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cgarmstrong
Contributor I
February 26, 2017

"Clear Queue" button in app shouldn't stop current song?

  • February 26, 2017
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Hi there.

Quick question / UI concern I have in the iOS app - which I otherwise really enjoy.

I would like there to be a way to clear the queue without stopping the currently playing song.

By entering the now playing queue and pressing the "clear queue" button, the current song is stopped, and the queue is cleared. This ends up being frustrating in practice.

A common use case amongst me and my friends is that we want to clear the current queue, without ending the song currently playing - in order to either let the current song finish and then the music to stop - or to clear the queue ready for adding more music after.

I think it would be A HUGE IMPROVEMENT if the "clear queue" button would remove all songs AFTER the currently playing song - and then pressing the same button a second time could then stop the currently playing song.

Sometimes I queue up many songs, but then want to stop listening after the currently playing one. Say I have 20 songs queued up - the only way to achieve what I just mentioned is by editing the queue manually and swiping sideways 20 times. (Not to mention that removing songs one at a time from the queue is a bit laggy and the list often scrolls around by itself).

Think it would be an easy to implement and big quality of life improvement for many users.

What does everyone think?
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    MikeV
    MikeV
    February 27, 2017
    If you're currently playing music from the queue and you press the Clear Queue button, then I would fully expect it to clear everything from the queue, including the currently playing song, and stop playing that song. If it leaves one song in the queue, then the queue hasn't been cleared.
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      ratty
      ratty
      February 27, 2017
      Yup. Sonos plays queued tracks from the queue. Ergo if there are no queue contents then there can be no track playing from it.
      cgarmstrongAuthor
      Contributor I
      February 27, 2017
      I understand that conceptually, but in practice often find that I want all music to stop playing once the current track ends, which seems to be like a relatively common need.

      There's no good way to achieve that if there is a relatively sizeable queue...
        ratty
        ratty
        February 27, 2017
        A crude alternative is to set a sleep timer.
        Andy B
        Andy B
        Sonos Staff
        February 27, 2017
        Hey cgarmstrong, I'll pass your feedback along to the rest of the team.
          R3SKT
          R3SKT
          Avid Contributor I
          February 27, 2017
          I can only echo what cgarmstrong proposes, it would be a smart refinement in my book.
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            cgarmstrongAuthor
            Contributor I
            February 27, 2017
            Thanks - my initial idea would be "clear up next", as a first press of the button - clearing all the songs from the queue but not touching the one currently playing - then a second press the button could rename itself automatically to "stop" or something, and then it would actually stop the current song.

            I'm sure the clever folks making the app would think of many ways to do it, but just seems like something I've come across a few times and would make me happy if it were easier. I often wanna get rid of all the songs in the queue, but not touch or change the one currently playing. Anything to make that easier is a win 🙂
              ratty
              ratty
              February 27, 2017
              I would actually support this feature. And, despite my earlier pedantry, it should be quite straightforward for a player to not clear the currently playing track when the queue's emptied. After all, it can play a track at a time from online 'radio' services via HTTP requests. A local track is similarly a CIFS request.

              The devil would be in the detail, especially of making the UI intuitive. Sonos shies away from complexity.
                Gimpson
                Lyricist I
                December 24, 2017
                I'd like to second this, as I sit here at my computer checking each of the 100+ items in my queue so that I can remove them and queue up some more holiday music without stopping what is currently playing.
                  ptsmonteiro
                  Lyricist III
                  September 11, 2018
                  Hey cgarmstrong, I'll pass your feedback along to the rest of the team.

                  I agree this is really important. Please make clear queue not to stop the current playing song.

                  Thanks!
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