feat(web): scroll-row arrows + stable desktop media tile

Home rows get hover left/right arrows that only show for the scrollable
direction (enhanceScrollRow + initScrollRows, called from startApp);
visibility recomputed on scroll/resize/content-load.

Fix the OS media tile flicker when skipping on desktop PWA: mutate the
existing MediaMetadata in place instead of assigning a new one each track
(the replacement made Windows tear down and rebuild the tile). Action
handlers are now set once.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -67,12 +67,14 @@ Versioning: two-part `MAJOR.MINOR` — each release bumps the minor (features an
 - **Web + Android** — Lyrics prefetch: lyrics are fetched the moment a track starts playing (not only when the Lyrics tab is opened), so opening Lyrics is instant. The lrclib cache is warmed on every song change
 - **Web (PWA)** — Desktop install polish: `manifest.json` now ships PNG icons (192/512) for a crisp taskbar/Start-menu icon, drops the `portrait` lock so the window resizes freely, and adds a stable app `id` — installs as a standalone desktop window (no browser chrome)
 - **Web** — Keyboard shortcuts (desktop): Space = play/pause, ←/→ = seek 5 s, Shift+←/→ = previous/next track, ↑/↓ = volume. Ignored while typing in inputs/search fields
+- **Web** — Horizontal rows (Home) now have hover scroll arrows; only the scrollable direction is shown (no left arrow at the start, no right arrow at the end)
 
 ### Fixed
 - **Android** — Download crash on Android 15 (targetSdk 35): `FOREGROUND_SERVICE_TYPE_DATA_SYNC` is banned for apps targeting API 35; WorkManager's expedited path used it and the resulting exception killed the app ~1.5 s after tapping download. Fixed by dropping `setExpedited()` and all foreground-service use from `DownloadWorker` — downloads run as silent background work with progress shown in the Offline tab
 - **Android** — Offline detail screen flashed open then immediately returned: its initial empty state (before Room emitted) was mistaken for "deleted". Now shows a brief spinner until loaded, and only leaves when the last song is actually removed
 - **Android** — Lyrics autoscroll: rewrote centering to use the active line's *measured* position in a `LazyColumn` instead of a fixed line-height estimate. Eliminates the stutter and the downward drift on wrapped (multi-line) lyrics — the active line now tracks smoothly and sits at a natural ~40 %-from-top reading anchor
 - **Web** — Home now refreshes on an explicit Home click (matching Android): the album rows re-fetch and the random row re-randomizes instead of serving the 5-minute cache. Back/forward navigation still keeps the cached state
+- **Web (PWA)** — OS media tile no longer disappears/reappears when skipping tracks on desktop: the Media Session metadata is now mutated in place instead of replaced with a new `MediaMetadata` each track (which made Windows rebuild the tile)
 
 ### Internal
 - **Android** — Offline system: `Room` DB (`novasonic_offline.db`) with `downloaded_tracks`, `download_groups`, `group_track_cross_refs`; `OfflineRepository` holds hot `StateFlow` maps for O(1) local-path lookups; `DownloadWorker` streams audio + cover art via `HttpURLConnection` to `context.filesDir/offline/{audio|covers}/`. `MusicRepository.streamUrl()` checks local files first, so playback uses the `file://` URI on every entry point

src/main.js

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { toast } from './utils.js';
 import { api, fetchRomajiIndex, loadRomajiOverrides } from './api.js';
 import { injectPWA } from './pwa.js';
 import { loadSavedTheme } from './themes.js';
+import { initScrollRows } from './ui/components.js';
 import {
   playQueue, playCurrent, togglePlay, prevSong, nextSong, onEnded,
   toggleShuffle, toggleRepeat, toggleQueue, setVolume, seekTo,
@@ -221,6 +222,7 @@ window.addEventListener('load', () => {
   injectPWA();
   initProgressScrub();
   initKeyboardShortcuts();
+  initScrollRows();
 
   // Click player-art to open Now Playing
   document.getElementById('player-art')?.addEventListener('click', openNowPlaying);

src/player/player.js

@@ -1019,23 +1019,38 @@ export function setVolume(v) {
 
 // ─── MEDIA SESSION ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
+let _msHandlersSet = false;
 export function updateMediaSession(s) {
   // When native is active, Media3 owns the system notification — don't touch it.
   if (HAS_BRIDGE) return;
-  if(!navigator.mediaSession) return;
+  const ms = navigator.mediaSession;
+  if(!ms) return;
   const artwork = s.coverArt ? [
     { src: _cachedCoverUrl(s.coverArt, 256),  sizes:'256x256',   type:'image/jpeg' },
     { src: _cachedCoverUrl(s.coverArt, 512),  sizes:'512x512',   type:'image/jpeg' },
     { src: _cachedCoverUrl(s.coverArt, 1024), sizes:'1024x1024', type:'image/jpeg' },
   ] : [];
-  navigator.mediaSession.metadata = new MediaMetadata({ title:s.title, artist:s.artist||'', album:s.album||'', artwork });
-  navigator.mediaSession.setActionHandler('play',          togglePlay);
-  navigator.mediaSession.setActionHandler('pause',         togglePlay);
-  navigator.mediaSession.setActionHandler('previoustrack', prevSong);
-  navigator.mediaSession.setActionHandler('nexttrack',     nextSong);
-  navigator.mediaSession.setActionHandler('seekbackward', d => { S.audio.currentTime = Math.max(0, S.audio.currentTime-(d.seekOffset||10)); });
-  navigator.mediaSession.setActionHandler('seekforward',  d => { S.audio.currentTime = Math.min(S.audio.duration||0, S.audio.currentTime+(d.seekOffset||10)); });
-  navigator.mediaSession.setActionHandler('seekto',       d => { if(d.seekTime!=null) S.audio.currentTime = d.seekTime; });
+  // Mutate the existing metadata in place rather than assigning a new MediaMetadata —
+  // replacing the object makes Windows tear down & rebuild the media tile (visible
+  // flicker when skipping). Spotify-style: keep one object, just update its fields.
+  if (ms.metadata) {
+    ms.metadata.title   = s.title;
+    ms.metadata.artist  = s.artist || '';
+    ms.metadata.album   = s.album || '';
+    ms.metadata.artwork = artwork;
+  } else {
+    ms.metadata = new MediaMetadata({ title:s.title, artist:s.artist||'', album:s.album||'', artwork });
+  }
+  // Action handlers are stable — set them once, not on every track change.
+  if (_msHandlersSet) return;
+  _msHandlersSet = true;
+  ms.setActionHandler('play',          togglePlay);
+  ms.setActionHandler('pause',         togglePlay);
+  ms.setActionHandler('previoustrack', prevSong);
+  ms.setActionHandler('nexttrack',     nextSong);
+  ms.setActionHandler('seekbackward', d => { S.audio.currentTime = Math.max(0, S.audio.currentTime-(d.seekOffset||10)); });
+  ms.setActionHandler('seekforward',  d => { S.audio.currentTime = Math.min(S.audio.duration||0, S.audio.currentTime+(d.seekOffset||10)); });
+  ms.setActionHandler('seekto',       d => { if(d.seekTime!=null) S.audio.currentTime = d.seekTime; });
 }
 
 export function syncMediaSessionPosition() {

src/ui/components.js

@@ -103,3 +103,55 @@ export function mkSection(title) {
   d.innerHTML = `<div class="search-section-title">${title}</div>`;
   return d;
 }
+
+// ─── HORIZONTAL SCROLL-ROW ARROWS (desktop) ───
+const _CHEV_L = '<svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2.5" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polyline points="15 18 9 12 15 6"/></svg>';
+const _CHEV_R = '<svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2.5" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><polyline points="9 18 15 12 9 6"/></svg>';
+
+/** Wrap a `.scroll-row` with left/right arrows that appear only for the scrollable direction. */
+export function enhanceScrollRow(row) {
+  if (!row || row.dataset.saEnhanced) return;
+  row.dataset.saEnhanced = '1';
+
+  const wrap = document.createElement('div');
+  wrap.className = 'scroll-row-wrap';
+  row.parentNode.insertBefore(wrap, row);
+  wrap.appendChild(row);
+
+  const mkBtn = (cls, html, label) => {
+    const b = document.createElement('button');
+    b.type = 'button';
+    b.className = 'scroll-arrow ' + cls;
+    b.setAttribute('aria-label', label);
+    b.innerHTML = html;
+    wrap.appendChild(b);
+    return b;
+  };
+  const left  = mkBtn('sa-left',  _CHEV_L, 'Zurück');
+  const right = mkBtn('sa-right', _CHEV_R, 'Weiter');
+
+  const EPS = 4;
+  const update = () => {
+    left.classList.toggle('can-scroll',  row.scrollLeft > EPS);
+    right.classList.toggle('can-scroll', row.scrollLeft < row.scrollWidth - row.clientWidth - EPS);
+    // Vertically center the arrows on the cover art (fallback: CSS default 72px)
+    const art = row.querySelector('.card-art') || row.querySelector('.card');
+    if (art) {
+      const top = art.getBoundingClientRect().top - wrap.getBoundingClientRect().top + art.offsetHeight / 2;
+      if (top > 0) { left.style.top = right.style.top = top + 'px'; }
+    }
+  };
+  const step = () => Math.max(160, row.clientWidth * 0.8);
+  left.addEventListener('click',  () => row.scrollBy({ left: -step(), behavior: 'smooth' }));
+  right.addEventListener('click', () => row.scrollBy({ left:  step(), behavior: 'smooth' }));
+
+  row.addEventListener('scroll', update, { passive: true });
+  new ResizeObserver(update).observe(row);
+  new MutationObserver(update).observe(row, { childList: true });
+  update();
+}
+
+/** Enhance every `.scroll-row` currently in the DOM (the static Home rows). */
+export function initScrollRows() {
+  document.querySelectorAll('.scroll-row').forEach(enhanceScrollRow);
+}

styles.css

@@ -168,6 +168,24 @@ nav{flex:1;overflow-y:auto;padding:4px 10px}
 .scroll-row::-webkit-scrollbar{display:none}
 .scroll-row .card{flex-shrink:0;width:145px}
 
+/* Hover arrows for horizontal rows (desktop) — only the scrollable direction shows */
+.scroll-row-wrap{position:relative}
+.scroll-arrow{
+  position:absolute;top:72px;transform:translateY(-50%);
+  width:38px;height:38px;border-radius:50%;
+  display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;
+  background:rgba(15,15,24,.82);color:#fff;border:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.14);
+  cursor:pointer;z-index:6;opacity:0;pointer-events:none;
+  transition:opacity .16s ease,background .16s ease;
+  -webkit-backdrop-filter:blur(8px);backdrop-filter:blur(8px);
+  box-shadow:0 4px 14px rgba(0,0,0,.35);
+}
+.scroll-arrow svg{width:18px;height:18px}
+.scroll-arrow.sa-left{left:-6px}
+.scroll-arrow.sa-right{right:-6px}
+.scroll-arrow:hover{background:rgba(30,30,46,.95)}
+.scroll-row-wrap:hover .scroll-arrow.can-scroll{opacity:1;pointer-events:auto}
+
 /* ── CARDS ── */
 .card{background:var(--surface);border:1px solid var(--border);border-radius:var(--radius);overflow:hidden;cursor:pointer;transition:transform .2s,box-shadow .2s,border-color .2s}
 .card:hover{transform:translateY(-3px);box-shadow:0 12px 32px rgba(0,0,0,.4);border-color:var(--border2)}