @@ export function useSongBrowseList({ enabled, initialRestore }: UseSongBrowseList
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!enabled) return;
-    if (skipInitialFetchRef.current) {
-      skipInitialFetchRef.current = false;
-      return;
+
+    if (holdRestoredListRef.current) {
+      const expected = heldRestoredQueryRef.current;
+      if (searchQuery.trim() !== expected || debouncedQuery !== expected) {
+        holdRestoredListRef.current = false;
+      } else {
+        return;
+      }
     }
 
     let cancelled = false;
@@ -152,7 +171,7 @@ export function useSongBrowseList({ enabled, initialRestore }: UseSongBrowseList
     return () => {
       cancelled = true;
     };
-  }, [debouncedQuery, fetchSongPage, enabled]);
+  }, [debouncedQuery, searchQuery, fetchSongPage, enabled]);
 
   const loadMore = useCallback(async () => {
     if (!enabled || loading || !hasMore) return;
@@ -182,8 +201,6 @@ export function useSongBrowseList({ enabled, initialRestore }: UseSongBrowseList
   }, [enabled, loading, hasMore, debouncedQuery, offset, fetchSongPage]);
 
   return {
-    query,
-    setQuery,
     songs,
     offset,
     loading,

src/locales/de/search.ts

@@ -39,6 +39,21 @@ export const search = {
   recentSearches: 'Zuletzt gesucht',
   browse: 'Stöbern',
   emptyHint: 'Was möchtest du hören?',
+  scopeArtistsPlaceholder: 'Künstler suchen…',
+  scopeArtistsBadgeTooltip: 'Klicken zum Entfernen',
+  scopeArtistsGhostTooltip: 'Klicken — nur auf dieser Seite suchen',
+  scopeAlbumsPlaceholder: 'Album suchen…',
+  scopeAlbumsBadgeTooltip: 'Klicken zum Entfernen',
+  scopeAlbumsGhostTooltip: 'Klicken — nur auf dieser Seite suchen',
+  scopeNewReleasesPlaceholder: 'Neuerscheinungen suchen…',
+  scopeNewReleasesBadgeTooltip: 'Klicken zum Entfernen',
+  scopeNewReleasesGhostTooltip: 'Klicken — nur auf dieser Seite suchen',
+  scopeTracksPlaceholder: 'Titel, Künstler oder Album suchen…',
+  scopeTracksBadgeTooltip: 'Klicken zum Entfernen',
+  scopeTracksGhostTooltip: 'Klicken — nur auf dieser Seite suchen',
+  scopeComposersPlaceholder: 'Komponist suchen…',
+  scopeComposersBadgeTooltip: 'Klicken — entfernen',
+  scopeComposersGhostTooltip: 'Klicken — nur auf dieser Seite suchen',
   genres: 'Genres',
   shareLink: 'Share link',
   shareTrackTitle: 'Shared track',

src/locales/en/search.ts

@@ -39,6 +39,21 @@ export const search = {
   recentSearches: 'Recent Searches',
   browse: 'Browse',
   emptyHint: 'What do you want to hear?',
+  scopeArtistsPlaceholder: 'Search for artist…',
+  scopeArtistsBadgeTooltip: 'Click to remove',
+  scopeArtistsGhostTooltip: 'Click to search on this page only',
+  scopeAlbumsPlaceholder: 'Search for album…',
+  scopeAlbumsBadgeTooltip: 'Click to remove',
+  scopeAlbumsGhostTooltip: 'Click to search on this page only',
+  scopeNewReleasesPlaceholder: 'Search new releases…',
+  scopeNewReleasesBadgeTooltip: 'Click to remove',
+  scopeNewReleasesGhostTooltip: 'Click to search on this page only',
+  scopeTracksPlaceholder: 'Find a track by title, artist or album…',
+  scopeTracksBadgeTooltip: 'Click to remove',
+  scopeTracksGhostTooltip: 'Click to search on this page only',
+  scopeComposersPlaceholder: 'Search for composer…',
+  scopeComposersBadgeTooltip: 'Click to remove',
+  scopeComposersGhostTooltip: 'Click to search on this page only',
   genres: 'Genres',
   shareLink: 'Share link',
   shareTrackTitle: 'Shared track',

src/locales/es/search.ts

@@ -39,6 +39,21 @@ export const search = {
   recentSearches: 'Búsquedas Recientes',
   browse: 'Explorar',
   emptyHint: '¿Qué quieres escuchar?',
+  scopeArtistsPlaceholder: 'Buscar artista…',
+  scopeArtistsBadgeTooltip: 'Clic para quitar',
+  scopeArtistsGhostTooltip: 'Clic — buscar solo en esta página',
+  scopeAlbumsPlaceholder: 'Buscar álbum…',
+  scopeAlbumsBadgeTooltip: 'Clic para quitar',
+  scopeAlbumsGhostTooltip: 'Clic — buscar solo en esta página',
+  scopeNewReleasesPlaceholder: 'Buscar novedades…',
+  scopeNewReleasesBadgeTooltip: 'Clic para quitar',
+  scopeNewReleasesGhostTooltip: 'Clic — buscar solo en esta página',
+  scopeTracksPlaceholder: 'Busca una canción por título, artista o álbum…',
+  scopeTracksBadgeTooltip: 'Clic para quitar',
+  scopeTracksGhostTooltip: 'Clic — buscar solo en esta página',
+  scopeComposersPlaceholder: 'Buscar compositor…',
+  scopeComposersBadgeTooltip: 'Clic — quitar',
+  scopeComposersGhostTooltip: 'Clic — buscar solo en esta página',
   genres: 'Géneros',
   shareLink: 'Share link',
   shareTrackTitle: 'Shared track',

src/locales/fr/search.ts

@@ -39,6 +39,21 @@ export const search = {
   recentSearches: 'Recherches récentes',
   browse: 'Parcourir',
   emptyHint: 'Que veux-tu écouter ?',
+  scopeArtistsPlaceholder: 'Rechercher un artiste…',
+  scopeArtistsBadgeTooltip: 'Clic pour retirer',
+  scopeArtistsGhostTooltip: 'Clic — rechercher sur cette page seulement',
+  scopeAlbumsPlaceholder: 'Rechercher un album…',
+  scopeAlbumsBadgeTooltip: 'Clic pour retirer',
+  scopeAlbumsGhostTooltip: 'Clic — rechercher sur cette page seulement',
+  scopeNewReleasesPlaceholder: 'Rechercher dans les nouveautés…',
+  scopeNewReleasesBadgeTooltip: 'Clic pour retirer',
+  scopeNewReleasesGhostTooltip: 'Clic — rechercher sur cette page seulement',
+  scopeTracksPlaceholder: 'Chercher un titre par titre, artiste ou album…',
+  scopeTracksBadgeTooltip: 'Clic pour retirer',
+  scopeTracksGhostTooltip: 'Clic — rechercher sur cette page seulement',
+  scopeComposersPlaceholder: 'Rechercher un compositeur…',
+  scopeComposersBadgeTooltip: 'Clic — retirer',
+  scopeComposersGhostTooltip: 'Clic — rechercher sur cette page seulement',
   genres: 'Genres',
   shareLink: 'Share link',
   shareTrackTitle: 'Shared track',

src/locales/nb/search.ts

@@ -39,6 +39,21 @@ export const search = {
   recentSearches: 'Siste søk',
   browse: 'Utforsk',
   emptyHint: 'Hva vil du høre?',
+  scopeArtistsPlaceholder: 'Søk etter artist…',
+  scopeArtistsBadgeTooltip: 'Klikk for å fjerne',
+  scopeArtistsGhostTooltip: 'Klikk — søk bare på denne siden',
+  scopeAlbumsPlaceholder: 'Søk etter album…',
+  scopeAlbumsBadgeTooltip: 'Klikk for å fjerne',
+  scopeAlbumsGhostTooltip: 'Klikk — søk bare på denne siden',
+  scopeNewReleasesPlaceholder: 'Søk i nye utgivelser…',
+  scopeNewReleasesBadgeTooltip: 'Klikk for å fjerne',
+  scopeNewReleasesGhostTooltip: 'Klikk — søk bare på denne siden',
+  scopeTracksPlaceholder: 'Finn et spor etter tittel, artist eller album…',
+  scopeTracksBadgeTooltip: 'Klikk for å fjerne',
+  scopeTracksGhostTooltip: 'Klikk — søk bare på denne siden',
+  scopeComposersPlaceholder: 'Søk komponist…',
+  scopeComposersBadgeTooltip: 'Klikk — fjern',
+  scopeComposersGhostTooltip: 'Klikk — søk bare på denne siden',
   genres: 'Sjangre',
   shareLink: 'Share link',
   shareTrackTitle: 'Shared track',

src/locales/nl/search.ts

@@ -39,6 +39,21 @@ export const search = {
   recentSearches: 'Recente zoekopdrachten',
   browse: 'Bladeren',
   emptyHint: 'Wat wil je horen?',
+  scopeArtistsPlaceholder: 'Artiest zoeken…',
+  scopeArtistsBadgeTooltip: 'Klik om te verwijderen',
+  scopeArtistsGhostTooltip: 'Klik — alleen op deze pagina zoeken',
+  scopeAlbumsPlaceholder: 'Album zoeken…',
+  scopeAlbumsBadgeTooltip: 'Klik om te verwijderen',
+  scopeAlbumsGhostTooltip: 'Klik — alleen op deze pagina zoeken',
+  scopeNewReleasesPlaceholder: 'Zoek in nieuwe releases…',
+  scopeNewReleasesBadgeTooltip: 'Klik om te verwijderen',
+  scopeNewReleasesGhostTooltip: 'Klik — alleen op deze pagina zoeken',
+  scopeTracksPlaceholder: 'Zoek op titel, artiest of album…',
+  scopeTracksBadgeTooltip: 'Klik om te verwijderen',
+  scopeTracksGhostTooltip: 'Klik — alleen op deze pagina zoeken',
+  scopeComposersPlaceholder: 'Componist zoeken…',
+  scopeComposersBadgeTooltip: 'Klik — verwijderen',
+  scopeComposersGhostTooltip: 'Klik — alleen op deze pagina zoeken',
   genres: 'Genres',
   shareLink: 'Share link',
   shareTrackTitle: 'Shared track',

src/locales/ro/search.ts

@@ -39,6 +39,21 @@ export const search = {
   recentSearches: 'Căutări Recente',
   browse: 'Răsfoiește',
   emptyHint: 'Ce vrei să auzi?',
+  scopeArtistsPlaceholder: 'Caută artist…',
+  scopeArtistsBadgeTooltip: 'Clic pentru a elimina',
+  scopeArtistsGhostTooltip: 'Clic — caută doar pe această pagină',
+  scopeAlbumsPlaceholder: 'Caută album…',
+  scopeAlbumsBadgeTooltip: 'Clic pentru a elimina',
+  scopeAlbumsGhostTooltip: 'Clic — caută doar pe această pagină',
+  scopeNewReleasesPlaceholder: 'Caută în lansări noi…',
+  scopeNewReleasesBadgeTooltip: 'Clic pentru a elimina',
+  scopeNewReleasesGhostTooltip: 'Clic — caută doar pe această pagină',
+  scopeTracksPlaceholder: 'Găsește o piesă după titlu, artist sau album…',
+  scopeTracksBadgeTooltip: 'Clic pentru a elimina',
+  scopeTracksGhostTooltip: 'Clic — caută doar pe această pagină',
+  scopeComposersPlaceholder: 'Caută compozitor…',
+  scopeComposersBadgeTooltip: 'Clic — elimină',
+  scopeComposersGhostTooltip: 'Clic — caută doar pe această pagină',
   genres: 'Genuri',
   shareLink: 'Share link',
   shareTrackTitle: 'Shared track',

src/locales/ru/search.ts

@@ -39,6 +39,21 @@ export const search = {
   recentSearches: 'Недавние запросы',
   browse: 'Обзор',
   emptyHint: 'Что хочешь послушать?',
+  scopeArtistsPlaceholder: 'Поиск исполнителя…',
+  scopeArtistsBadgeTooltip: 'Щелчок — удалить',
+  scopeArtistsGhostTooltip: 'Щелчок — искать только на этой странице',
+  scopeAlbumsPlaceholder: 'Поиск альбома…',
+  scopeAlbumsBadgeTooltip: 'Щелчок — удалить',
+  scopeAlbumsGhostTooltip: 'Щелчок — искать только на этой странице',
+  scopeNewReleasesPlaceholder: 'Поиск в новинках…',
+  scopeNewReleasesBadgeTooltip: 'Щелчок — удалить',
+  scopeNewReleasesGhostTooltip: 'Щелчок — искать только на этой странице',
+  scopeTracksPlaceholder: 'Найти трек по названию, исполнителю или альбому…',
+  scopeTracksBadgeTooltip: 'Щелчок — удалить',
+  scopeTracksGhostTooltip: 'Щелчок — искать только на этой странице',
+  scopeComposersPlaceholder: 'Поиск композитора…',
+  scopeComposersBadgeTooltip: 'Щелчок — удалить',
+  scopeComposersGhostTooltip: 'Щелчок — искать только на этой странице',
   genres: 'Жанры',
   shareLink: 'Ссылка для обмена',
   shareTrackTitle: 'Общий трек',

src/locales/zh/search.ts

@@ -39,6 +39,21 @@ export const search = {
   recentSearches: '最近搜索',
   browse: '浏览',
   emptyHint: '你想听什么？',
+  scopeArtistsPlaceholder: '搜索艺术家…',
+  scopeArtistsBadgeTooltip: '单击移除',
+  scopeArtistsGhostTooltip: '单击 — 仅在此页面搜索',
+  scopeAlbumsPlaceholder: '搜索专辑…',
+  scopeAlbumsBadgeTooltip: '单击移除',
+  scopeAlbumsGhostTooltip: '单击 — 仅在此页面搜索',
+  scopeNewReleasesPlaceholder: '搜索新发布…',
+  scopeNewReleasesBadgeTooltip: '单击移除',
+  scopeNewReleasesGhostTooltip: '单击 — 仅在此页面搜索',
+  scopeTracksPlaceholder: '按标题、艺人或专辑搜索…',
+  scopeTracksBadgeTooltip: '单击移除',
+  scopeTracksGhostTooltip: '单击 — 仅在此页面搜索',
+  scopeComposersPlaceholder: '搜索作曲家…',
+  scopeComposersBadgeTooltip: '单击 — 移除',
+  scopeComposersGhostTooltip: '单击 — 仅在此页面搜索',
   genres: '流派',
   shareLink: 'Share link',
   shareTrackTitle: 'Shared track',

src/pages/Albums.tsx

@@ -36,11 +36,21 @@ import { useLibraryIndexStore } from '../store/libraryIndexStore';
 import { useAlbumBrowseFilters, useAlbumBrowseScrollSnapshotSync, type AlbumBrowseScrollSnapshot } from '../hooks/useAlbumBrowseFilters';
 import { useAlbumBrowseData } from '../hooks/useAlbumBrowseData';
 import { useAlbumBrowseScrollRestore } from '../hooks/useAlbumBrowseScrollRestore';
+import { useAlbumBrowseScrollReset } from '../hooks/useAlbumBrowseScrollReset';
+import { useBrowseAlbumTextSearch } from '../hooks/useBrowseAlbumTextSearch';
 import { peekAlbumBrowseScrollRestore } from '../store/albumBrowseSessionStore';
 import { readAlbumBrowseRestore } from '../utils/navigation/albumDetailNavigation';
 import { useAlbumCatalogYearBounds } from '../hooks/useAlbumCatalogYearBounds';
 import type { AlbumBrowseSort } from '../utils/library/albumBrowseSort';
 import { LOSSLESS_MODE_QUERY } from '../utils/library/losslessMode';
+import { resolveAlbumYearBounds } from '../utils/library/albumYearFilter';
+import {
+  filterAlbumsByCompilation,
+  filterAlbumsByGenres,
+  filterAlbumsByStarred,
+  filterAlbumsByYearBounds,
+} from '../utils/library/albumBrowseFilters';
+import { useScopedBrowseSearchQuery } from '../store/liveSearchScopeStore';
 
 type SortType = AlbumBrowseSort;
 
@@ -81,6 +91,14 @@ export default function Albums() {
     setLosslessOnly,
   } = useAlbumBrowseFilters(serverId, scrollSnapshotRef);
 
+  const albumsSearchQuery = useScopedBrowseSearchQuery('albums');
+  const { textSearchAlbums, textSearchLoading } = useBrowseAlbumTextSearch(
+    albumsSearchQuery,
+    indexEnabled,
+    serverId,
+    losslessOnly,
+  );
+
   const {
     scrollBodyEl,
     bindScrollBody: bindAlbumsScrollBody,
@@ -88,24 +106,7 @@ export default function Albums() {
   } = useInpageScrollViewport();
 
   const starredOverrides = usePlayerStore(s => s.starredOverrides);
-  const {
-    albums,
-    loading,
-    loadingMore,
-    hasMore,
-    displayAlbums,
-    visibleAlbums,
-    genreFiltered,
-    serverFilterActive,
-    narrowGenreList,
-    genreCatalogOptions,
-    yearFilterActive,
-    debouncedYearFields,
-    compFilterActive,
-    pendingClientFilterMatch,
-    bindLoadMoreSentinel,
-    loadMore,
-  } = useAlbumBrowseData({
+  const browseData = useAlbumBrowseData({
     serverId,
     indexEnabled,
     musicLibraryFilterVersion,
@@ -122,6 +123,55 @@ export default function Albums() {
     restoreDisplayCount: restoreDisplayCountRef.current,
   });
 
+  const textSearchActive = textSearchAlbums != null;
+  const albumBrowsePlainLayout =
+    perfFlags.disableMainstageVirtualLists
+    || textSearchActive
+    || albumsSearchQuery.trim().length > 0;
+
+  const textSearchYearBounds = useMemo(
+    () => resolveAlbumYearBounds(browseData.debouncedYearFields.from, browseData.debouncedYearFields.to),
+    [browseData.debouncedYearFields.from, browseData.debouncedYearFields.to],
+  );
+
+  const textSearchVisibleAlbums = useMemo(() => {
+    if (!textSearchActive || !textSearchAlbums) return null;
+    let out = textSearchAlbums;
+    if (selectedGenres.length > 0) out = filterAlbumsByGenres(out, selectedGenres);
+    if (textSearchYearBounds.active) out = filterAlbumsByYearBounds(out, textSearchYearBounds.bounds);
+    if (compFilter !== 'all') out = filterAlbumsByCompilation(out, compFilter);
+    if (starredOnly) out = filterAlbumsByStarred(out, starredOverrides);
+    return out;
+  }, [
+    textSearchActive,
+    textSearchAlbums,
+    selectedGenres,
+    textSearchYearBounds.active,
+    textSearchYearBounds.bounds,
+    compFilter,
+    starredOnly,
+    starredOverrides,
+  ]);
+
+  const albums = textSearchActive ? (textSearchAlbums ?? []) : browseData.albums;
+  const loading = textSearchActive ? textSearchLoading : browseData.loading;
+  const loadingMore = textSearchActive ? false : browseData.loadingMore;
+  const hasMore = textSearchActive ? false : browseData.hasMore;
+  const displayAlbums = textSearchActive ? (textSearchVisibleAlbums ?? []) : browseData.displayAlbums;
+  const visibleAlbums = textSearchActive ? (textSearchVisibleAlbums ?? []) : browseData.visibleAlbums;
+  const genreFiltered = textSearchActive ? selectedGenres.length > 0 : browseData.genreFiltered;
+  const serverFilterActive = textSearchActive
+    ? selectedGenres.length > 0 || textSearchYearBounds.active || losslessOnly || starredOnly
+    : browseData.serverFilterActive;
+  const narrowGenreList = browseData.narrowGenreList;
+  const genreCatalogOptions = browseData.genreCatalogOptions;
+  const yearFilterActive = browseData.yearFilterActive;
+  const debouncedYearFields = browseData.debouncedYearFields;
+  const compFilterActive = browseData.compFilterActive;
+  const pendingClientFilterMatch = textSearchActive ? false : browseData.pendingClientFilterMatch;
+  const bindLoadMoreSentinel = browseData.bindLoadMoreSentinel;
+  const loadMore = browseData.loadMore;
+
   useAlbumBrowseScrollSnapshotSync(scrollSnapshotRef, scrollBodyEl, displayAlbums.length);
 
   const { isScrollRestorePending } = useAlbumBrowseScrollRestore({
@@ -135,6 +185,22 @@ export default function Albums() {
     loadMore,
   });
 
+  useAlbumBrowseScrollReset({
+    scrollSnapshotRef,
+    getScrollRoot,
+    isScrollRestorePending,
+    resetKey: [
+      albumsSearchQuery,
+      sort,
+      selectedGenres.join('\u0001'),
+      yearFilterActive ? `${debouncedYearFields.from}:${debouncedYearFields.to}` : '',
+      compFilter,
+      starredOnly,
+      losslessOnly,
+      serverId,
+    ].join('|'),
+  });
+
   const location = useLocation();
   const navigate = useNavigate();
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -266,6 +332,7 @@ export default function Albums() {
   );
 
   const mainstageHeaderTight = useMainstageInpageHeaderTight(scrollBodyEl, [
+    albumsSearchQuery,
     sort,
     genreFiltered,
     yearFilterActive,
@@ -394,8 +461,9 @@ export default function Albums() {
           hasMore,
           selectionMode,
           sort,
+          albumsSearchQuery,
           perfFlags.disableMainstageGridCards,
-          perfFlags.disableMainstageVirtualLists,
+          albumBrowsePlainLayout,
         ]}
       >
         {loading && albums.length === 0 ? (
@@ -418,6 +486,10 @@ export default function Albums() {
           <div className="empty-state" style={{ padding: '3rem 1rem', textAlign: 'center' }}>
             {visibleEmptyMessage}
           </div>
+        ) : !loading && textSearchActive && visibleAlbums.length === 0 ? (
+          <div className="empty-state" style={{ padding: '3rem 1rem', textAlign: 'center' }}>
+            {t('albums.noMatchingFilters')}
+          </div>
         ) : (
           <div style={{ position: 'relative' }}>
             <div style={{ visibility: isScrollRestorePending ? 'hidden' : 'visible' }}>
@@ -427,7 +499,7 @@ export default function Albums() {
                     items={displayAlbums}
                     itemKey={(a, _i) => a.id}
                     rowVariant="album"
-                    disableVirtualization={perfFlags.disableMainstageVirtualLists}
+                    disableVirtualization={albumBrowsePlainLayout}
                     layoutSignal={displayAlbums.length}
                     scrollRootId={ALBUMS_INPAGE_SCROLL_VIEWPORT_ID}
                     warmGridCovers={albumGridWarmCovers(

src/pages/Artists.tsx

@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import { useVirtualizer } from '@tanstack/react-virtual';
 import { APP_MAIN_SCROLL_VIEWPORT_ID, ARTISTS_INPAGE_SCROLL_VIEWPORT_ID } from '../constants/appScroll';
 import { useElementClientHeightById, useElementClientHeightForElement } from '../hooks/useResizeClientHeight';
-import { useCardGridMetrics } from '../hooks/useCardGridMetrics';
-import { useRemeasureGridVirtualizer } from '../hooks/useRemeasureGridVirtualizer';
 import { useVirtualizerScrollMargin } from '../hooks/useVirtualizerScrollMargin';
 import { usePerfProbeFlags } from '../utils/perf/perfFlags';
 import {
@@ -32,10 +30,12 @@ import { ArtistsListView } from '../components/artists/ArtistsListView';
 import InpageScrollSentinel from '../components/InpageScrollSentinel';
 import { useArtistsBrowseFilters, type ArtistBrowseScrollSnapshot } from '../hooks/useArtistsBrowseFilters';
 import { useArtistsBrowseScrollRestore } from '../hooks/useArtistsBrowseScrollRestore';
+import { useArtistsBrowseScrollReset } from '../hooks/useArtistsBrowseScrollReset';
 import { useNavigateToArtist } from '../hooks/useNavigateToArtist';
 import { peekArtistBrowseScrollRestore } from '../store/artistBrowseSessionStore';
 import { readArtistBrowseRestore } from '../utils/navigation/albumDetailNavigation';
 
+import { useScopedBrowseSearchQuery } from '../store/liveSearchScopeStore';
 import { useLibraryIndexStore } from '../store/libraryIndexStore';
 
 export default function Artists() {
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ export default function Artists() {
   );
 
   const {
-    filter,
-    setFilter,
     letterFilter,
     setLetterFilter,
     starredOnly,
@@ -61,6 +59,8 @@ export default function Artists() {
     setViewMode,
   } = useArtistsBrowseFilters(serverId, scrollSnapshotRef);
 
+  const artistsSearchQuery = useScopedBrowseSearchQuery('artists');
+
   const {
     scrollBodyEl: artistsScrollBodyEl,
     bindScrollBody: bindArtistsScrollBody,
@@ -91,13 +91,18 @@ export default function Artists() {
   });
 
   const { textSearchArtists, textSearchLoading, effectiveFilter } = useBrowseArtistTextSearch(
-    filter,
+    artistsSearchQuery,
     indexEnabled,
     serverId,
   );
   const artists = textSearchArtists ?? catalogArtists;
   const loading = catalogLoading || textSearchLoading;
   const textSearchActive = textSearchArtists != null;
+  /** Scoped/plain text filter — canonical CSS grid, not row virtualization (small result sets). */
+  const artistBrowsePlainLayout =
+    perfFlags.disableMainstageVirtualLists
+    || textSearchActive
+    || artistsSearchQuery.trim().length > 0;
 
   const {
     visibleCount,
@@ -105,7 +110,7 @@ export default function Artists() {
     loadMore: sliceLoadMore,
   } = useClientSliceInfiniteScroll({
     pageSize: PAGE_SIZE,
-    resetDeps: [filter, letterFilter, starredOnly, viewMode, musicLibraryFilterVersion, serverId],
+    resetDeps: [artistsSearchQuery, letterFilter, starredOnly, viewMode, musicLibraryFilterVersion, serverId],
     getScrollRoot: getArtistsScrollRoot,
     scrollRootEl: artistsScrollBodyEl,
     restoreDisplayCount: restoreVisibleCountRef.current,
@@ -224,7 +229,7 @@ export default function Artists() {
   });
 
   const mainstageHeaderTight = useMainstageInpageHeaderTight(artistsScrollBodyEl, [
-    filter,
+    artistsSearchQuery,
     letterFilter,
     starredOnly,
     viewMode,
@@ -243,48 +248,6 @@ export default function Artists() {
     [getArtistsScrollRoot],
   );
 
-  const artistGridMeasureRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
-  const { gridCols: artistGridCols, rowHeightEst: artistGridRowHeightEst } = useCardGridMetrics(
-    artistGridMeasureRef,
-    viewMode === 'grid',
-    'artist',
-    visible.length,
-  );
-
-  const artistVirtualRowCount = Math.max(0, Math.ceil(visible.length / Math.max(1, artistGridCols)));
-
-  const artistGridOverscan = Math.max(
-    2,
-    Math.ceil(artistsInpageScrollHeight / Math.max(1, artistGridRowHeightEst)),
-  );
-
-  const artistGridScrollMargin = useVirtualizerScrollMargin(
-    artistGridMeasureRef,
-    getInpageScrollElement,
-    {
-      active: !perfFlags.disableMainstageVirtualLists && viewMode === 'grid',
-      deps: [artistVirtualRowCount, artistGridCols],
-    },
-  );
-
-  const artistGridVirtualizer = useVirtualizer({
-    count:
-      perfFlags.disableMainstageVirtualLists || viewMode !== 'grid'
-        ? 0
-        : artistVirtualRowCount,
-    getScrollElement: getInpageScrollElement,
-    estimateSize: () => artistGridRowHeightEst,
-    overscan: artistGridOverscan,
-    scrollMargin: artistGridScrollMargin,
-  });
-
-  useRemeasureGridVirtualizer(artistGridVirtualizer, {
-    active: !perfFlags.disableMainstageVirtualLists && viewMode === 'grid' && artistVirtualRowCount > 0,
-    gridCols: artistGridCols,
-    rowHeightEst: artistGridRowHeightEst,
-    virtualRowCount: artistVirtualRowCount,
-  });
-
   const artistListOverscan = Math.max(
     12,
     Math.ceil(artistsInpageScrollHeight / ARTIST_LIST_ROW_EST),
@@ -295,14 +258,14 @@ export default function Artists() {
     artistListWrapRef,
     getInpageScrollElement,
     {
-      active: !perfFlags.disableMainstageVirtualLists && viewMode === 'list',
+      active: !artistBrowsePlainLayout && viewMode === 'list',
       deps: [artistListFlatRows.length],
     },
   );
 
   const artistListVirtualizer = useVirtualizer({
     count:
-      perfFlags.disableMainstageVirtualLists || viewMode !== 'list' ? 0 : artistListFlatRows.length,
+      artistBrowsePlainLayout || viewMode !== 'list' ? 0 : artistListFlatRows.length,
     getScrollElement: getInpageScrollElement,
     estimateSize: index => {
       const row = artistListFlatRows[index];
@@ -320,6 +283,27 @@ export default function Artists() {
     scrollMargin: artistListScrollMargin,
   });
 
+  const browseScrollResetKey = [
+    artistsSearchQuery,
+    letterFilter,
+    starredOnly,
+    viewMode,
+    serverId,
+    musicLibraryFilterVersion,
+    textSearchArtists?.length ?? '',
+    textSearchArtists?.[0]?.id ?? '',
+  ].join('\0');
+
+  useArtistsBrowseScrollReset({
+    scrollSnapshotRef,
+    getScrollRoot: getArtistsScrollRoot,
+    isScrollRestorePending,
+    resetKey: browseScrollResetKey,
+    viewMode,
+    listVirtualize: !artistBrowsePlainLayout,
+    listVirtualizer: artistListVirtualizer,
+  });
+
   return (
     <div
       className={`content-body animate-fade-in mainstage-inpage-split${mainstageHeaderTight ? ' mainstage-inpage--header-tight' : ''}`}
@@ -333,14 +317,6 @@ export default function Artists() {
                   ? t('artists.selectionCount', { count: selectedIds.size })
                   : t('artists.title')}
               </h1>
-              <input
-                className="input"
-                style={{ maxWidth: 220 }}
-                placeholder={t('artists.search')}
-                value={filter}
-                onChange={e => setFilter(e.target.value)}
-                id="artist-filter-input"
-              />
               {textSearchLoading && (
                 <div className="spinner" style={{ width: 16, height: 16, flexShrink: 0 }} />
               )}
@@ -432,13 +408,8 @@ export default function Artists() {
         {!loading && !pendingLetterMatch && viewMode === 'grid' && (
           <ArtistsGridView
             visible={visible}
-            gridCols={artistGridCols}
-            measureRef={artistGridMeasureRef}
-            virtualization={
-              perfFlags.disableMainstageVirtualLists
-                ? null
-                : { virtualizer: artistGridVirtualizer, scrollMargin: artistGridScrollMargin }
-            }
+            disableVirtualization={artistBrowsePlainLayout}
+            layoutKey={browseScrollResetKey}
             selectionMode={selectionMode}
             selectedIds={selectedIds}
             selectedArtists={selectedArtists}
@@ -452,7 +423,7 @@ export default function Artists() {
 
         {!loading && !pendingLetterMatch && viewMode === 'list' && (
           <ArtistsListView
-            virtualized={!perfFlags.disableMainstageVirtualLists}
+            virtualized={!artistBrowsePlainLayout}
             groups={groups}
             letters={letters}
             artistListFlatRows={artistListFlatRows}

src/pages/Composers.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { SubsonicArtist } from '../api/subsonicTypes';
 import { useEffect, useState, useCallback, useRef, useMemo } from 'react';
-import { useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { useLocation, useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { ndListArtistsByRole } from '../api/navidromeBrowse';
 import { LayoutGrid, List } from 'lucide-react';
 import StarFilterButton from '../components/StarFilterButton';
@@ -12,7 +12,14 @@ import { APP_MAIN_SCROLL_VIEWPORT_ID, COMPOSERS_INPAGE_SCROLL_VIEWPORT_ID } from
 import { useElementClientHeightById, useElementClientHeightForElement } from '../hooks/useResizeClientHeight';
 import { useMainstageInpageHeaderTight } from '../hooks/useMainstageInpageHeaderTight';
 import { useBrowseArtistTextSearch } from '../hooks/useBrowseArtistTextSearch';
+import { useComposersBrowseFilters, type ComposerBrowseScrollSnapshot } from '../hooks/useComposersBrowseFilters';
+import { useComposersBrowseScrollRestore } from '../hooks/useComposersBrowseScrollRestore';
+import { useArtistsBrowseScrollReset } from '../hooks/useArtistsBrowseScrollReset';
+import { useNavigateToComposer } from '../hooks/useNavigateToComposer';
 import { useLibraryIndexStore } from '../store/libraryIndexStore';
+import { peekComposerBrowseScrollRestore } from '../store/composerBrowseSessionStore';
+import { useScopedBrowseSearchQuery } from '../store/liveSearchScopeStore';
+import { readComposerBrowseRestore } from '../utils/navigation/albumDetailNavigation';
 import { usePerfProbeFlags } from '../utils/perf/perfFlags';
 import { VirtualCardGrid } from '../components/VirtualCardGrid';
 import OverlayScrollArea from '../components/OverlayScrollArea';
@@ -76,10 +83,24 @@ export default function Composers() {
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);
   const [loadError, setLoadError] = useState<'unsupported' | 'transient' | null>(null);
   const [reloadTick, setReloadTick] = useState(0);
-  const [filter, setFilter] = useState('');
-  const [letterFilter, setLetterFilter] = useState(ALL_SENTINEL);
-  const [starredOnly, setStarredOnly] = useState(false);
-  const [viewMode, setViewMode] = useState<'grid' | 'list'>('grid');
+
+  const scrollSnapshotRef = useRef<ComposerBrowseScrollSnapshot>({ scrollTop: 0, visibleCount: 0 });
+  const musicLibraryFilterVersion = useAuthStore(s => s.musicLibraryFilterVersion);
+  const serverId = useAuthStore(s => s.activeServerId ?? '');
+  const restoreVisibleCountRef = useRef<number | undefined>(
+    peekComposerBrowseScrollRestore(serverId)?.visibleCount,
+  );
+
+  const {
+    letterFilter,
+    setLetterFilter,
+    starredOnly,
+    setStarredOnly,
+    viewMode,
+    setViewMode,
+  } = useComposersBrowseFilters(serverId, scrollSnapshotRef);
+
+  const composersSearchQuery = useScopedBrowseSearchQuery('composers');
 
   // Compact tiles + initial-letter only → 200 per page is comfortable.
   const PAGE_SIZE = 200;
@@ -89,28 +110,35 @@ export default function Composers() {
     bindScrollBody: bindComposersScrollBody,
     getScrollRoot,
   } = useInpageScrollViewport();
+  const location = useLocation();
   const navigate = useNavigate();
+  const navigateToComposer = useNavigateToComposer();
   const openContextMenu = usePlayerStore(state => state.openContextMenu);
-  const musicLibraryFilterVersion = useAuthStore(s => s.musicLibraryFilterVersion);
-  const serverId = useAuthStore(s => s.activeServerId);
   const indexEnabled = useLibraryIndexStore(s => s.isIndexEnabled(serverId));
   const { textSearchArtists, textSearchLoading, effectiveFilter } = useBrowseArtistTextSearch(
-    filter,
+    composersSearchQuery,
     indexEnabled,
     serverId,
     'composers_browse',
   );
   const composerSource = textSearchArtists ?? composers;
+  const textSearchActive = textSearchArtists != null;
+  const composerBrowsePlainLayout =
+    perfFlags.disableMainstageVirtualLists
+    || textSearchActive
+    || composersSearchQuery.trim().length > 0;
 
   const {
     visibleCount,
     loadingMore,
     bindSentinel,
+    loadMore: sliceLoadMore,
   } = useClientSliceInfiniteScroll({
     pageSize: PAGE_SIZE,
-    resetDeps: [letterFilter, effectiveFilter, starredOnly, viewMode, composerSource],
+    resetDeps: [composersSearchQuery, letterFilter, starredOnly, viewMode, composerSource, serverId],
     getScrollRoot,
     scrollRootEl: scrollBodyEl,
+    restoreDisplayCount: restoreVisibleCountRef.current,
   });
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -165,6 +193,26 @@ export default function Composers() {
   const visible = useMemo(() => filtered.slice(0, visibleCount), [filtered, visibleCount]);
   const hasMore = visibleCount < filtered.length;
 
+  scrollSnapshotRef.current = {
+    scrollTop: scrollBodyEl?.scrollTop ?? 0,
+    visibleCount,
+  };
+
+  const { isScrollRestorePending } = useComposersBrowseScrollRestore({
+    serverId,
+    scrollBodyEl,
+    visibleCount,
+    loading: loading || textSearchLoading,
+    loadingMore,
+    hasMore,
+    loadMore: sliceLoadMore,
+  });
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (isScrollRestorePending || !readComposerBrowseRestore(location.state)) return;
+    navigate(`${location.pathname}${location.search}${location.hash}`, { replace: true, state: null });
+  }, [isScrollRestorePending, location.pathname, location.search, location.hash, location.state, navigate]);
+
   const { groups, letters } = useMemo(() => {
     if (viewMode !== 'list') return { groups: {} as Record<string, SubsonicArtist[]>, letters: [] as string[] };
     const g: Record<string, SubsonicArtist[]> = {};
@@ -213,14 +261,14 @@ export default function Composers() {
     composerListWrapRef,
     getInpageScrollElement,
     {
-      active: !perfFlags.disableMainstageVirtualLists && viewMode === 'list',
+      active: !composerBrowsePlainLayout && viewMode === 'list',
       deps: [composerListFlatRows.length],
     },
   );
 
   const composerListVirtualizer = useVirtualizer({
     count:
-      perfFlags.disableMainstageVirtualLists || viewMode !== 'list' ? 0 : composerListFlatRows.length,
+      composerBrowsePlainLayout || viewMode !== 'list' ? 0 : composerListFlatRows.length,
     getScrollElement: getInpageScrollElement,
     estimateSize: index => {
       const row = composerListFlatRows[index];
@@ -239,12 +287,33 @@ export default function Composers() {
   });
 
   const mainstageHeaderTight = useMainstageInpageHeaderTight(scrollBodyEl, [
-    filter,
+    composersSearchQuery,
     letterFilter,
     starredOnly,
     viewMode,
   ]);
 
+  const browseScrollResetKey = [
+    composersSearchQuery,
+    letterFilter,
+    starredOnly,
+    viewMode,
+    serverId,
+    musicLibraryFilterVersion,
+    textSearchArtists?.length ?? '',
+    textSearchArtists?.[0]?.id ?? '',
+  ].join('\0');
+
+  useArtistsBrowseScrollReset({
+    scrollSnapshotRef,
+    getScrollRoot,
+    isScrollRestorePending,
+    resetKey: browseScrollResetKey,
+    viewMode,
+    listVirtualize: !composerBrowsePlainLayout,
+    listVirtualizer: composerListVirtualizer,
+  });
+
   if (loadError) {
     return (
       <div className="content-body animate-fade-in">
@@ -272,14 +341,6 @@ export default function Composers() {
           <div className="mainstage-inpage-toolbar-row">
             <div style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: '1rem' }}>
               <h1 className="page-title" style={{ marginBottom: 0 }}>{t('composers.title')}</h1>
-              <input
-                className="input"
-                style={{ maxWidth: 220 }}
-                placeholder={t('composers.search')}
-                value={filter}
-                onChange={e => setFilter(e.target.value)}
-                id="composer-filter-input"
-              />
               {textSearchLoading && (
                 <div className="spinner" style={{ width: 16, height: 16, flexShrink: 0 }} />
               )}
@@ -342,7 +403,7 @@ export default function Composers() {
             items={visible}
             itemKey={(a, _i) => a.id}
             rowVariant="composer"
-            disableVirtualization={perfFlags.disableMainstageVirtualLists}
+            disableVirtualization={composerBrowsePlainLayout}
             layoutSignal={visible.length}
             wrapClassName="composer-grid-wrap"
             gridGap="var(--space-2)"
@@ -350,7 +411,7 @@ export default function Composers() {
             renderItem={artist => (
               <div
                 className="composer-card"
-                onClick={() => navigate(`/composer/${artist.id}`)}
+                onClick={() => navigateToComposer(artist.id)}
                 onContextMenu={(e) => {
                   e.preventDefault();
                   openContextMenu(e.clientX, e.clientY, artist, 'artist', undefined, undefined, undefined, 'composer');
@@ -368,7 +429,7 @@ export default function Composers() {
         )}
 
         {!loading && viewMode === 'list' && (
-          perfFlags.disableMainstageVirtualLists ? (
+          composerBrowsePlainLayout ? (
             <>
               {letters.map(letter => (
                 <div key={letter} style={{ marginBottom: '1.5rem' }}>
@@ -378,7 +439,7 @@ export default function Composers() {
                       <button
                         key={artist.id}
                         className="artist-row"
-                        onClick={() => navigate(`/composer/${artist.id}`)}
+                        onClick={() => navigateToComposer(artist.id)}
                         onContextMenu={(e) => {
                           e.preventDefault();
                           openContextMenu(e.clientX, e.clientY, artist, 'artist', undefined, undefined, undefined, 'composer');
@@ -442,7 +503,7 @@ export default function Composers() {
                       <button
                         type="button"
                         className="artist-row"
-                        onClick={() => navigate(`/composer/${artist.id}`)}
+                        onClick={() => navigateToComposer(artist.id)}
                         onContextMenu={(e) => {
                           e.preventDefault();
                           openContextMenu(e.clientX, e.clientY, artist, 'artist', undefined, undefined, undefined, 'composer');

src/pages/NewReleases.tsx

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { getAlbumsByGenre } from '../api/subsonicGenres';
 import { getAlbumList, getAlbum } from '../api/subsonicLibrary';
 import type { SubsonicAlbum } from '../api/subsonicTypes';
 import { dedupeById } from '../utils/dedupeById';
-import { useEffect, useLayoutEffect, useState, useCallback, useRef } from 'react';
+import { useEffect, useLayoutEffect, useState, useCallback, useRef, useMemo } from 'react';
 import { CheckSquare2, Download, HardDriveDownload } from 'lucide-react';
 import AlbumCard from '../components/AlbumCard';
 import GenreFilterBar from '../components/GenreFilterBar';
@@ -29,8 +29,13 @@ import { useInpageScrollViewport } from '../hooks/useInpageScrollViewport';
 import InpageScrollSentinel from '../components/InpageScrollSentinel';
 import { useAlbumGridBrowseFilters, type AlbumGridBrowseSnapshot } from '../hooks/useAlbumGridBrowseFilters';
 import { useAlbumBrowseScrollRestore } from '../hooks/useAlbumBrowseScrollRestore';
+import { useAlbumBrowseScrollReset } from '../hooks/useAlbumBrowseScrollReset';
+import { useBrowseAlbumTextSearch } from '../hooks/useBrowseAlbumTextSearch';
 import { useAlbumBrowseScrollSnapshotSync, type AlbumBrowseScrollSnapshot } from '../hooks/useAlbumBrowseFilters';
 import { readAlbumBrowseRestore } from '../utils/navigation/albumDetailNavigation';
+import { useLibraryIndexStore } from '../store/libraryIndexStore';
+import { filterAlbumsByGenres } from '../utils/library/albumBrowseFilters';
+import { useScopedBrowseSearchQuery } from '../store/liveSearchScopeStore';
 
 const PAGE_SIZE = 30;
 
@@ -49,6 +54,7 @@ export default function NewReleases() {
   const musicLibraryFilterVersion = useAuthStore(s => s.musicLibraryFilterVersion);
   const auth = useAuthStore();
   const serverId = useAuthStore(s => s.activeServerId ?? '');
+  const indexEnabled = useLibraryIndexStore(s => s.isIndexEnabled(serverId));
   const downloadAlbum = useOfflineStore(s => s.downloadAlbum);
   const requestDownloadFolder = useDownloadModalStore(s => s.requestFolder);
   const navigate = useNavigate();
@@ -64,6 +70,19 @@ export default function NewReleases() {
   } = useAlbumGridBrowseFilters(serverId, 'new-releases', scrollSnapshotRef, gridSnapshotRef);
   const restoringSessionRef = useRef(initialAlbums != null);
 
+  const newReleasesSearchQuery = useScopedBrowseSearchQuery('newReleases');
+  const { textSearchAlbums, textSearchLoading } = useBrowseAlbumTextSearch(
+    newReleasesSearchQuery,
+    indexEnabled,
+    serverId,
+  );
+  const textSearchActive = textSearchAlbums != null;
+  const scopedSearchQuery = newReleasesSearchQuery.trim();
+  const albumBrowsePlainLayout =
+    perfFlags.disableMainstageVirtualLists
+    || textSearchActive
+    || scopedSearchQuery.length > 0;
+
   const [albums, setAlbums] = useState<SubsonicAlbum[]>(() => initialAlbums ?? []);
   const [hasMore, setHasMore] = useState(() => initialHasMore ?? true);
   const {
@@ -80,22 +99,35 @@ export default function NewReleases() {
     isBlocked,
   } = useAsyncInpagePagination(PAGE_SIZE, { initialLoading: initialAlbums == null });
   const [selectionMode, setSelectionMode] = useState(false);
-  const filtered = selectedGenres.length > 0;
+  const genreFiltered = selectedGenres.length > 0;
 
-  gridSnapshotRef.current = { albums, hasMore };
-  useAlbumBrowseScrollSnapshotSync(scrollSnapshotRef, scrollBodyEl, albums.length);
+  const displayAlbums = useMemo(() => {
+    if (textSearchActive && textSearchAlbums) {
+      return genreFiltered
+        ? filterAlbumsByGenres(textSearchAlbums, selectedGenres)
+        : textSearchAlbums;
+    }
+    return albums;
+  }, [textSearchActive, textSearchAlbums, albums, genreFiltered, selectedGenres]);
+
+  const loadingGrid = textSearchActive ? textSearchLoading : loading;
+  const gridHasMore = textSearchActive ? false : (!genreFiltered && hasMore);
+
+  gridSnapshotRef.current = { albums: displayAlbums, hasMore: gridHasMore };
+  useAlbumBrowseScrollSnapshotSync(scrollSnapshotRef, scrollBodyEl, displayAlbums.length);
 
   const mainstageHeaderTight = useMainstageInpageHeaderTight(scrollBodyEl, [
-    filtered,
+    newReleasesSearchQuery,
+    genreFiltered,
     selectionMode,
     selectedGenres,
   ]);
 
-  const { selectedIds, toggleSelect, clearSelection: resetSelection } = useRangeSelection(albums);
+  const { selectedIds, toggleSelect, clearSelection: resetSelection } = useRangeSelection(displayAlbums);
 
   const toggleSelectionMode = () => { setSelectionMode(v => !v); resetSelection(); };
   const clearSelection = () => { setSelectionMode(false); resetSelection(); };
-  const selectedAlbums = albums.filter(a => selectedIds.has(a.id));
+  const selectedAlbums = displayAlbums.filter(a => selectedIds.has(a.id));
 
   const handleDownloadZips = async () => {
     if (selectedAlbums.length === 0) return;
@@ -156,21 +188,21 @@ export default function NewReleases() {
   }, [musicLibraryFilterVersion]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (restoringSessionRef.current) return;
-    if (filtered) loadFiltered(selectedGenres);
+    if (restoringSessionRef.current || scopedSearchQuery) return;
+    if (genreFiltered) loadFiltered(selectedGenres);
     else {
       resetPage();
       void load(0);
     }
-  }, [filtered, selectedGenres, load, loadFiltered, resetPage]);
+  }, [genreFiltered, selectedGenres, load, loadFiltered, resetPage, scopedSearchQuery]);
 
   const loadMore = useCallback(() => {
-    if (!hasMore || filtered || isBlocked()) return;
+    if (!gridHasMore || genreFiltered || textSearchActive || isBlocked()) return;
     requestNextPage(offset => load(offset, true));
-  }, [hasMore, filtered, isBlocked, requestNextPage, load]);
+  }, [gridHasMore, genreFiltered, textSearchActive, isBlocked, requestNextPage, load]);
 
   const bindLoadMoreSentinel = useInpageScrollSentinel({
-    active: !filtered && hasMore,
+    active: gridHasMore,
     getScrollRoot,
     scrollRootEl: scrollBodyEl,
     onIntersect: loadMore,
@@ -180,13 +212,20 @@ export default function NewReleases() {
     serverId,
     surface: 'new-releases',
     scrollBodyEl,
-    displayAlbumsLength: albums.length,
-    loading,
-    loadingMore: loading,
-    hasMore,
+    displayAlbumsLength: displayAlbums.length,
+    loading: loadingGrid,
+    loadingMore: loadingGrid,
+    hasMore: gridHasMore,
     loadMore,
   });
 
+  useAlbumBrowseScrollReset({
+    scrollSnapshotRef,
+    getScrollRoot,
+    isScrollRestorePending,
+    resetKey: [newReleasesSearchQuery, selectedGenres.join('\u0001'), serverId].join('|'),
+  });
+
   useLayoutEffect(() => {
     if (!isScrollRestorePending && restoringSessionRef.current) {
       restoringSessionRef.current = false;
@@ -243,31 +282,36 @@ export default function NewReleases() {
         viewportRef={bindNewReleasesScrollBody}
         railInset="panel"
         measureDeps={[
-          loading,
-          albums.length,
-          filtered,
-          hasMore,
+          loadingGrid,
+          displayAlbums.length,
+          genreFiltered,
+          gridHasMore,
           selectionMode,
-          perfFlags.disableMainstageVirtualLists,
+          newReleasesSearchQuery,
+          albumBrowsePlainLayout,
         ]}
       >
-        {loading && albums.length === 0 ? (
+        {loadingGrid && displayAlbums.length === 0 ? (
           <div style={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'center', padding: '3rem' }}>
             <div className="spinner" />
           </div>
-        ) : !loading && albums.length === 0 && !filtered ? (
+        ) : !loadingGrid && displayAlbums.length === 0 && !genreFiltered && !scopedSearchQuery ? (
           <div className="empty-state" style={{ padding: '3rem 1rem', textAlign: 'center' }}>
             {t('common.libraryEmpty')}
           </div>
+        ) : !loadingGrid && textSearchActive && displayAlbums.length === 0 ? (
+          <div className="empty-state" style={{ padding: '3rem 1rem', textAlign: 'center' }}>
+            {t('albums.noMatchingFilters')}
+          </div>
         ) : (
           <div style={{ position: 'relative' }}>
             <div style={{ visibility: isScrollRestorePending ? 'hidden' : 'visible' }}>
             <VirtualCardGrid
-              items={albums}
+              items={displayAlbums}
               itemKey={(a, _i) => a.id}
               rowVariant="album"
-              disableVirtualization={perfFlags.disableMainstageVirtualLists}
-              layoutSignal={albums.length}
+              disableVirtualization={albumBrowsePlainLayout}
+              layoutSignal={displayAlbums.length}
               scrollRootId={NEW_RELEASES_INPAGE_SCROLL_VIEWPORT_ID}
               warmGridCovers={albumGridWarmCovers()}
               renderItem={a => (
@@ -281,8 +325,8 @@ export default function NewReleases() {
                 />
               )}
             />
-            {!filtered && hasMore && (
-              <InpageScrollSentinel bindSentinel={bindLoadMoreSentinel} loading={loading} />
+            {gridHasMore && (
+              <InpageScrollSentinel bindSentinel={bindLoadMoreSentinel} loading={loadingGrid} />
             )}
             </div>
             {isScrollRestorePending && (

src/pages/SearchBrowsePage.tsx

@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ import { usePerfProbeFlags } from '../utils/perf/perfFlags';
 import { useSongBrowseList, type SongBrowseListRestore } from '../hooks/useSongBrowseList';
 import TracksPageChrome from '../components/tracks/TracksPageChrome';
 import SongBrowseSection from '../components/tracks/SongBrowseSection';
+import {
+  useLiveSearchScopeStore,
+  useScopedBrowseSearchQuery,
+} from '../store/liveSearchScopeStore';
 
 const MOOD_UI_ENABLED = OXIMEDIA_MOOD_SEARCH_ENABLED;
 
@@ -177,8 +181,22 @@ export default function SearchBrowsePage() {
         }
       : null;
 
+  const tracksLiveSearchInitRef = useRef(false);
+  if (!tracksLiveSearchInitRef.current && restoreStash && showTracksChrome) {
+    tracksLiveSearchInitRef.current = true;
+    const store = useLiveSearchScopeStore.getState();
+    store.setScope('tracks');
+    if (restoreStash.query) store.setQuery(restoreStash.query);
+  }
+
+  const tracksSearchQuery = useScopedBrowseSearchQuery('tracks');
+  const liveSearchQuery = useLiveSearchScopeStore(s => s.query);
+  const tracksSearchActive =
+    tracksSearchQuery.trim().length > 0 || liveSearchQuery.trim().length > 0;
+
   const songBrowse = useSongBrowseList({
     enabled: showTracksChrome,
+    searchQuery: tracksSearchQuery,
     initialRestore: songBrowseInitialRestore,
   });
 
@@ -188,6 +206,9 @@ export default function SearchBrowsePage() {
     restoringSession ? resolveAdvancedSearchLeaveSnapshot(restoreStash) : null,
   );
   const scrollTopRestoreTargetRef = useRef(leaveSnapshotRef.current?.scrollTop ?? 0);
+  const tracksSearchRestorePendingRef = useRef(
+    !!(songBrowseInitialRestore?.query.trim()),
+  );
   const albumRowScrollLeftRestoreRef = useRef(leaveSnapshotRef.current?.albumRowScrollLeft ?? 0);
   const artistRowScrollLeftRestoreRef = useRef(leaveSnapshotRef.current?.artistRowScrollLeft ?? 0);
   const mainScrollTopRef = useRef(0);
@@ -196,12 +217,16 @@ export default function SearchBrowsePage() {
   const skipSearchAutoFocusRef = useRef(restoreStash != null);
   const skipEnterAnimationRef = useRef(restoreStash != null || leaveSnapshotRef.current != null);
   const leaveRestoreUiFinishedRef = useRef(leaveSnapshotRef.current == null);
+  const restoringTracksSearch = !!(restoreStash?.query.trim() && showTracksChrome);
   const [tracksChromeLayoutReady, setTracksChromeLayoutReady] = useState(
-    () => !showTracksChrome || leaveSnapshotRef.current == null,
+    () => !showTracksChrome || leaveSnapshotRef.current == null || restoringTracksSearch,
   );
   const [isLeaveRestorePending, setIsLeaveRestorePending] = useState(
     () => leaveSnapshotRef.current != null,
   );
+  const tracksDiscoveryHidden =
+    tracksSearchActive
+    || (isLeaveRestorePending && !!(restoreStash?.query.trim() || songBrowseInitialRestore?.query.trim()));
 
   const handleTracksChromeLayoutReady = useCallback(() => {
     setTracksChromeLayoutReady(true);
@@ -210,12 +235,15 @@ export default function SearchBrowsePage() {
   const finishLeaveRestoreUi = useCallback(() => {
     if (leaveRestoreUiFinishedRef.current) return;
     leaveRestoreUiFinishedRef.current = true;
-    clearAdvancedSearchLeaveSnapshots();
     leaveSnapshotRef.current = null;
     setIsLeaveRestorePending(false);
-    if (hadRestoreOnMountRef.current) {
-      useAdvancedSearchSessionStore.getState().clearReturnStash();
-    }
+    // Defer stash teardown until after AppShell's route-change scroll reset effect.
+    window.setTimeout(() => {
+      clearAdvancedSearchLeaveSnapshots();
+      if (hadRestoreOnMountRef.current) {
+        useAdvancedSearchSessionStore.getState().clearReturnStash();
+      }
+    }, 0);
   }, []);
 
   const sessionRef = useRef<AdvancedSearchSessionStash>({
@@ -241,7 +269,7 @@ export default function SearchBrowsePage() {
     tracksBrowseUnsupported: false,
   });
   sessionRef.current = {
-    query: showTracksChrome ? songBrowse.query : query,
+    query: showTracksChrome ? liveSearchQuery : query,
     genre,
     yearFrom,
     yearTo,
@@ -585,6 +613,11 @@ export default function SearchBrowsePage() {
       const stash = useAdvancedSearchSessionStore.getState().peekReturnStash();
       if (stash) {
         setQuery(stash.query);
+        if (showTracksChrome) {
+          const store = useLiveSearchScopeStore.getState();
+          store.setScope('tracks');
+          store.setQuery(stash.query);
+        }
         setGenre(stash.genre);
         setYearFrom(stash.yearFrom);
         setYearTo(stash.yearTo);
@@ -612,20 +645,47 @@ export default function SearchBrowsePage() {
     useAdvancedSearchSessionStore.getState().clearReturnStash();
   }, [navigationType, location.state]);
 
+  const tracksSearchRestoreSynced =
+    !tracksSearchRestorePendingRef.current
+    || tracksSearchQuery.trim() === (songBrowseInitialRestore?.query.trim() ?? '');
+
   const leaveRestoreContentReady = showTracksChrome
     ? tracksChromeLayoutReady
-      && ((hadRestoreOnMountRef.current && songBrowse.hasSearched) || (songBrowse.hasSearched && !songBrowse.loading))
+      && tracksSearchRestoreSynced
+      && (
+        (hadRestoreOnMountRef.current && songBrowseInitialRestore != null)
+        || (songBrowse.hasSearched && !songBrowse.loading)
+      )
     : ((hadRestoreOnMountRef.current && results !== null) || (hasSearched && !loading));
 
   useLayoutEffect(() => {
     if (!leaveRestoreContentReady || leaveRestoreUiFinishedRef.current) return;
+    if (showTracksChrome) return;
     const target = scrollTopRestoreTargetRef.current;
     if (target <= 0) {
       finishLeaveRestoreUi();
       return;
     }
     return restoreMainViewportScroll(target, finishLeaveRestoreUi);
-  }, [leaveRestoreContentReady, finishLeaveRestoreUi]);
+  }, [leaveRestoreContentReady, finishLeaveRestoreUi, showTracksChrome]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!showTracksChrome || leaveRestoreUiFinishedRef.current) return;
+    if (!leaveRestoreContentReady) return;
+    const target = scrollTopRestoreTargetRef.current;
+    if (target <= 0) {
+      finishLeaveRestoreUi();
+      return;
+    }
+    if (songBrowse.songs.length === 0) return;
+    return restoreMainViewportScroll(target, finishLeaveRestoreUi);
+  }, [
+    showTracksChrome,
+    leaveRestoreContentReady,
+    finishLeaveRestoreUi,
+    songBrowse.songs.length,
+    tracksSearchRestoreSynced,
+  ]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (isLeaveRestorePending || !readAdvancedSearchRestore(location.state)) return;
@@ -795,6 +855,7 @@ export default function SearchBrowsePage() {
       {showTracksChrome ? (
         <>
           <TracksPageChrome
+            hideDiscoveryChrome={tracksDiscoveryHidden}
             onLayoutReady={
               isLeaveRestorePending && showTracksChrome ? handleTracksChromeLayoutReady : undefined
             }
@@ -803,8 +864,7 @@ export default function SearchBrowsePage() {
             <SongBrowseSection
               title={t('tracks.browseTitle')}
               emptyBrowseText={t('tracks.browseUnsupported')}
-              query={songBrowse.query}
-              onQueryChange={songBrowse.setQuery}
+              searchActive={tracksSearchActive}
               songs={songBrowse.songs}
               hasMore={songBrowse.hasMore}
               loading={songBrowse.loading}

src/store/albumBrowseSessionStore.test.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import {
   albumBrowseSurfaceForPath,
   clearGenreDetailReturnStash,
   isAlbumDetailPath,
+  isAlbumsBrowsePath,
+  isNewReleasesBrowsePath,
   isGenreDetailPath,
   genreDetailGenreFromPath,
   peekAlbumBrowseScrollRestore,
@@ -144,6 +146,11 @@ describe('isGenreDetailPath', () => {
 describe('albumBrowseSurfaceForPath', () => {
   it('maps album grid browse routes', () => {
     expect(albumBrowseSurfaceForPath('/albums')).toBe('albums');
+    expect(isAlbumsBrowsePath('/albums')).toBe(true);
+    expect(isAlbumsBrowsePath('/albums/')).toBe(true);
+    expect(isAlbumsBrowsePath('/new-releases')).toBe(false);
+    expect(isNewReleasesBrowsePath('/new-releases')).toBe(true);
+    expect(isNewReleasesBrowsePath('/new-releases/')).toBe(true);
     expect(albumBrowseSurfaceForPath('/new-releases')).toBe('new-releases');
     expect(albumBrowseSurfaceForPath('/random/albums')).toBe('random-albums');
     expect(albumBrowseSurfaceForPath('/artists')).toBeNull();

src/store/albumBrowseSessionStore.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ export interface AlbumBrowseReturnFilters {
   compFilter: AlbumBrowseCompFilter;
   starredOnly: boolean;
   losslessOnly: boolean;
+  /** Header live search query when leaving for album detail (All Albums scope). */
+  searchQuery?: string;
   /** In-page grid scroll position when leaving the browse surface. */
   scrollTop?: number;
   /** Row count at leave time — preload at least this many rows before scroll. */
@@ -77,6 +79,7 @@ function cloneReturnFilters(filters: AlbumBrowseReturnFilters): AlbumBrowseRetur
     compFilter: filters.compFilter,
     starredOnly: filters.starredOnly,
     losslessOnly: filters.losslessOnly,
+    ...(typeof filters.searchQuery === 'string' ? { searchQuery: filters.searchQuery } : {}),
     ...(typeof filters.scrollTop === 'number' ? { scrollTop: filters.scrollTop } : {}),
     ...(typeof filters.displayCount === 'number' ? { displayCount: filters.displayCount } : {}),
     ...(filters.albums ? { albums: [...filters.albums] } : {}),
@@ -194,6 +197,16 @@ export function albumBrowseSortForServer(
 }
 
 /** Map pathname to album grid browse surface, if any. */
+/** All Albums browse route (`/albums`) — scoped live search target. */
+export function isAlbumsBrowsePath(pathname: string): boolean {
+  return albumBrowseSurfaceForPath(pathname) === 'albums';
+}
+
+/** New Releases browse route (`/new-releases`) — scoped live search target. */
+export function isNewReleasesBrowsePath(pathname: string): boolean {
+  return albumBrowseSurfaceForPath(pathname) === 'new-releases';
+}
+
 export function albumBrowseSurfaceForPath(pathname: string): AlbumBrowseSurface | null {
   const path = pathname.split('?')[0]?.replace(/\/$/, '') || pathname;
   if (path === '/albums') return 'albums';
@@ -224,6 +237,11 @@ export function isArtistDetailPath(pathname: string): boolean {
   return /^\/artist\/[^/]+\/?$/.test(pathname);
 }
 
-export function isAdvancedSearchLeaveTargetPath(pathname: string): boolean {
-  return isAlbumDetailPath(pathname) || isArtistDetailPath(pathname);
+/** True when pathname is a single composer detail route (`/composer/:id`). */
+export function isComposerDetailPath(pathname: string): boolean {
+  return /^\/composer\/[^/]+\/?$/.test(pathname);
+}
+
+export function isAdvancedSearchLeaveTargetPath(pathname: string): boolean {
+  return isAlbumDetailPath(pathname) || isArtistDetailPath(pathname) || isComposerDetailPath(pathname);
 }

src/store/composerBrowseSessionStore.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+import { create } from 'zustand';
+import { ALL_SENTINEL } from '../utils/componentHelpers/artistsHelpers';
+
+export type ComposerBrowseViewMode = 'grid' | 'list';
+
+/** Browse state restored when returning to Composers via back from composer detail. */
+export interface ComposerBrowseReturnState {
+  filter: string;
+  letterFilter: string;
+  starredOnly: boolean;
+  viewMode: ComposerBrowseViewMode;
+  scrollTop?: number;
+  visibleCount?: number;
+}
+
+export const DEFAULT_COMPOSER_BROWSE_RETURN_STATE: ComposerBrowseReturnState = {
+  filter: '',
+  letterFilter: ALL_SENTINEL,
+  starredOnly: false,
+  viewMode: 'grid',
+};
+
+interface ComposerBrowseSessionStore {
+  returnStashByServer: Record<string, ComposerBrowseReturnState>;
+  stashReturnState: (serverId: string, state: ComposerBrowseReturnState) => void;
+  clearReturnStash: (serverId: string) => void;
+  peekReturnStash: (serverId: string) => ComposerBrowseReturnState | null;
+}
+
+export const useComposerBrowseSessionStore = create<ComposerBrowseSessionStore>((set, get) => ({
+  returnStashByServer: {},
+
+  stashReturnState: (serverId, state) => {
+    if (!serverId) return;
+    set((s) => ({
+      returnStashByServer: {
+        ...s.returnStashByServer,
+        [serverId]: {
+          filter: state.filter,
+          letterFilter: state.letterFilter,
+          starredOnly: state.starredOnly,
+          viewMode: state.viewMode,
+          ...(typeof state.scrollTop === 'number' ? { scrollTop: state.scrollTop } : {}),
+          ...(typeof state.visibleCount === 'number' ? { visibleCount: state.visibleCount } : {}),
+        },
+      },
+    }));
+  },
+
+  clearReturnStash: (serverId) => {
+    if (!serverId) return;
+    const next = { ...get().returnStashByServer };
+    delete next[serverId];
+    set({ returnStashByServer: next });
+  },
+
+  peekReturnStash: (serverId) => {
+    if (!serverId) return null;
+    const stash = get().returnStashByServer[serverId];
+    if (!stash) return null;
+    return {
+      filter: stash.filter,
+      letterFilter: stash.letterFilter,
+      starredOnly: stash.starredOnly,
+      viewMode: stash.viewMode,
+      ...(typeof stash.scrollTop === 'number' ? { scrollTop: stash.scrollTop } : {}),
+      ...(typeof stash.visibleCount === 'number' ? { visibleCount: stash.visibleCount } : {}),
+    };
+  },
+}));
+
+export function peekComposerBrowseScrollRestore(
+  serverId: string,
+): { scrollTop: number; visibleCount: number } | null {
+  const stash = useComposerBrowseSessionStore.getState().peekReturnStash(serverId);
+  if (!stash) return null;
+  if (typeof stash.scrollTop !== 'number' || typeof stash.visibleCount !== 'number') return null;
+  return {
+    scrollTop: Math.max(0, stash.scrollTop),
+    visibleCount: Math.max(0, stash.visibleCount),
+  };
+}
+
+/** True when pathname is the Composers browse route (`/composers`). */
+export function isComposersBrowsePath(pathname: string): boolean {
+  return pathname === '/composers';
+}

src/store/liveSearchScopeStore.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
+import {
+  scopedBrowseSearchQuery,
+  useLiveSearchScopeStore,
+} from './liveSearchScopeStore';
+
+describe('liveSearchScopeStore', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    useLiveSearchScopeStore.setState({ query: '', scope: null, undoStack: [] });
+  });
+
+  it('returns browse query only when the expected scope is active', () => {
+    useLiveSearchScopeStore.setState({ query: 'beatles', scope: 'artists' });
+    expect(scopedBrowseSearchQuery('beatles', 'artists', 'artists')).toBe('beatles');
+    expect(scopedBrowseSearchQuery('beatles', null, 'artists')).toBe('');
+    useLiveSearchScopeStore.setState({ query: 'abbey', scope: 'albums' });
+    expect(scopedBrowseSearchQuery('abbey', 'albums', 'albums')).toBe('abbey');
+    expect(scopedBrowseSearchQuery('abbey', 'artists', 'albums')).toBe('');
+    useLiveSearchScopeStore.setState({ query: 'jazz', scope: 'newReleases' });
+    expect(scopedBrowseSearchQuery('jazz', 'newReleases', 'newReleases')).toBe('jazz');
+    useLiveSearchScopeStore.setState({ query: 'track', scope: 'tracks' });
+    expect(scopedBrowseSearchQuery('track', 'tracks', 'tracks')).toBe('track');
+    expect(scopedBrowseSearchQuery('track', 'albums', 'tracks')).toBe('');
+    useLiveSearchScopeStore.setState({ query: 'bach', scope: 'composers' });
+    expect(scopedBrowseSearchQuery('bach', 'composers', 'composers')).toBe('bach');
+    expect(scopedBrowseSearchQuery('bach', 'artists', 'composers')).toBe('');
+  });
+
+  it('undoes query and scope badge changes', () => {
+    useLiveSearchScopeStore.getState().setScope('artists');
+    useLiveSearchScopeStore.getState().setQuery('ab', { recordUndo: true });
+    useLiveSearchScopeStore.getState().setQuery('a', { recordUndo: true });
+    useLiveSearchScopeStore.getState().clearScope({ recordUndo: true });
+
+    expect(useLiveSearchScopeStore.getState().scope).toBeNull();
+    expect(useLiveSearchScopeStore.getState().undo()).toBe(true);
+    expect(useLiveSearchScopeStore.getState().scope).toBe('artists');
+    expect(useLiveSearchScopeStore.getState().query).toBe('a');
+    expect(useLiveSearchScopeStore.getState().undo()).toBe(true);
+    expect(useLiveSearchScopeStore.getState().query).toBe('ab');
+  });
+
+  it('does not record undo for programmatic setQuery by default', () => {
+    useLiveSearchScopeStore.getState().setQuery('test');
+    expect(useLiveSearchScopeStore.getState().undo()).toBe(false);
+  });
+});

src/store/liveSearchScopeStore.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+import { create } from 'zustand';
+
+/** Page-scoped live search mode — badge in the header search field. */
+export type LiveSearchScope = 'artists' | 'albums' | 'newReleases' | 'tracks' | 'composers';
+
+export type LiveSearchSnapshot = {
+  query: string;
+  scope: LiveSearchScope | null;
+};
+
+type LiveSearchMutationOpts = {
+  /** Push the current field state onto the search-local undo stack. */
+  recordUndo?: boolean;
+};
+
+interface LiveSearchScopeStore {
+  query: string;
+  scope: LiveSearchScope | null;
+  undoStack: LiveSearchSnapshot[];
+  setQuery: (query: string, options?: LiveSearchMutationOpts) => void;
+  setScope: (scope: LiveSearchScope | null, options?: LiveSearchMutationOpts) => void;
+  clearScope: (options?: LiveSearchMutationOpts) => void;
+  recordUndoSnapshot: () => void;
+  undo: () => boolean;
+}
+
+const MAX_UNDO = 50;
+
+function snapshotsEqual(a: LiveSearchSnapshot, b: LiveSearchSnapshot): boolean {
+  return a.query === b.query && a.scope === b.scope;
+}
+
+export const useLiveSearchScopeStore = create<LiveSearchScopeStore>((set, get) => ({
+  query: '',
+  scope: null,
+  undoStack: [],
+
+  recordUndoSnapshot: () => {
+    const snap: LiveSearchSnapshot = { query: get().query, scope: get().scope };
+    set((s) => {
+      const last = s.undoStack[s.undoStack.length - 1];
+      if (last && snapshotsEqual(last, snap)) return s;
+      return { undoStack: [...s.undoStack, snap].slice(-MAX_UNDO) };
+    });
+  },
+
+  setQuery: (query, options) => {
+    if (get().query === query) return;
+    if (options?.recordUndo) get().recordUndoSnapshot();
+    set({ query });
+  },
+
+  setScope: (scope, options) => {
+    if (get().scope === scope) return;
+    if (options?.recordUndo) get().recordUndoSnapshot();
+    set({ scope });
+  },
+
+  clearScope: (options) => {
+    if (get().scope == null) return;
+    if (options?.recordUndo) get().recordUndoSnapshot();
+    set({ scope: null });
+  },
+
+  undo: () => {
+    const stack = get().undoStack;
+    if (stack.length === 0) return false;
+    const prev = stack[stack.length - 1]!;
+    set({ query: prev.query, scope: prev.scope, undoStack: stack.slice(0, -1) });
+    return true;
+  },
+}));
+
+/** Browse filter text when the header scope badge matches the page. */
+export function scopedBrowseSearchQuery(
+  query: string,
+  activeScope: LiveSearchScope | null,
+  expectedScope: LiveSearchScope,
+): string {
+  return activeScope === expectedScope ? query : '';
+}
+
+export function useScopedBrowseSearchQuery(expectedScope: LiveSearchScope): string {
+  const query = useLiveSearchScopeStore(s => s.query);
+  const scope = useLiveSearchScopeStore(s => s.scope);
+  return scopedBrowseSearchQuery(query, scope, expectedScope);
+}

src/styles/components/album-row-container.css

@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@
   contain-intrinsic-size: 0 220px;
 }
 
+/* Text search / plain grid: no deferred paint — stale scroll + content-visibility blanks tiles. */
+.album-grid-wrap--plain > .artist-card {
+  content-visibility: visible;
+  contain-intrinsic-size: auto;
+}
+
 
 @media (min-width: 1024px) {
   .album-grid-wrap {

src/styles/components/live-search.css

@@ -22,18 +22,26 @@
   cursor: text;
 }
 
-.live-search[data-collapsed]:not([data-active]) .live-search-icon {
-  left: 50%;
-  transform: translateX(-50%);
+.live-search[data-collapsed]:not([data-active]) .live-search-field-cluster {
+  width: 34px;
+  height: 34px;
+  flex: 0 0 34px;
+  justify-content: center;
+  padding: 0;
+  border: none !important;
+  background: transparent !important;
+  box-shadow: none !important;
+  opacity: 1;
+  pointer-events: auto;
 }
 
-.live-search[data-collapsed]:not([data-active]) .live-search-field {
-  width: 0 !important;
-  min-width: 0 !important;
-  padding: 0 !important;
-  border: none !important;
-  opacity: 0;
-  pointer-events: none;
+.live-search[data-collapsed]:not([data-active]) .live-search-field,
+.live-search[data-collapsed]:not([data-active]) .live-search-scope-badge {
+  display: none;
+}
+
+.live-search[data-collapsed]:not([data-active]) .live-search-leading-icon {
+  margin: 0;
 }
 
 .live-search[data-collapsed][data-active] {
@@ -51,13 +59,18 @@
   z-index: 25;
 }
 
+.live-search[data-collapsed][data-active] .live-search-field-cluster {
+  width: 100%;
+  opacity: 1;
+  pointer-events: auto;
+}
+
 .live-search[data-collapsed][data-active] .live-search-field {
   width: 100%;
   opacity: 1;
   pointer-events: auto;
 }
 
-.live-search[data-collapsed]:not([data-active]) .live-search-clear,
 .live-search[data-collapsed]:not([data-active]) .live-search-adv-btn {
   opacity: 0;
   pointer-events: none;
@@ -75,32 +88,75 @@
   align-items: center;
 }
 
-.live-search-icon {
-  position: absolute;
-  left: 12px;
-  color: var(--text-muted);
-  pointer-events: none;
+.live-search-field-cluster {
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
+  flex: 1;
+  min-width: 0;
+  background: var(--ctp-base);
+  border: 1px solid var(--ctp-overlay0);
+  border-radius: var(--radius-full);
+  transition: border-color var(--transition-fast), box-shadow var(--transition-fast), background var(--transition-fast);
+}
+
+.live-search-field-cluster:focus-within {
+  border-color: var(--accent);
+  box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px var(--accent-dim);
+}
+
+.live-search-leading-icon {
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  margin-left: 12px;
+  color: var(--text-muted);
+  pointer-events: none;
+}
+
+.live-search-scope-badge {
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  width: 22px;
+  height: 22px;
+  margin-left: 6px;
+  border-radius: var(--radius-sm);
+  color: var(--accent);
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent) 14%, transparent);
+  border: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent) 28%, transparent);
+  cursor: pointer;
+  user-select: none;
+}
+
+.live-search-scope-badge--ghost {
+  opacity: 0.42;
+  border-style: dashed;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  transition: opacity var(--transition-fast), background var(--transition-fast), border-color var(--transition-fast);
+}
+
+.live-search-scope-badge--ghost:hover {
+  opacity: 0.9;
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent) 12%, transparent);
+  border-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent) 40%, transparent);
 }
 
 .live-search-field {
-  padding-left: 36px !important;
+  padding: var(--space-3) var(--space-4) !important;
+  padding-left: 8px !important;
   padding-right: 58px !important;
+  border: none !important;
+  background: transparent !important;
+  box-shadow: none !important;
   border-radius: var(--radius-full) !important;
+  flex: 1;
+  min-width: 0;
 }
 
-.live-search-clear {
-  position: absolute;
-  right: 8px;
-  font-size: 18px;
-  color: var(--text-muted);
-  line-height: 1;
-  transition: color var(--transition-fast);
-}
-
-.live-search-clear:hover {
-  color: var(--text-primary);
+.live-search-field:focus {
+  border-color: transparent !important;
+  box-shadow: none !important;
 }
 
 .live-search-adv-btn {
@@ -249,4 +305,3 @@
   color: var(--text-muted);
   font-size: 13px;
 }
-

src/styles/components/search-bar.css

@@ -34,6 +34,30 @@
   flex-shrink: 0;
 }
 
+.mobile-search-scope-badge {
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  width: 24px;
+  height: 24px;
+  border-radius: var(--radius-sm);
+  color: var(--accent);
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent) 14%, transparent);
+  border: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent) 28%, transparent);
+  user-select: none;
+}
+
+.mobile-search-scope-badge--ghost {
+  opacity: 0.42;
+  border-style: dashed;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+
+.mobile-search-field--scoped .mobile-search-input {
+  font-size: 16px;
+}
+
 .mobile-search-input {
   flex: 1;
   background: none;

src/utils/library/advancedSearchLocal.ts

@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ export interface LocalSearchOpts {
   moodGroup: string;
   losslessOnly?: boolean;
   resultType: AdvancedResultType;
+  /** When searching albums, match album title only (not album artist). */
+  albumTitleOnly?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface LocalAdvancedSearchPage {
@@ -141,6 +143,9 @@ function buildRequest(
     limit,
     offset,
     skipTotals,
+    ...(opts.resultType === 'albums' && opts.albumTitleOnly
+      ? { queryAlbumTitleOnly: true }
+      : {}),
   };
 }
 

src/utils/library/albumBrowseFilters.ts

@@ -82,6 +82,28 @@ export function filterAlbumsByCompilation(
   return albums;
 }
 
+export function filterAlbumsByGenres(
+  albums: SubsonicAlbum[],
+  genres: string[],
+): SubsonicAlbum[] {
+  if (genres.length === 0) return albums;
+  const wanted = new Set(genres.map(g => g.toLowerCase()));
+  return albums.filter(a => {
+    const g = (a.genre ?? '').trim().toLowerCase();
+    return g !== '' && wanted.has(g);
+  });
+}
+
+/** Scoped All Albums text search — album title/name only (not performer). */
+export function filterAlbumsByNameTextQuery(
+  albums: SubsonicAlbum[],
+  query: string,
+): SubsonicAlbum[] {
+  const needle = query.trim().toLowerCase();
+  if (!needle) return albums;
+  return albums.filter(a => a.name.toLowerCase().includes(needle));
+}
+
 export function countGenresFromAlbums(albums: SubsonicAlbum[]): GenreFilterOption[] {
   const counts = new Map<string, number>();
   for (const a of albums) {

src/utils/library/albumBrowseLoad.test.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   albumBrowseStarredNeedsLocalIntersect,
   compilationFilterClauses,
   countGenresFromAlbums,
+  filterAlbumsByNameTextQuery,
   filterAlbumsByStarred,
   filterAlbumsByYearBounds,
 } from './albumBrowseFilters';
@@ -118,6 +119,19 @@ describe('countGenresFromAlbums', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('filterAlbumsByNameTextQuery', () => {
+  const albums: SubsonicAlbum[] = [
+    { id: '1', name: 'Abbey Road', artist: 'The Beatles', artistId: 'a', songCount: 1, duration: 1 },
+    { id: '2', name: 'Beatles for Sale', artist: 'The Beatles', artistId: 'a', songCount: 1, duration: 1 },
+    { id: '3', name: 'Random Title', artist: 'Abbey Road Band', artistId: 'b', songCount: 1, duration: 1 },
+  ];
+
+  it('matches album title only, not artist name', () => {
+    expect(filterAlbumsByNameTextQuery(albums, 'abbey').map(a => a.id)).toEqual(['1']);
+    expect(filterAlbumsByNameTextQuery(albums, 'beatles').map(a => a.id)).toEqual(['2']);
+  });
+});
+
 describe('filterAlbumsByYearBounds', () => {
   const albums: SubsonicAlbum[] = [
     { id: '1', name: 'A', artist: 'X', artistId: 'a', songCount: 1, duration: 1, year: 1985 },

src/utils/library/browseTextSearch.ts

@@ -157,6 +157,11 @@ export function browseRaceCountsArtists(result: unknown): LibrarySearchDebugEntr
   return { artists: n, albums: 0, songs: 0 };
 }
 
+export function browseRaceCountsAlbums(result: unknown): LibrarySearchDebugEntry['counts'] {
+  const n = Array.isArray(result) ? result.length : 0;
+  return { artists: 0, albums: n, songs: 0 };
+}
+
 export function browseRaceCountsSongs(result: unknown): LibrarySearchDebugEntry['counts'] {
   const n = Array.isArray(result) ? result.length : 0;
   return { artists: 0, albums: 0, songs: n };
@@ -172,6 +177,7 @@ export function browseRaceCountsFullSearch(result: unknown): LibrarySearchDebugE
 }
 
 const ARTIST_BROWSE_LIMIT = 500;
+const ALBUM_BROWSE_LIMIT = 500;
 
 const emptyBrowseOpts = (query: string): LocalSearchOpts => ({
   query,
@@ -184,6 +190,19 @@ const emptyBrowseOpts = (query: string): LocalSearchOpts => ({
   resultType: 'artists',
 });
 
+const albumBrowseOpts = (query: string, losslessOnly = false): LocalSearchOpts => ({
+  query,
+  genre: '',
+  yearFrom: '',
+  yearTo: '',
+  bpmFrom: '',
+  bpmTo: '',
+  moodGroup: '',
+  losslessOnly,
+  albumTitleOnly: true,
+  resultType: 'albums',
+});
+
 const songBrowseOpts = (query: string): LocalSearchOpts => ({
   query,
   genre: '',
@@ -239,6 +258,40 @@ export async function runNetworkBrowseArtists(
   }
 }
 
+/** Local album title/artist search for All Albums browse. */
+export async function runLocalBrowseAlbums(
+  serverId: string | null | undefined,
+  query: string,
+  limit = ALBUM_BROWSE_LIMIT,
+  losslessOnly = false,
+): Promise<SubsonicAlbum[] | null> {
+  const page = await runLocalAdvancedSearch(
+    serverId,
+    albumBrowseOpts(query, losslessOnly),
+    limit,
+    false,
+    true,
+    true,
+  );
+  if (!page) return null;
+  return page.albums;
+}
+
+/** Network search3 album slice for All Albums browse (title match only). */
+export async function runNetworkBrowseAlbums(
+  query: string,
+  limit = ALBUM_BROWSE_LIMIT,
+): Promise<SubsonicAlbum[] | null> {
+  const q = query.trim();
+  if (!q) return null;
+  try {
+    const r = await search(q, { artistCount: 0, albumCount: limit, songCount: 0 });
+    return filterAlbumsByNameTextQuery(r.albums, q);
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
 /** Paginated local track text search (Tracks browse / VirtualSongList). */
 export async function runLocalBrowseSongPage(
   serverId: string | null | undefined,
@@ -334,6 +387,7 @@ export async function loadMoreLocalBrowseSongs(
 export type { AlbumBrowseSort } from './albumBrowseSort';
 export { albumSortClauses, sortSubsonicAlbums } from './albumBrowseSort';
 import { albumSortClauses, type AlbumBrowseSort } from './albumBrowseSort';
+import { filterAlbumsByNameTextQuery } from './albumBrowseFilters';
 import { runLocalAlbumBrowse, type AlbumBrowseQuery } from './albumBrowseLoad';
 import { GENRE_ALBUM_FETCH_LIMIT } from './albumBrowseTypes';
 

src/utils/library/libraryDevLog.ts

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export type LibrarySearchSurface =
   | 'live_search'
   | 'advanced_search'
   | 'artists_browse'
+  | 'albums_browse'
   | 'composers_browse'
   | 'tracks_browse'
   | 'search_results';

src/utils/navigation/advancedSearchScrollSnapshot.ts

@@ -61,10 +61,17 @@ function readMainScrollTopFromDom(): number {
   return document.getElementById(APP_MAIN_SCROLL_VIEWPORT_ID)?.scrollTop ?? 0;
 }
 
+function readMainScrollTopForLeave(providerSnap?: AdvancedSearchLeaveSnapshot): number {
+  const fromDom = readMainScrollTopFromDom();
+  const fromProvider = providerSnap?.scrollTop ?? 0;
+  // After route commit the DOM viewport may already be the destination page (scrollTop 0).
+  return Math.max(fromDom, fromProvider);
+}
+
 export function readAdvancedSearchLeaveSnapshot(): AdvancedSearchLeaveSnapshot {
   const providerSnap = leaveScrollProvider?.();
   return {
-    scrollTop: Math.max(readMainScrollTopFromDom(), providerSnap?.scrollTop ?? 0),
+    scrollTop: readMainScrollTopForLeave(providerSnap),
     albumRowScrollLeft: Math.max(
       readAlbumRowScrollLeftFromDom(),
       providerSnap?.albumRowScrollLeft ?? 0,

src/utils/navigation/albumDetailNavigation.test.ts

@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ import {
   navigatePathWithAlbumReturnTo,
   navigateToAlbumDetail,
   navigateToArtistDetail,
+  navigateToComposerDetail,
   readAlbumDetailReturnTo,
   shouldRestoreAlbumBrowseSession,
   shouldRestoreArtistBrowseSession,
+  shouldRestoreComposerBrowseSession,
   shouldSkipMainScrollResetOnRouteChange,
 } from './albumDetailNavigation';
 import { useAdvancedSearchSessionStore } from '../../store/advancedSearchSessionStore';
@@ -88,6 +90,18 @@ describe('albumDetailNavigation', () => {
     expect(navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/artists', { state: { artistBrowseRestore: true } });
   });
 
+  it('flags Composers browse return for session restore', () => {
+    const navigate = vi.fn();
+    navigateAlbumDetailBack(navigate, { state: { returnTo: '/composers' } });
+    expect(navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/composers', { state: { composerBrowseRestore: true } });
+  });
+
+  it('detects composer browse restore navigation', () => {
+    expect(shouldRestoreComposerBrowseSession('POP' as NavigationType, null)).toBe(true);
+    expect(shouldRestoreComposerBrowseSession('PUSH' as NavigationType, { composerBrowseRestore: true })).toBe(true);
+    expect(shouldRestoreComposerBrowseSession('PUSH' as NavigationType, null)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   it('detects artist browse restore navigation', () => {
     expect(shouldRestoreArtistBrowseSession('POP' as NavigationType, null)).toBe(true);
     expect(shouldRestoreArtistBrowseSession('PUSH' as NavigationType, { artistBrowseRestore: true })).toBe(true);
@@ -132,6 +146,18 @@ describe('albumDetailNavigation', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('navigates to composer with returnTo snapshot from Composers browse', () => {
+    const navigate = vi.fn();
+    navigateToComposerDetail(
+      navigate,
+      { pathname: '/composers', search: '', hash: '', state: null },
+      'comp-1',
+    );
+    expect(navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/composer/comp-1', {
+      state: { returnTo: '/composers' },
+    });
+  });
+
   it('skips main scroll reset when All Albums browse restore is pending', () => {
     expect(shouldSkipMainScrollResetOnRouteChange('/albums', { albumBrowseRestore: true })).toBe(true);
     expect(shouldSkipMainScrollResetOnRouteChange('/new-releases', { albumBrowseRestore: true })).toBe(true);
@@ -143,6 +169,10 @@ describe('albumDetailNavigation', () => {
     expect(shouldSkipMainScrollResetOnRouteChange('/artists', { artistBrowseRestore: true })).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  it('skips main scroll reset when Composers browse restore is pending', () => {
+    expect(shouldSkipMainScrollResetOnRouteChange('/composers', { composerBrowseRestore: true })).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   it('skips main scroll reset when Advanced Search session restore is pending', () => {
     expect(shouldSkipMainScrollResetOnRouteChange('/search/advanced', { advancedSearchRestore: true })).toBe(true);
   });
@@ -159,6 +189,33 @@ describe('albumDetailNavigation', () => {
       artistRowScrollLeft: 0,
     });
     expect(shouldSkipMainScrollResetOnRouteChange('/search/advanced', null)).toBe(true);
+    expect(shouldSkipMainScrollResetOnRouteChange('/tracks', null)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('skips main scroll reset when Advanced Search return stash carries scrollTop', () => {
+    useAdvancedSearchSessionStore.getState().stashReturnSession({
+      query: 'jazz',
+      genre: '',
+      yearFrom: '',
+      yearTo: '',
+      bpmFrom: '',
+      bpmTo: '',
+      moodGroup: '',
+      losslessOnly: false,
+      resultType: 'all',
+      starredOnly: false,
+      results: { artists: [], albums: [], songs: [] },
+      hasSearched: true,
+      activeSearch: null,
+      localMode: false,
+      songsServerOffset: 0,
+      songsHasMore: false,
+      genreNote: false,
+      basicSearchMode: false,
+      tracksBrowseMode: true,
+      scrollTop: 880,
+    });
+    expect(shouldSkipMainScrollResetOnRouteChange('/tracks', null)).toBe(true);
   });
 
   it('builds return path with search and hash', () => {

src/utils/navigation/albumDetailNavigation.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
 import {
   isAlbumDetailPath,
   isArtistDetailPath,
+  isComposerDetailPath,
 } from '../../store/albumBrowseSessionStore';
 import {
   peekPersistedAdvancedSearchLeaveSnapshot,
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ export type AlbumDetailLocationState = {
 export type AlbumsBrowseRestoreLocationState = {
   albumBrowseRestore?: boolean;
   artistBrowseRestore?: boolean;
+  composerBrowseRestore?: boolean;
   advancedSearchRestore?: boolean;
 };
 
@@ -37,6 +39,10 @@ export function readArtistBrowseRestore(state: unknown): boolean {
   return (state as AlbumsBrowseRestoreLocationState | null)?.artistBrowseRestore === true;
 }
 
+export function readComposerBrowseRestore(state: unknown): boolean {
+  return (state as AlbumsBrowseRestoreLocationState | null)?.composerBrowseRestore === true;
+}
+
 export function readAdvancedSearchRestore(state: unknown): boolean {
   return (state as AlbumsBrowseRestoreLocationState | null)?.advancedSearchRestore === true;
 }
@@ -55,6 +61,10 @@ export function artistBrowseRestoreNavigationState(): AlbumsBrowseRestoreLocatio
   return { artistBrowseRestore: true };
 }
 
+export function composerBrowseRestoreNavigationState(): AlbumsBrowseRestoreLocationState {
+  return { composerBrowseRestore: true };
+}
+
 export function advancedSearchRestoreNavigationState(): AlbumsBrowseRestoreLocationState {
   return { advancedSearchRestore: true };
 }
@@ -80,6 +90,13 @@ export function shouldRestoreArtistBrowseSession(
   return navigationType === 'POP' || readArtistBrowseRestore(locationState);
 }
 
+export function shouldRestoreComposerBrowseSession(
+  navigationType: NavigationType,
+  locationState: unknown,
+): boolean {
+  return navigationType === 'POP' || readComposerBrowseRestore(locationState);
+}
+
 /** Skip AppShell main scroll reset when a child route will restore scroll itself. */
 export function shouldSkipMainScrollResetOnRouteChange(
   pathname: string,
@@ -87,9 +104,12 @@ export function shouldSkipMainScrollResetOnRouteChange(
 ): boolean {
   if (readAlbumBrowseRestore(locationState)) return true;
   if (readArtistBrowseRestore(locationState)) return true;
+  if (readComposerBrowseRestore(locationState)) return true;
   if (readAdvancedSearchRestore(locationState)) return true;
   const leave = useAdvancedSearchSessionStore.getState().peekLeaveScrollSnapshot();
   if ((leave?.scrollTop ?? 0) > 0) return true;
+  const stash = useAdvancedSearchSessionStore.getState().peekReturnStash();
+  if (isAdvancedSearchPath(pathname) && (stash?.scrollTop ?? 0) > 0) return true;
   if (isAdvancedSearchPath(pathname)) {
     const persisted = peekPersistedAdvancedSearchLeaveSnapshot();
     if ((persisted?.scrollTop ?? 0) > 0) return true;
@@ -113,6 +133,10 @@ function isArtistsBrowseReturnPath(path: string): boolean {
   return path === '/artists' || path.startsWith('/artists?');
 }
 
+function isComposersBrowseReturnPath(path: string): boolean {
+  return path === '/composers' || path.startsWith('/composers?');
+}
+
 function isGenreDetailReturnPath(path: string): boolean {
   const bare = path.split('?')[0]?.replace(/\/$/, '') || path;
   return /^\/genres\/[^/]+$/.test(bare);
@@ -122,6 +146,7 @@ function browseReturnRestoreState(returnTo: string): AlbumsBrowseRestoreLocation
   if (isAlbumGridBrowseReturnPath(returnTo)) return albumBrowseRestoreNavigationState();
   if (isGenreDetailReturnPath(returnTo)) return albumBrowseRestoreNavigationState();
   if (isArtistsBrowseReturnPath(returnTo)) return artistBrowseRestoreNavigationState();
+  if (isComposersBrowseReturnPath(returnTo)) return composerBrowseRestoreNavigationState();
   if (isSearchReturnPath(returnTo)) return advancedSearchRestoreNavigationState();
   return undefined;
 }
@@ -130,7 +155,9 @@ function buildReturnTo(
   location: Pick<Location, 'pathname' | 'search' | 'hash' | 'state'>,
 ): string {
   const existing = readAlbumDetailReturnTo(location.state);
-  const onDetail = isAlbumDetailPath(location.pathname) || isArtistDetailPath(location.pathname);
+  const onDetail = isAlbumDetailPath(location.pathname)
+    || isArtistDetailPath(location.pathname)
+    || isComposerDetailPath(location.pathname);
   return onDetail && existing ? existing : buildReturnToFromLocation(location);
 }
 
@@ -168,6 +195,19 @@ export function navigateToArtistDetail(
   navigate(`/artist/${artistId}${qs}`, { state: { returnTo } satisfies AlbumDetailLocationState });
 }
 
+export function navigateToComposerDetail(
+  navigate: NavigateFunction,
+  location: Pick<Location, 'pathname' | 'search' | 'hash' | 'state'>,
+  composerId: string,
+  opts?: { search?: string },
+): void {
+  saveSearchLeaveIfNeeded(location);
+  const returnTo = buildReturnTo(location);
+  const raw = opts?.search ?? '';
+  const qs = raw ? (raw.startsWith('?') ? raw : `?${raw}`) : '';
+  navigate(`/composer/${composerId}${qs}`, { state: { returnTo } satisfies AlbumDetailLocationState });
+}
+
 /** Route any path; album detail links get a `returnTo` snapshot in location state. */
 export function navigatePathWithAlbumReturnTo(
   navigate: NavigateFunction,