diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 35a1fd37..d88b3aa4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -179,6 +179,13 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
* The **Playlists** icon in the collapsed sidebar was **off-centre** and had a **wider hover background** than every other item, because it still rendered through the expanded-mode wrapper (with `padding-right` and a `flex: 1` main link to fit the expand-toggle). Collapsed mode now reuses the **standard nav-link path** — same hitbox, same alignment as Artists, Albums, Favorites, etc.
+### Tracklist — drop now-playing pulse + EQ-bar animations
+
+**By [@Psychotoxical](https://github.com/Psychotoxical), PR [#488](https://github.com/Psychotoxical/psysonic/pull/488)**
+
+* The currently-playing track in any tracklist (**AlbumDetail**, **ArtistDetail**, **PlaylistDetail**, **Favorites**, **RandomMix**) ran an **`opacity` pulse** on the entire row plus three **`transform` keyframe** EQ-bar siblings — both compositor properties, but on **WebKitGTK without compositing** (Linux + NVIDIA proprietary + `WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1`) every animated row falls back to a full **software repaint** of the subtree per frame. On AlbumDetail the combined cost held the WebProcess at **~80 % CPU** for the duration of playback; CPU dropped immediately on pause/stop.
+* `.track-row.active` keeps the **accent-tinted background** but no longer pulses. The "now playing" indicator becomes a single Lucide **`AudioLines` icon** (one SVG per active row instead of three animated spans). Cleanup: dead `track-pulse` + `eq-bounce` keyframes and a duplicate, shadowed `.eq-bar` block in `theme.css`.
+
## [1.45.0] - 2026-05-04
## Added
diff --git a/src/components/AlbumTrackList.tsx b/src/components/AlbumTrackList.tsx
index 43e0a62a..8a0d8e8f 100644
--- a/src/components/AlbumTrackList.tsx
+++ b/src/components/AlbumTrackList.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
import React, { useState, useEffect, useRef, useCallback } from 'react';
-import { Play, ChevronRight, Heart, ChevronDown, Check, RotateCcw, Square } from 'lucide-react';
+import { Play, ChevronRight, Heart, ChevronDown, Check, RotateCcw, Square, AudioLines } from 'lucide-react';
import { useTracklistColumns, type ColDef } from '../utils/useTracklistColumns';
import { SubsonicSong } from '../api/subsonic';
import { Track, usePlayerStore, songToTrack } from '../store/playerStore';
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ const TrackRow = React.memo(function TrackRow({
/>
{isActive && isPlaying ? (
-
+
) : (
{song.track ?? '—'}
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ export default function AlbumTrackList({
{isActive && isPlaying ? (
-
+
) : (
{song.track ?? ''}
diff --git a/src/pages/ArtistDetail.tsx b/src/pages/ArtistDetail.tsx
index 828848a9..efdbfd28 100644
--- a/src/pages/ArtistDetail.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/ArtistDetail.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { getArtist, getArtistInfo, getTopSongs, getSimilarSongs2, getAlbum, sear
import AlbumCard from '../components/AlbumCard';
import CachedImage from '../components/CachedImage';
import CoverLightbox from '../components/CoverLightbox';
-import { ArrowLeft, Users, ExternalLink, Heart, Play, Square, Shuffle, Radio, HardDriveDownload, Check, Camera, Loader2, ChevronDown, ChevronRight, ChevronUp, Share2 } from 'lucide-react';
+import { ArrowLeft, Users, ExternalLink, Heart, Play, Square, Shuffle, Radio, HardDriveDownload, Check, Camera, Loader2, ChevronDown, ChevronRight, ChevronUp, Share2, AudioLines } from 'lucide-react';
import { useIsMobile } from '../hooks/useIsMobile';
import { useOrbitSongRowBehavior } from '../hooks/useOrbitSongRowBehavior';
import { open } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-shell';
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ export default function ArtistDetail() {
>
{currentTrack?.id === song.id && isPlaying ? (
-
+
) : (
{idx + 1}
)}
diff --git a/src/pages/Favorites.tsx b/src/pages/Favorites.tsx
index eca972a7..a08e4959 100644
--- a/src/pages/Favorites.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/Favorites.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
import { usePlayerStore, songToTrack } from '../store/playerStore';
import { usePreviewStore } from '../store/previewStore';
import StarRating from '../components/StarRating';
-import { Cast, ChevronDown, ChevronLeft, ChevronRight, Check, Heart, ListPlus, Play, Square, Star, Users, X, SlidersHorizontal, ArrowUp, ArrowDown, RotateCcw } from 'lucide-react';
+import { Cast, ChevronDown, ChevronLeft, ChevronRight, Check, Heart, ListPlus, Play, Square, Star, Users, X, SlidersHorizontal, ArrowUp, ArrowDown, RotateCcw, AudioLines } from 'lucide-react';
import { useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom';
import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
import { unstar } from '../api/subsonic';
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ export default function Favorites() {
{ e.stopPropagation(); toggleSelect(song.id, i, e.shiftKey); }} />
{currentTrack?.id === song.id && isPlaying ? (
-
+
) : (
{i + 1}
)}
diff --git a/src/pages/PlaylistDetail.tsx b/src/pages/PlaylistDetail.tsx
index b6af500e..a76873f0 100644
--- a/src/pages/PlaylistDetail.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/PlaylistDetail.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
import React, { useEffect, useState, useRef, useCallback, useMemo } from 'react';
import { createPortal } from 'react-dom';
import { useParams, useNavigate, useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
-import { ChevronDown, ChevronLeft, ChevronRight, Play, ListPlus, Trash2, Search, X, Loader2, Plus, GripVertical, Star, RefreshCw, Shuffle, Heart, HardDriveDownload, Check, Pencil, Globe, Lock, Camera, Download, FileUp, RotateCcw, Sparkles, Square } from 'lucide-react';
+import { ChevronDown, ChevronLeft, ChevronRight, Play, ListPlus, Trash2, Search, X, Loader2, Plus, GripVertical, Star, RefreshCw, Shuffle, Heart, HardDriveDownload, Check, Pencil, Globe, Lock, Camera, Download, FileUp, RotateCcw, Sparkles, Square, AudioLines } from 'lucide-react';
import { useTracklistColumns, type ColDef } from '../utils/useTracklistColumns';
import { AddToPlaylistSubmenu } from '../components/ContextMenu';
import {
@@ -1697,7 +1697,7 @@ export default function PlaylistDetail() {
{ e.stopPropagation(); toggleSelect(song.id, i, e.shiftKey); }} />
{currentTrack?.id === song.id && isPlaying ? (
-
+
) : (
{i + 1}
)}
diff --git a/src/pages/RandomMix.tsx b/src/pages/RandomMix.tsx
index 05aee1b7..59db7779 100644
--- a/src/pages/RandomMix.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/RandomMix.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { getGenres, SubsonicSong, SubsonicGenre, star, unstar } from '../api/sub
import { usePlayerStore, songToTrack } from '../store/playerStore';
import { usePreviewStore } from '../store/previewStore';
import { useAuthStore, RANDOM_MIX_SIZE_OPTIONS } from '../store/authStore';
-import { Play, RefreshCw, ChevronDown, ChevronRight, ChevronUp, Heart, Square } from 'lucide-react';
+import { Play, RefreshCw, ChevronDown, ChevronRight, ChevronUp, Heart, Square, AudioLines } from 'lucide-react';
import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
import { useDragDrop } from '../contexts/DragDropContext';
import { useIsMobile } from '../hooks/useIsMobile';
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ export default function RandomMix() {
>
{isCurrentTrack && isPlaying ? (
-
+
) : (
{idx + 1}
)}
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ export default function RandomMix() {
>
{isCurrentTrack && isPlaying ? (
-
+
) : (
{idx + 1}
)}
diff --git a/src/styles/components.css b/src/styles/components.css
index 30bcc98e..1586e2fe 100644
--- a/src/styles/components.css
+++ b/src/styles/components.css
@@ -2007,24 +2007,10 @@ html[data-track-previews-randommix="off"] [data-preview-loc="randomMix"] .pl
.track-row.active {
background: var(--accent-dim);
- animation: track-pulse 3s ease-in-out infinite;
}
.track-row.active:hover {
background: var(--accent-dim);
- animation: none;
-}
-
-@keyframes track-pulse {
-
- 0%,
- 100% {
- opacity: 1;
- }
-
- 50% {
- opacity: 0.6;
- }
}
.track-row>* {
@@ -2111,56 +2097,14 @@ html[data-track-previews-randommix="off"] [data-preview-loc="randomMix"] .pl
color: var(--accent);
}
-/* Equalizer bars — shown for the currently playing track */
+/* "Now playing" indicator — Lucide AudioLines icon coloured with the active
+ * accent. Was an animated three-bar transform setup; the per-frame opacity +
+ * scaleY repaints fell back to software composite on WebKitGTK without
+ * compositing (NVIDIA proprietary + WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1) and
+ * pegged the WebProcess at ~80% CPU on AlbumDetail with a long tracklist. */
.eq-bars {
- display: flex;
- align-items: flex-end;
- justify-content: center;
- gap: 2px;
- width: 14px;
- height: 13px;
-}
-
-.eq-bar {
- flex: 1;
- height: 100%;
- background: var(--accent);
- border-radius: 1px;
- transform-origin: bottom;
- transform: scaleY(0.25);
- animation: eq-bounce 1.1s ease-in-out infinite;
-}
-
-.eq-bar:nth-child(1) {
- animation-delay: 0s;
- animation-duration: 1.0s;
-}
-
-.eq-bar:nth-child(2) {
- animation-delay: 0.18s;
- animation-duration: 1.3s;
-}
-
-.eq-bar:nth-child(3) {
- animation-delay: 0.35s;
- animation-duration: 0.9s;
-}
-
-/* Pause EQ bars animation when playback is paused */
-.eq-bars.paused .eq-bar {
- animation-play-state: paused;
-}
-
-@keyframes eq-bounce {
-
- 0%,
- 100% {
- transform: scaleY(0.25);
- }
-
- 50% {
- transform: scaleY(1);
- }
+ color: var(--accent);
+ display: block;
}
/* CD / Disc separator */
diff --git a/src/styles/theme.css b/src/styles/theme.css
index be45b26a..7392ed4e 100644
--- a/src/styles/theme.css
+++ b/src/styles/theme.css
@@ -4075,18 +4075,6 @@ select.input.input:focus {
}
}
-@keyframes wave {
-
- 0%,
- 100% {
- transform: scaleY(0.4);
- }
-
- 50% {
- transform: scaleY(1);
- }
-}
-
.animate-fade-in {
animation: fadeIn var(--transition-slow) both;
}
@@ -6528,31 +6516,6 @@ input[type="range"]:hover::-webkit-slider-thumb {
--font-display: 'Unbounded Variable', sans-serif;
}
-/* ─── Equalizer bars animation ─── */
-.eq-bar {
- display: inline-block;
- width: 3px;
- background: var(--accent);
- border-radius: 2px;
- transform-origin: bottom;
-}
-
-.eq-bar:nth-child(1) {
- animation: wave 0.8s ease-in-out 0.0s infinite;
-}
-
-.eq-bar:nth-child(2) {
- animation: wave 0.8s ease-in-out 0.15s infinite;
-}
-
-.eq-bar:nth-child(3) {
- animation: wave 0.8s ease-in-out 0.3s infinite;
-}
-
-.eq-bar:nth-child(4) {
- animation: wave 0.8s ease-in-out 0.45s infinite;
-}
-
/* ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Middle Earth — Epic Fantasy / Cinematic
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */