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Grid and List

1. Switch views with the Grid / List control in the toolbar, or press ⌘1 for Grid and ⌘2 for List.
2. Grid cards show the thumbnail, Title, duration, date, and rating. A captions badge and a watch-progress bar appear when relevant.
3. Plain click focuses a clip — a dashed ring on Grid, the table highlight in List. That is the clip the Inspector shows when you are not batch-editing a collected set.
4. ⌘-click and ⇧-click add clips to the collected set, the same Finder-style multi-select you already know. Collected clips show a blue checkmark. Press A to add or remove the focused clip.
5. With two or more collected, the Inspector edits the whole set (orange title bar). Click a collected clip once to batch-edit the set; click it again to inspect just that clip (light blue title bar). Repeat clicks toggle between the two.
6. A pill above the grid or list shows how many clips are collected. Click ✕ or press ⇧⌘A to clear the set.
7. Hold the pointer over a grid card or List thumbnail for Live Preview — see Playback.
8. Double-click a grid card or List row to play it inside Skagway.

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Tags and ratings apply to the Inspector’s current target — one focused clip, or every collected clip when the orange batch bar is showing. See Organize.

List columns

1. The Title column is always visible. Optional columns: Duration, Resolution, File size, Rating, Date added, Plays, Created, and Last played.
2. Choose which columns appear under Settings → Library → List view columns, or right-click a column header.
3. The Rating column is editable — click the stars directly in the row.
4. Custom metadata fields you define also become available as columns.

Sort, shuffle, and Surprise Me!

1. Open the Sort menu to order by Title, Date Added, Duration, File Size, Rating, Resolution, or Plays — plus any custom fields you’ve defined.
2. While viewing an album, Album Order appears at the top of the Sort menu.
3. Click the arrow beside the Sort menu to flip between ascending and descending.
4. Shuffle (⇧⌘R) puts the whole view in a random order; picking any sort exits it. Click Shuffle again to reshuffle.
5. Surprise Me! (⇧⌘S) jumps to one random video — and can auto-play it (Settings → Video).

Play All

1. Play All (⇧⌘P) plays the current view from the first playable video and advances when each one finishes.
2. Loop Play All repeats the list. Stopping or playing a single video ends the session.

Search

1. Press ⌘F or click the Search videos field, then type part of what you’re looking for.
2. Search matches Title, file names, tags, and custom fields.
3. Multiple words narrow the results — every word must appear somewhere, not necessarily in the same field.
4. Click the × in the field (or clear it) to show the full library again.

For ratings, duration, quality, and other structured criteria, use the filters. See Filter.

Getting around quickly

1. Arrow keys move focus through the grid or list without clearing collected checkmarks. Home and End jump to the first and last video.
2. ⌘J scrolls the focused clip back into view.
3. ⌘-click toggles a clip in the collected set; ⇧-click adds a range from the last click. ⌘A selects every video in the current view. ⇧⌘A clears the collected set.