fix(nix): add forgotten audioop-lts

chore(nix): use Python 3.13
fix(pyproject): allow Python 3.13 to function
2026-01-29 06:10:51 +00:00 · 2025-08-24 18:12:48 -05:00 · 2025-08-24 18:10:44 -05:00 · 2025-08-24 18:09:48 -05:00 · 2025-08-24 18:08:14 -05:00 · 2025-08-23 18:17:19 -07:00
184 changed files with 10277 additions and 4532 deletions
--- a/.envrc.recommended
+++ b/.envrc.recommended
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-# If you wish to use this file, copy or symlink it to `.envrc` for direnv to read it.
-# This will use the flake development shell.
-
-if ! has nix_direnv_version || ! nix_direnv_version 3.0.6; then
-    source_url "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nix-community/nix-direnv/3.0.6/direnvrc" "sha256-RYcUJaRMf8oF5LznDrlCXbkOQrywm0HDv1VjYGaJGdM="
-fi
-
-if [ -f .venv/bin/activate ]; then
-    # If the file is watched when it does not exist,
-    # direnv will execute again when it gets created.
-    watch_file .venv/bin/activate
-fi
-watch_file nix/shell.nix
-watch_file pyproject.toml
-
-use flake
-
-# vi: ft=bash
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ jobs:
            suffix: _portable
            file-end: .exe

-    runs-on: windows-2019
+    runs-on: windows-2022

    steps:
      - name: Checkout repo
--- a/.github/workflows/ruff.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ruff.yaml
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ jobs:
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Execute Ruff format
-        uses: chartboost/ruff-action@v1
+        uses: astral-sh/ruff-action@v3
        with:
-          version: 0.8.1
+          version: 0.11.0
          args: format --check

  ruff-check:
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Execute Ruff check
-        uses: chartboost/ruff-action@v1
+        uses: astral-sh/ruff-action@v3
        with:
-          version: 0.8.1
+          version: 0.11.8
          args: check
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,26 @@
+---
 repos:
-  - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    # Ruff version.
-    rev: v0.6.4
+  - repo: local
    hooks:
-      - id: ruff-format
+      - id: mypy
+        name: mypy
+        entry: mypy
+        language: system
+        types_or: [python, pyi]
+        require_serial: true
+
      - id: ruff
+        name: ruff
+        entry: ruff check
+        language: system
+        types_or: [python, pyi, jupyter]
+        args: [--force-exclude]
+        require_serial: true
+
+      - id: ruff-format
+        name: ruff-format
+        entry: ruff format
+        language: system
+        types_or: [python, pyi, jupyter]
+        args: [--force-exclude, --check]
+        require_serial: true
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,805 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).

+## [9.5.2] - 2025-03-31
+
+### Added
+
+#### Search
+
+- feat(ui): add setting to not display full filepaths by [@HermanKassler](https://github.com/HermanKassler) in [#841](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/841)
+- feat: add filename and path sorting by [@Computerdores](https://github.com/Computerdores) in [#842](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/842)
+
+#### Settings
+
+- feat: new settings menu + settings backend by [@Computerdores](https://github.com/Computerdores) in [#859](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/859)
+
+#### UI
+
+- feat(ui): merge media controls by [@csponge](https://github.com/csponge) in [#805](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/805)
+    - fix: Remove border from video preview top and left by [@zfbx](https://github.com/zfbx) in [#900](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/900)
+- feat(ui): add more default icons and file type equivalencies by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#882](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/882)
+- ui: recent libraries list improvements by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#881](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/881)
+
+#### Misc
+
+- feat: provide a .desktop file by [@xarvex](https://github.com/xarvex) in [#870](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/870)
+
+### Fixed
+
+- fix: catch NotImplementedError for Float16 JPEG-XL files by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#849](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/849)
+- fix(nix/package): account for GTK platform by [@xarvex](https://github.com/xarvex) in [#868](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/868)
+- fix: do not set palette for Linux-like systems that offer theming by [@xarvex](https://github.com/xarvex) in [#869](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/869)
+- fix(flake): remove pinned input, only consume in Nix shell by [@xarvex](https://github.com/xarvex) in [#872](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/872)
+- fix: stop ffmpeg cmd windows, refactor ffmpeg_checker by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#855](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/855)
+- fix: hide mnemonics on macOS by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#856](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/856)
+- fix: use UNION instead of UNION ALL by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#877](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/877)
+- fix: remove unescaped ampersand from "about.description" by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#885](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/885)
+- fix(ui): display 0 frame webp files in preview panel by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [64dc88a](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/commit/64dc88afa90bb11f3c9b74a2522f947370ce21db)
+- fix: close pdf file object in thumb renderer by [@Computerdores](https://github.com/Computerdores) in [#893](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/893)
+- perf: improve responsiveness of GIF entries by [@Computerdores](https://github.com/Computerdores) in [#894](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/894)
+- fix(ui): seamlessly loop videos by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#902](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/902)
+
+### Internal Changes
+
+- refactor!: change layout; import and build change by [@xarvex](https://github.com/xarvex) and [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#844](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/844)
+- fix: log all problems in translation test by [@Computerdores](https://github.com/Computerdores) in [#839](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/839)
+- refactor: split translation keys for about screen by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#845](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/845)
+- feat(ci): development tooling refresh and split documentation by [@xarvex](https://github.com/xarvex) in [#867](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/867)
+- refactor: type hints and improvements in file_opener.py by [@VasigaranAndAngel](https://github.com/VasigaranAndAngel) in [#876](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/876)
+- build: update spec file to use proper pathex and datas paths by [@Leonard2](https://github.com/Leonard2) in [#895](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/895)
+- refactor: fix various missing and broken type hints@VasigaranAndAngel in [#901](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/901)
+- refactor: fix type hints and overrides in flowlayout.py by [@VasigaranAndAngel](https://github.com/VasigaranAndAngel) in [#880](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/880)
+
+### Documentation
+
+- docs: fix typos and grammar by [@Gawidev](https://github.com/Gawidev) in [#879](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/879)
+- docs: update `ThumbRenderer` source by [@emmanuel-ferdman](https://github.com/emmanuel-ferdman) in [#896](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/896)
+
+### Translations
+
+- Added Japanese (50%)
+    - [@needledetector](https://github.com/needledetector)
+- Updated Turkish (93%)
+    - [@Nyghl](https://github.com/Nyghl)
+- Updated Filipino (57%)
+    - [@searinminecraft](https://github.com/searinminecraft)
+- Updated Tamil (92%)
+    - [@TamilNeram](https://github.com/TamilNeram)
+- Updated Portuguese (Brazil) (83%)
+    - [@viniciushelder](https://github.com/viniciushelder)
+- Updated German (95%)
+    - [@DontBlameMe99](https://github.com/DontBlameMe99), [@Computerdores](https://github.com/Computerdores)
+- Updated Russian (85%)
+    - werdi, [@Dott-rus](https://github.com/Dott-rus)
+- Updated Hungarian (100%)
+    - Szíjártó Levente Pál
+- Updated Spanish (96%)
+    - Joan, [@Nginearing](https://github.com/Nginearing)
+- Updated French (100%)
+    - [@kitsumed](https://github.com/kitsumed)
+- Updated Toki Pona (80%)
+    - [@Math-Bee](https://github.com/Math-Bee)
+
+## [9.5.1] - 2025-03-06
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed translations crashing the program and preventing it from being reopened ([#827](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/issues/827))
+    - fix: restore `translate_formatted()` method as `format()` by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#830](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/830)
+    - tests: add tests for translations by [@Computerdores](https://github.com/Computerdores) in [#833](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/833)
+    - fix(translations): fix invalid placeholders by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#835](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/835)
+- Removed empty parentheses from the "About" screen title
+    - fix: separate about screen title from translations by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#836](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/836)
+
+### Translations
+
+- Updated French (99%)
+    - [@alessdangelo](https://github.com/alessdangelo), [@Bamowen](https://github.com/Bamowen), [@kitsumed](https://github.com/kitsumed)
+- Updated German (98%)
+    - [@Thesacraft](https://github.com/Thesacraft)
+- Updated Portuguese (Brazil) (88%)
+    - [@viniciushelder](https://github.com/viniciushelder)
+- Updated Russian (73%)
+    - werdei
+- Updated Spanish (95%)
+    - [@JCC1998](https://github.com/JCC1998)
+
+### Documentation
+
+- docs: fix category typo by [@salem404](https://github.com/salem404) in [#834](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/834)
+
+## [9.5.0] - 2025-03-03
+
+### Added
+
+#### Overhauled Search Engine
+
+##### Boolean Operators
+
+- feat: implement query language by [@Computerdores](https://github.com/Computerdores) in [#606](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/606)
+- feat: optimize AND queries by [@Computerdores](https://github.com/Computerdores) in [#679](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/679)
+
+##### Filetype, Mediatype, and Glob Path + Smartcase Searches
+
+- fix: remove wildcard requirement for tags by [@Tyrannicodin](https://github.com/Tyrannicodin) in [#481](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/481)
+- feat: add filetype and mediatype searches by [@python357-1](https://github.com/python357-1) in [#575](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/575)
+- feat: make path search use globs by [@python357-1](https://github.com/python357-1) in [#582](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/582)
+- feat: implement search equivalence of "jpg" and "jpeg" filetypes by [@Computerdores](https://github.com/Computerdores) in [#649](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/649)
+- feat: add smartcase and globless path searches by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#743](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/743)
+
+##### Sortable Results
+
+- feat: sort by "date added" in library by [@Computerdores](https://github.com/Computerdores) in [#674](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/674)
+
+##### Autocomplete
+
+- feat: add autocomplete for search engine by [@python357-1](https://github.com/python357-1) in [#586](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/586)
+
+#### Replaced "Tag Fields" with Tag Categories
+
+Instead of tags needing to be added to a tag field type such as "Meta Tags", "Content Tags", or just the "Tags" field, tags are now added directly to file entries with no intermediary step. While tag field types offered a way to further organize tags, it was cumbersome, inflexible, and simply not fully fleshed out. Tag Categories offer all of the previous (intentional) functionality while greatly increasing the ease of use and customization.
+
+- feat!: tag categories by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#655](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/655)
+    
+    [![Screenshot 2025-01-04 at 04 23 43](https://private-user-images.githubusercontent.com/46939827/400138597-0b92eca5-db8f-4e3e-954b-1b4f3795f073.png?jwt=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.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.cE_WO9AHsigusAbtaQV0QtN4FjYJz0lyHLLwFFDBO-0)](https://private-user-images.githubusercontent.com/46939827/400138597-0b92eca5-db8f-4e3e-954b-1b4f3795f073.png?jwt=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.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.cE_WO9AHsigusAbtaQV0QtN4FjYJz0lyHLLwFFDBO-0)
+
+#### Thumbnails and File Previews
+
+##### New Thumbnail Support
+
+- feat: add svg thumbnail support (port [#442](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/442)) by [@Tyrannicodin](https://github.com/Tyrannicodin) and [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#540](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/540)
+- feat: add pdf thumbnail support (port [#378](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/378)) by [@Heiholf](https://github.com/Heiholf) and [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#543](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/543)
+- feat: add ePub thumbnail support (port [#387](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/387)) by [@Heiholf](https://github.com/Heiholf) and [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#539](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/539)
+- feat: add OpenDocument thumbnail support (port [#366](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/366)) by [@Joshua-Beatty](https://github.com/Joshua-Beatty) and [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#545](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/545)
+- feat: add JXL thumbnail and animated APNG + WEBP support (port [#344](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/344) and partially port [#357](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/357)) by [@BPplays](https://github.com/BPplays) and [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#549](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/549)
+    - fix: catch ImportError for pillow_jxl module by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [a2f9685](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/commit/a2f9685bc0d744ea6f5334c6d2926aad3f6d375a)
+
+##### Audio Playback
+
+- feat: audio playback by [@csponge](https://github.com/csponge) in [#576](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/576)
+    - feat(ui): add audio volume slider by [@SkeleyM](https://github.com/SkeleyM) in [#691](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/691)
+
+##### Thumbnail Caching
+
+- feat(ui): add thumbnail caching by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#694](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/694)
+
+#### Tags
+
+##### Delete Tags _(Finally!)_
+
+- feat: remove and create tags from tag database panel by [@DandyDev01](https://github.com/DandyDev01) in [#569](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/569)
+
+##### Custom User-Created Tag Colors
+
+Create your own custom tag colors via the new Tag Color Manager! Tag colors are assigned a namespace (group) and include a name, primary color, and optional secondary color. By default the secondary color is used for the tag text color, but this can also be toggled to apply to the border color as well!
+
+- feat(ui)!: user-created tag colors@CyanVoxel in [#801](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/801)
+
+[![](https://private-user-images.githubusercontent.com/46939827/413668576-b591f1fe-1c44-4d82-b6e5-d166590aeab1.png?jwt=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.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.EOEVWLDMx5CT-Gg5UhBmdMIYT49IZPKrrA9VL7N-pBQ)](https://private-user-images.githubusercontent.com/46939827/413668576-b591f1fe-1c44-4d82-b6e5-d166590aeab1.png?jwt=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.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.EOEVWLDMx5CT-Gg5UhBmdMIYT49IZPKrrA9VL7N-pBQ) [![](https://private-user-images.githubusercontent.com/46939827/413668612-96e81b08-6993-4a5e-96d0-3b05b50fbe44.png?jwt=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.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.rqM3YOwrYdBCiwbBbEvalj7Tsfl-XWqgD1K9PeE46tI)](https://private-user-images.githubusercontent.com/46939827/413668612-96e81b08-6993-4a5e-96d0-3b05b50fbe44.png?jwt=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.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.rqM3YOwrYdBCiwbBbEvalj7Tsfl-XWqgD1K9PeE46tI)
+
+##### New Tag Colors + UI
+
+- feat: expanded tag color system by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#709](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/709)
+- fix(ui): use correct pink tag color by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [431efe4](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/commit/431efe4fe93213141c763e59ca9887215766fd42)
+- fix(ui): use consistent tag outline colors by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [020a73d](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/commit/020a73d095c74283d6c80426d3c3db8874409952)
+
+[![Screenshot 2025-01-04 at 04 23 43](https://private-user-images.githubusercontent.com/46939827/408753168-c8f82d89-ad7e-4be6-830e-b91cdc58e4c6.png?jwt=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.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.HLnwHyp3BYg8vXo3BtvqBoOqtpQTI1eykqa-L3chLUk)](https://private-user-images.githubusercontent.com/46939827/408753168-c8f82d89-ad7e-4be6-830e-b91cdc58e4c6.png?jwt=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.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.HLnwHyp3BYg8vXo3BtvqBoOqtpQTI1eykqa-L3chLUk)
+
+##### New Tag Alias UI
+
+- fix: preview panel aliases not staying up to date with database by [@DandyDev01](https://github.com/DandyDev01) in [#641](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/641)
+- fix: subtags/parent tags & aliases update the UI for building a tag by [@DandyDev01](https://github.com/DandyDev01) in [#534](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/534)
+
+#### Translations
+
+TagStudio now has official translation support! Head to the new settings panel and select from one of the initial languages included. Note that many languages currently have incomplete translations.
+
+Translation hosting generously provided by [Weblate](https://weblate.org/en/). Check out our [project page](https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/tagstudio/) to help translate TagStudio! Thank you to everyone who's helped contribute to the translations so far!
+
+- translations: add string tokens for en.json by [@Bamowen](https://github.com/Bamowen) in [#507](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/507)
+- feat: translations by [@Computerdores](https://github.com/Computerdores) in [#662](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/662)
+- feat(ui): add language setting by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#803](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/803)
+
+Initial Languages:
+
+- Chinese (Traditional) (68%)
+    - [@brisu](https://github.com/brisu)
+- Dutch (35%)
+    - [@Pheubel](https://github.com/Pheubel)
+- Filipino (43%)
+    - [@searinminecraft](https://github.com/searinminecraft)
+- French (100%)
+    - [@Bamowen](https://github.com/Bamowen), [@alessdangelo](https://github.com/alessdangelo), [@kitsumed](https://github.com/kitsumed), Obscaeris
+- German (98%)
+    - [@Ryussei](https://github.com/Ryussei), [@Computerdores](https://github.com/Computerdores), Aaron M, [@JoeJoeTV](https://github.com/JoeJoeTV), [@Kurty00](https://github.com/Kurty00)
+- Hungarian (100%)
+    - [@smileyhead](https://github.com/smileyhead)
+- Norwegian Bokmål (16%)
+    - [@comradekingu](https://github.com/comradekingu)
+- Polish (97%)
+    - Anonymous
+- Portuguese (Brazil) (64%)
+    - [@LoboMetalurgico](https://github.com/LoboMetalurgico), [@SpaceFox1](https://github.com/SpaceFox1), [@DaviMarquezeli](https://github.com/DaviMarquezeli), [@viniciushelder](https://github.com/viniciushelder), Alexander Lennart Formiga Johnsson
+- Russian (22%)
+    - [@The-Stolas](https://github.com/The-Stolas)
+- Spanish (57%)
+    - [@gallegonovato](https://github.com/gallegonovato), [@Nginearing](https://github.com/Nginearing), [@noceno](https://github.com/noceno)
+- Swedish (24%)
+    - [@adampawelec](https://github.com/adampawelec), [@mashed5894](https://github.com/mashed5894)
+- Tamil (22%)
+    - [@VasigaranAndAngel](https://github.com/VasigaranAndAngel)
+- Toki Pona (32%)
+    - [@goldstargloww](https://github.com/goldstargloww)
+- Turkish (22%)
+    - [@Nyghl](https://github.com/Nyghl)
+
+#### Miscellaneous
+
+- feat: about section by [@mashed5894](https://github.com/mashed5894) in [#712](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/712)
+- feat(ui): add configurable splash screens by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#703](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/703)
+- feat(ui): show filenames in thumbnail grid by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#633](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/633)
+- feat(about): clickable links to docs/discord/etc in about modal by [@SkeleyM](https://github.com/SkeleyM) in [#799](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/799)
+
+### Fixed
+
+- fix(ui): display all tags in panel during empty search by [@samuellieberman](https://github.com/samuellieberman) in [#328](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/328)
+- fix: avoid `KeyError` in `add_folders_to_tree()` (fix [#346](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/issues/346)) by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#347](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/347)
+- fix: error on closing library by [@yedpodtrzitko](https://github.com/yedpodtrzitko) in [#484](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/484)
+- fix: resolution info [#550](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/issues/550) by [@Roc25](https://github.com/Roc25) in [#551](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/551)
+- fix: remove queued thumnail jobs when closing library by [@yedpodtrzitko](https://github.com/yedpodtrzitko) in [#583](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/583)
+- fix: use absolute ffprobe path on macos (Fix [#511](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/issues/511)) by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#629](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/629)
+- fix(ui): prevent duplicate parent tags in UI by [@SkeleyM](https://github.com/SkeleyM) in [#665](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/665)
+- fix: fix -o flag not working if path has whitespace around it by [@python357-1](https://github.com/python357-1) in [#670](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/670)
+- fix: better file opening compatibility with non-ascii filenames by [@SkeleyM](https://github.com/SkeleyM) in [#667](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/667)
+- fix: restore environment before launching external programs by [@mashed5894](https://github.com/mashed5894) in [#707](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/707)
+- fix: have pydub use known ffmpeg + ffprobe locations by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#724](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/724)
+- fix: add ".DS_Store" to `GLOBAL_IGNORE_SET` by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [b72a2f2](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/commit/b72a2f233141db4db6aa6be8796b626ebd3f0756)
+- fix: don't add "._" files to libraries by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [eb1f634](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/commit/eb1f634d386cd8a5ecee1e6ff6a0b7d8811550fa)
+
+### Changed
+
+#### SQLite Save File Format
+
+This was the main focus of this update, and where the majority of development time and resources have been spent since v9.4. These changes include everything that was done to migrate from the JSON format to SQLite starting from the initial SQLite PR, while re-implementing every feature from v9.4 as the initial SQLite PR was based on v9.3.x at the time.
+
+- refactor!: use SQLite and SQLAlchemy for database backend by [@yedpodtrzitko](https://github.com/yedpodtrzitko) in [#332](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/332)
+- feat: make search results more ergonomic by [@yedpodtrzitko](https://github.com/yedpodtrzitko) in [#498](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/498)
+- feat: store `Entry` suffix separately by [@yedpodtrzitko](https://github.com/yedpodtrzitko) in [#503](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/503)
+- feat: port thumbnail ([#390](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/390)) and related features to v9.5 by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#522](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/522)
+- fix: don't check db version with new library by [@yedpodtrzitko](https://github.com/yedpodtrzitko) in [#536](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/536)
+- fix(ui): update ui when removing fields by [@DandyDev01](https://github.com/DandyDev01) in [#560](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/560)
+- feat(parity): backend for aliases and parent tags by [@DandyDev01](https://github.com/DandyDev01) in [#596](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/596)
+- fix: "open in explorer" opens correct folder by [@KirilBourakov](https://github.com/KirilBourakov) in [#603](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/603)
+- fix: ui/ux parity fixes for thumbnails and files by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#608](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/608)
+- feat(parity): migrate json libraries to sqlite by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#604](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/604)
+- fix: clear all setting values when opening a library by [@VasigaranAndAngel](https://github.com/VasigaranAndAngel) in [#622](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/622)
+- fix: remove/rework windows path tests by [@VasigaranAndAngel](https://github.com/VasigaranAndAngel) in [#625](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/625)
+- fix: add check to see if library is loaded in filter_items by [@Roc25](https://github.com/Roc25) in [#547](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/547)
+- fix: multiple macro errors by [@Computerdores](https://github.com/Computerdores) in [#612](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/612)
+- fix: don't allow blank tag alias values in db by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#628](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/628)
+- feat: Reimplement drag drop files on sql migration by [@seakrueger](https://github.com/seakrueger) in [#528](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/528)
+- fix: stop sqlite db from being updated while running tests by [@python357-1](https://github.com/python357-1) in [#648](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/648)
+- fix: enter/return adds top result tag by [@SkeleyM](https://github.com/SkeleyM) in [#651](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/651)
+- fix: show correct unlinked files count by [@SkeleyM](https://github.com/SkeleyM) in [#653](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/653)
+- feat: implement parent tag search by [@Computerdores](https://github.com/Computerdores) in [#673](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/673)
+- fix: only close add tag menu with no search by [@SkeleyM](https://github.com/SkeleyM) in [#685](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/685)
+- fix: drag and drop no longer resets by [@SkeleyM](https://github.com/SkeleyM) in [#710](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/710)
+- feat(ui): port "create and add tag" to main branch by [@SkeleyM](https://github.com/SkeleyM) in [#711](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/711)
+- fix: don't add default title field, use proper phrasing for adding files by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#701](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/701)
+- fix: preview panel + main window fixes and optimizations by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#700](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/700)
+- fix: sort tag results by [@mashed5894](https://github.com/mashed5894) in [#721](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/721)
+- fix: restore opening last library on startup by [@SkeleyM](https://github.com/SkeleyM) in [#729](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/729)
+- fix(ui): don't always create tag on enter by [@SkeleyM](https://github.com/SkeleyM) in [#731](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/731)
+- fix: use tag aliases in tag search by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#726](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/726)
+- fix: keep initial id order in `get_entries_full()` by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#736](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/736)
+- fix: always catch db mismatch by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#738](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/738)
+- fix: relink unlinked entry to existing entry without sql error by [@mashed5894](https://github.com/mashed5894) in [#730](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/issues/730)
+- fix: refactor and fix bugs with missing_files.py by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#739](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/739)
+- fix: dragging files references correct entry IDs [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [44ff17c](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/commit/44ff17c0b3f05570e356c112f005dbc14c7cc05d)
+- ui: port splash screen from Alpha-v9.4 by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [af760ee](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/commit/af760ee61a523c84bab0fb03a68d7465866d0e05)
+- fix: tags created from tag database now add aliases by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [2903dd2](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/commit/2903dd22c45c02498687073d075bb88886de6b62)
+- fix: check for tag name parity during JSON migration by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#748](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/748)
+- feat(ui): re-implement tag display names on sql by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#747](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/747)
+- fix(ui): restore Windows accent color on PySide 6.8.0.1 by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#755](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/755)
+- fix(ui): (mostly) fix right-click search option on tags by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#756](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/756)
+- feat: copy/paste fields and tags by [@mashed5894](https://github.com/mashed5894) in [#722](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/722)
+- perf: optimize query methods and reduce preview panel updates by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#794](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/794)
+- feat: port file trashing ([#409](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/409)) to v9.5 by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#792](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/792)
+- fix: prevent future library versions from being opened by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [bcf3b2f](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/commit/bcf3b2f96bc8b876ca4b0c1d1882ce14a190f249)
+
+#### UI/UX
+
+- feat(ui): pre-select default tag name in `BuildTagPanel` by [@Cool-Game-Dev](https://github.com/Cool-Game-Dev) in [#592](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/592)
+- feat(ui): keyboard navigation for editing tags by [@Computerdores](https://github.com/Computerdores) in [#407](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/407)
+- feat(ui): use tag query as default new tag name by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [29c0dfd](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/commit/29c0dfdb2d88e8f473e27c7f1fe7ede6e5bd0feb)
+- feat(ui): shortcut to add tags to selected entries; change click behavior of tags to edit by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#749](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/749)
+- fix(ui): use consistent dark mode colors for all systems by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#752](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/752)
+- fix(ui): use camera white balance for raw images by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [6ee5304](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/commit/6ee5304b52f217af0f5df543fcb389649203d6b2)
+- Mixed field editing has been limited due to various bugs in both the JSON and SQL implementations. This will be re-implemented in a future release.
+- fix(ui): improve tagging ux by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#633](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/633)
+- fix(ui): hide library actions when no library is open by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#787](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/787)
+- refactor(ui): recycle tag list in TagSearchPanel by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#788](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/788)
+    - feat(ui): add tag view limit dropdown
+- fix(ui): expand usage of esc and enter for modals by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#793](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/793)
+
+#### Performance
+
+- feat: improve performance of "Delete Missing Entries" by [@Toby222](https://github.com/Toby222) and [@Computerdores](https://github.com/Computerdores) in [#696](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/696)
+
+#### Internal Changes
+
+- refactor: combine open launch args by [@UnusualEgg](https://github.com/UnusualEgg) in [#364](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/364)
+- feat: add date_created, date_modified, and date_added columns to entries table by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#740](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/740)
+
+## [9.5.0 Pre-Release 4] - 2025-02-17
+
+### Added
+
+#### Custom User-Created Tag Colors ([@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#801](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/801))
+
+Create your own custom tag colors via the new Tag Color Manager! Tag colors are assigned a namespace (group) and include a name, primary color, and optional secondary color. By default the secondary color is used for the tag text color, but this can also be toggled to apply to the border color as well!
+
+[![Screenshot 2025-02-16 at 17 34 22](https://private-user-images.githubusercontent.com/46939827/413668576-b591f1fe-1c44-4d82-b6e5-d166590aeab1.png?jwt=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.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.nEs6bk1euKTEkIqDipNJBrXHbHegb3PHWoW3tKI02_8)](https://private-user-images.githubusercontent.com/46939827/413668576-b591f1fe-1c44-4d82-b6e5-d166590aeab1.png?jwt=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.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.nEs6bk1euKTEkIqDipNJBrXHbHegb3PHWoW3tKI02_8)
+
+[![Screenshot 2025-02-16 at 17 32 56](https://private-user-images.githubusercontent.com/46939827/413668612-96e81b08-6993-4a5e-96d0-3b05b50fbe44.png?jwt=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.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.VD2trGcVKQVKUpzVog1UhZUM0JRcEHUhwGCiHpZ8zF0)](https://private-user-images.githubusercontent.com/46939827/413668612-96e81b08-6993-4a5e-96d0-3b05b50fbe44.png?jwt=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.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.VD2trGcVKQVKUpzVog1UhZUM0JRcEHUhwGCiHpZ8zF0)
+
+#### Translations
+
+TagStudio now has official translation support! Head to the new settings panel and select from one of the initial languages included. Note that many languages currently have incomplete translations.
+
+Translation hosting generously provided by [Weblate](https://weblate.org/en/). Check out our [project page](https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/tagstudio/) to help translate TagStudio! Thank you to everyone who's helped contribute to the translations so far!
+
+- translations: add string tokens for en.json by [@Bamowen](https://github.com/Bamowen) in [#507](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/507)
+- feat: translations by [@Computerdores](https://github.com/Computerdores) in [#662](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/662)
+- feat(ui): add language setting by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#803](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/803)
+
+Initial Languages:
+
+- Chinese (Traditional) (68%)
+    - [@brisu](https://github.com/brisu)
+- Dutch (35%)
+    - [@Pheubel](https://github.com/Pheubel)
+- Filipino (15%)
+    - [@searinminecraft](https://github.com/searinminecraft)
+- French (89%)
+    - [@Bamowen](https://github.com/Bamowen), [@alessdangelo](https://github.com/alessdangelo), [@kitsumed](https://github.com/kitsumed), Obscaeris
+- German (73%)
+    - [@Ryussei](https://github.com/Ryussei), [@Computerdores](https://github.com/Computerdores), Aaron M
+- Hungarian (89%)
+    - [@smileyhead](https://github.com/smileyhead)
+- Norwegian Bokmål (16%)
+    - [@comradekingu](https://github.com/comradekingu)
+- Polish (76%)
+    - Anonymous
+- Portuguese (Brazil) (22%)
+    - [@LoboMetalurgico](https://github.com/LoboMetalurgico), [@SpaceFox1](https://github.com/SpaceFox1)
+- Russian (22%)
+    - [@The-Stolas](https://github.com/The-Stolas)
+- Spanish (46%)
+    - [@gallegonovato](https://github.com/gallegonovato), [@Nginearing](https://github.com/Nginearing), [@noceno](https://github.com/noceno)
+- Swedish (24%)
+    - [@adampawelec](https://github.com/adampawelec), [@mashed5894](https://github.com/mashed5894)
+- Tamil (22%)
+    - [@VasigaranAndAngel](https://github.com/VasigaranAndAngel)
+- Toki Pona (32%)
+    - [@goldstargloww](https://github.com/goldstargloww)
+- Turkish (22%)
+    - [@Nyghl](https://github.com/Nyghl)
+
+### Fixed
+
+- feat(about): clickable links to docs/discord/etc in about modal by [@SkeleyM](https://github.com/SkeleyM) in [#799](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/799)
+
+### Internal Changes
+
+This release increases the internal `DB_VERSION` to 8. Libraries created with this version of TagStudio can still be opened in earlier v9.5.0 pre-release versions, however the behavior of custom color borders will not be identical to the behavior in this PR. Otherwise it should still be possible to use any custom colors created in this version in these earlier pre-releases (but not really recommended).
+
+## [9.5.0 Pre-Release 3] - 2025-02-10
+
+### Added
+
+##### [#743](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/743) by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel)
+
+Added "Smartcase" and Globless Path Search
+
+- `path: temp`: Returns all paths that have "temp" **(Case insensitive)** somewhere in the name.
+    
+- `path: Temp`: Returns all paths that have "Temp" **(Case sensitive)** somewhere in the name.
+    
+
+Glob Patterns w/ Smartcase
+
+- `path: *temp*`: Returns all paths that have "temp" **(Case insensitive)** somewhere in the name.
+    
+- `path: *Temp*`: Returns all paths that have "Temp" **(Case sensitive)** somewhere in the name.
+    
+- `path: temp*`: Returns all paths that start with "temp" **(Case insensitive)** somewhere in the name.
+    
+- `path: Temp*`: Returns all paths that start with "Temp" **(Case sensitive)** somewhere in the name.
+    
+- `path: *temp`: Returns all paths that end with "temp" **(Case insensitive)** somewhere in the name.
+    
+- `path: *TEmP`: Returns all paths that end with "TEmP" **(Case sensitive)** somewhere in the name.
+    
+
+##### [#788](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/788) by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel)
+
+- Added a "View Limit" dropdown to tag search boxes to limit the number of on-screen tags. Previously this limit was hardcoded to 100, but now options range from 25 to unlimited.  
+    [![](https://private-user-images.githubusercontent.com/46939827/411701461-7f7da065-888d-4fe5-a4e7-f99447bcce98.png?jwt=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJnaXRodWIuY29tIiwiYXVkIjoicmF3LmdpdGh1YnVzZXJjb250ZW50LmNvbSIsImtleSI6ImtleTUiLCJleHAiOjE3NDY2NTQ3MTYsIm5iZiI6MTc0NjY1NDQxNiwicGF0aCI6Ii80NjkzOTgyNy80MTE3MDE0NjEtN2Y3ZGEwNjUtODg4ZC00ZmU1LWE0ZTctZjk5NDQ3YmNjZTk4LnBuZz9YLUFtei1BbGdvcml0aG09QVdTNC1ITUFDLVNIQTI1NiZYLUFtei1DcmVkZW50aWFsPUFLSUFWQ09EWUxTQTUzUFFLNFpBJTJGMjAyNTA1MDclMkZ1cy1lYXN0LTElMkZzMyUyRmF3czRfcmVxdWVzdCZYLUFtei1EYXRlPTIwMjUwNTA3VDIxNDY1NlomWC1BbXotRXhwaXJlcz0zMDAmWC1BbXotU2lnbmF0dXJlPWVlZjVhZjYyNWQwY2FmMjhmMWI1MzI5ZDdjYWMxMmM0N2M0Nzc4MmY1YjE0NWY4MjVhZmIyMDI1NzQzY2M0YmQmWC1BbXotU2lnbmVkSGVhZGVycz1ob3N0In0.a3xUaH5r3HsDgOb6-lo3T-xSRRSy7dDOrln5i62KFP8)](https://private-user-images.githubusercontent.com/46939827/411701461-7f7da065-888d-4fe5-a4e7-f99447bcce98.png?jwt=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.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.a3xUaH5r3HsDgOb6-lo3T-xSRRSy7dDOrln5i62KFP8)
+
+### Changed
+
+- fix(ui): expand usage of esc and enter for modals by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#793](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/793)
+- perf: optimize query methods and reduce preview panel updates by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#794](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/794)
+
+##### [#788](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/788) by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel)
+
+- Improved performance of tag search boxes, including the tag manager
+
+### Fixed
+
+- fix(ui): hide library actions when no library is open by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#787](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/787)
+- feat: port file trashing ([#409](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/409)) to v9.5 by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#792](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/792)
+
+### Docs
+
+- Added references to alternative POSIX shells, as well as pyenv to CONTRIBUTING.md by [@ChloeZamorano](https://github.com/ChloeZamorano) in [#791](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/791)
+## [9.5.0 Pre-Release 2] - 2025-02-03
+
+### Added
+
+##### [#784](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/784) by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel)
+
+- Add Ctrl+M shortcut to open the "Tag Manager"
+
+### Fixed
+
+- fix: don't wrap field names too early by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [2215403](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/commit/2215403201e3b416a43ead0a322688180af6d71b) and [90a826d](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/commit/90a826d12804b3386a0b9003abb20f23f88ab3be)
+- fix: save all tag attributes from "Create & Add" modal by [@SkeleyM](https://github.com/SkeleyM) in [#762](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/762)
+- fix: allow tag names with colons in search by [@SkeleyM](https://github.com/SkeleyM) in [#765](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/765)
+- fix: catch `ParsingError` by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#779](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/779)
+- fix: patch incorrect description type & invalid disambiguation_id refs by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#782](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/782)
+
+##### [#784](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/784) by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel)
+
+- Reset tag search box and focus each time a tag search panel is opened
+- Include tag parents in tag search results (v9.4 parity)
+- Lowercase tag names now get properly sorted with uppercase ones
+- Don't include tag display names in "closeness" factor when searching
+- Escape "&" characters inside tag names so Qt doesn't treat them as mnemonics
+- Set minimum tag width
+- Fix "Add Tags" panel missing its window title when accessing from the keyboard shortcut
+
+### Changed
+
+##### [#784](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/784) by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel)
+
+- The "use for disambiguation" button has been moved to the right-hand side of parent tags in order to prevent accidental clicks involving the left-hand "remove tag" button
+- Add "Create & Add" button to the bottom of all non-whitespace searches, even if they return some tags
+- The awkward "+" button next to tags in the "Add Tags" panel has been removed in favor of clicking on tags themselves
+- Improved visual feedback for highlighting, keyboard focusing, and clicking tags
+- The clickable area of the "-" button on tags has been increased and has visual feedback when you hover and click it
+- You can now tab into the tag search list and add tags with a spacebar press (previously possible but very janky)
+- In tag search panels, pressing the Esc key will return your focus to the search bar and highlight your previous query. If the search box is already highlighted, pressing Esc will close the modal
+- In modals such as the "Add Tag" and "Edit Tag" panels, pressing Esc will cancel the operation and close the modal
+
+### Internal Changes
+
+- refactor: wrap migration_iterator lambda in a try/except block by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#773](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/773)
+
+### Docs
+
+- docs: update field and library pages by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [f5ff4d7](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/commit/f5ff4d78c1ad53134e9c64698886aee68c0f1dc1)
+- docs: add information about "tag manager" by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [9bdbafa](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/commit/9bdbafa40c4274922f6533b5b5fcee9a4fe43030)
+- docs: add note about glob searching in the readme by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [6e402ac](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/commit/6e402ac34d2d60e71fbd36ad234fe3914d5eb8e0)
+- docs: add library_search page by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [5be7dfc](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/commit/5be7dfc314b21042c18b2f08893f2b452d12394a)
+- docs: docs: add more links to index.md by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [d795889](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/commit/d7958892b7762586837204d686a6a2a993e3c26e)
+- docs: fix typo for "category" in usage.md by [@pinheadtf2](https://github.com/pinheadtf2) in [#760](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/760)
+- fix(docs): fix screenshot sometimes not rendering by [@SkeleyM](https://github.com/SkeleyM) in [#775](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/775)
+## [9.5.0 Pre-Release 1] - 2025-01-31
+
+### Added
+
+#### Overhauled Search Engine
+
+##### Boolean Operators
+
+- feat: implement query language by [@Computerdores](https://github.com/Computerdores) in [#606](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/606)
+- feat: optimize AND queries by [@Computerdores](https://github.com/Computerdores) in [#679](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/679)
+
+##### Filetype, Mediatype, and Glob Path Searches
+
+- fix: remove wildcard requirement for tags by [@Tyrannicodin](https://github.com/Tyrannicodin) in [#481](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/481)
+- feat: add filetype and mediatype searches by [@python357-1](https://github.com/python357-1) in [#575](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/575)
+- feat: make path search use globs by [@python357-1](https://github.com/python357-1) in [#582](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/582)
+- feat: implement search equivalence of "jpg" and "jpeg" filetypes by [@Computerdores](https://github.com/Computerdores) in [#649](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/649)
+
+##### Sortable Results
+
+- feat: sort by "date added" in library by [@Computerdores](https://github.com/Computerdores) in [#674](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/674)
+
+##### Autocomplete
+
+- feat: add autocomplete for search engine by [@python357-1](https://github.com/python357-1) in [#586](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/586)
+
+#### Replaced "Tag Fields" with Tag Categories
+
+Instead of tags needing to be added to a tag field type such as "Meta Tags", "Content Tags", or just the "Tags" field, tags are now added directly to file entries with no intermediary step. While tag field types offered a way to further organize tags, it was cumbersome, inflexible, and simply not fully fleshed out. Tag Categories offer all of the previous (intentional) functionality while greatly increasing the ease of use and customization.
+
+- feat!: tag categories by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#655](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/655)
+    
+    [![Screenshot 2025-01-04 at 04 23 43](https://private-user-images.githubusercontent.com/46939827/400138597-0b92eca5-db8f-4e3e-954b-1b4f3795f073.png?jwt=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.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.B5NRZmHygdHlMy2ZnZtHjfOs83jjEliwfxoe3eMBnEQ)](https://private-user-images.githubusercontent.com/46939827/400138597-0b92eca5-db8f-4e3e-954b-1b4f3795f073.png?jwt=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.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.B5NRZmHygdHlMy2ZnZtHjfOs83jjEliwfxoe3eMBnEQ)
+
+#### Thumbnails and File Previews
+
+##### New Thumbnail Support
+
+- feat: add svg thumbnail support (port [#442](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/442)) by [@Tyrannicodin](https://github.com/Tyrannicodin) and [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#540](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/540)
+- feat: add pdf thumbnail support (port [#378](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/378)) by [@Heiholf](https://github.com/Heiholf) and [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#543](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/543)
+- feat: add ePub thumbnail support (port [#387](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/387)) by [@Heiholf](https://github.com/Heiholf) and [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#539](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/539)
+- feat: add OpenDocument thumbnail support (port [#366](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/366)) by [@Joshua-Beatty](https://github.com/Joshua-Beatty) and [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#545](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/545)
+- feat: add JXL thumbnail and animated APNG + WEBP support (port [#344](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/344) and partially port [#357](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/357)) by [@BPplays](https://github.com/BPplays) and [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#549](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/549)
+    - fix: catch ImportError for pillow_jxl module by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [a2f9685](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/commit/a2f9685bc0d744ea6f5334c6d2926aad3f6d375a)
+
+##### Audio Playback
+
+- feat: audio playback by [@csponge](https://github.com/csponge) in [#576](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/576)
+    - feat(ui): add audio volume slider by [@SkeleyM](https://github.com/SkeleyM) in [#691](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/691)
+
+##### Thumbnail Caching
+
+- feat(ui): add thumbnail caching by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#694](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/694)
+
+#### Tags
+
+##### Delete Tags _(Finally!)_
+
+- feat: remove and create tags from tag database panel by [@DandyDev01](https://github.com/DandyDev01) in [#569](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/569)
+
+##### New Tag Colors + UI
+
+- feat: expanded tag color system by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#709](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/709)
+- fix(ui): use correct pink tag color by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [431efe4](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/commit/431efe4fe93213141c763e59ca9887215766fd42)
+- fix(ui): use consistent tag outline colors by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [020a73d](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/commit/020a73d095c74283d6c80426d3c3db8874409952)
+
+[![Screenshot 2025-01-04 at 04 23 43](https://private-user-images.githubusercontent.com/46939827/408753168-c8f82d89-ad7e-4be6-830e-b91cdc58e4c6.png?jwt=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.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.0RYUWgVW8VFvu2unzdWHtDCE4USYM77OcMvWeZkd8Hs)](https://private-user-images.githubusercontent.com/46939827/408753168-c8f82d89-ad7e-4be6-830e-b91cdc58e4c6.png?jwt=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.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.0RYUWgVW8VFvu2unzdWHtDCE4USYM77OcMvWeZkd8Hs)
+
+##### New Tag Alias UI
+
+- fix: preview panel aliases not staying up to date with database by [@DandyDev01](https://github.com/DandyDev01) in [#641](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/641)
+- fix: subtags/parent tags & aliases update the UI for building a tag by [@DandyDev01](https://github.com/DandyDev01) in [#534](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/534)
+
+#### Miscellaneous
+
+- feat: about section by [@mashed5894](https://github.com/mashed5894) in [#712](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/712)
+- feat(ui): add configurable splash screens by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#703](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/703)
+- feat(ui): show filenames in thumbnail grid by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#633](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/633)
+
+### Fixed
+
+- fix(ui): display all tags in panel during empty search by [@samuellieberman](https://github.com/samuellieberman) in [#328](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/328)
+- fix: avoid `KeyError` in `add_folders_to_tree()` (fix [#346](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/issues/346)) by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#347](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/347)
+- fix: error on closing library by [@yedpodtrzitko](https://github.com/yedpodtrzitko) in [#484](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/484)
+- fix: resolution info [#550](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/issues/550) by [@Roc25](https://github.com/Roc25) in [#551](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/551)
+- fix: remove queued thumnail jobs when closing library by [@yedpodtrzitko](https://github.com/yedpodtrzitko) in [#583](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/583)
+- fix: use absolute ffprobe path on macos (Fix [#511](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/issues/511)) by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#629](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/629)
+- fix(ui): prevent duplicate parent tags in UI by [@SkeleyM](https://github.com/SkeleyM) in [#665](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/665)
+- fix: fix -o flag not working if path has whitespace around it by [@python357-1](https://github.com/python357-1) in [#670](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/670)
+- fix: better file opening compatibility with non-ascii filenames by [@SkeleyM](https://github.com/SkeleyM) in [#667](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/667)
+- fix: restore environment before launching external programs by [@mashed5894](https://github.com/mashed5894) in [#707](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/707)
+- fix: have pydub use known ffmpeg + ffprobe locations by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#724](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/724)
+- fix: add ".DS_Store" to `GLOBAL_IGNORE_SET` by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [b72a2f2](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/commit/b72a2f233141db4db6aa6be8796b626ebd3f0756)
+- fix: don't add "._" files to libraries by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [eb1f634](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/commit/eb1f634d386cd8a5ecee1e6ff6a0b7d8811550fa)
+
+### Changed
+
+#### SQLite Save File Format
+
+This was the main focus of this update, and where the majority of development time and resources have been spent since v9.4. These changes include everything that was done to migrate from the JSON format to SQLite starting from the initial SQLite PR, while re-implementing every feature from v9.4 as the initial SQLite PR was based on v9.3.x at the time.
+
+- refactor!: use SQLite and SQLAlchemy for database backend by [@yedpodtrzitko](https://github.com/yedpodtrzitko) in [#332](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/332)
+- feat: make search results more ergonomic by [@yedpodtrzitko](https://github.com/yedpodtrzitko) in [#498](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/498)
+- feat: store `Entry` suffix separately by [@yedpodtrzitko](https://github.com/yedpodtrzitko) in [#503](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/503)
+- feat: port thumbnail ([#390](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/390)) and related features to v9.5 by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#522](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/522)
+- fix: don't check db version with new library by [@yedpodtrzitko](https://github.com/yedpodtrzitko) in [#536](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/536)
+- fix(ui): update ui when removing fields by [@DandyDev01](https://github.com/DandyDev01) in [#560](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/560)
+- feat(parity): backend for aliases and parent tags by [@DandyDev01](https://github.com/DandyDev01) in [#596](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/596)
+- fix: "open in explorer" opens correct folder by [@KirilBourakov](https://github.com/KirilBourakov) in [#603](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/603)
+- fix: ui/ux parity fixes for thumbnails and files by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#608](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/608)
+- feat(parity): migrate json libraries to sqlite by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#604](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/604)
+- fix: clear all setting values when opening a library by [@VasigaranAndAngel](https://github.com/VasigaranAndAngel) in [#622](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/622)
+- fix: remove/rework windows path tests by [@VasigaranAndAngel](https://github.com/VasigaranAndAngel) in [#625](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/625)
+- fix: add check to see if library is loaded in filter_items by [@Roc25](https://github.com/Roc25) in [#547](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/547)
+- fix: multiple macro errors by [@Computerdores](https://github.com/Computerdores) in [#612](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/612)
+- fix: don't allow blank tag alias values in db by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#628](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/628)
+- feat: Reimplement drag drop files on sql migration by [@seakrueger](https://github.com/seakrueger) in [#528](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/528)
+- fix: stop sqlite db from being updated while running tests by [@python357-1](https://github.com/python357-1) in [#648](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/648)
+- fix: enter/return adds top result tag by [@SkeleyM](https://github.com/SkeleyM) in [#651](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/651)
+- fix: show correct unlinked files count by [@SkeleyM](https://github.com/SkeleyM) in [#653](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/653)
+- feat: implement parent tag search by [@Computerdores](https://github.com/Computerdores) in [#673](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/673)
+- fix: only close add tag menu with no search by [@SkeleyM](https://github.com/SkeleyM) in [#685](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/685)
+- fix: drag and drop no longer resets by [@SkeleyM](https://github.com/SkeleyM) in [#710](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/710)
+- feat(ui): port "create and add tag" to main branch by [@SkeleyM](https://github.com/SkeleyM) in [#711](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/711)
+- fix: don't add default title field, use proper phrasing for adding files by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#701](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/701)
+- fix: preview panel + main window fixes and optimizations by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#700](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/700)
+- fix: sort tag results by [@mashed5894](https://github.com/mashed5894) in [#721](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/721)
+- fix: restore opening last library on startup by [@SkeleyM](https://github.com/SkeleyM) in [#729](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/729)
+- fix(ui): don't always create tag on enter by [@SkeleyM](https://github.com/SkeleyM) in [#731](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/731)
+- fix: use tag aliases in tag search by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#726](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/726)
+- fix: keep initial id order in `get_entries_full()` by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#736](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/736)
+- fix: always catch db mismatch by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#738](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/738)
+- fix: relink unlinked entry to existing entry without sql error by [@mashed5894](https://github.com/mashed5894) in [#730](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/issues/730)
+- fix: refactor and fix bugs with missing_files.py by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#739](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/739)
+- fix: dragging files references correct entry IDs [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [44ff17c](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/commit/44ff17c0b3f05570e356c112f005dbc14c7cc05d)
+- ui: port splash screen from Alpha-v9.4 by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [af760ee](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/commit/af760ee61a523c84bab0fb03a68d7465866d0e05)
+- fix: tags created from tag database now add aliases by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [2903dd2](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/commit/2903dd22c45c02498687073d075bb88886de6b62)
+- fix: check for tag name parity during JSON migration by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#748](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/748)
+- feat(ui): re-implement tag display names on sql by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#747](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/747)
+- fix(ui): restore Windows accent color on PySide 6.8.0.1 by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#755](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/755)
+- fix(ui): (mostly) fix right-click search option on tags by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#756](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/756)
+- feat: copy/paste fields and tags by [@mashed5894](https://github.com/mashed5894) in [#722](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/722)
+
+#### UI/UX
+
+- feat(ui): pre-select default tag name in `BuildTagPanel` by [@Cool-Game-Dev](https://github.com/Cool-Game-Dev) in [#592](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/592)
+- feat(ui): keyboard navigation for editing tags by [@Computerdores](https://github.com/Computerdores) in [#407](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/407)
+- feat(ui): use tag query as default new tag name by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [29c0dfd](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/commit/29c0dfdb2d88e8f473e27c7f1fe7ede6e5bd0feb)
+- feat(ui): shortcut to add tags to selected entries; change click behavior of tags to edit by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#749](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/749)
+- fix(ui): use consistent dark mode colors for all systems by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#752](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/752)
+- fix(ui): use camera white balance for raw images by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [6ee5304](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/commit/6ee5304b52f217af0f5df543fcb389649203d6b2)
+- Mixed field editing has been limited due to various bugs in both the JSON and SQL implementations. This will be re-implemented in a future release.
+
+#### Performance
+
+- feat: improve performance of "Delete Missing Entries" by [@Toby222](https://github.com/Toby222) and [@Computerdores](https://github.com/Computerdores) in [#696](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/696)
+
+#### Internal Changes
+
+- refactor: combine open launch args by [@UnusualEgg](https://github.com/UnusualEgg) in [#364](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/364)
+- feat: add date_created, date_modified, and date_added columns to entries table by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#740](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/740)
+
+## [9.4.2] - 2024-12-01
+
+### Added/Fixed
+
+- Create auto-backup of library for use in save failures (Fix [#343](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/issues/343)) by [@CyanVoxel](https://github.com/CyanVoxel) in [#554](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/pull/554)
+
+## [9.4.1] - 2024-09-13
+
+### Added
+
+- Warn user if FFmpeg is not installed
+- Support for `.raf` and `.orf` raw image thumbnails and previews
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Use `birthtime` for file creation time on Mac & Windows
+- Use audio icon fallback when FFmpeg is not detected
+- Retain search query upon directory refresh
+
+### Changed
+
+- Significantly improve file re-scanning performance
+
+## [9.4.0] - 2024-09-03
+
+### Added
+
+- Copy and paste fields
+- Add multiple fields at once
+- Drag and drop files in/out of the program
+  - Files can be shared by dragging them from the thumbnail grid to other programs
+  - Files can be added to library folder by dragging them into the program
+- Manage Python virtual environment in Nix flake
+- Ability to create tag when adding tags
+- Blender preview thumbnail support
+- File deletion/trashing
+  - Added right-click option on thumbnails and preview panel to delete files
+  - Added Edit Menu option for deleting files
+  - Added <kbd>Delete</kbd> key shortcut for deleting files
+- Font preview thumbnail support
+  - Short "Aa" previews for thumbnails
+  - Full alphabet preview for the preview pane
+- Sort tags by alphabetical/color
+- File explorer action follows OS naming
+- Preview Source Engine files
+- Expanded thumbnail and preview features
+  - Add album cover art thumbnails
+  - Add audio waveform thumbnails for audio files without embedded cover art
+  - Add new default file thumbnails, both for generic and specific file types
+  - Change the unlinked file icon to better convey its meaning
+  - Add dropdown for different thumbnail sizes
+- Show File Creation and Modified dates; Restyle file path label
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Backslashes in f-string on file dupe widget
+- Tags not shown when none searched
+- Avoid error from eagerly grabbing data values
+- Correct behavior for tag search options
+- Load Gallery-DL sidecar files correctly
+- Correct duplicate file matching
+- GPU hardware acceleration in Nix flake
+- Suppress command prompt windows for FFmpeg in builds
+
+### Internal Changes
+
+- Move type constants to media classes
+- Combine open launch arguments
+- Revamp Nix flake with devenv/direnv in cb4798b
+- Remove impurity of Nix flake when used with direnv in bc38e56
+
+## [9.3.2] - 2024-07-18
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fix signal log warning
+- Fix "Folders to Tags" feature
+- Fix search ignoring case of extension list
+
+### Internal Changes
+
+- Add tests into CI by
+- Create testing library files ad-hoc
+- Refactoring: centralize field IDs
+- Update to pyside6 version 6.7.1
+
+## [9.3.1] - 2024-06-13
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Separately pin QT nixpkg version
+- Bugfix for #252, don't attempt to read video file if invalid or 0 frames long
+- Toggle Mouse Event Transparency on ItemThumbs
+- Refactor `video_player.py`
+
+## [9.3.0] - 2024-06-08
+
+### Added
+
+- Added playback previews for video files
+- Added Boolean "and/or" search mode selection
+- Added ability to scan and fix duplicate entries (not to be confused with duplicate files) from the "Fix Unlinked Entries" menu
+- Added “Select All” (<kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>A</kbd> / <kbd>⌘ Command</kbd>+<kbd>A</kbd>) hotkey for the library grid view
+- Added "Clear Selection" hotkey (<kbd>Esc</kbd>) for the library grid view
+- Added the ability to invert the file extension inclusion list into an exclusion list
+- Added default landing page when no library is open
+
+### Fixed
+
+- TagStudio will no longer attempt to or allow you to reopen a library from a missing location
+- Fixed `PermissionError` when attempting to access files with a higher permission level upon scanning the library directory
+- Fixed RAW image previews sometimes not loadingand
+- Fixed most non-UTF-8 encoded text files from not being able to be previewed
+- Fixed "Refresh Directories"/"Fix Unlinked Entries" creating duplicate entries
+- Other miscellaneous fixes
+
+### Changed
+
+- Renamed "Subtags" to "Parent Tags" to help better describe their function
+- Increased number of tags shown by default in the "Add Tag" modal from 29 to 100
+- Documentation is now split into individual linked files and updated to include future features
+- Replaced use of `os.path` with `pathlib`
+- `.cr2` files are now included in the list of RAW image file types
+- Minimum supported macOS version raised to 12.0
+
+## [9.2.1] - 2024-05-23
+
+### Added
+
+- Basic thumbnail/preview support for RAW images (currently `.raw`, `.dng`, `.rw2`, `.nef`, `.arw`, `.crw`, `.cr3`)
+  - NOTE: These previews are currently slow to load given the nature of rendering them. In the future once thumbnail caching is added, this process should only happen once.
+- Thumbnail/preview support for HEIF images
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed sidebar not expanding horizontally
+- Fixed "Recent Library" list not updating when creating a new library
+- Fixed palletized images not loading with alpha channels
+- Low resolution images (such as pixel art) now render with crisp edges in thumbnails and previews
+- Fixed visual bug where the edit icon would show for incorrect fields
+
 ## [9.2.0] - 2024-05-14

 ### Added
@@ -48,6 +847,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - New application icons

 ### Known Issues
+
 - Using and editing multiple entry fields of the same type may result in incorrect field(s) being updated
 - Adding Favorite or Archived tags via the thumbnail badges may apply the tag(s) to incorrect fields
 - Searching for tag names with spaces does not currently function as intended
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@ If you know what you're doing and have developed for Python projects in the past
 4.  If using a virtual environment instead of a dependency manager, install an editable version of the program and development dependencies with the following PIP command:

    ```
-    pip install -e .[dev]
+    pip install -e ".[dev]"
    ```

    Otherwise, modify the command above for use with your dependency manager of choice. For example if using uv, you may use this:

    ```
-    uv pip install -e .[dev]
+    uv pip install -e ".[dev]"
    ```

 ## Workflow Checks
@@ -93,19 +93,7 @@ Mypy is also available as a VS Code [extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio
 -   Run all tests by running `pytest tests/` in the repository root.

 ## Code Style
-
-Most of the style guidelines can be checked, fixed, and enforced via Ruff. Older code may not be adhering to all of these guidelines, in which case _"do as I say, not as I do"..._
-
-   Do your best to write clear, concise, and modular code.
-   Keep a maximum column with of no more than **100** characters.
-   Code comments should be used to help describe sections of code that can't speak for themselves.
-   Use [Google style](https://google.github.io/styleguide/pyguide.html#s3.8-comments-and-docstrings) docstrings for any classes and functions you add.
-    -   If you're modifying an existing function that does _not_ have docstrings, you don't _have_ to add docstrings to it... but it would be pretty cool if you did ;)
-   Imports should be ordered alphabetically.
-   Lists of values should be ordered using their [natural sort order](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_sort_order).
-    -   Some files have their methods ordered alphabetically as well (i.e. [`thumb_renderer`](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/blob/main/tagstudio/src/qt/widgets/thumb_renderer.py)). If you're working in a file and notice this, please try and keep to the pattern.
-   When writing text for window titles or form titles, use "[Title Case](https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/capitalization/title-case)" capitalization. Your IDE may have a command to format this for you automatically, although some may incorrectly capitalize short prepositions. In a pinch you can use a website such as [capitalizemytitle.com](https://capitalizemytitle.com/) to check.
-   If it wasn't mentioned above, then stick to [**PEP-8**](https://peps.python.org/pep-0008/)!
+See the [Style Guide](/STYLE.md)

 ### Modules & Implementations

--- a/STYLE.md
+++ b/STYLE.md
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+# Code Style
+
+Most of the style guidelines can be checked, fixed, and enforced via Ruff. Older code may not be adhering to all of these guidelines, in which case _"do as I say, not as I do"..._
+
+-   Do your best to write clear, concise, and modular code.
+    - This should include making methods private by default (e.g. `__method()`)
+    - Methods should only be protected (e.g. `_method()`) or public (e.g. `method()`) when needed and warranted
+-   Keep a maximum column width of no more than **100** characters.
+-   Code comments should be used to help describe sections of code that can't speak for themselves.
+-   Use [Google style](https://google.github.io/styleguide/pyguide.html#s3.8-comments-and-docstrings) docstrings for any classes and functions you add.
+    -   If you're modifying an existing function that does _not_ have docstrings, you don't _have_ to add docstrings to it... but it would be pretty cool if you did ;)
+-   Imports should be ordered alphabetically.
+-   Lists of values should be ordered using their [natural sort order](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_sort_order).
+    -   Some files have their methods ordered alphabetically as well (i.e. [`thumb_renderer`](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/blob/main/src/tagstudio/qt/widgets/thumb_renderer.py)). If you're working in a file and notice this, please try and keep to the pattern.
+-   When writing text for window titles or form titles, use "[Title Case](https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/capitalization/title-case)" capitalization. Your IDE may have a command to format this for you automatically, although some may incorrectly capitalize short prepositions. In a pinch you can use a website such as [capitalizemytitle.com](https://capitalizemytitle.com/) to check.
+-   If it wasn't mentioned above, then stick to [**PEP-8**](https://peps.python.org/pep-0008/)!
+
+## QT
+As of writing this section, the QT part of the code base is quite unstructured and the View and Controller parts are completely intermixed[^1]. This makes maintenance, fixes and general understanding of the code base quite challenging, because the interesting parts you are looking for are entangled in a bunch of repetitive UI setup code. To address this we are aiming to more strictly separate the view and controller aspects of the QT frontend.
+
+The general structure of the QT code base should look like this:
+```
+qt
+├── controller
+│   ├── widgets
+│   │   └── preview_panel_controller.py
+│   └── main_window_controller.py
+├── view
+│   ├── widgets
+│   │   └── preview_panel_view.py
+│   └── main_window_view.py
+├── ts_qt.py
+└── mixed.py
+```
+
+In this structure there are the `view` and `controller` sub-directories. They have the exact same structure and for every `<component>_view.py` there is a `<component>_controller.py` at the same location in the other subdirectory and vice versa.
+
+Typically the classes should look like this:
+```py
+# my_cool_widget_view.py
+class MyCoolWidgetView(QWidget):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.__button = QPushButton()
+        self.__color_dropdown = QComboBox()
+        # ...
+        self.__connect_callbacks()
+        
+    def __connect_callbacks(self):
+        self.__button.clicked.connect(self._button_click_callback)
+        self.__color_dropdown.currentIndexChanged.connect(
+            lambda idx: self._color_dropdown_callback(self.__color_dropdown.itemData(idx))
+        )
+    
+    def _button_click_callback(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+```
+```py
+# my_cool_widget_controller.py
+class MyCoolWidget(MyCoolWidgetView):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+    
+    def _button_click_callback(self):
+        print("Button was clicked!")
+
+    def _color_dropdown_callback(self, color: Color):
+        print(f"The selected color is now: {color}")
+```
+
+Observe the following key aspects of this example:
+- The Controller is just called `MyCoolWidget` instead of `MyCoolWidgetController` as it will be directly used by other code
+- The UI elements are in private variables
+  - This enforces that the controller shouldn't directly access UI elements
+  - Instead the view should provide a protected API (e.g. `_get_color()`) for things like setting/getting the value of a dropdown, etc.
+  - Instead of `_get_color()` there could also be a `_color` method marked with `@property` 
+- The callback methods are already defined as protected methods with NotImplementedErrors
+  - Defines the interface the callbacks
+  - Enforces that UI events be handled
+
+> [!TIP]
+> A good (non-exhaustive) rule of thumb is: If it requires a non-UI import, then it doesn't belong in the `*_view.py` file.
+
+[^1]: For an explanation of the Model-View-Controller (MVC) Model, checkout this article: [MVC Framework Introduction](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/mvc-framework-introduction/).
--- a/contrib/.envrc-nix
+++ b/contrib/.envrc-nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+
+# If you wish to use this file, symlink or copy it to `.envrc` for direnv to read it.
+# This will use the Nix flake development shell.
+#
+# ln -s contrib/.envrc-nix .envrc
+
+if ! has nix_direnv_version || ! nix_direnv_version 3.0.6; then
+    source_url "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nix-community/nix-direnv/3.0.6/direnvrc" "sha256-RYcUJaRMf8oF5LznDrlCXbkOQrywm0HDv1VjYGaJGdM="
+fi
+
+watch_file nix/shell.nix pyproject.toml
+
+use flake
+
+# Only watch now, or direnv will execute again if created or modified by itself.
+watch_file "${UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT:-.venv}"/bin/activate
+
+# vi: ft=bash
--- a/contrib/.envrc-uv
+++ b/contrib/.envrc-uv
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+
+# If you wish to use this file, symlink or copy it to `.envrc` for direnv to read it.
+# This will use a virtual environment created by uv.
+#
+# ln -s contrib/.envrc-uv .envrc
+
+watch_file .python-version pyproject.toml uv.lock
+
+venv="$(expand_path "${UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT:-.venv}")"
+
+if [ ! -f "${venv}"/bin/activate ]; then
+    printf '%s\n' 'Generating virtual environment...' >&2
+    rm -rf "${venv}"
+    uv venv "${venv}"
+fi
+
+# Only watch now, or direnv will execute again if created or modified by itself.
+watch_file "${venv}"/bin/activate
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091
+source "${venv}"/bin/activate
+
+if [ ! -f "${venv}"/pyproject.toml ] || ! diff --brief pyproject.toml "${venv}"/pyproject.toml >/dev/null; then
+    printf '%s\n' 'Installing dependencies, pyproject.toml changed...' >&2
+    uv pip install --quiet --editable '.[dev]'
+    cp pyproject.toml "${venv}"/pyproject.toml
+fi
+
+pre-commit install
+
+# vi: ft=bash
--- a/contrib/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/contrib/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+    "version": "0.2.0",
+    "configurations": [
+        {
+            "name": "TagStudio",
+            "type": "python",
+            "request": "launch",
+            "program": "${workspaceRoot}/src/tagstudio/main.py",
+            "console": "integratedTerminal",
+            "justMyCode": true,
+            "args": [
+                "-o",
+                "~/Documents/Example"
+            ]
+        }
+    ]
+}
--- a/docs/assets/icon_mono.svg
+++ b/docs/assets/icon_mono.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
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+</svg>
--- a/docs/assets/screenshot.png
+++ b/docs/assets/screenshot.png
--- a/docs/assets/tag_bubbles.png
+++ b/docs/assets/tag_bubbles.png
--- a/docs/assets/tag_override_ex-1.png
+++ b/docs/assets/tag_override_ex-1.png
--- a/docs/assets/tag_override_ex-2.png
+++ b/docs/assets/tag_override_ex-2.png
--- a/docs/assets/ts-9-3_logo_text.png
+++ b/docs/assets/ts-9-3_logo_text.png
--- a/docs/develop.md
+++ b/docs/develop.md
@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+---
+icon: material/code-braces
+---
+
+# :material-code-braces: Developing
+
+If you wish to develop for TagStudio, you'll need to create a development environment by installing the required dependencies. You have a number of options depending on your level of experience and familiarity with existing Python toolchains.
+
+<!-- prettier-ignore -->
+!!! tip "Contributing"
+    If you wish to contribute to TagStudio's development, please read our [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md)!
+
+## Installing Python
+
+Python [3.12](https://www.python.org/downloads) is required to develop for TagStudio. Any version matching "Python 3.12.x" should work, with "x" being any number. Alternatively you can use a tool such as [pyenv](https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv) to install this version of Python without affecting any existing Python installations on your system. Tools such as [uv](#installing-with-uv) can also install Python versions.
+
+<!-- prettier-ignore -->
+!!! info "Python Aliases"
+    Depending on your system, Python may be called `python`, `py`, `python3`, or `py3`. These instructions use the alias `python` for consistency.
+
+If you already have Python installed on your system, you can check the version by running the following command:
+
+```sh
+python --version
+```
+
+---
+
+### Installing with pyenv
+
+If you choose to install Python using pyenv, please refer to the following instructions:
+
+1. Follow pyenv's [install instructions](https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv/?tab=readme-ov-file#installation) for your system.
+2. Install the appropriate Python version with pyenv by running `pyenv install 3.12` (This will **not** mess with your existing Python installation).
+3. Navigate to the repository root folder in your terminal and run `pyenv local 3.12`. You could alternatively use `pyenv shell 3.12` or `pyenv global 3.12` instead to set the Python version for the current terminal session or the entire system respectively, however using `local` is recommended.
+
+---
+
+## Cloning from GitHub
+
+The repository can be cloned/downloaded via `git` in your terminal, or by downloading the zip file from the "Code" button on the [repository page](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio).
+
+```sh
+git clone https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio.git
+```
+
+## Installing Dependencies
+
+To install the required dependencies, you can use a dependency manager such as [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv) or [Poetry 2.0](https://python-poetry.org). Alternatively you can create a virtual environment and manually install the dependencies yourself.
+
+### Installing with uv
+
+If using [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv), you can install the dependencies for TagStudio with the following command:
+
+```sh
+uv pip install -e ".[dev]"
+```
+
+A reference `.envrc` is provided for use with [direnv](#direnv), see [`contrib/.envrc-uv`](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/blob/main/contrib/.envrc-uv).
+
+---
+
+### Installing with Poetry
+
+If using [Poetry](https://python-poetry.org), you can install the dependencies for TagStudio with the following command:
+
+```sh
+poetry install --with dev
+```
+
+---
+
+### Manual Installation
+
+If you choose to manually set up a virtual environment and install dependencies instead of using a dependency manager, please refer to the following instructions:
+
+<!-- prettier-ignore -->
+!!! tip "Virtual Environments"
+    Learn more about setting up a virtual environment with Python's [official tutorial](https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/venv.html).
+
+1.  In the root repository directory, create a python virtual environment:
+
+    ```sh
+    python -m venv .venv
+    ```
+
+2.  Activate your environment:
+
+    -   Windows w/Powershell: `.venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1`
+    -   Windows w/Command Prompt: `.venv\Scripts\activate.bat`
+    -   Linux/macOS: `source .venv/bin/activate`
+
+    <!-- prettier-ignore -->
+    !!! info "Supported Shells"
+        Depending on your system, the regular activation script _might_ not work on alternative shells. In this case, refer to the table below for supported shells:
+
+        |      Shell | Script                    |
+        | ---------: | :------------------------ |
+        |   Bash/ZSH | `.venv/bin/activate`      |
+        |       Fish | `.venv/bin/activate.fish` |
+        |   CSH/TCSH | `.venv/bin/activate.csh`  |
+        | PowerShell | `.venv/bin/activate.ps1`  |
+
+3.  Use the following PIP command to create an editable installation and install the required development dependencies:
+
+    ```sh
+    pip install -e ".[dev]"
+    ```
+
+## Nix(OS)
+
+If using [Nix](https://nixos.org/), there is a development environment already provided in the [flake](https://wiki.nixos.org/wiki/Flakes) that is accessible with the following command:
+
+```sh
+nix develop
+```
+
+A reference `.envrc` is provided for use with [direnv](#direnv), see [`contrib/.envrc-nix`](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/blob/main/contrib/.envrc-nix).
+
+## Tooling
+
+### Editor Integration
+
+The entry point for TagStudio is `src/tagstudio/main.py`. You can target this file from your IDE to run or connect a debug session. The example(s) below show off example launch scripts for different IDEs. Here you can also take advantage of [launch arguments](./usage.md/#launch-arguments) to pass your own test [libraries](./library/index.md) to use while developing. You can find more editor configurations in [`contrib`](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/tree/main/contrib).
+
+<!-- prettier-ignore -->
+=== "VS Code"
+    ```json title=".vscode/launch.json"
+    {
+        "version": "0.2.0",
+        "configurations": [
+            {
+                "name": "TagStudio",
+                "type": "python",
+                "request": "launch",
+                "program": "${workspaceRoot}/src/tagstudio/main.py",
+                "console": "integratedTerminal",
+                "justMyCode": true,
+                "args": ["-o", "~/Documents/Example"]
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+    ```
+
+### pre-commit
+
+There is a [pre-commit](https://pre-commit.com/) configuration that will run through some checks before code is committed. Namely, mypy and the Ruff linter and formatter will check your code, catching those nits right away.
+
+Once you have pre-commit installed, just run:
+
+```sh
+pre-commit install
+```
+
+From there, Git will automatically run through the hooks during commit actions!
+
+### direnv
+
+You can automatically enter this development shell, and keep your user shell, with a tool like [direnv](https://direnv.net/). Some reference `.envrc` files are provided in the repository at [`contrib`](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/tree/main/contrib).
+
+Two currently available are for [Nix](#nixos) and [uv](#installing-with-uv), to use one:
+
+```sh
+ln -s .envrc-$variant .envrc
+```
+
+You will have to allow usage of it.
+
+<!-- prettier-ignore -->
+!!! warning "direnv Security Framework"
+    These files are generally a good idea to check, as they execute commands on directory load. direnv has a security framework to only run `.envrc` files you have allowed, and does keep track on if it has changed. So, with that being said, the file may need to be allowed again if modifications are made.
+
+```sh
+cat .envrc # You are checking them, right?
+direnv allow
+```
+
+## Building
+
+To build your own executables of TagStudio, first follow the steps in "[Installing Dependencies](#installing-dependencies)." Once that's complete, run the following PyInstaller command:
+
+```
+pyinstaller tagstudio.spec
+```
+
+If you're on Windows or Linux and wish to build a portable executable, then pass the following flag:
+
+```
+pyinstaller tagstudio.spec -- --portable
+```
+
+The resulting executable file(s) will be located in a new folder named "dist".
--- a/docs/help/ffmpeg.md
+++ b/docs/help/ffmpeg.md
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-# FFmpeg
+---
+icon: material/movie-open-cog
+---
+
+# :material-movie-open-cog: FFmpeg

 FFmpeg is required for thumbnail previews and playback features on audio and video files. FFmpeg is a free Open Source project dedicated to the handling of multimedia (video, audio, etc) files. For more information, see their official website at [ffmpeg.org](https://www.ffmpeg.org/).

--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -1,52 +1,110 @@
 ---
 title: Home
+hide:
+    - toc
 ---

-# Welcome to the TagStudio Documentation!
+#

-![TagStudio Alpha](./assets/github_header.png)
-
-TagStudio is a photo & file organization application with an underlying tag-based system that focuses on giving freedom and flexibility to the user. No proprietary programs or formats, no sea of sidecar files, and no complete upheaval of your filesystem structure.
-
-<figure width="60%" markdown="span">
-
-  ![TagStudio screenshot](./assets/screenshot.png)
-
-  <figcaption>TagStudio Alpha v9.5.0 running on macOS Sequoia.</figcaption>
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="stylesheets/home.css">

+<figure markdown="span">
+  ![TagStudio](./assets/ts-9-3_logo_text.png){ width=80% }<h2>A User-Focused Photo & File Management System</h2>
 </figure>

-## Feature Roadmap
+<br>

-The [Feature Roadmap](./updates/roadmap.md) lists all of the planned core features for TagStudio to be considered "feature complete" along with estimated release milestones. The development and testing of these features takes priority over all other requested or submitted features unless they are later added to this roadmap. This helps ensure that TagStudio eventually sees a full release and becomes more usable by more people more quickly.
+<figure markdown="span">
+  ![TagStudio screenshot](./assets/screenshot.png){ width=80% }
+  <figcaption>TagStudio Alpha v9.5.0 running on macOS Sequoia.</figcaption>
+</figure>

-## Current Features
+<div class="grid" markdown>

-### Libraries
+![TagStudio screenshot](./assets/tag_bubbles.png)

-   Create [libraries](./library/index.md) centered around a system directory. Libraries contain a series of entries: the representations of your files combined with metadata fields. Each entry represents a file in your library’s directory, and is linked to its location.
-   Address moved, deleted, or otherwise "unlinked" files by using the "Fix Unlinked Entries" option in the Tools menu.
+**TagStudio** is a photo & file organization application with an underlying tag-based system that focuses on giving freedom and flexibility to the user. No proprietary programs or formats, no sea of sidecar files, and no complete upheaval of your filesystem structure.

-### Tagging + Metadata Fields
+</div>

-   Add custom powerful [tags](./library/tag.md) to your library entries
-   Add [metadata fields](./library/field.md) to your library entries, including:
-    -   Name, Author, Artist (Single-Line Text Fields)
-    -   Description, Notes (Multi-Line Text Fields)
-   Create rich tags composed of a name, color, a list of aliases, and a list of "parent tags" - these being tags in which these tags inherit values from.
-   Copy and paste tags and fields across file entries
-   Automatically organize tags into groups based on parent tags marked as "categories"
-   Generate tags from your existing folder structure with the "Folders to Tags" macro (NOTE: these tags do NOT sync with folders after they are created)
+<figure markdown="span">
+  [:material-download: Download Latest Release](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/releases){ .md-button .md-button--primary }
+</figure>

-### Search
+## :material-star: Core Features

-   [Search](./library/library_search.md) for file entries based on tags, file path (`path:`), file types (`filetype:`), and even media types! (`mediatype:`)
-   Use and combine Boolean operators (`AND`, `OR`, `NOT`) along with parentheses groups, quotation escaping, and underscore substitution to create detailed search queries
-   Use special search conditions (`special:untagged`) to find file entries without tags or fields, respectively
+<div class="grid cards" markdown>

-### File Entries
+-   :material-file-multiple:{ .lg .middle } **[All Files](./library/entry.md) Welcome**

-   Nearly all [file](./library/entry.md) types are supported in TagStudio libraries - just not all have dedicated thumbnail support.
-   Preview most image file types, animated GIFs, videos, plain text documents, audio files, Blender projects, and more!
-   Open files or file locations by right-clicking on thumbnails and previews and selecting the respective context menu options. You can also click on the preview panel image to open the file, and click the file path label to open its location.
-   Delete files from both your library and drive by right-clicking the thumbnail(s) and selecting the "Move to Trash"/"Move to Recycle Bin" option.
+    ***
+
+    TagStudio works with photos, videos, music, documents, and more! **All file types** are recognized by TagStudio, with most common ones having built-in preview support.
+
+    [:material-arrow-right: See Full Preview Support](./library/index.md#preview-support)
+
+-   :material-tag-text:{ .lg .middle } **Create [Tags](./library/tag.md) Your Way**
+
+    ***
+
+    -   :material-format-font: No character restrictions
+    -   :material-form-textbox: Add aliases/alternate names
+    -   :material-palette: Customize colors and styles
+    -   :material-tag-multiple: Tags can be tagged with other tags!
+    -   :material-star-four-points: And more!
+
+-   :material-magnify:{ .lg .middle } **Powerful [Search](./library/library_search.md)**
+
+    ***
+
+    -   Full [Boolean operator](./library/library_search.md) support
+    -   Filenames, paths, and extensions with [glob](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glob_(programming)>) syntax
+    -   General media types (e.g. "Photo", "Video", "Document")
+    -   Special searches (e.g. "Untagged")
+    -   "[Smartcase](./library/library_search.md#case-sensitivity)" case sensitivity
+
+-   :material-text-box:{ .lg .middle } **Text and Date [Fields](./library/field.md)**
+
+    ***
+
+    Along with tags, add custom metadata fields such as text and dates to your files!
+
+    This is useful for adding notes and descriptions, titling files, and keeping track of extra dates and times.
+
+</div>
+
+## :material-toolbox: Built Different
+
+<div class="grid cards" markdown>
+
+-   :material-scale-balance:{ .lg .middle } **Open Source**
+
+    ***
+
+    TagStudio is licensed under the GPL-3.0 license with the source code and executable releases available on [GitHub](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio).
+
+    [:material-arrow-right: View License](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/blob/main/LICENSE)
+
+    [:material-arrow-right: Roadmap to MIT Core Library License](./updates/roadmap.md#core-library-api)
+
+-   :material-database:{ .lg .middle } **Central Save File**
+
+    ***
+
+    Apposed to filling your drives with [sidecar files](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidecar_file), TagStudio uses a project-like [library](./library/index.md) system that stores your tags and metadata inside a single save file per-library.
+
+    [:material-arrow-right: Learn About the Format](./library/index.md)
+
+</div>
+
+---
+
+## :material-layers-triple: More Than an Application
+
+TagStudio aims to create an **open** and **robust** format for file tagging that isn't burdened by the limitations of traditional tagging and file metadata systems. **TagStudio** is the first proof-of-concept implementation of this system.
+
+<div class="grid cards" markdown>
+
+-   :material-map-check:{ .lg .middle } See the [**Roadmap**](./updates/roadmap.md) for future features and updates
+
+</div>
--- a/docs/install.md
+++ b/docs/install.md
@@ -1,20 +1,28 @@
-# Installation
+---
+icon: material/download
+---

-## Releases
+# :material-download: Installation

-TagStudio provides executable [releases](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/releases) as well as full access to its [source code](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio) under the [GPLv3](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/blob/main/LICENSE) license.
+TagStudio provides [releases](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/releases) as well as full access to its [source code](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio) under the [GPLv3](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/blob/main/LICENSE) license.
+
+## Executables

 To download executable builds of TagStudio, visit the [Releases](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/releases) page of the GitHub repository and download the latest release for your system under the "Assets" section at the bottom of the release.

 TagStudio has builds for **Windows**, **macOS** _(Apple Silicon & Intel)_, and **Linux**. We also offer portable releases for Windows and Linux which are self-contained and easier to move around.

 <!-- prettier-ignore -->
-!!! info "For macOS Users"
+!!! info "Third-Party Dependencies"
+    You may need to install [third-party dependencies](#third-party-dependencies) such as [FFmpeg](https://ffmpeg.org/download.html) to use the full feature set of TagStudio.
+
+<!-- prettier-ignore -->
+!!! warning "For macOS Users"
    On macOS, you may be met with a message saying "**"TagStudio" can't be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software.**" If you encounter this, then you'll need to go to the "Settings" app, navigate to "Privacy & Security", and scroll down to a section that says "**"TagStudio" was blocked from use because it is not from an identified developer.**" Click the "Open Anyway" button to allow TagStudio to run. You should only have to do this once after downloading the application.

 ---

-### Package Managers
+## Package Managers

 <!-- prettier-ignore -->
 !!! danger "Unofficial Releases"
@@ -42,9 +50,9 @@ pip install .
 !!! note "Developer Dependencies"
    If you wish to create an editable install with the additional dependencies required for developing TagStudio, use this modified PIP command instead:
    ```sh
-    pip install -e .[dev]
+    pip install -e ".[dev]"
    ```
-    _See more under "[Creating a Development Environment](#creating-a-development-environment)"_
+    _See more under "[Developing](./develop.md)"_

 TagStudio can now be launched via the `tagstudio` command in your terminal.

@@ -201,183 +209,16 @@ Finally, `inputs` can be used in a module to add the package to your packages li

 Don't forget to rebuild!

---
-
-## Creating a Development Environment
-
-If you wish to develop for TagStudio, you'll need to create a development environment by installing the required dependencies. You have a number of options depending on your level of experience and familiarly with existing Python toolchains.
-
-<!-- prettier-ignore -->
-!!! tip "Contributing"
-    If you wish to contribute to TagStudio's development, please read our [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md)!
-
-### Install Python
-
-Python [3.12](https://www.python.org/downloads/) is required to develop for TagStudio. Any version matching "Python 3.12.x" should work, with "x" being any number. Alternatively you can use a tool such as [pyenv](https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv/) to install this version of Python without affecting any existing Python installations on your system.
-
-<!-- prettier-ignore -->
-!!! info "Python Aliases"
-    Depending on your system, Python may be called `python`, `py`, `python3`, or `py3`. These instructions use the alias `python` for consistency.
-
-If you already have Python installed on your system, you can check the version by running the following command:
-
-```sh
-python --version
-```
-
---
-
-#### Installing with pyenv
-
-If you choose to install Python using pyenv, please refer to the following instructions:
-
-1. Follow pyenv's [install instructions](https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv/?tab=readme-ov-file#installation) for your system.
-2. Install the appropriate Python version with pyenv by running `pyenv install 3.12` (This will **not** mess with your existing Python installation).
-3. Navigate to the repository root folder in your terminal and run `pyenv local 3.12`. You could alternatively use `pyenv shell 3.12` or `pyenv global 3.12` instead to set the Python version for the current terminal session or the entire system respectively, however using `local` is recommended.
-
---
-
-### Installing Dependencies
-
-To install the required dependencies, you can use a dependency manager such as [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv) or [Poetry 2.0](https://python-poetry.org). Alternatively you can create a virtual environment and manually install the dependencies yourself.
-
-#### Installing with uv
-
-If using [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv), you can install the dependencies for TagStudio with the following command:
-
-```sh
-uv pip install -e .[dev]
-```
-
---
-
-#### Installing with Poetry
-
-If using [Poetry](https://python-poetry.org), you can install the dependencies for TagStudio with the following command:
-
-```sh
-poetry install --with dev
-```
-
---
-
-#### Installing with Nix
-
-If using [Nix](https://nixos.org/), there is a development environment already provided in the [flake](https://wiki.nixos.org/wiki/Flakes) that is accessible with the following command:
-
-```sh
-nix develop
-```
-
-You can automatically enter this development shell, and keep your user shell, with a tool like [direnv](https://direnv.net/). A reference `.envrc` is provided in the repository; to use it:
-
-```sh
-ln -s .envrc.recommended .envrc
-```
-
-You will have to allow usage of it.
-
-<!-- prettier-ignore -->
-!!! warning "`.envrc` Security"
-    These files are generally a good idea to check, as they execute commands on directory load. direnv has a security framework to only run `.envrc` files you have allowed, and does keep track on if it has changed. So, with that being said, the file may need to be allowed again if modifications are made.
-
-```sh
-cat .envrc # You are checking them, right?
-direnv allow
-```
-
---
-
-#### Manual Installation
-
-If you choose to manually set up a virtual environment and install dependencies instead of using a dependency manager, please refer to the following instructions:
-
-<!-- prettier-ignore -->
-!!! tip "Virtual Environments"
-    Learn more about setting up a virtual environment with Python's [official tutorial](https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/venv.html).
-
-1.  In the root repository directory, create a python virtual environment:
-
-    ```sh
-    python -m venv .venv
-    ```
-
-2.  Activate your environment:
-
-    -   Windows w/Powershell: `.venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1`
-    -   Windows w/Command Prompt: `.venv\Scripts\activate.bat`
-    -   Linux/macOS: `source .venv/bin/activate`
-
-    <!-- prettier-ignore -->
-    !!! info "Supported Shells"
-        Depending on your system, the regular activation script _might_ not work on alternative shells. In this case, refer to the table below for supported shells:
-
-        |      Shell | Script                    |
-        | ---------: | :------------------------ |
-        |   Bash/ZSH | `.venv/bin/activate`      |
-        |       Fish | `.venv/bin/activate.fish` |
-        |   CSH/TCSH | `.venv/bin/activate.csh`  |
-        | PowerShell | `.venv/bin/activate.ps1`  |
-
-3.  Use the following PIP command to create an editable installation and install the required development dependencies:
-
-    ```sh
-    pip install -e .[dev]
-    ```
-
-### Launching
-
-The entry point for TagStudio is `src/tagstudio/main.py`. You can target this file from your IDE to run or connect a debug session. The example(s) below show off example launch scripts for different IDEs. Here you can also take advantage of [launch arguments](#launch-arguments) to pass your own test [libraries](./library/index.md) to use while developing.
-
-<!-- prettier-ignore -->
-=== "VS Code"
-    ```json title=".vscode/launch.json"
-    {
-        // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
-        // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
-        // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
-        "version": "0.2.0",
-        "configurations": [
-            {
-                "name": "TagStudio",
-                "type": "python",
-                "request": "launch",
-                "program": "${workspaceRoot}/src/tagstudio/main.py",
-                "console": "integratedTerminal",
-                "justMyCode": true,
-                "args": ["-o", "~/Documents/Example"]
-            }
-        ]
-    }
-    ```
-
-## Building
-
-To build your own executables of TagStudio, first follow the steps in "[Installing with PIP](#installing-with-pip)" including the developer dependencies step. Once that's complete, run the following PyInstaller command:
-
-```
-pyinstaller tagstudio.spec
-```
-
-If you're on Windows or Linux and wish to build a portable executable, then pass the following flag:
-
-```
-pyinstaller tagstudio.spec -- --portable
-```
-
-The resulting executable file(s) will be located in a new folder named "dist".
-
 ## Third-Party Dependencies

-For audio/video thumbnails and playback you'll also need [FFmpeg](https://ffmpeg.org/download.html) installed on your system. If you encounter any issues with this, please reference our [FFmpeg Help](./help/ffmpeg.md) guide.
+<!-- prettier-ignore -->
+!!! tip
+    You can check to see if any of these dependencies are correctly located by launching TagStudio and going to "About TagStudio" in the menu bar.

-You can check to see if FFmpeg and FFprobe are correctly located by launching TagStudio and going to "About TagStudio" in the menu bar.
+### FFmpeg/FFprobe

-## Launch Arguments
+For audio/video thumbnails and playback you'll need [FFmpeg](https://ffmpeg.org/download.html) installed on your system. If you encounter any issues with this, please reference our [FFmpeg Help](./help/ffmpeg.md) guide.

-There are a handful of launch arguments you can pass to TagStudio via the command line or a desktop shortcut.
+### ripgrep

-| Argument               | Short | Description                                          |
-| ---------------------- | ----- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
-| `--open <path>`        | `-o`  | Path to a TagStudio Library folder to open on start. |
-| `--config-file <path>` | `-c`  | Path to the TagStudio config file to load.           |
+A recommended tool to improve the performance of directory scanning is [`ripgrep`](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep), a Rust-based directory walker that natively integrates with our [`.ts_ignore`](./utilities/ignore.md) (`.gitignore`-style) pattern matching system for excluding files and directories. Ripgrep is already pre-installed on some Linux distributions and also available from several package managers.
--- a/docs/library/entry.md
+++ b/docs/library/entry.md
@@ -1,18 +1,22 @@
-# File Entries
+---
+icon: material/file
+---

-File entries are the individual representations of your files inside a TagStudio [library](./index.md). Each one corresponds one-to-one to a file on disk, and tracks all of the additional [tags](tag.md) and metadata that you attach to it inside TagStudio.
+# :material-file: Entries
+
+Entries are the individual representations of your files inside a TagStudio [library](./index.md). Each one corresponds one-to-one to a file on disk, and tracks all of the additional [tags](tag.md) and metadata that you attach to it inside TagStudio.

 ## Storage

-File entry data is storied within the `ts_library.sqlite` file inside each library's `.TagStudio` folder. No modifications are made to your actual files on disk, and nothing like sidecar files are generated for your files.
+File entry data is stored within the `ts_library.sqlite` file inside each library's `.TagStudio` folder. No modifications are made to your actual files on disk, and nothing like sidecar files are generated for your files.

 ## Appearance

-File entries appear as file previews both inside the thumbnail grid. The preview panel shows a more detailed preview of the file, along with extra file stats and all attached TagStudio tags and fields.
+File entries appear as thumbnails inside the grid display. The preview panel shows a more detailed preview of the file, along with extra file stats and all attached TagStudio tags and fields.

-## Unlinked File Entries
+## Unlinked Entries

-If the file that an entry is referencing has been moved, renamed, or deleted on disk, then TagStudio will display a red chain-link icon for the thumbnail image. Certain uncached stats such as the file size and image dimensions will also be unavailable to see in the preview panel when a file becomes unlinked.
+If the file that an entry is referencing has been moved, renamed, or deleted on disk, then TagStudio will display its unlinked status with a red chain-link icon instead of its thumbnail image. Certain uncached stats such as the file size and image dimensions will also be unavailable to see in the preview panel.

 To fix file entries that have become unlinked, select the "Fix Unlinked Entries" option from the Tools menu. From there, refresh the unlinked entry count and choose whether to search and relink you files, and/or delete the file entries from your library. This will NOT delete or modify any files on disk.

@@ -32,11 +36,11 @@ To fix file entries that have become unlinked, select the "Fix Unlinked Entries"
 -   `date_created` (`DATETIME`/`Datetime`)
    -   _Not currently used, will be implemented in an upcoming update._
    -   The creation date of the file (not the entry).
-    -   Generates from `st_birthtime` on Windows and Mac, and `st_ctime` on Linux.
+    -   Generated from `st_birthtime` on Windows and Mac, and `st_ctime` on Linux.
 -   `date_modified` (`DATETIME`/`Datetime`)
    -   _Not currently used, will be implemented in an upcoming update._
    -   The latest modification date of the file (not the entry).
-    -   Generates from `st_mtime`.
+    -   Generated from `st_mtime`.
 -   `date_added` (`DATETIME`/`Datetime`)
    -   The date the file entry was added to the TagStudio library.

--- a/docs/library/entry_groups.md
+++ b/docs/library/entry_groups.md
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
---
-tags:
-  - Upcoming Feature
---
-
-# Entry Groups
-
-Entries can be grouped via tags marked as "groups" which when applied to different entries will signal TagStudio to treat those entries as a single group inside of searches and browsing.
--- a/docs/library/field.md
+++ b/docs/library/field.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
-# Fields
+---
+icon: material/text-box
+---

-Fields are additional types of metadata that you can attach to [file entries](./entry.md). Like [tags](./tag.md), fields are not stored inside files themselves nor in sidecar files, but rather inside the respective TagStudio [library](index.md) save file.
+# :material-text-box: Fields
+
+Fields are additional types of metadata that you can attach to [file entries](./entry.md). Like [tags](./tag.md), fields are not stored inside files themselves nor in sidecar files, but rather inside the respective TagStudio [library](./index.md) save file.

 ## Field Types

--- a/docs/library/index.md
+++ b/docs/library/index.md
@@ -1,5 +1,155 @@
-# Library
+# :material-database: Library
+
+<!-- prettier-ignore -->
+!!! info
+    This page is a work in progress and needs to be updated with additional information.

 The library is how TagStudio represents your chosen directory, with every file inside being represented by a [file entry](./entry.md). You can have as many or few libraries as you wish, since each libraries' data is stored within a `.TagStudio` folder at its root. From there the library save file itself is stored as `ts_library.sqlite`, with TagStudio versions 9.4 and below using a the legacy `ts_library.json` format.

-Note that this means [tags](./tag.md) you create only exist _per-library_.
+Note that this means [tags](./tag.md) you create only exist _per-library_. Global tags along with other library structure updates are planned for future releases on the [roadmap](../updates/roadmap.md#library).
+
+---
+
+## Preview Support
+
+TagStudio offers built-in preview and thumbnail support for a wide variety of file types. Files that don't have explicit support can still be added to your library like normal, they will just show a default icon for thumbnails and previews. TagStudio also references the file's [MIME](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_type) type in an attempt to render previews for file types that haven't gained explicit support yet.
+
+### :material-image-outline: Images
+
+Images will generate thumbnails the first time they are viewed or since the last time they were modified. Thumbnails are used in the grid view, but not in the Preview Panel. Animated images will play in the Preview Panel.
+
+| Filetype             | Extensions                                         |              Animation              |
+| -------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- | :---------------------------------: |
+| Animated PNG         | `.apng`                                            | :material-check-circle:{.lg .green} |
+| Apple Icon Image     | `.icns`                                            | :material-minus-circle:{.lg .gray}  |
+| AVIF                 | `.avif`                                            | :material-minus-circle:{.lg .gray}  |
+| Bitmap               | `.bmp`                                             | :material-minus-circle:{.lg .gray}  |
+| GIF                  | `.gif`                                             | :material-check-circle:{.lg .green} |
+| HEIF                 | `.heif`, `.heic`                                   | :material-minus-circle:{.lg .gray}  |
+| JPEG                 | `.jpeg`, `.jpg`, `.jfif`, `.jif`, `.jpg_large`[^1] | :material-minus-circle:{.lg .gray}  |
+| JPEG-XL              | `.jxl`                                             |  :material-close-circle:{.lg .red}  |
+| OpenEXR              | `.exr`                                             | :material-minus-circle:{.lg .gray}  |
+| OpenRaster           | `.ora`                                             | :material-minus-circle:{.lg .gray}  |
+| PNG                  | `.png`                                             | :material-minus-circle:{.lg .gray}  |
+| SVG                  | `.svg`                                             | :material-minus-circle:{.lg .gray}  |
+| TIFF                 | `.tiff`, `.tif`                                    | :material-minus-circle:{.lg .gray}  |
+| Valve Texture Format | `.vtf`                                             |  :material-close-circle:{.lg .red}  |
+| WebP                 | `.webp`                                            | :material-check-circle:{.lg .green} |
+| Windows Icon         | `.ico`                                             | :material-minus-circle:{.lg .gray}  |
+
+#### :material-image-outline: RAW Images
+
+| Filetype                         | Extensions             |
+| -------------------------------- | ---------------------- |
+| Camera Image File Format (Canon) | `.crw`, `.cr2`, `.cr3` |
+| Digital Negative                 | `.dng`                 |
+| Fuji RAW                         | `.raf`                 |
+| Nikon RAW                        | `.nef`, `.nrw`         |
+| Olympus RAW                      | `.orf`                 |
+| Panasonic RAW                    | `.raw`, `.rw2`         |
+| Sony RAW                         | `.arw`                 |
+
+### :material-movie-open: Videos
+
+Video thumbnails will default to the closest viable frame from the middle of the video. Both thumbnail generation and video playback in the Preview Panel requires [FFmpeg](../install.md#third-party-dependencies) installed on your system.
+
+| Filetype              | Extensions              | Dependencies |
+| --------------------- | ----------------------- | :----------: |
+| 3GP                   | `.3gp`                  |    FFmpeg    |
+| AVI                   | `.avi`                  |    FFmpeg    |
+| AVIF                  | `.avif`                 |    FFmpeg    |
+| FLV                   | `.flv`                  |    FFmpeg    |
+| HEVC                  | `.hevc`                 |    FFmpeg    |
+| Matroska              | `.mkv`                  |    FFmpeg    |
+| MP4                   | `.mp4` , `.m4p`         |    FFmpeg    |
+| MPEG Transport Stream | `.ts`                   |    FFmpeg    |
+| QuickTime             | `.mov`, `.movie`, `.qt` |    FFmpeg    |
+| WebM                  | `.webm`                 |    FFmpeg    |
+| WMV                   | `.wmv`                  |    FFmpeg    |
+
+### :material-sine-wave: Audio
+
+Audio thumbnails will default to embedded cover art (if any) andfallback to generated waveform thumbnails. Audio file playback is supported in the Preview Panel if you have [FFmpeg](../install.md#third-party-dependencies) installed on your system. Audio waveforms are currently not cached.
+
+| Filetype            | Extensions               | Dependencies |
+| ------------------- | ------------------------ | :----------: |
+| AAC                 | `.aac`, `.m4a`           |    FFmpeg    |
+| AIFF                | `.aiff`, `.aif`, `.aifc` |    FFmpeg    |
+| Apple Lossless[^2]  | `.alac`, `.aac`          |    FFmpeg    |
+| FLAC                | `.flac`                  |    FFmpeg    |
+| MP3                 | `.mp3`,                  |    FFmpeg    |
+| Ogg                 | `.ogg`                   |    FFmpeg    |
+| WAVE                | `.wav`, `.wave`          |    FFmpeg    |
+| Windows Media Audio | `.wma`                   |    FFmpeg    |
+
+### :material-file-chart: Documents
+
+Preview support for office documents or well-known project file formats varies by the format and whether or not embedded thumbnails are available to be read from. OpenDocument-based files are typically supported.
+
+| Filetype                      | Extensions            | Preview Type                                                               |
+| ----------------------------- | --------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| Blender                       | `.blend`, `.blend<#>` | Embedded thumbnail :material-alert-circle:{ title="If available in file" } |
+| Keynote (Apple iWork)         | `.key`                | Embedded thumbnail                                                         |
+| Krita[^3]                     | `.kra`, `.krz`        | Embedded thumbnail :material-alert-circle:{ title="If available in file" } |
+| MuseScore                     | `.mscz`               | Embedded thumbnail :material-alert-circle:{ title="If available in file" } |
+| Numbers (Apple iWork)         | `.numbers`            | Embedded thumbnail                                                         |
+| OpenDocument Presentation     | `.odp`, `.fodp`       | Embedded thumbnail                                                         |
+| OpenDocument Spreadsheet      | `.ods`, `.fods`       | Embedded thumbnail                                                         |
+| OpenDocument Text             | `.odt`, `.fodt`       | Embedded thumbnail                                                         |
+| Pages (Apple iWork)           | `.pages`              | Embedded thumbnail                                                         |
+| PDF                           | `.pdf`                | First page render                                                          |
+| Photoshop                     | `.psd`                | Flattened image render                                                     |
+| PowerPoint (Microsoft Office) | `.pptx`, `.ppt`       | Embedded thumbnail :material-alert-circle:{ title="If available in file" } |
+
+### 3D Models
+
+<!-- prettier-ignore -->
+!!! failure "3D Model Support"
+    TagStudio does not currently support previews for 3D model files *(outside of Blender project embedded thumbnails)*. This is on our [roadmap](../updates/roadmap.md#uiux) for future features.
+
+### :material-format-font: Fonts
+
+Font thumbnails will use a "Aa" example preview of the font, with a full alphanumeric of the font available in the Preview Panel.
+
+| Filetype             | Extensions        |
+| -------------------- | ----------------- |
+| OpenType Font        | `.otf`, `.otc`    |
+| TrueType Font        | `.ttf`, `.ttc`    |
+| Web Open Font Format | `.woff`, `.woff2` |
+
+### :material-text-box: Text
+
+<!-- prettier-ignore -->
+!!! info "Plain Text Support"
+    TagStudio supports the *vast* majority of files considered to be "[plain text](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_text)". If an extension or format is not listed here, odds are it's still supported anyway.
+
+Text files render the first 256 bytes of text information to an image preview for thumbnails and the Preview Panel. Improved thumbnails, full scrollable text, and syntax highlighting are on our [roadmap](../updates/roadmap.md#uiux) for future features.
+
+| Filetype   | Extensions                                    |        Syntax Highlighting         |
+| ---------- | --------------------------------------------- | :--------------------------------: |
+| CSV        | `.csv`                                        | :material-close-circle:{.lg .red}  |
+| HTML       | `.html`, `.htm`, `.xhtml`, `.shtml`, `.dhtml` | :material-close-circle:{.lg .red}  |
+| JSON       | `.json`, `.jsonc`, `.json5`                   | :material-close-circle:{.lg .red}  |
+| Markdown   | `.md`, `.markdown`, `.mkd`, `.rmd`            | :material-close-circle:{.lg .red}  |
+| Plain Text | `.txt`, `.text`                               | :material-minus-circle:{.lg .gray} |
+| TOML       | `.toml`                                       | :material-close-circle:{.lg .red}  |
+| XML        | `.xml`, `.xul`                                | :material-close-circle:{.lg .red}  |
+| YAML       | `.yaml`, `.yml`                               | :material-close-circle:{.lg .red}  |
+
+### :material-file: Other
+
+| Filetype | Extensions | Preview Type         |
+| -------- | ---------- | -------------------- |
+| EPUB     | `.epub`    | Embedded ebook cover |
+
+<!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
+[^1]:
+    The `.jpg_large` extension is unofficial and instead the byproduct of how [Google Chrome used to download images from Twitter](https://fileinfo.com/extension/jpg_large). Since this mangled extension is still in circulation, TagStudio supports it.
+
+[^2]:
+    Apple Lossless traditionally uses `.m4a` and `.caf` containers, but may unofficially use the `.alac` extension. The `.m4a` container is also used for separate compressed audio codecs.
+
+[^3]:
+    Krita also supports saving projects as OpenRaster `.ora` files. Support for these is listed in the "[Images](#images)" section.
+
+<!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
--- a/docs/library/library_search.md
+++ b/docs/library/library_search.md
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-# Library Search
+---
+icon: material/magnify
+---
+
+# :material-magnify: Search

 TagStudio provides various methods to search your library, ranging from TagStudio data such as tags to inherent file data such as paths or media types.

@@ -36,7 +40,7 @@ Searches can be grouped and nested by using parentheses to surround parts of you

 <!-- prettier-ignore -->
 !!! example
-    Searching for "(Tag1 `OR` Tag2) `AND` Tag3" will return results any results that contain Tag3, plus one or the other (or both) of Tag1 and Tag2.
+    Searching for "(Tag1 `OR` Tag2) `AND` Tag3" will return any results that contain Tag3, plus one or the other (or both) of Tag1 and Tag2.

 ### Escaping Characters

@@ -54,13 +58,13 @@ Sometimes search queries have ambiguous characters and need to be "escaped". Thi

 ## Tags

-[Tag](#tags) search is the default mode of file entry search in TagStudio. No keyword prefix is required, however using `tag:` will also work. The tag search attempts to match tag [names](tag.md#name), [shorthands](tag.md#shorthand), [aliases](tag.md#aliases), as well as allows for tags to [substitute](tag.md#intuition-via-substitution) in for any of their [parent tags](tag.md#parent-tags).
+[Tag](#tags) search is the default mode of file entry search in TagStudio. No keyword prefix is required, however using `tag:` will also work. The tag search attempts to match tag [names](./tag.md#name), [shorthands](./tag.md#shorthand), [aliases](./tag.md#aliases), as well as allows for tags to [substitute](./tag.md#intuition-via-substitution) in for any of their [parent tags](./tag.md#parent-tags).

-You may also see the `tag_id:` prefix keyword show up with using the right-click "Search for Tag" option on tags. This is meant for internal use, and eventually will not be displayed or accessible to the user.
+You may also see the `tag_id:` prefix keyword show up when using the right-click "Search for Tag" option on tags. This is meant for internal use, and eventually will not be displayed or accessible to the user.

 ## Fields

-_[Field](field.md) search is currently not in the program, however is coming in a future version._
+_[Field](./field.md) search is currently not in the program, however is coming in a future version._

 ## File Entry Search

@@ -74,7 +78,7 @@ TagStudio uses a "[smartcase](https://neovim.io/doc/user/options.html#'smartcase

 #### Glob Syntax

-Optionally, you may use [glob](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glob_(programming)) syntax to search filepaths.
+Optionally, you may use [glob](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glob_(programming)>) syntax to search filepaths.

 #### Examples

--- a/docs/library/tag.md
+++ b/docs/library/tag.md
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-# Tags
+---
+icon: material/tag-text
+---
+
+# :material-tag-text: Tags

 Tags are discrete objects that represent some attribute. This could be a person, place, object, concept, and more. Unlike most tagging systems, TagStudio tags are not solely represented by a line of text or a hashtag. Tags in TagStudio consist of several properties and relationships that give extra customization, searching power, and ease of tagging that cannot be achieved by string-based tags alone. TagStudio tags are designed to be as simple or as complex as you'd like, giving options to users of all skill levels and use cases.

@@ -22,7 +26,7 @@ This is a special type of alias that's used for shortening the tag name under sp

 Aliases are alternate names that the tag can go by. This may include individual first names for people, alternate spellings, shortened names, and more. If there's a common abbreviation or shortened name for your tag, it's recommended to use the [shorthand](#shorthand) field for this instead.

-When searching for a tag, aliases (including the shorthand) can also be used to find the tag. This not only includes searching for tags themselves, but for tagged [file entries](entry.md) as well!
+When searching for a tag, aliases (including the shorthand) can also be used to find the tag. This not only includes searching for tags themselves, but for tagged [file entries](./entry.md) as well!

 ### Automatic Disambiguation

@@ -32,7 +36,7 @@ Given a tag named "Freddy", we may confuse it with other "Freddy" tags in our li

 ![Tag Disambiguation Example](../assets/tag_disambiguation_example.png)

-So if the "Five Night's at Freddy's" tag is added as a parent tag on the "Freddy" tag, and the disambiguation box next to it is checked, then our tag name will automatically be displayed as "Freddy (Five Nights at Freddy's)". Better yet, if the "Five Night's at Freddy's" tag has a shorthand such as "FNAF", then our "Freddy" tag will be displayed as "Freddy (FNAF)". This process preserves our base tag name ("Freddy") and provides an option to get a clean and consistent method to display disambiguating parent categories, rather than having to type this information in manually for each applicable tag.
+So if the "Five Nights at Freddy's" tag is added as a parent tag on the "Freddy" tag, and the disambiguation box next to it is checked, then our tag name will automatically be displayed as "Freddy (Five Nights at Freddy's)". Better yet, if the "Five Nights at Freddy's" tag has a shorthand such as "FNAF", then our "Freddy" tag will be displayed as "Freddy (FNAF)". This process preserves our base tag name ("Freddy") and provides an option to get a clean and consistent method to display disambiguating parent categories, rather than having to type this information in manually for each applicable tag.

 ## Tag Relationships

@@ -60,9 +64,9 @@ Lastly, when searching your files with broader categories such as `Character` or

 ### Component Tags

-**_[Coming in version 9.6](../updates/roadmap.md#v96)_**
+**_Coming in version 9.6_**

-Component tags will be built from a composition-based, or "HAS" type relationship between tags. This takes care of instances where an attribute may "have" another attribute, but doesn't inherit from it. Shrek may be an `Orge`, he may be a `Character`, but he is NOT a `Leather Vest` - even if he's commonly seen _with_ it. Component tags, along with the upcoming [Tag Override](tag_overrides.md) feature, are built to handle these cases in a way that still simplifies the tagging process without adding too much undue complexity for the user.
+Component tags will be built from a composition-based, or "HAS" type relationship between tags. This takes care of instances where an attribute may "have" another attribute, but doesn't inherit from it. Shrek may be an `Ogre`, he may be a `Character`, but he is NOT a `Leather Vest` - even if he's commonly seen _with_ it. Component tags, along with the upcoming "Tag Override" feature, are built to handle these cases in a way that still simplifies the tagging process without adding too much undue complexity for the user.

 ## Tag Appearance

@@ -80,7 +84,7 @@ Custom palettes and colors can be created via the [Tag Color Manager](./tag_colo

 ### Icon

-**_[Coming in version 9.6](../updates/roadmap.md#v96)_**
+**_Coming in version 9.6_**

 ## Tag Properties

@@ -94,7 +98,7 @@ When the "Is Category" property is checked, this tag now acts as a category sepa

 #### Is Hidden

-**_[Coming in version 9.6](../updates/roadmap.md#v96)_**
+**_Coming in version 9.6_**

 When the "Is Hidden" property is checked, any file entries tagged with this tag will not show up in searches by default. This property comes by default with the built-in "Archived" tag.

--- a/docs/library/tag_categories.md
+++ b/docs/library/tag_categories.md
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 ---
-tags:
+icon: material/shape-plus
 ---

-# Tag Categories
+# :material-shape-plus: Tag Categories

-The "Is Category" property of tags determines if a tag should be treated as a category itself when being organized inside the preview panel. Tags marked as categories will show themselves and all tags inheriting from it (including recursively) underneath a field-like section with the tag's name. This means that duplicates of tags can appear on entries if the tag inherits from multiple parent categories, however this is by design and reflects the nature multiple inheritance. Any tags not inheriting from a category tag will simply show under a default "Tag" section.
+The "Is Category" property of tags determines if a tag should be treated as a category itself when being organized inside the preview panel. Tags marked as categories will show themselves and all tags inheriting from it (including recursively) underneath a field-like section with the tag's name. This means that duplicates of tags can appear on entries if the tag inherits from multiple parent categories, however this is by design and reflects the nature of multiple inheritance. Any tags not inheriting from a category tag will simply show under a default "Tag" section.

 ![Tag Categories Example](../assets/tag_categories_example.png)

--- a/docs/library/tag_color.md
+++ b/docs/library/tag_color.md
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
-# Tag Colors
+---
+icon: material/palette
+---
+
+# :material-palette: Tag Colors

 TagStudio features a variety of built-in tag colors, alongside the ability for users to create their own custom tag color palettes.

 ## Tag Color Manager

-The Tag Color Manager is where you can create and manage your custom tag colors and associated namespaces. To open the Tag Color Manager, go to "File -> Manage Tag Colors" option in the menu bar.
+The Tag Color Manager is where you can create and manage your custom tag colors and associated namespaces. You can access the Tag Color Manager from the "File -> Manage Tag Colors" option in the menu bar.

 ![Tag Color Manager](../assets/tag_color_manager.png)

--- a/docs/library/tag_overrides.md
+++ b/docs/library/tag_overrides.md
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
---
-tags:
-    - Upcoming Feature
---
-
-# Tag Overrides
-
-Tag overrides are the ability to add or remove [parent tags](./tag.md#parent-tags) from a [tag](./tag.md) on a per-[entry](./entry.md) basis.
-
-## Examples
-
-<figure markdown="span">
-  ![Example 1](../assets/tag_override_ex-1.png){ height="300" }
-  <figcaption>Ex. 1 - Comparing standard tag composition vs additive and subtractive inheritance overrides.</figcaption>
-</figure>
-
-<figure markdown="span">
-  ![Example 2](../assets/tag_override_ex-2.png){ height="300" }
-  <figcaption>Ex. 2 - Parent tag swap using tag overrides.</figcaption>
-</figure>
--- a/docs/stylesheets/extra.css
+++ b/docs/stylesheets/extra.css
@@ -1,3 +1,155 @@
-th, td {
+/* Dark Theme */
+[data-md-color-scheme="slate"] {
+    --md-default-bg-color: #060617;
+    --md-default-fg-color: #eae1ff;
+    --md-default-fg-color--light: #b898ff;
+    --md-code-fg-color: #eae1ffcc;
+    --md-code-hl-string-color: rgb(92, 255, 228);
+    --md-code-hl-keyword-color: rgb(61, 155, 255);
+    --md-code-hl-constant-color: rgb(205, 78, 255);
+    --md-footer-bg-color--dark: #03030c;
+    --md-code-bg-color: #090a26;
+}
+
+/* Light Theme */
+[data-md-color-scheme="default"] {
+    --md-default-fg-color--light: #090a26;
+}
+
+.md-header {
+    background: linear-gradient(
+        60deg,
+        rgb(205, 78, 255) 10%,
+        rgb(116, 123, 255) 50%,
+        rgb(72, 145, 255) 75%,
+        rgb(98, 242, 255) 100%
+    );
+}
+
+/* Mobile Nav Header */
+.md-nav__source {
+    background: linear-gradient(
+        60deg,
+        rgb(205, 78, 255) 0%,
+        rgb(116, 123, 255) 100%
+    );
+    border-style: solid;
+    border-width: 0 0 2px 0;
+    border-color: #ffffff33;
+}
+
+th,
+td {
    padding: 0.5em 1em 0.5em 1em !important;
 }
+
+.md-header {
+    border-style: solid;
+    border-width: 0 0 2px 0;
+    border-color: #ffffff33;
+}
+
+.md-header__title {
+    font-family: "Bai Jamjuree", Roboto, sans-serif;
+    font-weight: 500 !important;
+    font-size: 1.1rem;
+    letter-spacing: -0.05rem !important;
+}
+
+.md-nav__title,
+h1,
+h2,
+.md-nav__item--section > .md-nav__link {
+    font-family: "Bai Jamjuree", Roboto, sans-serif;
+    font-weight: 500 !important;
+    font-size: 0.8rem;
+    letter-spacing: -0.05rem !important;
+}
+
+/* Add padding to stop text from cutting off early due to negative letter spacing */
+.md-nav__item--section > .md-nav__link > .md-ellipsis {
+    padding-right: 0.5rem;
+}
+.md-header__title .md-header__topic .md-ellipsis {
+    padding-right: 0.5rem;
+}
+
+.md-header__button.md-logo {
+    padding-right: 0;
+    padding-bottom: 0.3rem;
+    margin-right: -0.8rem;
+}
+
+figcaption {
+    margin-top: 0 !important;
+}
+
+.md-search__form {
+    height: 1.5rem;
+    background-color: #00004444;
+    border-radius: 0.3rem !important;
+    border-style: solid;
+    border-width: 2px 1px 0 1px;
+    border-color: #00004422;
+    padding-bottom: 2px;
+}
+.md-search__form > .md-icon {
+    margin-top: -0.2rem;
+}
+
+h1 > .twemoji {
+    margin-top: 0.14rem;
+}
+
+h2 > .twemoji {
+    margin-top: 0.08rem;
+}
+
+/* Matches the palette used by mkdocs-material */
+.priority-high {
+    color: #f1185a;
+}
+
+.priority-med {
+    color: #7c4eff;
+}
+
+.priority-low {
+    color: #28afff;
+}
+
+.red {
+    color: rgb(245, 0, 87);
+}
+
+.amber {
+    color: rgb(255, 145, 0);
+}
+
+.green {
+    color: rgb(0, 191, 165);
+}
+
+.gray {
+    color: rgb(158, 158, 158);
+}
+
+@media screen and (max-width: 76.234375em) {
+    /* Always show image logo on mobile */
+    .md-header__button.md-logo {
+        display: block;
+    }
+
+    label[for="__drawer"].md-header__button.md-icon {
+        order: -1;
+    }
+
+    .md-header {
+        background: linear-gradient(
+            60deg,
+            rgb(205, 78, 255) 10%,
+            rgb(116, 123, 255) 70%,
+            rgb(72, 179, 255) 100%
+        );
+    }
+}
--- a/docs/stylesheets/home.css
+++ b/docs/stylesheets/home.css
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+h2 {
+    margin: 1rem 0 0 0 !important;
+}
+
+.md-content .md-typeset h1 {
+    /* display: none; */
+    font-size: 0;
+}
+
+.grid > p {
+    align-content: center;
+    font-size: 1rem !important;
+    line-height: 1.25rem;
+}
--- a/docs/updates/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/updates/changelog.md
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Changelog
+icon: material/list-status
 ---
--8<-- "CHANGELOG.md"
+
+--8<-- "CHANGELOG.md"
--- a/docs/updates/roadmap.md
+++ b/docs/updates/roadmap.md
@@ -1,217 +1,272 @@
-# Feature Roadmap
+---
+icon: material/map-check
+---

-This checklist details the current and remaining features required at a minimum for TagStudio to be considered "Feature Complete". This list is _not_ a definitive list for additional feature requests and PRs as they come in, but rather an outline of my personal core feature set intended for TagStudio.
+# :material-map-check: Roadmap

-## Priorities
+This page outlines the current and planned features required for TagStudio to be considered "feature complete" (v10.0.0). Features and changes are broken up by group in order to better assess the overall state of those features. [Priority levels](#priority-levels) and [version estimates](#version-estimates) are provided in order to give a rough idea of what's planned and when it may release.

-Features are broken up into the following priority levels, with nested priorities referencing their relative priority for the overall feature (i.e. A [LOW] priority feature can have a [HIGH] priority element but it otherwise still a [LOW] priority item overall):
+This roadmap will update as new features are planned or completed. If there's a feature you'd like to see but is not listed on this page, please check the GitHub [Issues](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/issues) page and submit a feature request if one does not already exist!

-   [HIGH] - Core feature
-   [MEDIUM] - Important but not necessary
-   [LOW] - Just nice to have
+## Priority Levels

-## Version Milestones
+Planned features and changes are assigned **priority levels** to signify how important they are to the feature-complete version of TagStudio and to serve as a general guide for what should be worked on first, along with [version estimates](#version-estimates). When features are completed, their priority level icons are removed.

-These version milestones are rough estimations for when the previous core features will be added. For a more definitive idea for when features are coming, please reference the current GitHub [milestones](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/milestones).
+<!-- prettier-ignore -->
+!!! info "Priority Level Icons"
+    -   :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" } **High Priority** - Core features
+    -   :material-chevron-double-up:{ .priority-med title="Medium Priority" } **Medium Priority** - Important, but not necessary
+    -   :material-chevron-up:{ .priority-low title="Low Priority" } **Low Priority** - Just nice to have
+
+## Version Estimates
+
+Features are given rough estimations for which version they will be completed in, and are listed next to their names (e.g. Feature **[v9.0.0]**). They are eventually replaced with links to the version changelog in which they were completed in, if applicable.
+
+<!-- prettier-ignore -->
+!!! tip
+    For a more definitive and up-to-date list of features planned for near-future updates, please reference the current GitHub [Milestones](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/milestones)!
+
+---
+
+## Core
+
+### :material-database: SQL Library Database
+
+An improved SQLite-based library save file format in which legacy JSON libraries are be migrated to.
+Must be finalized or deemed "feature complete" before other core features are developed or finalized.

 <!-- prettier-ignore -->
 !!! note
-    This list was created after the release of version 9.4
+    See the "[Library](#library)" section for features related to the library database rather than the underlying schema.

-### v9.5
+-   [x] A SQLite-based library save file format **[[v9.5.0](./changelog.md#950-2025-03-03)]**
+-   [ ] Cached File Properties Table :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" } **[v9.6.0]**
+    -   [ ] Date Entry Added to Library :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+    -   [ ] Date File Created :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+    -   [ ] Date File Modified :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+    -   [ ] Date Photo Taken :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+    -   [ ] Media Duration :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+    -   [ ] Media Dimensions :material-chevron-double-up:{ .priority-med title="Medium Priority" }
+    -   [ ] Word Count :material-chevron-up:{ .priority-low title="Low Priority" }

-#### Core
+### :material-database-cog: Core Library + API

-   [x] SQL backend [HIGH]
+A separated, UI agnostic core library that would be used to interface with the TagStudio library format. Would host an API for communication from outside the program. This would be licensed under the more permissive [MIT](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License) license to foster wider adoption compared to the TagStudio application source code.

-#### Tags
+-   [ ] Core Library :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" } **[v10.0.0]**
+-   [ ] Core Library API :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" } **[v10.0.0]**
+-   [ ] MIT License :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" } **[v10.0.0]**

-   [x] Deleting Tags [HIGH]
-   [ ] User-defined tag colors [HIGH]
-    -   [x] ID based, not string or hex [HIGH]
-    -   [x] Color name [HIGH]
-    -   [x] Color value (hex) [HIGH]
-    -   [x] Existing colors are now a set of base colors [HIGH]
-   [x] [Tag Categories](../library/tag_categories.md) [HIGH]
-    -   [x] Property available for tags that allow the tag and any inheriting from it to be displayed separately in the preview panel under a title [HIGH]
+### :material-clipboard-text: Format Specification

-#### Search
+A detailed written specification for the TagStudio tag and/or library format. Intended for used by third-parties to build alternative cores or protocols that can remain interoperable.

-   [x] Boolean operators [HIGH]
-   [x] Filename search [HIGH]
-   [x] File type search [HIGH]
-    -   [x] Search by extension (e.g. ".jpg", ".png") [HIGH]
-        -   [x] Optional consolidation of extension synonyms (i.e. ".jpg" can equal ".jpeg") [LOW]
-    -   [x] Search by media type (e.g. "image", "video", "document") [MEDIUM]
-   [x] Sort by date added [HIGH]
+-   [ ] Format Specification Established :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" } **[v10.0.0]**

-#### UI
+---

-   [ ] Translations _(Any applicable)_ [MEDIUM]
+## Application

-#### Performance
+### :material-button-cursor: UI/UX

-   [x] Thumbnail caching [HIGH]
+-   [x] Library Grid View
+    -   [ ] Explore Filesystem in Grid View :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+    -   [ ] Infinite Scrolling (No Pagination) :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+-   [ ] Library List View :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+    -   [ ] Explore Filesystem in List View :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+-   [ ] Lightbox View :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+    -   Similar to List View in concept, but displays one large preview that can cycle back/forth between entries.
+    -   [ ] Smaller thumbnails of immediate adjacent entries below :material-chevron-double-up:{ .priority-med title="Medium Priority" }
+-   [x] Translations
+-   [ ] Search Bar Rework :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" } **[v9.7.0]**
+    -   [ ] Improved Tag Autocomplete :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+    -   [ ] Tags appear as widgets in search bar :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+-   [x] Unified Media Player
+    -   [x] Auto-Hiding Player Controls
+    -   [x] Play/Pause
+    -   [x] Loop
+    -   [x] Toggle Autoplay
+    -   [x] Volume Control
+    -   [x] Toggle Mute
+    -   [x] Timeline scrubber
+    -   [ ] Fullscreen :material-chevron-double-up:{ .priority-med title="Medium Priority" }
+    -   [ ] Fine-Tuned UI/UX :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" } **[v9.5.4]**
+-   [ ] 3D Model Thumbnails/Previews :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+    -   [ ] STL File Support
+    -   [ ] OBJ File Support
+-   [ ] Plaintext Thumbnails/Previews :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+    -   [x] Basic Support
+    -   [ ] Full File Preview :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+    -   [ ] Syntax Highlighting :material-chevron-double-up:{ .priority-med title="Medium Priority" }
+-   [ ] Toggleable Persistent Tagging Panel :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+    -   [ ] Top Tags
+    -   [ ] Recent Tags
+    -   [ ] Tag Search
+    -   [ ] Pinned Tags
+-   [ ] New Tabbed Tag Building UI to Support New Tag Features :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" } **[v9.6.0]**
+-   [ ] Custom Thumbnail Overrides :material-chevron-double-up:{ .priority-med title="Medium Priority" }
+-   [ ] Media Duration Labels :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" } **[v9.6.0]**
+-   [ ] Word/Line Count Labels :material-chevron-up:{ .priority-low title="Low Priority" }
+-   [ ] Custom Tag Badges :material-chevron-up:{ .priority-low title="Low Priority" }
+    -   Would serve as an addition/alternative to the Favorite and Archived badges.

-### v9.6
+### :material-cog: Settings

-#### Core
+-   [x] Application Settings
+    -   [x] Stored in System User Folder/Designated Folder
+    -   [x] Language
+    -   [x] Date and Time Format
+    -   [x] Theme
+-   [x] Configurable Page Size
+-   [ ] Library Settings :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+    -   [ ] Stored in `.TagStudio` folder :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+-   [ ] Toggle File Extension Label :material-chevron-double-up:{ .priority-med title="Medium Priority" }
+-   [ ] Toggle Duration Label :material-chevron-double-up:{ .priority-med title="Medium Priority" }

-   [ ] Cached file property table (media duration, word count, dimensions, etc.) [MEDIUM]
+### :material-puzzle: Plugin Support

-#### Library
+Some form of official plugin support for TagStudio, likely with its own API that may connect to or encapsulate part of the the [core library API](#core-library-api).

-   [ ] Multiple Root Directories per Library [HIGH]
-   [ ] `.ts_ignore` (`.gitignore`-style glob ignoring) [HIGH]
-   [ ] Sharable Color Packs [MEDIUM]
-    -   [ ] Human-readable (TOML) files containing tag data [HIGH]
-    -   [ ] Importable [HIGH]
-    -   [ ] Exportable [HIGH]
+-   [ ] Plugin Support :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" } **[v10.0.0]**

-#### Tags
+---

-   [ ] Merging Tags [HIGH]
-   [ ] [Component/HAS](../library/tag.md#component-tags) subtags [HIGH]
-   [ ] Tag Icons [HIGH]
-    -   [ ] Small Icons [HIGH]
-    -   [ ] Large Icons for Profiles [MEDIUM]
-    -   [ ] Built-in Icon Packs (i.e. Boxicons) [HIGH]
-    -   [ ] User Defined Icons [HIGH]
-   [ ] Multiple Languages for Tag Strings [MEDIUM]
-    -   [ ] Title is tag name [HIGH]
-    -   [ ] Title has tag color [MEDIUM]
-    -   [ ] Tag marked as category does not display as a tag itself [HIGH]
-   [ ] [Tag Overrides](../library/tag_overrides.md) [MEDIUM]
-    -   [ ] Per-file overrides of subtags [HIGH]
+## [Library](../library/index.md)

-#### Fields
+### :material-wrench: Library Mechanics

-   [ ] Datetime fields [HIGH]
-   [ ] Custom field names [HIGH]
+-   [x] Per-Library Tags
+-   [ ] Global Tags :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+-   [ ] Multiple Root Directories :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" } **[v9.6.0]**
+-   [ ] Automatic Entry Relinking :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" } **[v9.7.0]**
+    -   [ ] Detect Renames :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+    -   [ ] Detect Moves :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+    -   [ ] Detect Deletions :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+    -   [ ] Performant :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+-   [ ] Background File Scanning :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" } **[v9.7.0]**
+-   [x] Thumbnail Caching **[[v9.5.0](./changelog.md#950-2025-03-03)]**
+    -   [ ] Audio Waveform Caching :material-chevron-double-up:{ .priority-med title="Medium Priority" } **[v9.7.0]**

-#### Search
+### :material-grid: [Entries](../library/entry.md)

-   [ ] Field content search [HIGH]
-   [ ] Sort by date created [HIGH]
-   [ ] Sort by date modified [HIGH]
-   [ ] Sort by filename [HIGH]
-   [ ] HAS operator for composition tags [HIGH]
-   [ ] Search bar rework
-    -   [ ] Improved tag autocomplete [HIGH]
-    -   [ ] Tags appear as widgets in search bar [HIGH]
+Library representations of files or file-like objects.

-#### UI
+-   [x] File Entries **[v1.0.0]**
+-   [ ] Folder Entries :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+-   [ ] URL Entries / Bookmarks :material-chevron-up:{ .priority-low title="Low Priority" }
+-   [x] Fields
+    -   [x] Text Lines
+    -   [x] Text Boxes
+    -   [x] Datetimes **[v9.5.4]**
+    -   [ ] User-Titled Fields :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" } **[v9.6.0]**
+    -   [ ] Removal of Deprecated Fields :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" } **[v9.6.0]**
+-   [ ] Entry Groups :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" } **[v9.7.0]**
+    -   [ ] Non-exclusive; Entries can be in multiple groups :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+    -   [ ] Ability to number entries within group :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+    -   [ ] Ability to set sorting method for group :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+    -   [ ] Ability to set custom thumbnail for group :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+    -   [ ] Group is treated as entry with tags and metadata :material-chevron-double-up:{ .priority-med title="Medium Priority" }
+    -   [ ] Nested groups :material-chevron-double-up:{ .priority-med title="Medium Priority" }

-   [ ] File duration on video thumbnails [HIGH]
-   [ ] 3D Model Previews [MEDIUM]
-    -   [ ] STL Previews [HIGH]
-   [ ] Word count/line count on text thumbnails [LOW]
-   [ ] Settings Menu [HIGH]
-   [ ] Application Settings [HIGH]
-    -   [ ] Stored in system user folder/designated folder [HIGH]
-   [ ] Library Settings [HIGH]
-    -   [ ] Stored in `.TagStudio` folder [HIGH]
-   [ ] Tagging Panel [HIGH]
+### :material-tag-text: [Tags](../library/tag.md)

-    Togglebale persistent main window panel or popout. Replaces the current tag manager.
+Discrete library objects representing [attributes](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Property_(philosophy)>). Can be applied to library [entries](../library/entry.md), or applied to other tags to build traversable relationships.

-    -   [ ] Top Tags [HIGH]
-    -   [ ] Recent Tags [HIGH]
-    -   [ ] Tag Search [HIGH]
-    -   [ ] Pinned Tags [HIGH]
+-   [x] Tag Name **[v8.0.0]**
+-   [x] Tag Shorthand Name **[v8.0.0]**
+-   [x] Tag Aliases List **[v8.0.0]**
+-   [x] Tag Color **[v8.0.0]**
+-   [ ] Tag Description :material-chevron-double-up:{ .priority-med title="Medium Priority" } **[v9.6.0]**
+-   [x] Tag Colors
+    -   [x] Built-in Color Palette **[v8.0.0]**
+    -   [x] User-Defined Colors **[[v9.5.0](./changelog.md#950-2025-03-03)]**
+    -   [x] Primary and Secondary Colors **[[v9.5.0](./changelog.md#950-2025-03-03)]**
+-   [ ] Tag Icons :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" } **[v9.6.0]**
+    -   [ ] Small Icons :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" } **[v9.6.0]**
+    -   [ ] Large Icons for Profiles :material-chevron-double-up:{ .priority-med title="Medium Priority" } **[v9.6.0]**
+    -   [ ] Built-in Icon Packs (i.e. Boxicons) :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" } **[v9.6.0]**
+    -   [ ] User-Defined Icons :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" } **[v9.6.0]**
+-   [x] [Category Property](../library/tag_categories.md) **[[v9.5.0](./changelog.md#950-2025-03-03)]**
+    -   [x] Property available for tags that allow the tag and any inheriting from it to be displayed separately in the preview panel under a title
+    -   [ ] Fine-tuned exclusion from categories :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" } **[v9.6.0]**
+-   [ ] Hidden Property :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" } **[v9.6.0]**
+    -   [ ] Built-in "Archived" tag has this property by default :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" } **[v9.6.0]**
+    -   [ ] Checkbox near search bar to show hidden tags in search :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" } **[v9.6.0]**
+-   [ ] Tag Relationships
+    -   [x] [Parent Tags](../library/tag.md#parent-tags) ([Inheritance](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inheritance_(object-oriented_programming)>) Relationship) **[v9.0.0]**
+    -   [ ] [Component Tags](../library/tag.md#component-tags) ([Composition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_composition) Relationship) :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" } **[v9.6.0]**
+-   [ ] Multiple Language Support :material-chevron-up:{ .priority-low title="Low Priority" } **[v9.9.0]**
+-   [ ] Tag Overrides :material-chevron-double-up:{ .priority-med title="Medium Priority" }
+-   [ ] Tag Merging :material-chevron-double-up:{ .priority-med title="Medium Priority" }

-   [ ] New tabbed tag building UI to support the new tag features [HIGH]
+### :material-magnify: [Search](../library/library_search.md)

-### v9.7
+-   [x] Tag Search **[v8.0.0]**
+-   [x] Filename Search **[[v9.5.0](./changelog.md#950-2025-03-03)]**
+    -   [x] Glob Search **[[v9.5.0](./changelog.md#950-2025-03-03)]**
+-   [x] Filetype Search **[[v9.5.0](./changelog.md#950-2025-03-03)]**
+    -   [x] Search by Extension (e.g. ".jpg", ".png") **[[v9.5.0](./changelog.md#950-2025-03-03)]**
+        -   [x] Optional consolidation of extension synonyms (i.e. ".jpg" can equal ".jpeg") **[[v9.5.0](./changelog.md#950-2025-03-03)]**
+    -   [x] Search by media type (e.g. "image", "video", "document") **[[v9.5.0](./changelog.md#950-2025-03-03)]**
+-   [ ] Field Content Search :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" } **[v9.6.0]**
+-   [x] [Boolean Operators](../library/library_search.md) **[[v9.5.0](./changelog.md#950-2025-03-03)]**
+    -   [x] `AND` Operator
+    -   [x] `OR` Operator
+    -   [x] `NOT` Operator
+    -   [x] Parenthesis Grouping
+    -   [x] Character Escaping
+-   [ ] `HAS` Operator (for [Component Tags](../library/tag.md#component-tags)) :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" } **[v9.6.0]**
+-   [ ] Conditional Search :material-chevron-double-up:{ .priority-med title="Medium Priority" } **[v9.7.0]**
+    -   [ ] Compare Dates :material-chevron-double-up:{ .priority-med title="Medium Priority" }
+    -   [ ] Compare Durations :material-chevron-double-up:{ .priority-med title="Medium Priority" }
+    -   [ ] Compare File Sizes :material-chevron-double-up:{ .priority-med title="Medium Priority" }
+    -   [ ] Compare Dimensions :material-chevron-double-up:{ .priority-med title="Medium Priority" }
+-   [x] Smartcase Search [[v9.5.0](./changelog.md#950-2025-03-03)]
+-   [ ] Search Result Sorting
+    -   [x] Sort by Filename **[[v9.5.2](./changelog.md#952-2025-03-31)]**
+    -   [x] Sort by Date Entry Added to Library **[[v9.5.2](./changelog.md#952-2025-03-31)]**
+    -   [ ] Sort by File Creation Date :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" } **[v9.6.0]**
+    -   [ ] Sort by File Modification Date :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" } **[v9.6.0]**
+    -   [ ] Sort by File Modification Date :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+    -   [ ] Sort by Date Taken (Photos) :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" } **[v9.6.0]**
+-   [ ] OCR Search :material-chevron-up:{ .priority-low title="Low Priority" }
+-   [ ] Fuzzy Search :material-chevron-up:{ .priority-low title="Low Priority" }

-#### Library
+### :material-file-cog: [Macros](../utilities/macro.md)

-   [ ] [Entry groups](../library/entry_groups.md) [HIGH]
-    -   [ ] Groups for files/entries where the same entry can be in multiple groups [HIGH]
-    -   [ ] Ability to number entries within group [HIGH]
-    -   [ ] Ability to set sorting method for group [HIGH]
-    -   [ ] Ability to set custom thumbnail for group [HIGH]
-    -   [ ] Group is treated as entry with tags and metadata [HIGH]
-    -   [ ] Nested groups [MEDIUM]
-
-#### Search
-
-   [ ] Sort by relevance [HIGH]
-   [ ] Sort by date taken (photos) [MEDIUM]
-   [ ] Sort by file size [HIGH]
-   [ ] Sort by file dimension (images/video) [LOW]
-
-#### [Macros](../utilities/macro.md)
-
-   [ ] Sharable Macros [MEDIUM]
-    -   [ ] Standard notation format (TOML) contacting macro instructions [HIGH]
-    -   [ ] Exportable [HIGH]
-    -   [ ] Importable [HIGH]
-   [ ] Triggers [HIGH]
-    -   [ ] On new file [HIGH]
-    -   [ ] On library refresh [HIGH]
+-   [ ] Standard, Human Readable Format (TOML) :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" } **[v9.5.4]**
+-   [ ] Versioning System :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" } **[v9.5.4]**
+-   [ ] Triggers **[v9.5.4]**
+    -   [ ] On File Added :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+    -   [ ] On Library Refresh :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
    -   [ ] [...]
-   [ ] Actions [HIGH]
-    -   [ ] Add tag(s) [HIGH]
-    -   [ ] Add field(s) [HIGH]
-    -   [ ] Set field content [HIGH]
+-   [ ] Actions **[v9.5.4]**
+    -   [ ] Add Tag(s) :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+    -   [ ] Add Field(s) :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+    -   [ ] Set Field Content :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
    -   [ ] [...]

-#### UI
+### :material-table-arrow-right: Sharable Data

-   [ ] Custom thumbnail overrides [MEDIUM]
-   [ ] Toggle File Extension Label [MEDIUM]
-   [ ] Toggle Duration Label [MEDIUM]
-   [ ] Custom Tag Badges [LOW]
-   [ ] Unified Media Player [HIGH]
-    -   [ ] Auto-hiding player controls
-    -   [x] Play/Pause [HIGH]
-    -   [x] Loop [HIGH]
-    -   [x] Toggle Autoplay [MEDIUM]
-    -   [ ] Volume Control [HIGH]
-    -   [x] Toggle Mute [HIGH]
-    -   [ ] Timeline scrubber [HIGH]
-    -   [ ] Fullscreen [MEDIUM]
-   [ ] Library list view [HIGH]
-   [ ] Configurable page size [HIGH]
+Sharable TagStudio library data in the form of data packs (tags, colors, etc.) or other formats.
+Packs are intended as an easy way to import and export specific data between libraries and users, while export-only formats are intended to be imported by other programs.

-### v9.8
-
-#### Library
-
-   [ ] Automatic Entry Relinking [HIGH]
-    -   [ ] Detect Renames [HIGH]
-    -   [ ] Detect Moves [HIGH]
-    -   [ ] Detect Deletions [HIGH]
-
-#### Search
-
-   [ ] OCR search [LOW]
-   [ ] Fuzzy Search [LOW]
-
-### v9.9
-
-#### Library
-
-   [ ] Exportable Library Data [HIGH]
-    -   [ ] Standard notation format (i.e. JSON) contacting all library data [HIGH]
-
-#### Tags
-
-   [ ] Tag Packs [MEDIUM]
-    -   [ ] Human-readable (TOML) files containing tag data [HIGH]
-    -   [ ] Multiple Languages for Tag Strings [MEDIUM]
-    -   [ ] Importable [HIGH]
-    -   [ ] Exportable [HIGH]
-    -   [ ] Conflict resolution [HIGH]
-
-### v10.0
-
-   [ ] All remaining [HIGH] and optional [MEDIUM] features
-
-### Post v10.0
-
-#### Core
-
-   [ ] Core Library/API
-   [ ] Plugin Support
+-   [ ] Color Packs :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" } **[v9.6.0]**
+    -   [ ] Importable
+    -   [ ] Exportable
+    -   [x] UUIDs + Namespaces :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+    -   [x] Standard, Human Readable Format (TOML) :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+    -   [ ] Versioning System :material-chevron-double-up:{ .priority-med title="Medium Priority" }
+-   [ ] Tag Packs :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" } **[v9.9.0]**
+    -   [ ] Importable :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+    -   [ ] Exportable :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+    -   [ ] UUIDs + Namespaces :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+    -   [ ] Standard, Human Readable Format (TOML) :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+    -   [ ] Versioning System :material-chevron-double-up:{ .priority-med title="Medium Priority" }
+-   [ ] Macro Sharing :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" } **[v9.6.0]**
+    -   [ ] Importable :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+    -   [ ] Exportable :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" }
+-   [ ] Sharable Entry Data :material-chevron-double-up:{ .priority-med title="Medium Priority" } **[v9.9.0]**
+    -   _Specifics of this are yet to be determined_
+-   [ ] Export Library to Human Readable Format :material-chevron-triple-up:{ .priority-high title="High Priority" } **[v10.0.0]**
+    -   Intended to give users more flexible options with their data if they wish to migrate away from TagStudio
--- a/docs/updates/schema_changes.md
+++ b/docs/updates/schema_changes.md
@@ -1,46 +1,91 @@
-# Save Format Changes
+---
+icon: material/database-edit
+---

-This page outlines the various changes made the TagStudio save file format over time, sometimes referred to as the "database" or "database file".
+# :material-database-edit: Save Format Changes
+
+This page outlines the various changes made to the TagStudio library save file format over time, sometimes referred to as the "database" or "database file".
+
+---

 ## JSON

-| First Used | Last Used                                                               | Format | Location                                      |
-| ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------ | --------------------------------------------- |
-| v1.0.0     | [v9.4.2](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/releases/tag/v9.4.2) | JSON   | `<Library Folder>`/.TagStudio/ts_library.json |
+Legacy (JSON) library save format versions were tied to the release version of the program itself. This number was stored in a `version` key inside the JSON file.
+
+### Versions 1.0.0 - 9.4.2
+
+| Used From | Used Until                                                              | Format | Location                                      |
+| --------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------ | --------------------------------------------- |
+| v1.0.0    | [v9.4.2](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/releases/tag/v9.4.2) | JSON   | `<Library Folder>`/.TagStudio/ts_library.json |

 The legacy database format for public TagStudio releases [v9.1](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/tree/Alpha-v9.1) through [v9.4.2](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/releases/tag/v9.4.2). Variations of this format had been used privately since v1.0.0.

 Replaced by the new SQLite format introduced in TagStudio [v9.5.0 Pre-Release 1](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/releases/tag/v9.5.0-pr1).

-## DB_VERSION 6
+---

-| First Used                                                                      | Last Used                                                                       | Format | Location                                        |
+## SQLite
+
+Starting with TagStudio [v9.5.0-pr1](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/releases/tag/v9.5.0-pr1), the library save format has been moved to a [SQLite](https://sqlite.org) format. Legacy JSON libraries are migrated (with the user's consent) to the new format when opening in current versions of the program. The save format versioning is now separate from the program's versioning number and stored inside a `DB_VERSION` attribute inside the SQLite file.
+
+### Versions 1 - 5
+
+These versions were used while developing the new SQLite file format, outside any official or recommended release. These versions **were never supported** in any official capacity and were actively warned against using for real libraries.
+
+---
+
+### Version 6
+
+| Used From                                                                       | Used Until                                                                      | Format | Location                                        |
 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------ | ----------------------------------------------- |
-| [v9.5.0-PR1](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/releases/tag/v9.5.0-pr1) | [v9.5.0-PR1](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/releases/tag/v9.5.0-pr1) | SQLite | `<Library Folder>`/.TagStudio/ts_library.sqlite |
+| [v9.5.0-pr1](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/releases/tag/v9.5.0-pr1) | [v9.5.0-pr1](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/releases/tag/v9.5.0-pr1) | SQLite | `<Library Folder>`/.TagStudio/ts_library.sqlite |

 The first public version of the SQLite save file format.

 Migration from the legacy JSON format is provided via a walkthrough when opening a legacy library in TagStudio [v9.5.0 Pre-Release 1](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/releases/tag/v9.5.0-pr1) or later.

-## DB_VERSION 7
+---

-| First Used                                                                      | Last Used                                                                       | Format | Location                                        |
+### Version 7
+
+| Used From                                                                       | Used Until                                                                      | Format | Location                                        |
 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------ | ----------------------------------------------- |
-| [v9.5.0-PR2](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/releases/tag/v9.5.0-pr2) | [v9.5.0-PR3](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/releases/tag/v9.5.0-pr3) | SQLite | `<Library Folder>`/.TagStudio/ts_library.sqlite |
-
-### Changes
+| [v9.5.0-pr2](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/releases/tag/v9.5.0-pr2) | [v9.5.0-pr3](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/releases/tag/v9.5.0-pr3) | SQLite | `<Library Folder>`/.TagStudio/ts_library.sqlite |

 -   Repairs "Description" fields to use a TEXT_LINE key instead of a TEXT_BOX key.
 -   Repairs tags that may have a disambiguation_id pointing towards a deleted tag.

-## DB_VERSION 8
+---

-| First Used                                                                      | Last Used | Format | Location                                        |
-| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- | ------ | ----------------------------------------------- |
-| [v9.5.0-PR4](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/releases/tag/v9.5.0-pr4) | _Current_ | SQLite | `<Library Folder>`/.TagStudio/ts_library.sqlite |
+### Version 8

-### Changes
+| Used From                                                                       | Used Until                                                              | Format | Location                                        |
+| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------ | ----------------------------------------------- |
+| [v9.5.0-pr4](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/releases/tag/v9.5.0-pr4) | [v9.5.1](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/releases/tag/v9.5.1) | SQLite | `<Library Folder>`/.TagStudio/ts_library.sqlite |

-   Adds the `color_border` column to `tag_colors` table. Used for instructing the [secondary color](../library/tag_color.md#secondary-color) to apply to a tag's border as a new optional behavior.
+-   Adds the `color_border` column to the `tag_colors` table. Used for instructing the [secondary color](../library/tag_color.md#secondary-color) to apply to a tag's border as a new optional behavior.
 -   Adds three new default colors: "Burgundy (TagStudio Shades)", "Dark Teal (TagStudio Shades)", and "Dark Lavender (TagStudio Shades)".
 -   Updates Neon colors to use the new `color_border` property.
+
+---
+
+### Version 9
+
+| Used From                                                               | Used Until                                                              | Format | Location                                        |
+| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------ | ----------------------------------------------- |
+| [v9.5.2](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/releases/tag/v9.5.2) | [v9.5.3](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/releases/tag/v9.5.3) | SQLite | `<Library Folder>`/.TagStudio/ts_library.sqlite |
+
+-   Adds the `filename` column to the `entries` table. Used for sorting entries by filename in search results.
+
+---
+
+### Version 100
+
+| Used From                                                               | Used Until | Format | Location                                        |
+| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------ | ----------------------------------------------- |
+| [v9.5.4](https://github.com/TagStudioDev/TagStudio/releases/tag/v9.5.4) | _Current_  | SQLite | `<Library Folder>`/.TagStudio/ts_library.sqlite |
+
+-   Introduces built-in minor versioning
+    -   The version number divided by 100 (and floored) constitutes the **major** version. Major version indicate breaking changes that prevent libraries from being opened in TagStudio versions older than the ones they were created in.
+    -   Values more precise than this ("ones" through "tens" columns) constitute the **minor** version. These indicate minor changes that don't prevent a newer library from being opened in an older version of TagStudio, as long as the major version is not also increased.
+-   Swaps `parent_id` and `child_id` values in the `tag_parents` table, which have erroneously been flipped since the first SQLite DB version.
--- a/docs/usage.md
+++ b/docs/usage.md
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-# Usage
+---
+icon: material/mouse
+---
+
+# :material-mouse: Usage

 ## Creating/Opening a Library

@@ -12,7 +16,7 @@ Libraries under 10,000 files automatically scan for new or modified files when o

 Access the "Add Tag" search box by either clicking on the "Add Tag" button at the bottom of the right sidebar, accessing the "Add Tags to Selected" option from the File menu, or by pressing <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>T</kbd>.

-From here you can search for existing tags or create a new one if the one you're looking for doesn't exist. Click the "+" button next to any tags you want to the currently selected file entries. To quickly add the top result, press the <kbd>Enter</kbd>/<kbd>Return</kbd> key to add the the topmost tag and reset the tag search. Press <kbd>Enter</kbd>/<kbd>Return</kbd> once more to close the dialog box. By using this method, you can quickly add various tags in quick succession just by using the keyboard!
+From here you can search for existing tags or create a new one if the one you're looking for doesn't exist. Click the "+" button next to any tags you want to the currently selected file entries. To quickly add the top result, press the <kbd>Enter</kbd>/<kbd>Return</kbd> key to add the topmost tag and reset the tag search. Press <kbd>Enter</kbd>/<kbd>Return</kbd> once more to close the dialog box. By using this method, you can quickly add various tags in quick succession just by using the keyboard!

 To remove a tag from a file entry, hover over the tag in the preview panel and click on the "-" icon that appears.

@@ -41,7 +45,7 @@ Create a new tag by accessing the "New Tag" option from the Edit menu or by pres

 ### Tag Manager

-You can manage your library of tags from opening the "Tag Manager" panel from Edit -> "Manage Tags". From here you can create, search for, edit, and permanently delete any tags you've created in your library.
+You can manage your library of tags by opening the "Tag Manager" panel from Edit -> "Manage Tags". From here you can create, search for, edit, and permanently delete any tags you've created in your library.

 ## Editing Tags

@@ -62,3 +66,12 @@ Inevitably some of the files inside your library will be renamed, moved, or dele
 ### Saving the Library

 As of version 9.5, libraries are saved automatically as you go. To save a backup of your library, select File -> Save Library Backup from the menu bar.
+
+## Launch Arguments
+
+There are a handful of launch arguments you can pass to TagStudio via the command line or a desktop shortcut.
+
+| Argument               | Short | Description                                          |
+| ---------------------- | ----- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
+| `--open <path>`        | `-o`  | Path to a TagStudio Library folder to open on start. |
+| `--config-file <path>` | `-c`  | Path to the TagStudio config file to load.           |
--- a/docs/utilities/ignore.md
+++ b/docs/utilities/ignore.md
@@ -0,0 +1,322 @@
+---
+title: Ignore Files
+icon: material/file-document-remove
+---
+
+# :material-file-document-remove: Ignore Files & Directories
+
+<!-- prettier-ignore -->
+!!! warning "Legacy File Extension Ignoring"
+    TagStudio versions prior to v9.5.4 use a different, more limited method to exclude or include file extensions from your library and subsequent searches. Opening a pre-exiting library in v9.5.4 or later will non-destructively convert this to the newer, more extensive `.ts_ignore` format.
+
+    If you're still running an older version of TagStudio in the meantime, you can access the legacy system by going to "Edit -> Manage File Extensions" in the menubar.
+
+TagStudio offers the ability to ignore specific files and directories via a `.ts_ignore` file located inside your [library's](../library/index.md) `.TagStudio` folder. This file is designed to use very similar [glob](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glob_(programming)>)-style pattern matching as the [`.gitignore`](https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore) file used by Git™[^1]. It can be edited within TagStudio or opened to edit with an external program by going to the "Edit -> Ignore Files" option in the menubar.
+
+This file is only referenced when scanning directories for new files to add to your library, and does not apply to files that have already been added to your library.
+
+<!-- prettier-ignore -->
+!!! tip
+    If you just want some specific examples of how to achieve common tasks with the ignore patterns (e.g. ignoring a single file type, ignoring a specific folder) then jump to the "[Use Cases](#use-cases)" section!
+
+<!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
+=== "Example .ts_ignore file"
+```toml title="My Library/.TagStudio/.ts_ignore"
+# TagStudio .ts_ignore file.
+
+# Code
+__pycache__
+.pytest_cache
+.venv
+.vs
+
+# Projects
+Minecraft/**/Metadata
+Minecraft/Website
+!Minecraft/Website/*.png
+!Minecraft/Website/*.css
+
+# Documents
+*.doc
+*.docx
+*.ppt
+*.pptx
+*.xls
+*.xlsx
+```
+<!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
+
+## Pattern Format
+
+<!-- prettier-ignore -->
+!!! note ""
+    _This section sourced and adapted from Git's[^1] `.gitignore` [documentation](https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore)._
+
+### Internal Processes
+
+When scanning your library directories, the `.ts_ignore` file is read by either the [`wcmatch`](https://facelessuser.github.io/wcmatch/glob/) library or [`ripgrep`](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep) in glob mode depending if you have the later installed on your system and it's detected by TagStudio. Ripgrep is the preferred method for scanning directories due to its improved performance and identical pattern matching to `.gitignore`. This mixture of tools may lead to slight inconsistencies if not using `ripgrep`.
+
+---
+
+### Comments ( `#` )
+
+A `#` symbol at the start of a line indicates that this line is a comment, and match no items. Blank lines are used to enhance readability and also match no items.
+
+-   Can be escaped by putting a backslash ("`\`") in front of the `#` symbol.
+
+<!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
+=== "Example comment"
+    ```toml
+    # This is a comment! I can say whatever I want on this line.
+    file_that_is_being_matched.txt
+
+    # file_that_is_NOT_being_matched.png
+    file_that_is_being_matched.png
+    ```
+=== "Organizing with comments"
+    ```toml
+    # TagStudio .ts_ignore file.
+
+    # Minecraft Stuff
+    Minecraft/**/Metadata
+    Minecraft/Website
+    !Minecraft/Website/*.png
+    !Minecraft/Website/*.css
+
+    # Microsoft Office
+    *.doc
+    *.docx
+    *.ppt
+    *.pptx
+    *.xls
+    *.xlsx
+    ```
+=== "Escape a # symbol"
+    ```toml
+    # To ensure a file named '#hashtag.jpg' is ignored:
+    \#hashtag.jpg
+    ```
+<!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
+
+---
+
+### Directories ( `/` )
+
+The forward slash "`/`" is used as the directory separator. Separators may occur at the beginning, middle or end of the `.ts_ignore` search pattern.
+
+-   If there is a separator at the beginning or middle (or both) of the pattern, then the pattern is relative to the directory level of the particular `.TagStudio` library folder itself. Otherwise the pattern may also match at any level below the `.TagStudio` folder level.
+
+-   If there is a separator at the end of the pattern then the pattern will only match directories, otherwise the pattern can match both files and directories.
+
+<!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
+=== "Example folder pattern"
+    ```toml
+    # Matches "frotz" and "a/frotz" if they are directories.
+    frotz/
+    ```
+=== "Example nested folder pattern"
+    ```toml
+    # Matches "doc/frotz" but not "a/doc/frotz".
+    doc/frotz/
+    ```
+<!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
+
+---
+
+### Negation ( `!` )
+
+A `!` prefix before a pattern negates the pattern, allowing any files matched matched by previous patterns to be un-matched.
+
+-   Any matching file excluded by a previous pattern will become included again.
+-   **It is not possible to re-include a file if a parent directory of that file is excluded.**
+
+<!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
+=== "Example negation"
+    ```toml
+    # All .jpg files will be ignored, except any located in the 'Photos' folder.
+    *.jpg
+    Photos/!*.jpg
+    ```
+=== "Escape a ! Symbol"
+    ```toml
+    # To ensure a file named '!wowee.jpg' is ignored:
+    \!wowee.jpg
+    ```
+<!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
+
+---
+
+### Wildcards
+
+#### Single Asterisks ( `*` )
+
+An asterisk "`*`" matches anything except a slash.
+
+<!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
+=== "File examples"
+    ```toml
+    # Matches all .png files in the "Images" folder.
+    Images/*.png
+
+    # Matches all .png files in all folders
+    *.png
+    ```
+=== "Folder examples"
+    ```toml
+    # Matches any files or folders directly in "Images/" but not deeper levels.
+    #   Matches file "Images/mario.jpg"
+    #   Matches folder "Images/Mario"
+    #   Does not match file "Images/Mario/cat.jpg"
+    Images/*
+    ```
+<!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
+
+#### Question Marks ( `?` )
+
+The character "`?`" matches any one character except "`/`".
+
+<!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
+=== "File examples"
+    ```toml
+    # Matches any .png file starting with "IMG_" and ending in any four characters.
+    #   Matches "IMG_0001.png"
+    #   Matches "Photos/IMG_1234.png"
+    #   Does not match "IMG_1.png"
+    IMG_????.png
+
+    # Same as above, except matches any file extension instead of only .png
+    IMG_????.*
+    ```
+=== "Folder examples"
+    ```toml
+    # Matches all files in any direct subfolder of "Photos" beginning in "20".
+    #   Matches "Photos/2000"
+    #   Matches "Photos/2024"
+    #   Matches "Photos/2099"
+    #   Does not match "Photos/1995"
+    Photos/20??/
+    ```
+<!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
+
+#### Double Asterisks ( `**` )
+
+Two consecutive asterisks ("`**`") in patterns matched against full pathname may have special meaning:
+
+-   A leading "`**`" followed by a slash means matches in all directories.
+-   A trailing "`/**`" matches everything inside.
+-   A slash followed by two consecutive asterisks then a slash ("`/**/`") matches zero or more directories.
+-   Other consecutive asterisks are considered regular asterisks and will match according to the previous rules.
+
+<!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
+=== "Leading **"
+    ```toml
+    # Both match file or directory "foo" anywhere
+    **/foo
+    foo
+
+    # Matches file or directory "bar" anywhere that is directly under directory "foo"
+    **/foo/bar
+    ```
+=== "Trailing /**"
+    ```toml
+    # Matches all files inside directory "abc" with infinite depth.
+    abc/**
+    ```
+=== "Middle /**/"
+    ```toml
+    # Matches "a/b", "a/x/b", "a/x/y/b" and so on.
+    a/**/b
+    ```
+<!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
+
+#### Square Brackets ( `[a-Z]` )
+
+Character sets and ranges are specific and powerful forms of wildcards that use characters inside of brackets (`[]`) to leverage very specific matching. The range notation, e.g. `[a-zA-Z]`, can be used to match one of the characters in a range.
+
+<!-- prettier-ignore -->
+!!! tip
+    For more in-depth examples and explanations on how to use ranges, please reference the [`glob`](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/glob.7.html) man page.
+
+<!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
+=== "Range examples"
+    ```toml
+    # Matches all files that start with "IMG_" and end in a single numeric character.
+        # Matches "IMG_0.jpg", "IMG_7.png"
+        # Does not match "IMG_10.jpg", "IMG_A.jpg"
+    IMG_[0-9]
+
+    # Matches all files that start with "IMG_" and end in a single alphabetic character
+    IMG_[a-z]
+    ```
+=== "Set examples"
+    ```toml
+    # Matches all files that start with "IMG_" and in any character in the set.
+        # Matches "draft_a.docx", "draft_b.docx", "draft_c.docx"
+        # Does not match "draft_d.docx"
+    draft_[abc]
+
+    # Matches all files that start with "IMG_" and end in a single alphabetic character
+    IMG_[a-z]
+    ```
+<!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
+
+---
+
+## Use Cases
+
+### Ignoring Files by Extension
+
+<!-- prettier-ignore -->
+=== "Ignore all .jpg files"
+    ```toml
+    *.jpg
+    ```
+=== "Ignore all files EXCEPT .jpg files"
+    ```toml
+    *
+    !*.jpg
+    ```
+=== "Ignore all .jpg files in specific folders"
+    ```toml
+    ./Photos/Worst Vacation/*.jpg
+    Music/Artwork Art/*.jpg
+    ```
+
+<!-- prettier-ignore -->
+!!! tip "Ensuring Complete Extension Matches"
+    For some filetypes, it may be nessisary to specify different casing and alternative spellings in order to match with all possible variations of an extension in your library.
+
+    ```toml title="Ignore (Most) Possible JPEG File Extensions"
+    # The JPEG Cinematic Universe
+    *.jpg
+    *.jpeg
+    *.jfif
+    *.jpeg_large
+    *.JPG
+    *.JPEG
+    *.JFIF
+    *.JPEG_LARGE
+    ```
+
+### Ignoring a Folder
+
+<!-- prettier-ignore -->
+=== "Ignore all "Cache" folders"
+    ```toml
+    # Matches any folder called "Cache" no matter where it is in your library.
+    cache/
+    ```
+=== "Ignore a "Downloads" folder"
+    ```toml
+    # "Downloads" must be a folder on the same level as your ".TagStudio" folder.
+    #   Does not match with folders name "Downloads" elsewhere in your library
+    #   Does not match with a file called "Downloads"
+    /Downloads/
+    ```
+=== "Ignore .jpg files in specific folders"
+    ```toml
+    Photos/Worst Vacation/*.jpg
+    /Music/Artwork Art/*.jpg
+    ```
+
+[^1]: The term "Git" is a licensed trademark of "The Git Project", a member of the Software Freedom Conservancy. Git is released under the [GNU General Public License version 2.0](https://opensource.org/license/GPL-2.0), an open source license. TagStudio is not associated with the Git Project, only including systems based on some therein.
--- a/docs/utilities/macro.md
+++ b/docs/utilities/macro.md
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-# Tools & Macros
+---
+icon: material/script-text
+---
+
+# :material-script-text: Tools & Macros

 Tools and macros are features that serve to create a more fluid [library](../library/index.md)-managing process, or provide some extra functionality. Please note that some are still in active development and will be fleshed out in future updates.

@@ -35,11 +39,11 @@ This tool is a preview of an upcoming feature. When selected, TagStudio will gen

 ### Auto-fill [WIP]

-Tool is in development and will be documented in future update.
+Tool is in development and will be documented in a future update.

 ### Sort fields

-Tool is in development, will allow for user-defined sorting of [fields](../library/field.md).
+Tool is in development. Will allow for user-defined sorting of [fields](../library/field.md).

 ### Folders to Tags

--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
        ]
      },
      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1725024810,
-        "narHash": "sha256-ODYRm8zHfLTH3soTFWE452ydPYz2iTvr9T8ftDMUQ3E=",
+        "lastModified": 1754487366,
+        "narHash": "sha256-pHYj8gUBapuUzKV/kN/tR3Zvqc7o6gdFB9XKXIp1SQ8=",
        "owner": "hercules-ci",
        "repo": "flake-parts",
-        "rev": "af510d4a62d071ea13925ce41c95e3dec816c01d",
+        "rev": "af66ad14b28a127c5c0f3bbb298218fc63528a18",
        "type": "github"
      },
      "original": {
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
    },
    "nixpkgs": {
      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1741173522,
-        "narHash": "sha256-k7VSqvv0r1r53nUI/IfPHCppkUAddeXn843YlAC5DR0=",
+        "lastModified": 1755615617,
+        "narHash": "sha256-HMwfAJBdrr8wXAkbGhtcby1zGFvs+StOp19xNsbqdOg=",
        "owner": "NixOS",
        "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "d69ab0d71b22fa1ce3dbeff666e6deb4917db049",
+        "rev": "20075955deac2583bb12f07151c2df830ef346b4",
        "type": "github"
      },
      "original": {
@@ -36,27 +36,10 @@
        "type": "github"
      }
    },
-    "nixpkgs-qt6": {
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1734856068,
-        "narHash": "sha256-Q+CB1ajsJg4Z9HGHTBAGY1q18KpnnkmF/eCTLUY6FQ0=",
-        "owner": "NixOS",
-        "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "93ff48c9be84a76319dac293733df09bbbe3f25c",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "NixOS",
-        "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "93ff48c9be84a76319dac293733df09bbbe3f25c",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
    "root": {
      "inputs": {
        "flake-parts": "flake-parts",
        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
-        "nixpkgs-qt6": "nixpkgs-qt6",
        "systems": "systems"
      }
    },
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@

    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";

-    nixpkgs-qt6.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/93ff48c9be84a76319dac293733df09bbbe3f25c";
-
    systems.url = "github:nix-systems/default";
  };

@@ -29,27 +27,30 @@

      perSystem =
        { pkgs, ... }:
+        let
+          python3 = pkgs.python313;
+        in
        {
          packages =
            let
-              python = pkgs.python312Packages;
+              python3Packages = python3.pkgs;

-              pillow-jxl-plugin = python.callPackage ./nix/package/pillow-jxl-plugin.nix {
+              pillow-jxl-plugin = python3Packages.callPackage ./nix/package/pillow-jxl-plugin.nix {
                inherit (pkgs) cmake;
                inherit pyexiv2;
-                inherit (pkgs) rustPlatform;
              };
-              pyexiv2 = python.callPackage ./nix/package/pyexiv2.nix { inherit (pkgs) exiv2; };
-              vtf2img = python.callPackage ./nix/package/vtf2img.nix { };
+              pyexiv2 = python3Packages.callPackage ./nix/package/pyexiv2.nix { inherit (pkgs) exiv2; };
            in
            rec {
              default = tagstudio;
-              tagstudio = pkgs.python312Packages.callPackage ./nix/package {
-                inherit pillow-jxl-plugin vtf2img;
+              tagstudio = pkgs.callPackage ./nix/package {
+                inherit python3Packages;
+
+                inherit pillow-jxl-plugin;
              };
              tagstudio-jxl = tagstudio.override { withJXLSupport = true; };

-              inherit pillow-jxl-plugin pyexiv2 vtf2img;
+              inherit pillow-jxl-plugin pyexiv2;
            };

          devShells = rec {
@@ -60,6 +61,8 @@
                lib
                pkgs
                self
+
+                python3
                ;
            };
          };
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 # To run the preview server:
 # mkdocs serve

+---
 site_name: TagStudio
 site_description: "A User-Focused Photo & File Management System"
 site_url: https://docs.tagstud.io/
@@ -25,58 +26,59 @@ extra:
  tags:
    Upcoming Feature: upcoming

-# by default the navigation is an alphanumerically sorted, 
-# nested list of all the Markdown files found within the /docs directory
-# where index files are always first
-# uncomment the following to configure the navigation manually:
-
-# nav:
-#   - Home:
-#     - index.md
-#     - install.md
-#     - usage.md
-#   - Library:
-#     - library/index.md
-#     - library/entry.md
-#     - library/entry_groups.md
-#     - library/field.md
-#     - library/tag.md
-#     - library/tag_categories.md
-#     - library/tag_overrides.md
-#   - Utilities:
-#     - utilities/macro.md
-#   - Updates:
-#     - updates/changelog.md
-#     - updates/roadmap.md
-#     - updates/db_migration.md
+nav:
+  - Home:
+      - index.md
+      - install.md
+      - usage.md
+      - develop.md
+  - Help:
+      - help/ffmpeg.md
+  - Library:
+      - library/index.md
+      - library/library_search.md
+      - library/entry.md
+      - library/field.md
+      - library/tag.md
+      - library/tag_categories.md
+      - library/tag_color.md
+  - Utilities:
+      - utilities/ignore.md
+      - utilities/macro.md
+  - Updates:
+      - updates/changelog.md
+      - updates/roadmap.md
+      - updates/schema_changes.md

 theme:
  name: material
+  custom_dir: overrides
  palette:
    # Palette toggle for automatic mode
    - media: "(prefers-color-scheme)"
      toggle:
-        icon: material/brightness-auto
-        name: Switch to light mode
+        icon: material/lightbulb-auto-outline
+        name: Switch to Light Mode
    # Palette toggle for light mode
-    - media: "(prefers-color-scheme: light)" 
+    - media: "(prefers-color-scheme: light)"
      scheme: default
-      primary: deep purple
-      accent: deep purple
+      primary: purple
+      accent: purple
      toggle:
-        icon: material/brightness-7
-        name: Switch to dark mode
+        icon: material/lightbulb
+        name: Switch to Dark Mode
    # Palette toggle for dark mode
-    - media: "(prefers-color-scheme: dark)" 
+    - media: "(prefers-color-scheme: dark)"
      scheme: slate
-      primary: deep purple
-      accent: deep purple
+      primary: purple
+      accent: purple
      toggle:
-        icon: material/brightness-4
-        name: SSwitch to system preference
-  logo: assets/icon.png
+        icon: material/lightbulb-night-outline
+        name: Switch to System Preference
+  logo: assets/icon_mono.svg
  favicon: assets/icon.ico
-  font: false # use system fonts
+  font:
+    code: Jetbrains Mono
  language: en
  features:
    - navigation.instant
@@ -84,13 +86,11 @@ theme:
    - navigation.tracking
    - navigation.expand
    - navigation.sections
-    #- navigation.tabs
-    #- content.tabs.link
-    #- navigation.top
    - search.suggest
    - content.code.annotate
    - content.code.copy
    - content.action.edit
+    - content.tooltips
  icon:
    repo: fontawesome/brands/github
    tag:
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ markdown_extensions:
  - def_list
  - footnotes
  - md_in_html
+  - tables
  - toc:
      permalink: true

@@ -115,11 +116,15 @@ markdown_extensions:
      smart_enable: all
  - pymdownx.caret
  - pymdownx.details
+  - pymdownx.emoji:
+      emoji_index: !!python/name:material.extensions.emoji.twemoji
+      emoji_generator: !!python/name:material.extensions.emoji.to_svg
  - pymdownx.highlight
  - pymdownx.inlinehilite
  - pymdownx.keys
  - pymdownx.mark
  - pymdownx.smartsymbols
+  - pymdownx.snippets
  - pymdownx.superfences:
      custom_fences:
        - name: mermaid
@@ -135,8 +140,9 @@ markdown_extensions:
 plugins:
  - search
  - tags
-  - social: # social embed cards
-      enabled: !ENV [CI, false] # enabled only when running in CI (eg GitHub Actions)
+  - social:  # social embed cards
+      enabled: !ENV [CI, false]  # enabled only when running in CI (eg GitHub Actions)

 extra_css:
  - stylesheets/extra.css
+  - https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Bai+Jamjuree:ital,wght@0,200;0,300;0,400;0,500;0,600;0,700;1,200;1,300;1,400;1,500;1,600;1,700&display=swap
--- a/nix/package/default.nix
+++ b/nix/package/default.nix
@@ -1,33 +1,14 @@
 {
-  buildPythonApplication,
-  chardet,
  ffmpeg-headless,
-  ffmpeg-python,
-  hatchling,
-  humanfriendly,
  lib,
-  mutagen,
-  numpy,
-  opencv-python,
-  pillow,
-  pillow-heif,
-  pillow-jxl-plugin,
  pipewire,
-  pydub,
-  pyside6,
-  pytest-qt,
-  pytest-xdist,
-  pytestCheckHook,
-  pythonRelaxDepsHook,
+  python3Packages,
  qt6,
-  rawpy,
-  send2trash,
-  sqlalchemy,
+  ripgrep,
  stdenv,
-  structlog,
-  syrupy,
-  ujson,
-  vtf2img,
+  wrapGAppsHook,
+
+  pillow-jxl-plugin,

  withJXLSupport ? false,
 }:
@@ -35,7 +16,7 @@
 let
  pyproject = (lib.importTOML ../../pyproject.toml).project;
 in
-buildPythonApplication {
+python3Packages.buildPythonApplication {
  pname = pyproject.name;
  inherit (pyproject) version;
  pyproject = true;
@@ -43,53 +24,94 @@ buildPythonApplication {
  src = ../../.;

  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    pythonRelaxDepsHook
+    python3Packages.pythonRelaxDepsHook
    qt6.wrapQtAppsHook
+
+    # Should be unnecessary once PR is pulled.
+    # PR: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/271037
+    # Issue: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/149812
+    wrapGAppsHook
  ];
  buildInputs = [
    qt6.qtbase
    qt6.qtmultimedia
  ];

-  nativeCheckInputs = [
+  nativeCheckInputs = with python3Packages; [
    pytest-qt
    pytest-xdist
    pytestCheckHook
    syrupy
  ];

-  makeWrapperArgs =
-    [ "--prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ ffmpeg-headless ]}" ]
-    ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux "--prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${
-      lib.makeLibraryPath [ pipewire ]
-    }";
+  # TODO: Install more icon resolutions when available.
+  preInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share/applications $out/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps

-  pythonRemoveDeps = true;
+    cp $src/src/tagstudio/resources/tagstudio.desktop $out/share/applications
+    cp $src/src/tagstudio/resources/icon.png $out/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/tagstudio.png
+  '';
+
+  dontWrapGApps = true;
+  dontWrapQtApps = true;
+  makeWrapperArgs = [
+    "--prefix PATH : ${
+      lib.makeBinPath [
+        ffmpeg-headless
+        ripgrep
+      ]
+    }"
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux "--prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${
+    lib.makeLibraryPath [ pipewire ]
+  }"
+  ++ [
+    "\${gappsWrapperArgs[@]}"
+    "\${qtWrapperArgs[@]}"
+  ];
+
+  pythonRemoveDeps = lib.optional (!withJXLSupport) [ "pillow_jxl" ];
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [
+    "numpy"
+    "pillow"
+    "pillow-heif"
+    "pillow-jxl-plugin"
+    "pyside6"
+    "structlog"
+    "typing-extensions"
+  ];
  pythonImportsCheck = [ "tagstudio" ];

-  build-system = [ hatchling ];
-  dependencies = [
-    chardet
-    ffmpeg-python
-    humanfriendly
-    mutagen
-    numpy
-    opencv-python
-    pillow
-    pillow-heif
-    pydub
-    pyside6
-    rawpy
-    send2trash
-    sqlalchemy
-    structlog
-    ujson
-    vtf2img
-  ] ++ lib.optional withJXLSupport pillow-jxl-plugin;
+  build-system = with python3Packages; [ hatchling ];
+  dependencies =
+    with python3Packages;
+    [
+      audioop-lts
+      chardet
+      ffmpeg-python
+      humanfriendly
+      mutagen
+      numpy
+      opencv-python
+      pillow
+      pillow-heif
+      pydantic
+      pydub
+      pyside6
+      rawpy
+      send2trash
+      sqlalchemy
+      srctools
+      structlog
+      toml
+      ujson
+      wcmatch
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optional withJXLSupport pillow-jxl-plugin;

-  # INFO: These tests require modifications to a library, which does not work
-  # in a read-only environment.
  disabledTests = [
+    # These tests require modifications to a library, which does not work
+    # in a read-only environment.
    "test_build_tag_panel_add_alias_callback"
    "test_build_tag_panel_add_aliases"
    "test_build_tag_panel_add_sub_tag_callback"
@@ -101,6 +123,20 @@ buildPythonApplication {
    "test_build_tag_panel_set_tag"
    "test_json_migration"
    "test_library_migrations"
+
+    "test_add_same_tag_to_selection_single"
+    "test_add_tag_to_selection_multiple"
+    "test_add_tag_to_selection_single"
+    "test_custom_tag_category"
+    "test_file_path_display"
+    "test_meta_tag_category"
+    "test_update_selection_empty"
+    "test_update_selection_empty"
+    "test_update_selection_multiple"
+    "test_update_selection_single"
+
+    # This test requires modification of a configuration file.
+    "test_filepath_setting"
  ];

  meta = {
--- a/nix/package/pillow-jxl-plugin.nix
+++ b/nix/package/pillow-jxl-plugin.nix
@@ -13,18 +13,18 @@

 buildPythonPackage rec {
  pname = "pillow-jxl-plugin";
-  version = "1.3.2";
+  version = "1.3.4";
  pyproject = true;

  src = fetchPypi {
-    pname = builtins.replaceStrings [ "-" ] [ "_" ] pname;
+    pname = "pillow_jxl_plugin";
    inherit version;
-    hash = "sha256-efBoek8yUFR+ArhS55lm9F2XhkZ7/I3GsScQEe8U/2I=";
+    hash = "sha256-jqWJ/FWep8XfzLQq9NgUj121CPX01FGDKLq1ox/LJo4=";
  };

  cargoDeps = rustPlatform.fetchCargoVendor {
    inherit src;
-    hash = "sha256-vZHrwGfgo3fIIOY7p0vy4XIKiHoddPDdJggkBen+w/A=";
+    hash = "sha256-7j+sCn+P6q6tsm2MJ/cM7hF2KEjILJNA6SDb35tecPg=";
  };

  nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
    pytestCheckHook
  ];

-  # INFO: Working directory takes precedence in the Python path. Remove
+  # Working directory takes precedence in the Python path. Remove
  # `pillow_jxl` to prevent it from being loaded during pytest, rather than the
-  # built module, as it includes a `pillow_jxl.pillow_jxl` .so that is imported.
+  # built module, as it includes a `pillow_jxl.pillow_jxl.so` that is imported.
  # See: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/255262
  # See: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/255471
  preCheck = ''
@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
  ];

  meta = {
-    description = "Pillow plugin for JPEG-XL, using Rust for bindings.";
+    description = "Pillow plugin for JPEG-XL, using Rust for bindings";
    homepage = "https://github.com/Isotr0py/pillow-jpegxl-plugin";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/Isotr0py/pillow-jpegxl-plugin/releases/tag/v${version}";
    license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ xarvex ];
    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
--- a/nix/package/pyexiv2.nix
+++ b/nix/package/pyexiv2.nix
@@ -4,16 +4,18 @@
  exiv2,
  fetchFromGitHub,
  lib,
+  setuptools,
 }:

 buildPythonPackage rec {
  pname = "pyexiv2";
  version = "2.15.3";
+  pyproject = true;

  src = fetchFromGitHub {
    owner = "LeoHsiao1";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = "v${version}";
+    repo = "pyexiv2";
+    tag = "v${version}";
    hash = "sha256-83bFMaoXncvhRJNcCgkkC7B29wR5pjuLO/EdkQdqxxo=";
  };

@@ -22,9 +24,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {

  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pyexiv2" ];

+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
  meta = {
-    description = "Read and write image metadata, including EXIF, IPTC, XMP, ICC Profile.";
+    description = "Read and write image metadata, including EXIF, IPTC, XMP, ICC Profile";
    homepage = "https://github.com/LeoHsiao1/pyexiv2";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/LeoHsiao1/pyexiv2/releases/tag/v${version}";
    license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ xarvex ];
    platforms = with lib.platforms; darwin ++ linux ++ windows;
--- a/nix/package/vtf2img.nix
+++ b/nix/package/vtf2img.nix
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-{
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
-  lib,
-  pillow,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "vtf2img";
-  version = "0.1.0";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-YmWs8673d72wH4nTOXP4AFGs2grIETln4s1MD5PfE0A=";
-  };
-
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "vtf2img" ];
-
-  dependencies = [ pillow ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "A Python library to convert Valve Texture Format (VTF) files to images.";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/julienc91/vtf2img";
-    license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ xarvex ];
-    mainProgram = "vtf2img";
-    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
-  };
-}
--- a/nix/shell.nix
+++ b/nix/shell.nix
@@ -1,89 +1,125 @@
 {
-  inputs,
  lib,
  pkgs,
+
+  python3,
  ...
 }:

 let
-  qt6Pkgs = import inputs.nixpkgs-qt6 { inherit (pkgs) system; };
-
-  pythonLibraryPath = lib.makeLibraryPath (
-    (with pkgs; [
-      fontconfig.lib
-      freetype
-      glib
-      stdenv.cc.cc.lib
-      zstd
-    ])
-    ++ (with qt6Pkgs.qt6; [ qtbase ])
-    ++ lib.optionals (!pkgs.stdenv.isDarwin) (
-      (with pkgs; [
-        dbus.lib
+  pythonLibraryPath =
+    with pkgs;
+    lib.makeLibraryPath (
+      [
+        fontconfig
+        freetype
+        glib
+        qt6.qtbase
+        stdenv.cc.cc
+        zstd
+      ]
+      ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.isDarwin) [
+        dbus
        libGL
        libdrm
        libpulseaudio
        libva
        libxkbcommon
        pipewire
+        qt6.qtwayland
        xorg.libX11
        xorg.libXrandr
-      ])
-      ++ (with qt6Pkgs.qt6; [ qtwayland ])
-    )
-  );
+      ]
+    );
+
  libraryPath = "${lib.optionalString pkgs.stdenv.isDarwin "DY"}LD_LIBRARY_PATH";

-  python = pkgs.python312;
-  pythonWrapped = pkgs.symlinkJoin {
-    inherit (python)
+  python3Wrapped = pkgs.symlinkJoin {
+    inherit (python3)
      name
      pname
      version
      meta
      ;

-    paths = [ python ];
+    paths = [ python3 ];

-    nativeBuildInputs = (with pkgs; [ makeWrapper ]) ++ (with qt6Pkgs.qt6; [ wrapQtAppsHook ]);
-    buildInputs = with qt6Pkgs.qt6; [ qtbase ];
+    nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
+      makeWrapper
+      qt6.wrapQtAppsHook
+
+      # Should be unnecessary once PR is pulled.
+      # PR: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/271037
+      # Issue: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/149812
+      wrapGAppsHook
+    ];
+    buildInputs = with pkgs.qt6; [
+      qtbase
+      qtmultimedia
+    ];

    postBuild = ''
-      wrapProgram $out/bin/python3.12 \
+      wrapProgram $out/bin/${python3.meta.mainProgram} \
        --prefix ${libraryPath} : ${pythonLibraryPath} \
+        "''${gappsWrapperArgs[@]}" \
        "''${qtWrapperArgs[@]}"
    '';
+
+    dontWrapGApps = true;
+    dontWrapQtApps = true;
  };
 in
 pkgs.mkShellNoCC {
  nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
    coreutils
+    uv

    ruff
  ];
-  buildInputs = [ pythonWrapped ] ++ (with pkgs; [ ffmpeg-headless ]);
+  buildInputs = [
+    python3Wrapped
+  ]
+  ++ (with pkgs; [
+    ffmpeg-headless
+    ripgrep
+  ]);

-  env.QT_QPA_PLATFORM = "wayland;xcb";
+  env = {
+    QT_QPA_PLATFORM = "wayland;xcb";
+
+    UV_NO_SYNC = "1";
+    UV_PYTHON_DOWNLOADS = "never";
+  };

  shellHook =
    let
-      python = lib.getExe pythonWrapped;
+      python = lib.getExe python3Wrapped;
+
+      # PySide/Qt are very particular about matching versions. Override with nixpkgs package.
+      pythonPath = lib.makeSearchPathOutput "lib" python3.sitePackages (
+        with python3.pkgs; [ pyside6 ] ++ pyside6.propagatedBuildInputs or [ ]
+      );
    in
    # bash
    ''
-      if [ ! -f .venv/bin/activate ] || [ "$(readlink -f .venv/bin/python)" != "$(readlink -f ${python})" ]; then
+      venv=''${UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT:-.venv}
+
+      if [ ! -f "''${venv}"/bin/activate ] || [ "$(readlink -f "''${venv}"/bin/python)" != "$(readlink -f ${python})" ]; then
          printf '%s\n' 'Regenerating virtual environment, Python interpreter changed...' >&2
-          rm -rf .venv
-          ${python} -m venv .venv
+          rm -rf "''${venv}"
+          uv venv --python ${python} "''${venv}"
      fi

-      source .venv/bin/activate
+      source "''${venv}"/bin/activate
+      PYTHONPATH=${pythonPath}''${PYTHONPATH:+:}''${PYTHONPATH:-}

-      if [ ! -f .venv/pyproject.toml ] || [ "$(cat .venv/pyproject.toml)" != "$(cat pyproject.toml)" ]; then
+      if [ ! -f "''${venv}"/pyproject.toml ] || ! diff --brief pyproject.toml "''${venv}"/pyproject.toml >/dev/null; then
          printf '%s\n' 'Installing dependencies, pyproject.toml changed...' >&2
-          pip install --quiet --editable '.[mkdocs,mypy,pytest]'
-          cp pyproject.toml .venv/pyproject.toml
+          uv pip install --quiet --editable '.[mkdocs,mypy,pre-commit,pytest]'
+          cp pyproject.toml "''${venv}"/pyproject.toml
      fi
+
+      pre-commit install
    '';

  meta = {
--- a/overrides/partials/header.html
+++ b/overrides/partials/header.html
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+<!--
+  Copyright (c) 2016-2025 Martin Donath <martin.donath@squidfunk.com>
+
+  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+  of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
+  deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
+  rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
+  sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+  furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+  all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+  IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+  AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+  LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+  FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
+  IN THE SOFTWARE.
+-->
+
+<!-- Determine classes -->
+{% set class = "md-header" %}
+{% if "navigation.tabs.sticky" in features %}
+  {% set class = class ~ " md-header--shadow md-header--lifted" %}
+{% elif "navigation.tabs" not in features %}
+  {% set class = class ~ " md-header--shadow" %}
+{% endif %}
+
+<!-- Header -->
+<header class="{{ class }}" data-md-component="header">
+  <nav
+    class="md-header__inner md-grid"
+    aria-label="{{ lang.t('header') }}"
+  >
+
+    <!-- Link to home -->
+    <a
+      href="{{ config.extra.homepage | d(nav.homepage.url, true) | url }}"
+      title="{{ config.site_name | e }}"
+      class="md-header__button md-logo"
+      aria-label="{{ config.site_name }}"
+      data-md-component="logo"
+    >
+      {% include "partials/logo.html" %}
+    </a>
+
+    <!-- Button to open drawer -->
+    <label class="md-header__button md-icon" for="__drawer">
+      {% set icon = config.theme.icon.menu or "material/menu" %}
+      {% include ".icons/" ~ icon ~ ".svg" %}
+    </label>
+
+    <!-- Header title -->
+    <div class="md-header__title" data-md-component="header-title">
+      <div class="md-header__ellipsis">
+        <div class="md-header__topic">
+          <span class="md-ellipsis">
+            <a style="font-weight: 900;">Tag</a><a style="font-weight: 500;"><i>Studio</i></a>
+          </span>
+        </div>
+        <div class="md-header__topic" data-md-component="header-topic">
+          <span class="md-ellipsis">
+            {% if page.meta and page.meta.title %}
+              {{ page.meta.title }}
+            {% else %}
+              {{ page.title }}
+            {% endif %}
+          </span>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <!-- Color palette toggle -->
+    {% if config.theme.palette %}
+      {% if not config.theme.palette is mapping %}
+        {% include "partials/palette.html" %}
+      {% endif %}
+    {% endif %}
+
+    <!-- User preference: color palette -->
+    {% if not config.theme.palette is mapping %}
+      {% include "partials/javascripts/palette.html" %}
+    {% endif %}
+
+    <!-- Site language selector -->
+    {% if config.extra.alternate %}
+      {% include "partials/alternate.html" %}
+    {% endif %}
+
+    <!-- Button to open search modal -->
+    {% if "material/search" in config.plugins %}
+      {% set search = config.plugins["material/search"] | attr("config") %}
+
+      <!-- Check if search is actually enabled - see https://t.ly/DT_0V -->
+      {% if search.enabled %}
+        <label class="md-header__button md-icon" for="__search">
+          {% set icon = config.theme.icon.search or "material/magnify" %}
+          {% include ".icons/" ~ icon ~ ".svg" %}
+        </label>
+
+        <!-- Search interface -->
+        {% include "partials/search.html" %}
+      {% endif %}
+    {% endif %}
+
+    <!-- Repository information -->
+    {% if config.repo_url %}
+      <div class="md-header__source">
+        {% include "partials/source.html" %}
+      </div>
+    {% endif %}
+  </nav>
+
+  <!-- Navigation tabs (sticky) -->
+  {% if "navigation.tabs.sticky" in features %}
+    {% if "navigation.tabs" in features %}
+      {% include "partials/tabs.html" %}
+    {% endif %}
+  {% endif %}
+</header>
--- a/overrides/partials/nav.html
+++ b/overrides/partials/nav.html
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+<!--
+  Copyright (c) 2016-2025 Martin Donath <martin.donath@squidfunk.com>
+
+  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+  of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
+  deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
+  rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
+  sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+  furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+  all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+  IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+  AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+  LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+  FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
+  IN THE SOFTWARE.
+-->
+
+{% import "partials/nav-item.html" as item with context %}
+
+<!-- Determine classes -->
+{% set class = "md-nav md-nav--primary" %}
+{% if "navigation.tabs" in features %}
+  {% set class = class ~ " md-nav--lifted" %}
+{% endif %}
+{% if "toc.integrate" in features %}
+  {% set class = class ~ " md-nav--integrated" %}
+{% endif %}
+
+<!-- Navigation -->
+<nav
+  class="{{ class }}"
+  aria-label="{{ lang.t('nav') }}"
+  data-md-level="0"
+>
+
+  <!-- Site title -->
+  <!-- <label class="md-nav__title" for="__drawer">
+    <a
+      href="{{ config.extra.homepage | d(nav.homepage.url, true) | url }}"
+      title="{{ config.site_name | e }}"
+      class="md-nav__button md-logo"
+      aria-label="{{ config.site_name }}"
+      data-md-component="logo"
+    >
+      {% include "partials/logo.html" %}
+    </a>
+    {{ config.site_name }}
+  </label> -->
+
+  <!-- Repository information -->
+  {% if config.repo_url %}
+    <div class="md-nav__source">
+      {% include "partials/source.html" %}
+    </div>
+  {% endif %}
+
+  <!-- Navigation list -->
+  <ul class="md-nav__list" data-md-scrollfix>
+    {% for nav_item in nav %}
+      {% set path = "__nav_" ~ loop.index %}
+      {{ item.render(nav_item, path, 1) }}
+    {% endfor %}
+  </ul>
+</nav>
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,42 +5,48 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 [project]
 name = "TagStudio"
 description = "A User-Focused Photo & File Management System."
-version = "9.5.1"
+version = "9.5.3"
 license = "GPL-3.0-only"
 readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.12,<3.14"
 dependencies = [
-    "chardet==5.2.0",
-    "ffmpeg-python==0.2.0",
-    "humanfriendly==10.0",
-    "mutagen==1.47.0",
-    "numpy==2.1.0",
-    "opencv_python==4.10.0.84",
-    "Pillow==10.3.0",
-    "pillow-heif==0.16.0",
-    "pillow-jxl-plugin==1.3.0",
-    "pydub==0.25.1",
-    "PySide6==6.8.0.1",
-    "rawpy==0.22.0",
-    "Send2Trash==1.8.3",
-    "SQLAlchemy==2.0.34",
-    "structlog==24.4.0",
-    "typing_extensions>=3.10.0.0,<4.11.0",
-    "ujson>=5.8.0,<5.9.0",
-    "vtf2img==0.1.0",
+    "audioop-lts; python_version >= '3.13'",
+    "chardet~=5.2",
+    "ffmpeg-python~=0.2",
+    "humanfriendly==10.*",
+    "mutagen~=1.47",
+    "numpy~=2.2",
+    "opencv_python~=4.11",
+    "Pillow>=10.2,<=12.0",
+    "pillow-heif~=0.22",
+    "pillow-jxl-plugin~=1.3",
+    "pydantic~=2.10",
+    "pydub~=0.25",
+    "PySide6==6.8.0.*",
+    "rawpy~=0.24",
+    "Send2Trash~=1.8",
+    "SQLAlchemy~=2.0",
+    "srctools~=2.6",
+    "structlog~=25.3",
+    "toml~=0.10",
+    "typing_extensions~=4.13",
+    "ujson~=5.10",
+    "wcmatch==10.*",
 ]

 [project.optional-dependencies]
-dev = ["pre-commit==3.7.0", "tagstudio[mkdocs,mypy,pyinstaller,pytest,ruff]"]
-mkdocs = ["mkdocs-material[imaging]==9.*"]
-mypy = ["mypy==1.11.2", "mypy-extensions==1.*", "types-ujson>=5.8.0,<5.9.0"]
-pyinstaller = ["Pyinstaller==6.6.0"]
+dev = ["tagstudio[mkdocs,mypy,pre-commit,pyinstaller,pytest,ruff]"]
+mkdocs = ["mkdocs-material[imaging]>=9.6.14"]
+mypy = ["mypy==1.15.0", "mypy-extensions==1.*", "types-ujson~=5.10"]
+pre-commit = ["pre-commit~=4.2"]
+pyinstaller = ["Pyinstaller~=6.13"]
 pytest = [
-    "pytest==8.2.0",
-    "pytest-cov==5.0.0",
+    "pytest==8.3.5",
+    "pytest-cov==6.1.1",
    "pytest-qt==4.4.0",
-    "syrupy==4.7.1",
+    "syrupy==4.9.1",
 ]
-ruff = ["ruff==0.8.1"]
+ruff = ["ruff==0.11.8"]

 [project.gui-scripts]
 tagstudio = "tagstudio.main:main"
@@ -80,17 +86,21 @@ qt_api = "pyside6"

 [tool.pyright]
 ignore = [".venv/**"]
-include = ["src/tagstudio/**"]
+include = ["src/tagstudio", "tests"]
+extraPaths = ["src/tagstudio", "tests"]
 reportAny = false
+reportIgnoreCommentWithoutRule = false
 reportImplicitStringConcatenation = false
+reportMissingTypeArgument = false
 # reportOptionalMemberAccess = false
 reportUnannotatedClassAttribute = false
 reportUnknownArgumentType = false
+reportUnknownLambdaType = false
 reportUnknownMemberType = false
 reportUnusedCallResult = false

 [tool.ruff]
-exclude = ["main_window.py", "home_ui.py", "resources.py", "resources_rc.py"]
+exclude = ["home_ui.py", "resources.py", "resources_rc.py"]
 line-length = 100

 [tool.ruff.lint]
--- a/src/tagstudio/core/constants.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/core/constants.py
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
 # Licensed under the GPL-3.0 License.
 # Created for TagStudio: https://github.com/CyanVoxel/TagStudio

-VERSION: str = "9.5.1"  # Major.Minor.Patch
+VERSION: str = "9.5.3"  # Major.Minor.Patch
 VERSION_BRANCH: str = ""  # Usually "" or "Pre-Release"

 # The folder & file names where TagStudio keeps its data relative to a library.
 TS_FOLDER_NAME: str = ".TagStudio"
 BACKUP_FOLDER_NAME: str = "backups"
 COLLAGE_FOLDER_NAME: str = "collages"
+IGNORE_NAME: str = ".ts_ignore"
 THUMB_CACHE_NAME: str = "thumbs"

 FONT_SAMPLE_TEXT: str = (
--- a/src/tagstudio/core/driver.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/core/driver.py
@@ -5,13 +5,15 @@ from PySide6.QtCore import QSettings

 from tagstudio.core.constants import TS_FOLDER_NAME
 from tagstudio.core.enums import SettingItems
+from tagstudio.core.global_settings import GlobalSettings
 from tagstudio.core.library.alchemy.library import LibraryStatus

 logger = structlog.get_logger(__name__)


 class DriverMixin:
-    settings: QSettings
+    cached_values: QSettings
+    settings: GlobalSettings

    def evaluate_path(self, open_path: str | None) -> LibraryStatus:
        """Check if the path of library is valid."""
@@ -21,17 +23,17 @@ class DriverMixin:
            if not library_path.exists():
                logger.error("Path does not exist.", open_path=open_path)
                return LibraryStatus(success=False, message="Path does not exist.")
-        elif self.settings.value(
-            SettingItems.START_LOAD_LAST, defaultValue=True, type=bool
-        ) and self.settings.value(SettingItems.LAST_LIBRARY):
-            library_path = Path(str(self.settings.value(SettingItems.LAST_LIBRARY)))
+        elif self.settings.open_last_loaded_on_startup and self.cached_values.value(
+            SettingItems.LAST_LIBRARY
+        ):
+            library_path = Path(str(self.cached_values.value(SettingItems.LAST_LIBRARY)))
            if not (library_path / TS_FOLDER_NAME).exists():
                logger.error(
                    "TagStudio folder does not exist.",
                    library_path=library_path,
                    ts_folder=TS_FOLDER_NAME,
                )
-                self.settings.setValue(SettingItems.LAST_LIBRARY, "")
+                self.cached_values.setValue(SettingItems.LAST_LIBRARY, "")
                # dont consider this a fatal error, just skip opening the library
                library_path = None

--- a/src/tagstudio/core/enums.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/core/enums.py
@@ -10,14 +10,27 @@ from uuid import uuid4
 class SettingItems(str, enum.Enum):
    """List of setting item names."""

-    START_LOAD_LAST = "start_load_last"
    LAST_LIBRARY = "last_library"
    LIBS_LIST = "libs_list"
-    WINDOW_SHOW_LIBS = "window_show_libs"
-    SHOW_FILENAMES = "show_filenames"
-    AUTOPLAY = "autoplay_videos"
    THUMB_CACHE_SIZE_LIMIT = "thumb_cache_size_limit"
-    LANGUAGE = "language"
+
+
+class ShowFilepathOption(int, enum.Enum):
+    """Values representing the options for the "show_filenames" setting."""
+
+    SHOW_FULL_PATHS = 0
+    SHOW_RELATIVE_PATHS = 1
+    SHOW_FILENAMES_ONLY = 2
+    DEFAULT = SHOW_RELATIVE_PATHS
+
+
+class TagClickActionOption(int, enum.Enum):
+    """Values representing the options for the "tag_click_action" setting."""
+
+    OPEN_EDIT = 0
+    SET_SEARCH = 1
+    ADD_TO_SEARCH = 2
+    DEFAULT = OPEN_EDIT


 class Theme(str, enum.Enum):
@@ -66,10 +79,9 @@ class DefaultEnum(enum.Enum):
        raise AttributeError("access the value via .default property instead")


+# TODO: Remove DefaultEnum and LibraryPrefs classes once remaining values are removed.
 class LibraryPrefs(DefaultEnum):
    """Library preferences with default value accessible via .default property."""

    IS_EXCLUDE_LIST = True
    EXTENSION_LIST = [".json", ".xmp", ".aae"]
-    PAGE_SIZE = 500
-    DB_VERSION = 8
--- a/src/tagstudio/core/global_settings.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/core/global_settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+# Licensed under the GPL-3.0 License.
+# Created for TagStudio: https://github.com/CyanVoxel/TagStudio
+
+import platform
+from datetime import datetime
+from enum import Enum
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import override
+
+import structlog
+import toml
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
+
+from tagstudio.core.enums import ShowFilepathOption, TagClickActionOption
+
+if platform.system() == "Windows":
+    DEFAULT_GLOBAL_SETTINGS_PATH = (
+        Path.home() / "Appdata" / "Roaming" / "TagStudio" / "settings.toml"
+    )
+else:
+    DEFAULT_GLOBAL_SETTINGS_PATH = Path.home() / ".config" / "TagStudio" / "settings.toml"
+
+logger = structlog.get_logger(__name__)
+
+
+class TomlEnumEncoder(toml.TomlEncoder):
+    @override
+    def dump_value(self, v):
+        if isinstance(v, Enum):
+            return super().dump_value(v.value)
+        return super().dump_value(v)
+
+
+class Theme(Enum):
+    DARK = 0
+    LIGHT = 1
+    SYSTEM = 2
+    DEFAULT = SYSTEM
+
+
+# NOTE: pydantic also has a BaseSettings class (from pydantic-settings) that allows any settings
+# properties to be overwritten with environment variables. as tagstudio is not currently using
+# environment variables, i did not base it on that, but that may be useful in the future.
+class GlobalSettings(BaseModel):
+    language: str = Field(default="en")
+    open_last_loaded_on_startup: bool = Field(default=True)
+    autoplay: bool = Field(default=True)
+    loop: bool = Field(default=True)
+    show_filenames_in_grid: bool = Field(default=True)
+    page_size: int = Field(default=100)
+    show_filepath: ShowFilepathOption = Field(default=ShowFilepathOption.DEFAULT)
+    theme: Theme = Field(default=Theme.SYSTEM)
+    tag_click_action: TagClickActionOption = Field(default=TagClickActionOption.DEFAULT)
+
+    date_format: str = Field(default="%x")
+    hour_format: bool = Field(default=True)
+    zero_padding: bool = Field(default=True)
+
+    loaded_from: Path = Field(default=DEFAULT_GLOBAL_SETTINGS_PATH, exclude=True)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def read_settings(path: Path = DEFAULT_GLOBAL_SETTINGS_PATH) -> "GlobalSettings":
+        if path.exists():
+            with open(path) as file:
+                filecontents = file.read()
+                if len(filecontents.strip()) != 0:
+                    logger.info("[Settings] Reading Global Settings File", path=path)
+                    settings_data = toml.loads(filecontents)
+                    settings = GlobalSettings(**settings_data, loaded_from=path)
+                    return settings
+
+        return GlobalSettings(loaded_from=path)
+
+    def save(self, path: Path | None = None) -> None:
+        if path is None:
+            path = self.loaded_from
+        if not path.parent.exists():
+            path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+        with open(path, "w") as f:
+            toml.dump(self.model_dump(), f, encoder=TomlEnumEncoder())
+
+    @property
+    def datetime_format(self) -> str:
+        date_format = self.date_format
+        is_24h = self.hour_format
+        hour_format = "%H:%M:%S" if is_24h else "%I:%M:%S %p"
+        zero_padding = self.zero_padding
+        zero_padding_symbol = ""
+
+        if not zero_padding:
+            zero_padding_symbol = "#" if platform.system() == "Windows" else "-"
+            date_format = date_format.replace("%d", f"%{zero_padding_symbol}d").replace(
+                "%m", f"%{zero_padding_symbol}m"
+            )
+            hour_format = hour_format.replace("%H", f"%{zero_padding_symbol}H").replace(
+                "%I", f"%{zero_padding_symbol}I"
+            )
+        return f"{date_format}, {hour_format}"
+
+    def format_datetime(self, dt: datetime) -> str:
+        return datetime.strftime(dt, self.datetime_format)
--- a/src/tagstudio/core/library/alchemy/enums.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/core/library/alchemy/enums.py
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import enum
+import random
 from dataclasses import dataclass, replace
 from pathlib import Path

 import structlog

-from tagstudio.core.query_lang.ast import AST, Constraint, ConstraintType
+from tagstudio.core.query_lang.ast import AST
 from tagstudio.core.query_lang.parser import Parser

 MAX_SQL_VARIABLES = 32766  # 32766 is the max sql bind parameter count as defined here: https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite/blob/master/src/sqliteLimit.h#L140
@@ -67,67 +68,85 @@ class ItemType(enum.Enum):

 class SortingModeEnum(enum.Enum):
    DATE_ADDED = "file.date_added"
+    FILE_NAME = "generic.filename"
+    PATH = "file.path"
+    RANDOM = "sorting.mode.random"


@dataclass
-class FilterState:
+class BrowsingState:
    """Represent a state of the Library grid view."""

-    # these should remain
-    page_index: int | None = 0
-    page_size: int | None = 500
+    page_index: int = 0
    sorting_mode: SortingModeEnum = SortingModeEnum.DATE_ADDED
    ascending: bool = True
+    random_seed: float = 0
+
+    query: str | None = None

-    # these should be erased on update
    # Abstract Syntax Tree Of the current Search Query
-    ast: AST = None
-
    @property
-    def limit(self):
-        return self.page_size
-
-    @property
-    def offset(self):
-        return self.page_size * self.page_index
+    def ast(self) -> AST | None:
+        if self.query is None:
+            return None
+        return Parser(self.query).parse()

    @classmethod
-    def show_all(cls) -> "FilterState":
-        return FilterState()
+    def show_all(cls) -> "BrowsingState":
+        return BrowsingState()

    @classmethod
-    def from_search_query(cls, search_query: str) -> "FilterState":
-        return cls(ast=Parser(search_query).parse())
+    def from_search_query(cls, search_query: str) -> "BrowsingState":
+        return cls(query=search_query)

    @classmethod
-    def from_tag_id(cls, tag_id: int | str) -> "FilterState":
-        return cls(ast=Constraint(ConstraintType.TagID, str(tag_id), []))
+    def from_tag_id(
+        cls, tag_id: int | str, state: "BrowsingState | None" = None
+    ) -> "BrowsingState":
+        """Create and return a BrowsingState object given a tag ID.
+
+        Args:
+            tag_id(int): The tag ID to search for.
+            state(BrowsingState|None): An optional BrowsingState object to use
+                existing options from, such as sorting options.
+
+        """
+        logger.warning(state)
+        if state:
+            return state.with_search_query(f"tag_id:{str(tag_id)}")
+        return cls(query=f"tag_id:{str(tag_id)}")

    @classmethod
-    def from_path(cls, path: Path | str) -> "FilterState":
-        return cls(ast=Constraint(ConstraintType.Path, str(path).strip(), []))
+    def from_path(cls, path: Path | str) -> "BrowsingState":
+        return cls(query=f'path:"{str(path).strip()}"')

    @classmethod
-    def from_mediatype(cls, mediatype: str) -> "FilterState":
-        return cls(ast=Constraint(ConstraintType.MediaType, mediatype, []))
+    def from_mediatype(cls, mediatype: str) -> "BrowsingState":
+        return cls(query=f"mediatype:{mediatype}")

    @classmethod
-    def from_filetype(cls, filetype: str) -> "FilterState":
-        return cls(ast=Constraint(ConstraintType.FileType, filetype, []))
+    def from_filetype(cls, filetype: str) -> "BrowsingState":
+        return cls(query=f"filetype:{filetype}")

    @classmethod
-    def from_tag_name(cls, tag_name: str) -> "FilterState":
-        return cls(ast=Constraint(ConstraintType.Tag, tag_name, []))
+    def from_tag_name(cls, tag_name: str) -> "BrowsingState":
+        return cls(query=f'tag:"{tag_name}"')

-    def with_page_size(self, page_size: int) -> "FilterState":
-        return replace(self, page_size=page_size)
+    def with_page_index(self, index: int) -> "BrowsingState":
+        return replace(self, page_index=index)

-    def with_sorting_mode(self, mode: SortingModeEnum) -> "FilterState":
-        return replace(self, sorting_mode=mode)
+    def with_sorting_mode(self, mode: SortingModeEnum) -> "BrowsingState":
+        seed = self.random_seed
+        if mode == SortingModeEnum.RANDOM:
+            seed = random.random()
+        return replace(self, sorting_mode=mode, random_seed=seed)

-    def with_sorting_direction(self, ascending: bool) -> "FilterState":
+    def with_sorting_direction(self, ascending: bool) -> "BrowsingState":
        return replace(self, ascending=ascending)

+    def with_search_query(self, search_query: str) -> "BrowsingState":
+        return replace(self, query=search_query)
+

 class FieldTypeEnum(enum.Enum):
    TEXT_LINE = "Text Line"
--- a/src/tagstudio/core/library/alchemy/library.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/core/library/alchemy/library.py
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ import re
 import shutil
 import time
 import unicodedata
-from collections.abc import Iterator
+from collections.abc import Iterable, Iterator
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from datetime import UTC, datetime
 from os import makedirs
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 from uuid import uuid4
 from warnings import catch_warnings

@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ from tagstudio.core.library.alchemy import default_color_groups
 from tagstudio.core.library.alchemy.db import make_tables
 from tagstudio.core.library.alchemy.enums import (
    MAX_SQL_VARIABLES,
+    BrowsingState,
    FieldTypeEnum,
-    FilterState,
    SortingModeEnum,
 )
 from tagstudio.core.library.alchemy.fields import (
@@ -92,11 +92,14 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:

 logger = structlog.get_logger(__name__)

+DB_VERSION_KEY: str = "DB_VERSION"
+DB_VERSION: int = 100
+
 TAG_CHILDREN_QUERY = text("""
 -- Note for this entire query that tag_parents.child_id is the parent id and tag_parents.parent_id is the child id due to bad naming
 WITH RECURSIVE ChildTags AS (
    SELECT :tag_id AS child_id
-    UNION ALL
+    UNION
    SELECT tp.parent_id AS child_id
 	FROM tag_parents tp
    INNER JOIN ChildTags c ON tp.child_id = c.child_id
@@ -170,26 +173,26 @@ class SearchResult:

    Attributes:
        total_count(int): total number of items for given query, might be different than len(items).
-        items(list[Entry]): for current page (size matches filter.page_size).
+        ids(list[int]): for current page (size matches filter.page_size).
    """

    total_count: int
-    items: list[Entry]
+    ids: list[int]

    def __bool__(self) -> bool:
        """Boolean evaluation for the wrapper.

-        :return: True if there are items in the result.
+        :return: True if there are ids in the result.
        """
        return self.total_count > 0

    def __len__(self) -> int:
-        """Return the total number of items in the result."""
-        return len(self.items)
+        """Return the total number of ids in the result."""
+        return len(self.ids)

-    def __getitem__(self, index: int) -> Entry:
-        """Allow to access items via index directly on the wrapper."""
-        return self.items[index]
+    def __getitem__(self, index: int) -> int:
+        """Allow to access ids via index directly on the wrapper."""
+        return self.ids[index]


@dataclass
@@ -272,8 +275,8 @@ class Library:

        # Parent Tags (Previously known as "Subtags" in JSON)
        for tag in json_lib.tags:
-            for child_id in tag.subtag_ids:
-                self.add_parent_tag(parent_id=tag.id, child_id=child_id)
+            for parent_id in tag.subtag_ids:
+                self.add_parent_tag(parent_id=parent_id, child_id=tag.id)

        # Entries
        self.add_entries(
@@ -364,7 +367,7 @@ class Library:
        # https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/20/changelog/migration_07.html
        # Under -> sqlite-the-sqlite-dialect-now-uses-nullpool-for-file-based-databases
        poolclass = None if self.storage_path == ":memory:" else NullPool
-        db_version: int = 0
+        loaded_db_version: int = 0

        logger.info(
            "[Library] Opening SQLite Library",
@@ -376,13 +379,21 @@ class Library:
            # dont check db version when creating new library
            if not is_new:
                db_result = session.scalar(
-                    select(Preferences).where(Preferences.key == LibraryPrefs.DB_VERSION.name)
+                    select(Preferences).where(Preferences.key == DB_VERSION_KEY)
                )
                if db_result:
-                    db_version = db_result.value
+                    assert isinstance(db_result.value, int)
+                    loaded_db_version = db_result.value

-                # NOTE: DB_VERSION 6 is the first supported SQL DB version.
-                if db_version < 6 or db_version > LibraryPrefs.DB_VERSION.default:
+                # ======================== Library Database Version Checking =======================
+                # DB_VERSION 6 is the first supported SQLite DB version.
+                # If the DB_VERSION is >= 100, that means it's a compound major + minor version.
+                #   - Dividing by 100 and flooring gives the major (breaking changes) version.
+                #   - If a DB has major version higher than the current program, don't load it.
+                #   - If only the minor version is higher, it's still allowed to load.
+                if loaded_db_version < 6 or (
+                    loaded_db_version >= 100 and loaded_db_version // 100 > DB_VERSION // 100
+                ):
                    mismatch_text = Translations["status.library_version_mismatch"]
                    found_text = Translations["status.library_version_found"]
                    expected_text = Translations["status.library_version_expected"]
@@ -390,12 +401,12 @@ class Library:
                        success=False,
                        message=(
                            f"{mismatch_text}\n"
-                            f"{found_text} v{db_version}, "
-                            f"{expected_text} v{LibraryPrefs.DB_VERSION.default}"
+                            f"{found_text} v{loaded_db_version}, "
+                            f"{expected_text} v{DB_VERSION}"
                        ),
                    )

-            logger.info(f"[Library] DB_VERSION: {db_version}")
+            logger.info(f"[Library] DB_VERSION: {loaded_db_version}")
            make_tables(self.engine)

            # Add default tag color namespaces.
@@ -433,6 +444,15 @@ class Library:
                except IntegrityError:
                    session.rollback()

+            # TODO: Completely rework this "preferences" system.
+            with catch_warnings(record=True):
+                try:
+                    session.add(Preferences(key=DB_VERSION_KEY, value=DB_VERSION))
+                    session.commit()
+                except IntegrityError:
+                    logger.debug("preference already exists", pref=DB_VERSION_KEY)
+                    session.rollback()
+
            for pref in LibraryPrefs:
                with catch_warnings(record=True):
                    try:
@@ -472,16 +492,31 @@ class Library:

            # Apply any post-SQL migration patches.
            if not is_new:
-                if db_version < 8:
+                # save backup if patches will be applied
+                if loaded_db_version != DB_VERSION:
+                    self.library_dir = library_dir
+                    self.save_library_backup_to_disk()
+                    self.library_dir = None
+
+                # schema changes first
+                if loaded_db_version < 8:
                    self.apply_db8_schema_changes(session)
-                if db_version == 6:
+                if loaded_db_version < 9:
+                    self.apply_db9_schema_changes(session)
+
+                # now the data changes
+                if loaded_db_version == 6:
                    self.apply_repairs_for_db6(session)
-                if db_version >= 6 and db_version < 8:
+                if loaded_db_version >= 6 and loaded_db_version < 8:
                    self.apply_db8_default_data(session)
+                if loaded_db_version < 9:
+                    self.apply_db9_filename_population(session)
+                if loaded_db_version < 100:
+                    self.apply_db100_parent_repairs(session)

            # Update DB_VERSION
-            if LibraryPrefs.DB_VERSION.default > db_version:
-                self.set_prefs(LibraryPrefs.DB_VERSION, LibraryPrefs.DB_VERSION.default)
+            if loaded_db_version < DB_VERSION:
+                self.set_prefs(DB_VERSION_KEY, DB_VERSION)

        # everything is fine, set the library path
        self.library_dir = library_dir
@@ -580,6 +615,43 @@ class Library:
                )
                session.rollback()

+    def apply_db9_schema_changes(self, session: Session):
+        """Apply database schema changes introduced in DB_VERSION 9."""
+        add_filename_column = text(
+            "ALTER TABLE entries ADD COLUMN filename TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT ''"
+        )
+        try:
+            session.execute(add_filename_column)
+            session.commit()
+            logger.info("[Library][Migration] Added filename column to entries table")
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error(
+                "[Library][Migration] Could not create filename column in entries table!",
+                error=e,
+            )
+            session.rollback()
+
+    def apply_db9_filename_population(self, session: Session):
+        """Populate the filename column introduced in DB_VERSION 9."""
+        for entry in self.all_entries():
+            session.merge(entry).filename = entry.path.name
+        session.commit()
+        logger.info("[Library][Migration] Populated filename column in entries table")
+
+    def apply_db100_parent_repairs(self, session: Session):
+        """Apply database repairs introduced in DB_VERSION 100."""
+        logger.info("[Library][Migration] Applying patches to DB_VERSION 100 library...")
+        with session:
+            # Repair parent-child tag relationships that are the wrong way around.
+            stmt = update(TagParent).values(
+                parent_id=TagParent.child_id,
+                child_id=TagParent.parent_id,
+            )
+            session.execute(stmt)
+            session.flush()
+
+            session.commit()
+
    @property
    def default_fields(self) -> list[BaseField]:
        with Session(self.engine) as session:
@@ -623,7 +695,10 @@ class Library:
                entry_stmt = (
                    entry_stmt.outerjoin(Entry.text_fields)
                    .outerjoin(Entry.datetime_fields)
-                    .options(selectinload(Entry.text_fields), selectinload(Entry.datetime_fields))
+                    .options(
+                        selectinload(Entry.text_fields),
+                        selectinload(Entry.datetime_fields),
+                    )
                )
            # if with_tags:
            #     entry_stmt = entry_stmt.outerjoin(Entry.tags).options(selectinload(Entry.tags))
@@ -638,7 +713,7 @@ class Library:
            start_time = time.time()
            entry = session.scalar(entry_stmt)
            if with_tags:
-                tags = set(session.scalars(tag_stmt))  # pyright: ignore [reportPossiblyUnboundVariable]
+                tags = set(session.scalars(tag_stmt))  # pyright: ignore[reportPossiblyUnboundVariable]
            end_time = time.time()
            logger.info(
                f"[Library] Time it took to get entry: "
@@ -656,6 +731,12 @@ class Library:
                entry.tags = tags
            return entry

+    def get_entries(self, entry_ids: Iterable[int]) -> list[Entry]:
+        with Session(self.engine) as session:
+            statement = select(Entry).where(Entry.id.in_(entry_ids))
+            entries = dict((e.id, e) for e in session.scalars(statement))
+            return [entries[id] for id in entry_ids]
+
    def get_entries_full(self, entry_ids: list[int] | set[int]) -> Iterator[Entry]:
        """Load entry and join with all joins and all tags."""
        with Session(self.engine) as session:
@@ -710,12 +791,25 @@ class Library:
            make_transient(entry)
            return entry

+    def get_tag_entries(
+        self, tag_ids: Iterable[int], entry_ids: Iterable[int]
+    ) -> dict[int, set[int]]:
+        """Returns a dict of tag_id->(entry_ids with tag_id)."""
+        tag_entries: dict[int, set[int]] = dict((id, set()) for id in tag_ids)
+        with Session(self.engine) as session:
+            statement = select(TagEntry).where(
+                and_(TagEntry.tag_id.in_(tag_ids), TagEntry.entry_id.in_(entry_ids))
+            )
+            for tag_entry in session.scalars(statement).fetchall():
+                tag_entries[tag_entry.tag_id].add(tag_entry.entry_id)
+        return tag_entries
+
    @property
    def entries_count(self) -> int:
        with Session(self.engine) as session:
            return session.scalar(select(func.count(Entry.id)))

-    def get_entries(self, with_joins: bool = False) -> Iterator[Entry]:
+    def all_entries(self, with_joins: bool = False) -> Iterator[Entry]:
        """Load entries without joins."""
        with Session(self.engine) as session:
            stmt = select(Entry)
@@ -821,17 +915,19 @@ class Library:

    def search_library(
        self,
-        search: FilterState,
+        search: BrowsingState,
+        page_size: int | None,
    ) -> SearchResult:
        """Filter library by search query.

        :return: number of entries matching the query and one page of results.
        """
-        assert isinstance(search, FilterState)
+        assert isinstance(search, BrowsingState)
        assert self.engine
+        assert self.library_dir

        with Session(self.engine, expire_on_commit=False) as session:
-            statement = select(Entry)
+            statement = select(Entry.id, func.count().over())

            if search.ast:
                start_time = time.time()
@@ -841,6 +937,7 @@ class Library:
                    f"SQL Expression Builder finished ({format_timespan(end_time - start_time)})"
                )

+            # TODO: Remove this from the search function and update tests.
            extensions = self.prefs(LibraryPrefs.EXTENSION_LIST)
            is_exclude_list = self.prefs(LibraryPrefs.IS_EXCLUDE_LIST)

@@ -850,19 +947,21 @@ class Library:
                statement = statement.where(Entry.suffix.in_(extensions))

            statement = statement.distinct(Entry.id)
-            start_time = time.time()
-            query_count = select(func.count()).select_from(statement.alias("entries"))
-            count_all: int = session.execute(query_count).scalar()
-            end_time = time.time()
-            logger.info(f"finished counting ({format_timespan(end_time - start_time)})")

            sort_on: ColumnExpressionArgument = Entry.id
            match search.sorting_mode:
                case SortingModeEnum.DATE_ADDED:
                    sort_on = Entry.id
+                case SortingModeEnum.FILE_NAME:
+                    sort_on = func.lower(Entry.filename)
+                case SortingModeEnum.PATH:
+                    sort_on = func.lower(Entry.path)
+                case SortingModeEnum.RANDOM:
+                    sort_on = func.sin(Entry.id * search.random_seed)

            statement = statement.order_by(asc(sort_on) if search.ascending else desc(sort_on))
-            statement = statement.limit(search.limit).offset(search.offset)
+            if page_size is not None:
+                statement = statement.limit(page_size).offset(search.page_index * page_size)

            logger.info(
                "searching library",
@@ -871,13 +970,18 @@ class Library:
            )

            start_time = time.time()
-            items = session.scalars(statement).fetchall()
+            rows = session.execute(statement).fetchall()
+            ids = []
+            count = 0
+            for row in rows:
+                id, count = row._tuple()
+                ids.append(id)
            end_time = time.time()
            logger.info(f"SQL Execution finished ({format_timespan(end_time - start_time)})")

            res = SearchResult(
-                total_count=count_all,
-                items=list(items),
+                total_count=count,
+                ids=ids,
            )

            session.expunge_all()
@@ -1371,6 +1475,8 @@ class Library:
            target_path,
        )

+        logger.info("Library backup saved to disk.", path=target_path)
+
        return target_path

    def get_tag(self, tag_id: int) -> Tag | None:
@@ -1382,12 +1488,14 @@ class Library:
            )
            tag = session.scalar(tags_query.where(Tag.id == tag_id))

-            session.expunge(tag)
-            for parent in tag.parent_tags:
-                session.expunge(parent)
+            if tag is not None:
+                session.expunge(tag)

-            for alias in tag.aliases:
-                session.expunge(alias)
+                for parent in tag.parent_tags:
+                    session.expunge(parent)
+
+                for alias in tag.aliases:
+                    session.expunge(alias)

        return tag

@@ -1395,10 +1503,23 @@ class Library:
        with Session(self.engine) as session:
            statement = (
                select(Tag)
+                .options(selectinload(Tag.parent_tags), selectinload(Tag.aliases))
                .outerjoin(TagAlias)
                .where(or_(Tag.name == tag_name, TagAlias.name == tag_name))
            )
-            return session.scalar(statement)
+
+            tag = session.scalar(statement)
+
+            if tag is not None:
+                session.expunge(tag)
+
+                for parent in tag.parent_tags:
+                    session.expunge(parent)
+
+                for alias in tag.aliases:
+                    session.expunge(alias)
+
+        return tag

    def get_alias(self, tag_id: int, alias_id: int) -> TagAlias | None:
        with Session(self.engine) as session:
@@ -1545,35 +1666,49 @@ class Library:

        # load all tag's parent tags to know which to remove
        prev_parent_tags = session.scalars(
-            select(TagParent).where(TagParent.parent_id == tag.id)
+            select(TagParent).where(TagParent.child_id == tag.id)
        ).all()

        for parent_tag in prev_parent_tags:
-            if parent_tag.child_id not in parent_ids:
+            if parent_tag.parent_id not in parent_ids:
                session.delete(parent_tag)
            else:
                # no change, remove from list
-                parent_ids.remove(parent_tag.child_id)
+                parent_ids.remove(parent_tag.parent_id)

                # create remaining items
        for parent_id in parent_ids:
            # add new parent tag
            parent_tag = TagParent(
-                parent_id=tag.id,
-                child_id=parent_id,
+                parent_id=parent_id,
+                child_id=tag.id,
            )
            session.add(parent_tag)

-    def prefs(self, key: LibraryPrefs):
+    def prefs(self, key: str | LibraryPrefs):
        # load given item from Preferences table
        with Session(self.engine) as session:
-            return session.scalar(select(Preferences).where(Preferences.key == key.name)).value
+            if isinstance(key, LibraryPrefs):
+                return session.scalar(select(Preferences).where(Preferences.key == key.name)).value
+            else:
+                return session.scalar(select(Preferences).where(Preferences.key == key)).value

-    def set_prefs(self, key: LibraryPrefs, value) -> None:
+    def set_prefs(self, key: str | LibraryPrefs, value: Any) -> None:
        # set given item in Preferences table
        with Session(self.engine) as session:
            # load existing preference and update value
-            pref = session.scalar(select(Preferences).where(Preferences.key == key.name))
+            pref: Preferences | None
+
+            stuff = session.scalars(select(Preferences))
+            logger.info([x.key for x in list(stuff)])
+
+            if isinstance(key, LibraryPrefs):
+                pref = session.scalar(select(Preferences).where(Preferences.key == key.name))
+            else:
+                pref = session.scalar(select(Preferences).where(Preferences.key == key))
+
+            logger.info("loading pref", pref=pref, key=key, value=value)
+            assert pref is not None
            pref.value = value
            session.add(pref)
            session.commit()
@@ -1634,7 +1769,10 @@ class Library:
                session.expunge(en)

        return dict(
-            sorted(color_groups.items(), key=lambda kv: self.get_namespace_name(kv[0]).lower())
+            sorted(
+                color_groups.items(),
+                key=lambda kv: self.get_namespace_name(kv[0]).lower(),
+            )
        )

    @property
--- a/src/tagstudio/core/library/alchemy/models.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/core/library/alchemy/models.py
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ class Tag(Base):
    aliases: Mapped[set[TagAlias]] = relationship(back_populates="tag")
    parent_tags: Mapped[set["Tag"]] = relationship(
        secondary=TagParent.__tablename__,
-        primaryjoin="Tag.id == TagParent.parent_id",
-        secondaryjoin="Tag.id == TagParent.child_id",
+        primaryjoin="Tag.id == TagParent.child_id",
+        secondaryjoin="Tag.id == TagParent.parent_id",
        back_populates="parent_tags",
    )
    disambiguation_id: Mapped[int | None]
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ class Entry(Base):
    folder: Mapped[Folder] = relationship("Folder")

    path: Mapped[Path] = mapped_column(PathType, unique=True)
+    filename: Mapped[str] = mapped_column()
    suffix: Mapped[str] = mapped_column()
    date_created: Mapped[dt | None]
    date_modified: Mapped[dt | None]
@@ -232,6 +233,7 @@ class Entry(Base):
        self.path = path
        self.folder = folder
        self.id = id
+        self.filename = path.name
        self.suffix = path.suffix.lstrip(".").lower()

        # The date the file associated with this entry was created.
--- a/src/tagstudio/core/library/alchemy/visitors.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/core/library/alchemy/visitors.py
@@ -31,17 +31,15 @@ else:

 logger = structlog.get_logger(__name__)

-# TODO: Reevaluate after subtags -> parent tags name change
 TAG_CHILDREN_ID_QUERY = text("""
-- Note for this entire query that tag_parents.child_id is the parent id and tag_parents.parent_id is the child id due to bad naming
 WITH RECURSIVE ChildTags AS (
-    SELECT :tag_id AS child_id
-    UNION ALL
-    SELECT tp.parent_id AS child_id
-	FROM tag_parents tp
-    INNER JOIN ChildTags c ON tp.child_id = c.child_id
+    SELECT :tag_id AS tag_id
+    UNION
+    SELECT tp.child_id AS tag_id
+    FROM tag_parents tp
+    INNER JOIN ChildTags c ON tp.parent_id = c.tag_id
 )
-SELECT child_id FROM ChildTags;
+SELECT tag_id FROM ChildTags;
 """)  # noqa: E501


@@ -147,7 +145,7 @@ class SQLBoolExpressionBuilder(BaseVisitor[ColumnElement[bool]]):
        # raise exception if Constraint stays unhandled
        raise NotImplementedError("This type of constraint is not implemented yet")

-    def visit_property(self, node: Property) -> None:
+    def visit_property(self, node: Property) -> ColumnElement[bool]:
        raise NotImplementedError("This should never be reached!")

    def visit_not(self, node: Not) -> ColumnElement[bool]:
--- a/src/tagstudio/core/library/ignore.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/core/library/ignore.py
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2025 Travis Abendshien (CyanVoxel).
+# Licensed under the GPL-3.0 License.
+# Created for TagStudio: https://github.com/CyanVoxel/TagStudio
+
+from copy import deepcopy
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import structlog
+import wcmatch.fnmatch as fnmatch
+from wcmatch import glob, pathlib
+
+from tagstudio.core.constants import IGNORE_NAME, TS_FOLDER_NAME
+from tagstudio.core.singleton import Singleton
+
+logger = structlog.get_logger()
+
+PATH_GLOB_FLAGS = glob.GLOBSTARLONG | glob.DOTGLOB | glob.NEGATE | pathlib.MATCHBASE
+
+
+GLOBAL_IGNORE = [
+    # TagStudio -------------------
+    f"{TS_FOLDER_NAME}",
+    # Trash -----------------------
+    ".Trash-*",
+    ".Trash",
+    ".Trashes",
+    "$RECYCLE.BIN",
+    # System ----------------------
+    "._*",
+    ".DS_Store",
+    ".fseventsd",
+    ".Spotlight-V100",
+    ".TemporaryItems",
+    "desktop.ini",
+    "System Volume Information",
+    ".localized",
+]
+
+
+def ignore_to_glob(ignore_patterns: list[str]) -> list[str]:
+    """Convert .gitignore-like patterns to explicit glob syntax.
+
+    Args:
+        ignore_patterns (list[str]): The .gitignore-like patterns to convert.
+    """
+    glob_patterns: list[str] = deepcopy(ignore_patterns)
+    additional_patterns: list[str] = []
+
+    # Mimic implicit .gitignore syntax behavior for the SQLite GLOB function.
+    for pattern in glob_patterns:
+        # Temporarily remove any exclusion character before processing
+        exclusion_char = ""
+        gp = pattern
+        if pattern.startswith("!"):
+            gp = pattern[1:]
+            exclusion_char = "!"
+
+        if not gp.startswith("**/") and not gp.startswith("*/") and not gp.startswith("/"):
+            # Create a version of a prefix-less pattern that starts with "**/"
+            gp = "**/" + gp
+            additional_patterns.append(exclusion_char + gp)
+
+            gp = gp.removesuffix("/**").removesuffix("/*").removesuffix("/")
+            additional_patterns.append(exclusion_char + gp)
+
+            gp = gp.removeprefix("**/").removeprefix("*/")
+            additional_patterns.append(exclusion_char + gp)
+
+    glob_patterns = glob_patterns + additional_patterns
+
+    # Add "/**" suffix to suffix-less patterns to match implicit .gitignore behavior.
+    for pattern in glob_patterns:
+        if pattern.endswith("/**"):
+            continue
+
+        glob_patterns.append(pattern.removesuffix("/*").removesuffix("/") + "/**")
+
+    glob_patterns = list(set(glob_patterns))
+
+    logger.info("[Ignore]", glob_patterns=glob_patterns)
+    return glob_patterns
+
+
+class Ignore(metaclass=Singleton):
+    """Class for processing and managing glob-like file ignore file patterns."""
+
+    _last_loaded: tuple[Path, float] | None = None
+    _patterns: list[str] = []
+    compiled_patterns: fnmatch.WcMatcher | None = None
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_patterns(library_dir: Path, include_global: bool = True) -> list[str]:
+        """Get the ignore patterns for the given library directory.
+
+        Args:
+            library_dir (Path): The path of the library to load patterns from.
+            include_global (bool): Flag for including the global ignore set.
+                In most scenarios, this should be True.
+        """
+        patterns = GLOBAL_IGNORE if include_global else []
+        ts_ignore_path = Path(library_dir / TS_FOLDER_NAME / IGNORE_NAME)
+
+        if not ts_ignore_path.exists():
+            logger.info(
+                "[Ignore] No .ts_ignore file found",
+                path=ts_ignore_path,
+            )
+            Ignore._last_loaded = None
+            Ignore._patterns = patterns
+
+            return Ignore._patterns
+
+        # Process the .ts_ignore file if the previous result is non-existent or outdated.
+        loaded = (ts_ignore_path, ts_ignore_path.stat().st_mtime)
+        if not Ignore._last_loaded or (Ignore._last_loaded and Ignore._last_loaded != loaded):
+            logger.info(
+                "[Ignore] Processing the .ts_ignore file...",
+                library=library_dir,
+                last_mtime=Ignore._last_loaded[1] if Ignore._last_loaded else None,
+                new_mtime=loaded[1],
+            )
+            Ignore._patterns = patterns + Ignore._load_ignore_file(ts_ignore_path)
+            Ignore.compiled_patterns = fnmatch.compile(
+                "*", PATH_GLOB_FLAGS, exclude=ignore_to_glob(Ignore._patterns)
+            )
+        else:
+            logger.info(
+                "[Ignore] No updates to the .ts_ignore detected",
+                library=library_dir,
+                last_mtime=Ignore._last_loaded[1],
+                new_mtime=loaded[1],
+            )
+        Ignore._last_loaded = loaded
+
+        return Ignore._patterns
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _load_ignore_file(path: Path) -> list[str]:
+        """Load and process the .ts_ignore file into a list of glob patterns.
+
+        Args:
+            path (Path): The path of the .ts_ignore file.
+        """
+        patterns: list[str] = []
+        if path.exists():
+            with open(path, encoding="utf8") as f:
+                for line_raw in f.readlines():
+                    line = line_raw.strip()
+                    # Ignore blank lines and comments
+                    if not line or line.startswith("#"):
+                        continue
+                    patterns.append(line)
+
+        return patterns
--- a/src/tagstudio/core/media_types.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/core/media_types.py
@@ -1,16 +1,27 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2024 Travis Abendshien (CyanVoxel).
+# Copyright (C) 2025 Travis Abendshien (CyanVoxel).
 # Licensed under the GPL-3.0 License.
 # Created for TagStudio: https://github.com/CyanVoxel/TagStudio

-import logging
+
 import mimetypes
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from enum import Enum
 from pathlib import Path

-logging.basicConfig(format="%(message)s", level=logging.INFO)
+import structlog

-FILETYPE_EQUIVALENTS = [set(["jpg", "jpeg"])]
+logger = structlog.get_logger(__name__)
+
+FILETYPE_EQUIVALENTS = [
+    set(["aif", "aiff", "aifc"]),
+    set(["html", "htm", "xhtml", "shtml", "dhtml"]),
+    set(["jfif", "jpeg_large", "jpeg", "jpg_large", "jpg"]),
+    set(["json", "jsonc", "json5"]),
+    set(["md", "markdown", "mkd", "rmd"]),
+    set(["tar.gz", "tgz"]),
+    set(["xml", "xul"]),
+    set(["yaml", "yml"]),
+]


 class MediaType(str, Enum):
@@ -22,6 +33,7 @@ class MediaType(str, Enum):
    AUDIO_MIDI = "audio_midi"
    AUDIO = "audio"
    BLENDER = "blender"
+    CODE = "code"
    DATABASE = "database"
    DISK_IMAGE = "disk_image"
    DOCUMENT = "document"
@@ -32,6 +44,7 @@ class MediaType(str, Enum):
    IMAGE_VECTOR = "image_vector"
    IMAGE = "image"
    INSTALLER = "installer"
+    IWORK = "iwork"
    MATERIAL = "material"
    MODEL = "model"
    OPEN_DOCUMENT = "open_document"
@@ -40,6 +53,7 @@ class MediaType(str, Enum):
    PLAINTEXT = "plaintext"
    PRESENTATION = "presentation"
    PROGRAM = "program"
+    SHADER = "shader"
    SHORTCUT = "shortcut"
    SOURCE_ENGINE = "source_engine"
    SPREADSHEET = "spreadsheet"
@@ -67,6 +81,21 @@ class MediaCategory:
    name: str
    is_iana: bool = False

+    def contains(self, ext: str, mime_fallback: bool = False) -> bool:
+        """Check if an extension is a member of this MediaCategory.
+
+        Args:
+            ext (str): File extension with a leading "." and in all lowercase.
+            mime_fallback (bool): Flag to guess MIME type if no set matches are made.
+        """
+        if ext in self.extensions:
+            return True
+        elif mime_fallback and self.is_iana:
+            mime_type: str | None = mimetypes.guess_type(Path("x" + ext), strict=False)[0]
+            if mime_type is not None and mime_type.startswith(self.media_type.value):
+                return True
+        return False
+

 class MediaCategories:
    """Contain pre-made MediaCategory objects as well as methods to interact with them."""
@@ -80,6 +109,7 @@ class MediaCategories:
        ".psd",
    }
    _AFFINITY_PHOTO_SET: set[str] = {".afphoto"}
+    _KRITA_SET: set[str] = {".kra", ".krz"}
    _ARCHIVE_SET: set[str] = {
        ".7z",
        ".gz",
@@ -96,8 +126,10 @@ class MediaCategories:
    _AUDIO_SET: set[str] = {
        ".aac",
        ".aif",
+        ".aifc",
        ".aiff",
        ".alac",
+        ".caf",
        ".flac",
        ".m4a",
        ".m4p",
@@ -143,13 +175,75 @@ class MediaCategories:
        ".blend31",
        ".blend32",
    }
+    _CODE_SET: set[str] = {
+        ".bat",
+        ".cfg",
+        ".conf",
+        ".cpp",
+        ".cs",
+        ".csh",
+        ".css",
+        ".d",
+        ".dhtml",
+        ".fgd",
+        ".fish",
+        ".gitignore",
+        ".h",
+        ".hpp",
+        ".htm",
+        ".html",
+        ".inf",
+        ".ini",
+        ".js",
+        ".json",
+        ".json5",
+        ".jsonc",
+        ".jsx",
+        ".kv3",
+        ".lua",
+        ".meta",
+        ".nix",
+        ".nu",
+        ".nut",
+        ".php",
+        ".plist",
+        ".prefs",
+        ".ps1",
+        ".py",
+        ".pyi",
+        ".qml",
+        ".qrc",
+        ".qss",
+        ".rs",
+        ".sh",
+        ".shtml",
+        ".sip",
+        ".spec",
+        ".tcl",
+        ".timestamp",
+        ".toml",
+        ".ts",
+        ".tsx",
+        ".vcfg",
+        ".vdf",
+        ".vmt",
+        ".vqlayout",
+        ".vsc",
+        ".vsnd_template",
+        ".xhtml",
+        ".xml",
+        ".xul",
+        ".yaml",
+        ".yml",
+    }
    _DATABASE_SET: set[str] = {
        ".accdb",
        ".mdb",
+        ".pdb",
        ".sqlite",
        ".sqlite3",
    }
-    _DISK_IMAGE_SET: set[str] = {".bios", ".dmg", ".iso"}
+    _DISK_IMAGE_SET: set[str] = {".bios", ".dmg", ".fhdx", ".iso"}
    _DOCUMENT_SET: set[str] = {
        ".doc",
        ".docm",
@@ -166,23 +260,23 @@ class MediaCategories:
        ".wps",
    }
    _EBOOK_SET: set[str] = {
+        ".azw",
+        ".azw3",
+        ".cb7",
+        ".cba",
+        ".cbr",
+        ".cbt",
+        ".cbz",
+        ".djvu",
        ".epub",
-        # ".azw",
-        # ".azw3",
-        # ".cb7",
-        # ".cba",
-        # ".cbr",
-        # ".cbt",
-        # ".cbz",
-        # ".djvu",
-        # ".fb2",
-        # ".ibook",
-        # ".inf",
-        # ".kfx",
-        # ".lit",
-        # ".mobi",
-        # ".pdb"
-        # ".prc",
+        ".fb2",
+        ".ibook",
+        ".inf",
+        ".kfx",
+        ".lit",
+        ".mobi",
+        ".pdb",
+        ".prc",
    }
    _FONT_SET: set[str] = {
        ".fon",
@@ -204,12 +298,15 @@ class MediaCategories:
        ".crw",
        ".dng",
        ".nef",
+        ".nrw",
        ".orf",
        ".raf",
        ".raw",
        ".rw2",
+        ".srf",
+        ".srf2",
    }
-    _IMAGE_VECTOR_SET: set[str] = {".svg"}
+    _IMAGE_VECTOR_SET: set[str] = {".eps", ".epsf", ".epsi", ".svg", ".svgz"}
    _IMAGE_RASTER_SET: set[str] = {
        ".apng",
        ".avif",
@@ -218,6 +315,7 @@ class MediaCategories:
        ".gif",
        ".heic",
        ".heif",
+        ".icns",
        ".j2k",
        ".jfif",
        ".jp2",
@@ -235,6 +333,7 @@ class MediaCategories:
        ".webp",
    }
    _INSTALLER_SET: set[str] = {".appx", ".msi", ".msix"}
+    _IWORK_SET: set[str] = {".key", ".pages", ".numbers"}
    _MATERIAL_SET: set[str] = {".mtl"}
    _MODEL_SET: set[str] = {".3ds", ".fbx", ".obj", ".stl"}
    _OPEN_DOCUMENT_SET: set[str] = {
@@ -248,6 +347,7 @@ class MediaCategories:
        ".odp",
        ".ods",
        ".odt",
+        ".ora",
    }
    _PACKAGE_SET: set[str] = {
        ".aab",
@@ -258,51 +358,22 @@ class MediaCategories:
        ".pkg",
        ".xapk",
    }
-    _PDF_SET: set[str] = {
-        ".pdf",
-    }
+    _PDF_SET: set[str] = {".pdf"}
    _PLAINTEXT_SET: set[str] = {
-        ".bat",
-        ".cfg",
-        ".conf",
-        ".cpp",
-        ".cs",
-        ".css",
        ".csv",
-        ".fgd",
-        ".gi",
-        ".h",
-        ".hpp",
-        ".htm",
-        ".html",
-        ".inf",
-        ".ini",
-        ".js",
-        ".json",
-        ".jsonc",
-        ".kv3",
-        ".lua",
+        ".i3u",
+        ".lang",
+        ".lock",
+        ".log",
+        ".markdown",
        ".md",
-        ".nut",
-        ".php",
-        ".plist",
-        ".prefs",
-        ".py",
-        ".pyc",
-        ".qss",
-        ".sh",
-        ".toml",
-        ".ts",
+        ".mkd",
+        ".rmd",
+        ".text",
        ".txt",
-        ".vcfg",
-        ".vdf",
-        ".vmt",
-        ".vqlayout",
-        ".vsc",
-        ".vsnd_template",
-        ".xml",
-        ".yaml",
-        ".yml",
+        "contributing",
+        "license",
+        "readme",
    }
    _PRESENTATION_SET: set[str] = {
        ".key",
@@ -310,9 +381,16 @@ class MediaCategories:
        ".ppt",
        ".pptx",
    }
-    _PROGRAM_SET: set[str] = {".app", ".exe"}
-    _SOURCE_ENGINE_SET: set[str] = {
-        ".vtf",
+    _PROGRAM_SET: set[str] = {".app", ".bin", ".exe"}
+    _SOURCE_ENGINE_SET: set[str] = {".vtf"}
+    _SHADER_SET: set[str] = {
+        ".effect",
+        ".frag",
+        ".fsh",
+        ".glsl",
+        ".shader",
+        ".vert",
+        ".vsh",
    }
    _SHORTCUT_SET: set[str] = {".desktop", ".lnk", ".url"}
    _SPREADSHEET_SET: set[str] = {
@@ -335,6 +413,7 @@ class MediaCategories:
        ".mp4",
        ".webm",
        ".wmv",
+        ".ts",
    }

    ADOBE_PHOTOSHOP_TYPES = MediaCategory(
@@ -373,6 +452,12 @@ class MediaCategories:
        is_iana=False,
        name="blender",
    )
+    CODE_TYPES = MediaCategory(
+        media_type=MediaType.CODE,
+        extensions=_CODE_SET,
+        is_iana=False,
+        name="code",
+    )
    DATABASE_TYPES = MediaCategory(
        media_type=MediaType.DATABASE,
        extensions=_DATABASE_SET,
@@ -439,6 +524,12 @@ class MediaCategories:
        is_iana=False,
        name="installer",
    )
+    IWORK_TYPES = MediaCategory(
+        media_type=MediaType.IWORK,
+        extensions=_IWORK_SET,
+        is_iana=False,
+        name="iwork",
+    )
    MATERIAL_TYPES = MediaCategory(
        media_type=MediaType.MATERIAL,
        extensions=_MATERIAL_SET,
@@ -471,7 +562,7 @@ class MediaCategories:
    )
    PLAINTEXT_TYPES = MediaCategory(
        media_type=MediaType.PLAINTEXT,
-        extensions=_PLAINTEXT_SET,
+        extensions=_PLAINTEXT_SET | _CODE_SET,
        is_iana=False,
        name="plaintext",
    )
@@ -487,6 +578,12 @@ class MediaCategories:
        is_iana=False,
        name="program",
    )
+    SHADER_TYPES = MediaCategory(
+        media_type=MediaType.SHADER,
+        extensions=_SHADER_SET,
+        is_iana=False,
+        name="shader",
+    )
    SHORTCUT_TYPES = MediaCategory(
        media_type=MediaType.SHORTCUT,
        extensions=_SHORTCUT_SET,
@@ -517,6 +614,12 @@ class MediaCategories:
        is_iana=True,
        name="video",
    )
+    KRITA_TYPES = MediaCategory(
+        media_type=MediaType.IMAGE,
+        extensions=_KRITA_SET,
+        is_iana=False,
+        name="krita",
+    )

    ALL_CATEGORIES = [
        ADOBE_PHOTOSHOP_TYPES,
@@ -535,6 +638,7 @@ class MediaCategories:
        IMAGE_TYPES,
        IMAGE_VECTOR_TYPES,
        INSTALLER_TYPES,
+        IWORK_TYPES,
        MATERIAL_TYPES,
        MODEL_TYPES,
        OPEN_DOCUMENT_TYPES,
@@ -543,11 +647,14 @@ class MediaCategories:
        PLAINTEXT_TYPES,
        PRESENTATION_TYPES,
        PROGRAM_TYPES,
+        CODE_TYPES,
+        SHADER_TYPES,
        SHORTCUT_TYPES,
        SOURCE_ENGINE_TYPES,
        SPREADSHEET_TYPES,
        TEXT_TYPES,
        VIDEO_TYPES,
+        KRITA_TYPES,
    ]

    @staticmethod
@@ -559,16 +666,11 @@ class MediaCategories:
            mime_fallback (bool): Flag to guess MIME type if no set matches are made.
        """
        media_types: set[MediaType] = set()
-        # mime_guess: bool = False

        for cat in MediaCategories.ALL_CATEGORIES:
-            if ext in cat.extensions:
+            if cat.contains(ext, mime_fallback):
                media_types.add(cat.media_type)
-            elif mime_fallback and cat.is_iana:
-                mime_type: str = mimetypes.guess_type(Path("x" + ext), strict=False)[0]
-                if mime_type and mime_type.startswith(cat.media_type.value):
-                    media_types.add(cat.media_type)
-                    # mime_guess = True
+
        return media_types

    @staticmethod
@@ -580,10 +682,4 @@ class MediaCategories:
            media_cat (MediaCategory): The MediaCategory to to check for extension membership.
            mime_fallback (bool): Flag to guess MIME type if no set matches are made.
        """
-        if ext in media_cat.extensions:
-            return True
-        elif mime_fallback and media_cat.is_iana:
-            mime_type: str = mimetypes.guess_type(Path("x" + ext), strict=False)[0]
-            if mime_type and mime_type.startswith(media_cat.media_type.value):
-                return True
-        return False
+        return media_cat.contains(ext, mime_fallback)
--- a/src/tagstudio/core/palette.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/core/palette.py
@@ -26,9 +26,11 @@ class UiColor(IntEnum):
    THEME_DARK = 1
    THEME_LIGHT = 2
    RED = 3
-    GREEN = 4
-    BLUE = 5
-    PURPLE = 6
+    ORANGE = 4
+    AMBER = 5
+    GREEN = 6
+    BLUE = 7
+    PURPLE = 8


 TAG_COLORS: dict[TagColorEnum, dict[ColorType, Any]] = {
@@ -54,6 +56,18 @@ UI_COLORS: dict[UiColor, dict[ColorType, Any]] = {
        ColorType.LIGHT_ACCENT: "#f39caa",
        ColorType.DARK_ACCENT: "#440d12",
    },
+    UiColor.ORANGE: {
+        ColorType.PRIMARY: "#FF8020",
+        ColorType.BORDER: "#E86919",
+        ColorType.LIGHT_ACCENT: "#FFECB3",
+        ColorType.DARK_ACCENT: "#752809",
+    },
+    UiColor.AMBER: {
+        ColorType.PRIMARY: "#FFC107",
+        ColorType.BORDER: "#FFD54F",
+        ColorType.LIGHT_ACCENT: "#FFECB3",
+        ColorType.DARK_ACCENT: "#772505",
+    },
    UiColor.GREEN: {
        ColorType.PRIMARY: "#28bb48",
        ColorType.BORDER: "#43c568",
--- a/src/tagstudio/core/query_lang/ast.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/core/query_lang/ast.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from enum import Enum
-from typing import Generic, TypeVar
+from typing import Generic, TypeVar, Union


 class ConstraintType(Enum):
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class ConstraintType(Enum):
    Special = 5

    @staticmethod
-    def from_string(text: str) -> "ConstraintType":
+    def from_string(text: str) -> Union["ConstraintType", None]:
        return {
            "tag": ConstraintType.Tag,
            "tag_id": ConstraintType.TagID,
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class ConstraintType(Enum):


 class AST:
-    parent: "AST" = None
+    parent: Union["AST", None] = None

    def __str__(self):
        class_name = self.__class__.__name__
--- a/src/tagstudio/core/query_lang/tokenizer.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/core/query_lang/tokenizer.py
@@ -26,19 +26,19 @@ class Token:
    start: int
    end: int

-    def __init__(self, type: TokenType, value: Any, start: int = None, end: int = None) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, type: TokenType, value: Any, start: int, end: int) -> None:
        self.type = type
        self.value = value
        self.start = start
        self.end = end

    @staticmethod
-    def from_type(type: TokenType, pos: int = None) -> "Token":
+    def from_type(type: TokenType, pos: int) -> "Token":
        return Token(type, None, pos, pos)

    @staticmethod
-    def EOF() -> "Token":  # noqa: N802
-        return Token.from_type(TokenType.EOF)
+    def EOF(pos: int) -> "Token":  # noqa: N802
+        return Token.from_type(TokenType.EOF, pos)

    def __str__(self) -> str:
        return f"Token({self.type}, {self.value}, {self.start}, {self.end})"  # pragma: nocover
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class Token:
 class Tokenizer:
    text: str
    pos: int
-    current_char: str
+    current_char: str | None

    ESCAPABLE_CHARS = ["\\", '"', '"']
    NOT_IN_ULITERAL = [":", " ", "[", "]", "(", ")", "=", ","]
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class Tokenizer:
    def get_next_token(self) -> Token:
        self.__skip_whitespace()
        if self.current_char is None:
-            return Token.EOF()
+            return Token.EOF(self.pos)

        if self.current_char in ("'", '"'):
            return self.__quoted_string()
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ class Tokenizer:
        out = ""

        while escape or self.current_char != quote:
+            if self.current_char is None:
+                raise ParsingError(start, self.pos, "Unterminated quoted string")
            if escape:
                escape = False
                if self.current_char not in Tokenizer.ESCAPABLE_CHARS:
--- a/src/tagstudio/core/utils/dupe_files.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/core/utils/dupe_files.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from pathlib import Path

 import structlog

-from tagstudio.core.library.alchemy.enums import FilterState
+from tagstudio.core.library.alchemy.enums import BrowsingState
 from tagstudio.core.library.alchemy.library import Library
 from tagstudio.core.library.alchemy.models import Entry

@@ -52,14 +52,15 @@ class DupeRegistry:
                        continue

                    results = self.library.search_library(
-                        FilterState.from_path(path_relative),
+                        BrowsingState.from_path(path_relative), 500
                    )
+                    entries = self.library.get_entries(results.ids)

                    if not results:
                        # file not in library
                        continue

-                    files.append(results[0])
+                    files.append(entries[0])

                if not len(files) > 1:
                    # only one file in the group, nothing to do
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ class DupeRegistry:
        )

        for i, entries in enumerate(self.groups):
-            remove_ids = [x.id for x in entries[1:]]
+            remove_ids = entries[1:]
            logger.info("Removing entries group", ids=remove_ids)
            self.library.remove_entries(remove_ids)
            yield i - 1  # The -1 waits for the next step to finish
--- a/src/tagstudio/core/utils/missing_files.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/core/utils/missing_files.py
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from pathlib import Path

 import structlog
+from wcmatch import pathlib

 from tagstudio.core.library.alchemy.library import Library
 from tagstudio.core.library.alchemy.models import Entry
-from tagstudio.core.utils.refresh_dir import GLOBAL_IGNORE_SET
+from tagstudio.core.library.ignore import PATH_GLOB_FLAGS, Ignore

 logger = structlog.get_logger()

@@ -25,9 +26,11 @@ class MissingRegistry:

    def refresh_missing_files(self) -> Iterator[int]:
        """Track the number of entries that point to an invalid filepath."""
+        assert self.library.library_dir
        logger.info("[refresh_missing_files] Refreshing missing files...")
+
        self.missing_file_entries = []
-        for i, entry in enumerate(self.library.get_entries()):
+        for i, entry in enumerate(self.library.all_entries()):
            full_path = self.library.library_dir / entry.path
            if not full_path.exists() or not full_path.is_file():
                self.missing_file_entries.append(entry)
@@ -38,16 +41,15 @@ class MissingRegistry:

        Works if files were just moved to different subfolders and don't have duplicate names.
        """
-        matches = []
-        for path in self.library.library_dir.glob(f"**/{match_entry.path.name}"):
-            # Ensure matched file isn't in a globally ignored folder
-            skip: bool = False
-            for part in path.parts:
-                if part in GLOBAL_IGNORE_SET:
-                    skip = True
-                    break
-            if skip:
-                continue
+        assert self.library.library_dir
+        matches: list[Path] = []
+
+        ignore_patterns = Ignore.get_patterns(self.library.library_dir)
+        for path in pathlib.Path(str(self.library.library_dir)).glob(
+            f"***/{match_entry.path.name}",
+            flags=PATH_GLOB_FLAGS,
+            exclude=ignore_patterns,
+        ):
            if path.name == match_entry.path.name:
                new_path = Path(path).relative_to(self.library.library_dir)
                matches.append(new_path)
--- a/src/tagstudio/core/utils/refresh_dir.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/core/utils/refresh_dir.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import shutil
 from collections.abc import Iterator
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from datetime import datetime as dt
@@ -5,27 +6,15 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from time import time

 import structlog
+from wcmatch import pathlib

-from tagstudio.core.constants import TS_FOLDER_NAME
 from tagstudio.core.library.alchemy.library import Library
 from tagstudio.core.library.alchemy.models import Entry
+from tagstudio.core.library.ignore import PATH_GLOB_FLAGS, Ignore, ignore_to_glob
+from tagstudio.qt.helpers.silent_popen import silent_run

 logger = structlog.get_logger(__name__)

-GLOBAL_IGNORE_SET: set[str] = set(
-    [
-        TS_FOLDER_NAME,
-        "$RECYCLE.BIN",
-        ".Trashes",
-        ".Trash",
-        "tagstudio_thumbs",
-        ".fseventsd",
-        ".Spotlight-V100",
-        "System Volume Information",
-        ".DS_Store",
-    ]
-)
-

@dataclass
 class RefreshDirTracker:
@@ -42,7 +31,7 @@ class RefreshDirTracker:
            entries = [
                Entry(
                    path=entry_path,
-                    folder=self.library.folder,
+                    folder=self.library.folder,  # pyright: ignore[reportArgumentType]
                    fields=[],
                    date_added=dt.now(),
                )
@@ -54,18 +43,81 @@ class RefreshDirTracker:

        yield

-    def refresh_dir(self, lib_path: Path) -> Iterator[int]:
-        """Scan a directory for files, and add those relative filenames to internal variables."""
+    def refresh_dir(self, library_dir: Path, force_internal_tools: bool = False) -> Iterator[int]:
+        """Scan a directory for files, and add those relative filenames to internal variables.
+
+        Args:
+            library_dir (Path): The library directory.
+            force_internal_tools (bool): Option to force the use of internal tools for scanning
+                (i.e. wcmatch) instead of using tools found on the system (i.e. ripgrep).
+        """
        if self.library.library_dir is None:
            raise ValueError("No library directory set.")

+        ignore_patterns = Ignore.get_patterns(library_dir)
+
+        if force_internal_tools:
+            return self.__wc_add(library_dir, ignore_to_glob(ignore_patterns))
+
+        dir_list: list[str] | None = self.__get_dir_list(library_dir, ignore_patterns)
+
+        # Use ripgrep if it was found and working, else fallback to wcmatch.
+        if dir_list is not None:
+            return self.__rg_add(library_dir, dir_list)
+        else:
+            return self.__wc_add(library_dir, ignore_to_glob(ignore_patterns))
+
+    def __get_dir_list(self, library_dir: Path, ignore_patterns: list[str]) -> list[str] | None:
+        """Use ripgrep to return a list of matched directories and files.
+
+        Return `None` if ripgrep not found on system.
+        """
+        rg_path = shutil.which("rg")
+        # Use ripgrep if found on system
+        if rg_path is not None:
+            logger.info("[Refresh: Using ripgrep for scanning]")
+
+            compiled_ignore_path = library_dir / ".TagStudio" / ".compiled_ignore"
+
+            # Write compiled ignore patterns (built-in + user) to a temp file to pass to ripgrep
+            with open(compiled_ignore_path, "w") as pattern_file:
+                pattern_file.write("\n".join(ignore_patterns))
+
+            result = silent_run(
+                " ".join(
+                    [
+                        "rg",
+                        "--files",
+                        "--follow",
+                        "--hidden",
+                        "--ignore-file",
+                        f'"{str(compiled_ignore_path)}"',
+                    ]
+                ),
+                cwd=library_dir,
+                capture_output=True,
+                text=True,
+                shell=True,
+            )
+            compiled_ignore_path.unlink()
+
+            if result.stderr:
+                logger.error(result.stderr)
+
+            return result.stdout.splitlines()  # pyright: ignore [reportReturnType]
+
+        logger.warning("[Refresh: ripgrep not found on system]")
+        return None
+
+    def __rg_add(self, library_dir: Path, dir_list: list[str]) -> Iterator[int]:
        start_time_total = time()
        start_time_loop = time()
-
-        self.files_not_in_library = []
        dir_file_count = 0
+        self.files_not_in_library = []
+
+        for r in dir_list:
+            f = pathlib.Path(r)

-        for f in lib_path.glob("**/*"):
            end_time_loop = time()
            # Yield output every 1/30 of a second
            if (end_time_loop - start_time_loop) > 0.034:
@@ -81,31 +133,62 @@ class RefreshDirTracker:
            if f.is_dir():
                continue

-            # Ensure new file isn't in a globally ignored folder
-            skip: bool = False
-            for part in f.parts:
-                # NOTE: Files starting with "._" are sometimes generated by macOS Finder.
-                # More info: https://lists.apple.com/archives/applescript-users/2006/Jun/msg00180.html
-                if part.startswith("._") or part in GLOBAL_IGNORE_SET:
-                    skip = True
-                    break
-            if skip:
+            dir_file_count += 1
+            self.library.included_files.add(f)
+
+            if not self.library.has_path_entry(f):
+                self.files_not_in_library.append(f)
+
+        end_time_total = time()
+        yield dir_file_count
+        logger.info(
+            "[Refresh]: Directory scan time",
+            path=library_dir,
+            duration=(end_time_total - start_time_total),
+            files_scanned=dir_file_count,
+            tool_used="ripgrep (system)",
+        )
+
+    def __wc_add(self, library_dir: Path, ignore_patterns: list[str]) -> Iterator[int]:
+        start_time_total = time()
+        start_time_loop = time()
+        dir_file_count = 0
+        self.files_not_in_library = []
+
+        logger.info("[Refresh]: Falling back to wcmatch for scanning")
+
+        for f in pathlib.Path(str(library_dir)).glob(
+            "***/*", flags=PATH_GLOB_FLAGS, exclude=ignore_patterns
+        ):
+            end_time_loop = time()
+            # Yield output every 1/30 of a second
+            if (end_time_loop - start_time_loop) > 0.034:
+                yield dir_file_count
+                start_time_loop = time()
+
+            # Skip if the file/path is already mapped in the Library
+            if f in self.library.included_files:
+                dir_file_count += 1
+                continue
+
+            # Ignore if the file is a directory
+            if f.is_dir():
                continue

            dir_file_count += 1
            self.library.included_files.add(f)

-            relative_path = f.relative_to(lib_path)
-            # TODO - load these in batch somehow
+            relative_path = f.relative_to(library_dir)
+
            if not self.library.has_path_entry(relative_path):
                self.files_not_in_library.append(relative_path)

        end_time_total = time()
        yield dir_file_count
        logger.info(
-            "Directory scan time",
-            path=lib_path,
+            "[Refresh]: Directory scan time",
+            path=library_dir,
            duration=(end_time_total - start_time_total),
-            files_not_in_lib=self.files_not_in_library,
            files_scanned=dir_file_count,
+            tool_used="wcmatch (internal)",
        )
--- a/src/tagstudio/main.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/main.py
@@ -7,16 +7,13 @@
 """TagStudio launcher."""

 import argparse
-import logging
 import traceback

 import structlog

 from tagstudio.qt.ts_qt import QtDriver

-structlog.configure(
-    wrapper_class=structlog.make_filtering_bound_logger(logging.INFO),
-)
+logger = structlog.get_logger(__name__)


 def main():
@@ -33,11 +30,18 @@ def main():
        help="Path to a TagStudio Library folder to open on start.",
    )
    parser.add_argument(
-        "-c",
-        "--config-file",
-        dest="config_file",
+        "-s",
+        "--settings-file",
+        dest="settings_file",
        type=str,
-        help="Path to a TagStudio .ini or .plist config file to use.",
+        help="Path to a TagStudio .toml global settings file to use.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-c",
+        "--cache-file",
+        dest="cache_file",
+        type=str,
+        help="Path to a TagStudio .ini or .plist cache file to use.",
    )

    # parser.add_argument('--browse', dest='browse', action='store_true',
@@ -50,12 +54,6 @@ def main():
        action="store_true",
        help="Reveals additional internal data useful for debugging.",
    )
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "--ui",
-        dest="ui",
-        type=str,
-        help="User interface option for TagStudio. Options: qt, cli (Default: qt)",
-    )
    args = parser.parse_args()

    driver = QtDriver(args)
@@ -66,7 +64,7 @@ def main():
        driver.start()
    except Exception:
        traceback.print_exc()
-        logging.info(f"\nTagStudio Frontend ({ui_name}) Crashed! Press Enter to Continue...")
+        logger.info(f"\nTagStudio Frontend ({ui_name}) Crashed! Press Enter to Continue...")
        input()


--- a/src/tagstudio/qt/cache_manager.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/qt/cache_manager.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class CacheManager(metaclass=Singleton):
        self.last_lib_path: Path | None = None

    @staticmethod
-    def clear_cache(library_dir: Path) -> bool:
+    def clear_cache(library_dir: Path | None) -> bool:
        """Clear all files and folders within the cached folder.

        Returns:
@@ -141,8 +141,7 @@ class CacheManager(metaclass=Singleton):
        self.last_lib_path = self.lib.library_dir
        CacheManager.folder_dict.clear()

-        # NOTE: The /dev/null check is a workaround for current test assumptions.
-        if self.last_lib_path and self.last_lib_path != Path("/dev/null"):
+        if self.last_lib_path:
            # Ensure thumbnail cache path exists.
            self.cache_dir().mkdir(exist_ok=True)
            # Registers any existing folders and counts the capacity of the most recent one.
--- a/src/tagstudio/qt/controller/components/tag_box_controller.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/qt/controller/components/tag_box_controller.py
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+# Licensed under the GPL-3.0 License.
+# Created for TagStudio: https://github.com/CyanVoxel/TagStudio
+
+
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, override
+
+import structlog
+from PySide6.QtCore import Signal
+
+from tagstudio.core.enums import TagClickActionOption
+from tagstudio.core.library.alchemy.enums import BrowsingState
+from tagstudio.core.library.alchemy.models import Tag
+from tagstudio.qt.modals.build_tag import BuildTagPanel
+from tagstudio.qt.view.components.tag_box_view import TagBoxWidgetView
+from tagstudio.qt.widgets.panel import PanelModal
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from tagstudio.qt.ts_qt import QtDriver
+
+logger = structlog.get_logger(__name__)
+
+
+class TagBoxWidget(TagBoxWidgetView):
+    on_update = Signal()
+
+    __entries: list[int] = []
+
+    def __init__(self, title: str, driver: "QtDriver"):
+        super().__init__(title, driver)
+        self.__driver = driver
+
+    def set_entries(self, entries: list[int]) -> None:
+        self.__entries = entries
+
+    @override
+    def _on_click(self, tag: Tag) -> None:  # type: ignore[misc]
+        match self.__driver.settings.tag_click_action:
+            case TagClickActionOption.OPEN_EDIT:
+                self._on_edit(tag)
+            case TagClickActionOption.SET_SEARCH:
+                self.__driver.update_browsing_state(
+                    BrowsingState.from_tag_id(tag.id, self.__driver.browsing_history.current)
+                )
+            case TagClickActionOption.ADD_TO_SEARCH:
+                # NOTE: modifying the ast and then setting that would be nicer
+                #       than this string manipulation, but also much more complex,
+                #       due to needing to implement a visitor that turns an AST to a string
+                #       So if that exists when you read this, change the following accordingly.
+                current = self.__driver.browsing_history.current
+                suffix = BrowsingState.from_tag_id(
+                    tag.id, self.__driver.browsing_history.current
+                ).query
+                assert suffix is not None
+                self.__driver.update_browsing_state(
+                    current.with_search_query(
+                        f"{current.query} {suffix}" if current.query else suffix
+                    )
+                )
+
+    @override
+    def _on_remove(self, tag: Tag) -> None:  # type: ignore[misc]
+        logger.info(
+            "[TagBoxWidget] remove_tag",
+            selected=self.__entries,
+        )
+
+        for entry_id in self.__entries:
+            self.__driver.lib.remove_tags_from_entries(entry_id, tag.id)
+
+        self.on_update.emit()
+
+    @override
+    def _on_edit(self, tag: Tag) -> None:  # type: ignore[misc]
+        build_tag_panel = BuildTagPanel(self.__driver.lib, tag=tag)
+
+        edit_modal = PanelModal(
+            build_tag_panel,
+            self.__driver.lib.tag_display_name(tag.id),
+            "Edit Tag",
+            done_callback=self.on_update.emit,
+            has_save=True,
+        )
+        # TODO - this was update_tag()
+        edit_modal.saved.connect(
+            lambda: self.__driver.lib.update_tag(
+                build_tag_panel.build_tag(),
+                parent_ids=set(build_tag_panel.parent_ids),
+                alias_names=set(build_tag_panel.alias_names),
+                alias_ids=set(build_tag_panel.alias_ids),
+            )
+        )
+        edit_modal.show()
+
+    @override
+    def _on_search(self, tag: Tag) -> None:  # type: ignore[misc]
+        self.__driver.main_window.search_field.setText(f"tag_id:{tag.id}")
+        self.__driver.update_browsing_state(
+            BrowsingState.from_tag_id(tag.id, self.__driver.browsing_history.current)
+        )
--- a/src/tagstudio/qt/controller/widgets/preview/preview_thumb_controller.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/qt/controller/widgets/preview/preview_thumb_controller.py
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+# Licensed under the GPL-3.0 License.
+# Created for TagStudio: https://github.com/CyanVoxel/TagStudio
+
+import io
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
+import cv2
+import rawpy
+import structlog
+from PIL import Image, UnidentifiedImageError
+from PIL.Image import DecompressionBombError
+from PySide6.QtCore import QSize
+
+from tagstudio.core.library.alchemy.library import Library
+from tagstudio.core.media_types import MediaCategories
+from tagstudio.qt.helpers.file_opener import open_file
+from tagstudio.qt.helpers.file_tester import is_readable_video
+from tagstudio.qt.view.widgets.preview.preview_thumb_view import PreviewThumbView
+from tagstudio.qt.widgets.preview.file_attributes import FileAttributeData
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from tagstudio.qt.ts_qt import QtDriver
+
+logger = structlog.get_logger(__name__)
+Image.MAX_IMAGE_PIXELS = None
+
+
+class PreviewThumb(PreviewThumbView):
+    __current_file: Path
+
+    def __init__(self, library: Library, driver: "QtDriver"):
+        super().__init__(library, driver)
+
+        self.__driver: QtDriver = driver
+
+    def __get_image_stats(self, filepath: Path) -> FileAttributeData:
+        """Get width and height of an image as dict."""
+        stats = FileAttributeData()
+        ext = filepath.suffix.lower()
+
+        if MediaCategories.IMAGE_RAW_TYPES.contains(ext, mime_fallback=True):
+            try:
+                with rawpy.imread(str(filepath)) as raw:
+                    rgb = raw.postprocess()
+                    image = Image.new("L", (rgb.shape[1], rgb.shape[0]), color="black")
+                    stats.width = image.width
+                    stats.height = image.height
+            except (
+                rawpy._rawpy._rawpy.LibRawIOError,  # pyright: ignore[reportAttributeAccessIssue]
+                rawpy._rawpy.LibRawFileUnsupportedError,  # pyright: ignore[reportAttributeAccessIssue]
+                FileNotFoundError,
+            ):
+                pass
+        elif MediaCategories.IMAGE_RASTER_TYPES.contains(ext, mime_fallback=True):
+            try:
+                image = Image.open(str(filepath))
+                stats.width = image.width
+                stats.height = image.height
+            except (
+                DecompressionBombError,
+                FileNotFoundError,
+                NotImplementedError,
+                UnidentifiedImageError,
+            ) as e:
+                logger.error("[PreviewThumb] Could not get image stats", filepath=filepath, error=e)
+        elif MediaCategories.IMAGE_VECTOR_TYPES.contains(ext, mime_fallback=True):
+            pass  # TODO
+
+        return stats
+
+    def __get_gif_data(self, filepath: Path) -> tuple[bytes, tuple[int, int]] | None:
+        """Loads an animated image and returns gif data and size, if successful."""
+        ext = filepath.suffix.lower()
+
+        try:
+            image: Image.Image = Image.open(filepath)
+
+            if ext == ".apng":
+                image_bytes_io = io.BytesIO()
+                image.save(
+                    image_bytes_io,
+                    "GIF",
+                    lossless=True,
+                    save_all=True,
+                    loop=0,
+                    disposal=2,
+                )
+                image.close()
+                image_bytes_io.seek(0)
+                return (image_bytes_io.read(), (image.width, image.height))
+            else:
+                image.close()
+                with open(filepath, "rb") as f:
+                    return (f.read(), (image.width, image.height))
+
+        except (UnidentifiedImageError, FileNotFoundError) as e:
+            logger.error("[PreviewThumb] Could not load animated image", filepath=filepath, error=e)
+            return None
+
+    def __get_video_res(self, filepath: str) -> tuple[bool, QSize]:
+        video = cv2.VideoCapture(filepath, cv2.CAP_FFMPEG)
+        success, frame = video.read()
+        frame = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB)
+        image = Image.fromarray(frame)
+        return (success, QSize(image.width, image.height))
+
+    def display_file(self, filepath: Path) -> FileAttributeData:
+        """Render a single file preview."""
+        self.__current_file = filepath
+
+        ext = filepath.suffix.lower()
+
+        # Video
+        if MediaCategories.VIDEO_TYPES.contains(ext, mime_fallback=True) and is_readable_video(
+            filepath
+        ):
+            size: QSize | None = None
+            try:
+                success, size = self.__get_video_res(str(filepath))
+                if not success:
+                    size = None
+            except cv2.error as e:
+                logger.error("[PreviewThumb] Could not play video", filepath=filepath, error=e)
+
+            return self._display_video(filepath, size)
+        # Audio
+        elif MediaCategories.AUDIO_TYPES.contains(ext, mime_fallback=True):
+            return self._display_audio(filepath)
+        # Animated Images
+        elif MediaCategories.IMAGE_ANIMATED_TYPES.contains(ext, mime_fallback=True):
+            if (ret := self.__get_gif_data(filepath)) and (
+                stats := self._display_gif(ret[0], ret[1])
+            ) is not None:
+                return stats
+            else:
+                self._display_image(filepath)
+                return self.__get_image_stats(filepath)
+        # Other Types (Including Images)
+        else:
+            self._display_image(filepath)
+            return self.__get_image_stats(filepath)
+
+    def _open_file_action_callback(self):
+        open_file(self.__current_file)
+
+    def _open_explorer_action_callback(self):
+        open_file(self.__current_file, file_manager=True)
+
+    def _delete_action_callback(self):
+        if bool(self.__current_file):
+            self.__driver.delete_files_callback(self.__current_file)
+
+    def _button_wrapper_callback(self):
+        open_file(self.__current_file)
--- a/src/tagstudio/qt/controller/widgets/preview_panel_controller.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/qt/controller/widgets/preview_panel_controller.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# Licensed under the GPL-3.0 License.
+# Created for TagStudio: https://github.com/CyanVoxel/TagStudio
+
+import typing
+from warnings import catch_warnings
+
+from PySide6.QtWidgets import QListWidgetItem
+
+from tagstudio.core.library.alchemy.library import Library
+from tagstudio.qt.modals.add_field import AddFieldModal
+from tagstudio.qt.modals.tag_search import TagSearchModal
+from tagstudio.qt.view.widgets.preview_panel_view import PreviewPanelView
+
+if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from tagstudio.qt.ts_qt import QtDriver
+
+
+class PreviewPanel(PreviewPanelView):
+    def __init__(self, library: Library, driver: "QtDriver"):
+        super().__init__(library, driver)
+
+        self.__add_field_modal = AddFieldModal(self.lib)
+        self.__add_tag_modal = TagSearchModal(self.lib, is_tag_chooser=True)
+
+    def _add_field_button_callback(self):
+        self.__add_field_modal.show()
+
+    def _add_tag_button_callback(self):
+        self.__add_tag_modal.show()
+
+    def _set_selection_callback(self):
+        with catch_warnings(record=True):
+            self.__add_field_modal.done.disconnect()
+            self.__add_tag_modal.tsp.tag_chosen.disconnect()
+
+        self.__add_field_modal.done.connect(self._add_field_to_selected)
+        self.__add_tag_modal.tsp.tag_chosen.connect(self._add_tag_to_selected)
+
+    def _add_field_to_selected(self, field_list: list[QListWidgetItem]):
+        self._fields.add_field_to_selected(field_list)
+        if len(self._selected) == 1:
+            self._fields.update_from_entry(self._selected[0])
+
+    def _add_tag_to_selected(self, tag_id: int):
+        self._fields.add_tags_to_selected(tag_id)
+        if len(self._selected) == 1:
+            self._fields.update_from_entry(self._selected[0])
--- a/src/tagstudio/qt/flowlayout.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/qt/flowlayout.py
@@ -5,24 +5,28 @@

 """PySide6 port of the widgets/layouts/flowlayout example from Qt v6.x."""

+from typing import Literal, override
+
 from PySide6.QtCore import QMargins, QPoint, QRect, QSize, Qt
-from PySide6.QtWidgets import QLayout, QSizePolicy, QWidget
+from PySide6.QtWidgets import QLayout, QLayoutItem, QSizePolicy, QWidget
+
+IGNORE_SIZE = "ignore_size"


 class FlowWidget(QWidget):
-    def __init__(self, parent=None) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, parent: QWidget | None = None) -> None:
        super().__init__(parent)
-        self.ignore_size: bool = False
+        self.setProperty(IGNORE_SIZE, False)  # noqa: FBT003


 class FlowLayout(QLayout):
-    def __init__(self, parent=None):
+    def __init__(self, parent: QWidget | None = None) -> None:
        super().__init__(parent)

        if parent is not None:
            self.setContentsMargins(QMargins(0, 0, 0, 0))

-        self._item_list = []
+        self._item_list: list[QLayoutItem] = []
        self.grid_efficiency = False

    def __del__(self):
@@ -30,46 +34,56 @@ class FlowLayout(QLayout):
        while item:
            item = self.takeAt(0)

-    def addItem(self, item):  # noqa: N802
-        self._item_list.append(item)
+    @override
+    def addItem(self, arg__1: QLayoutItem) -> None:
+        self._item_list.append(arg__1)

-    def count(self):
+    @override
+    def count(self) -> int:
        return len(self._item_list)

-    def itemAt(self, index):  # noqa: N802
+    @override
+    def itemAt(self, index: int) -> QLayoutItem | None:  # pyright: ignore[reportIncompatibleMethodOverride]
        if 0 <= index < len(self._item_list):
            return self._item_list[index]

        return None

-    def takeAt(self, index):  # noqa: N802
+    @override
+    def takeAt(self, index: int) -> QLayoutItem | None:  # pyright: ignore[reportIncompatibleMethodOverride]
        if 0 <= index < len(self._item_list):
            return self._item_list.pop(index)

        return None

-    def expandingDirections(self):  # noqa: N802
-        return Qt.Orientation(0)
+    @override
+    def expandingDirections(self) -> Qt.Orientation:
+        return Qt.Orientation.Horizontal

-    def hasHeightForWidth(self):  # noqa: N802
+    @override
+    def hasHeightForWidth(self) -> Literal[True]:
        return True

-    def heightForWidth(self, width):  # noqa: N802
-        height = self._do_layout(QRect(0, 0, width, 0), test_only=True)
-        return height
+    @override
+    def heightForWidth(self, arg__1: int) -> int:
+        height = self._do_layout(QRect(0, 0, arg__1, 0), test_only=True)
+        return int(height)

-    def setGeometry(self, rect):  # noqa: N802
-        super().setGeometry(rect)
-        self._do_layout(rect, test_only=False)
+    @override
+    def setGeometry(self, arg__1: QRect) -> None:
+        super().setGeometry(arg__1)
+        self._do_layout(arg__1, test_only=False)

-    def enable_grid_optimizations(self, value: bool):
+    def enable_grid_optimizations(self, value: bool) -> None:
        """Enable or Disable efficiencies when all objects are equally sized."""
        self.grid_efficiency = value

-    def sizeHint(self):  # noqa: N802
+    @override
+    def sizeHint(self) -> QSize:
        return self.minimumSize()

-    def minimumSize(self):  # noqa: N802
+    @override
+    def minimumSize(self) -> QSize:
        if self.grid_efficiency:
            if self._item_list:
                return self._item_list[0].minimumSize()
@@ -89,8 +103,8 @@ class FlowLayout(QLayout):
        y = rect.y()
        line_height = 0
        spacing = self.spacing()
-        layout_spacing_x = None
-        layout_spacing_y = None
+        layout_spacing_x = 0
+        layout_spacing_y = 0

        if self.grid_efficiency and self._item_list:
            item = self._item_list[0]
@@ -108,12 +122,12 @@ class FlowLayout(QLayout):

        for item in self._item_list:
            skip_count = 0
-            if issubclass(type(item.widget()), FlowWidget) and item.widget().ignore_size:
+            ignore_size: bool | None = item.widget().property(IGNORE_SIZE)
+
+            if ignore_size:
                skip_count += 1

-            if (issubclass(type(item.widget()), FlowWidget) and not item.widget().ignore_size) or (
-                not issubclass(type(item.widget()), FlowWidget)
-            ):
+            else:
                if not self.grid_efficiency:
                    style = item.widget().style()
                    layout_spacing_x = style.layoutSpacing(
--- a/src/tagstudio/qt/helpers/color_overlay.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/qt/helpers/color_overlay.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def theme_fg_overlay(image: Image.Image, use_alpha: bool = True) -> Image.Image:
    return _apply_overlay(image, im)


-def gradient_overlay(image: Image.Image, gradient=list[str]) -> Image.Image:
+def gradient_overlay(image: Image.Image, gradient: list[str]) -> Image.Image:
    """Overlay a color gradient onto an image.

    Args:
--- a/src/tagstudio/qt/helpers/file_deleter.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/qt/helpers/file_deleter.py
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@
 # Created for TagStudio: https://github.com/CyanVoxel/TagStudio


-import logging
+import os
 from pathlib import Path
+from platform import system

+import structlog
 from send2trash import send2trash

-logging.basicConfig(format="%(message)s", level=logging.INFO)
+logger = structlog.get_logger(__name__)


 def delete_file(path: str | Path) -> bool:
@@ -19,13 +21,36 @@ def delete_file(path: str | Path) -> bool:
    """
    _path = Path(path)
    try:
-        logging.info(f"[delete_file] Sending to Trash: {_path}")
+        logger.info(f"[delete_file] Sending to Trash: {_path}")
        send2trash(_path)
        return True
    except PermissionError as e:
-        logging.error(f"[delete_file][ERROR] PermissionError: {e}")
+        logger.error(f"[delete_file] PermissionError: {e}")
    except FileNotFoundError:
-        logging.error(f"[delete_file][ERROR] File Not Found: {_path}")
+        logger.error(f"[delete_file] File Not Found: {_path}")
+    except OSError as e:
+        if system() == "Darwin" and _path.exists():
+            logger.info(
+                f'[delete_file] Encountered "{e}" on macOS and file exists; '
+                "Assuming it's on a network volume and proceeding to delete..."
+            )
+            return _hard_delete_file(_path)
+        else:
+            logger.error("[delete_file] OSError", error=e)
    except Exception as e:
-        logging.error(e)
+        logger.error("[delete_file] Unknown Error", error_type=type(e).__name__, error=e)
    return False
+
+
+def _hard_delete_file(path: Path) -> bool:
+    """Hard delete a file from the system. Does NOT send to system trash.
+
+    Args:
+        path (str | Path): The path of the file to delete.
+    """
+    try:
+        os.remove(path)
+        return True
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error("[hard_delete_file] Error", error_type=type(e).__name__, error=e)
+        return False
--- a/src/tagstudio/qt/helpers/file_opener.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/qt/helpers/file_opener.py
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ import subprocess
 import sys
 import traceback
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import override

 import structlog
 from PySide6.QtCore import Qt
-from PySide6.QtWidgets import QLabel
+from PySide6.QtGui import QMouseEvent
+from PySide6.QtWidgets import QLabel, QWidget

 from tagstudio.qt.helpers.silent_popen import silent_Popen

@@ -115,15 +117,17 @@ class FileOpenerHelper:


 class FileOpenerLabel(QLabel):
-    def __init__(self, parent=None):
+    def __init__(self, parent: QWidget | None = None) -> None:
        """Initialize the FileOpenerLabel.

        Args:
            parent (QWidget, optional): The parent widget. Defaults to None.
        """
+        self.filepath: str | Path | None = None
+
        super().__init__(parent)

-    def set_file_path(self, filepath):
+    def set_file_path(self, filepath: str | Path) -> None:
        """Set the filepath to open.

        Args:
@@ -131,20 +135,22 @@ class FileOpenerLabel(QLabel):
        """
        self.filepath = filepath

-    def mousePressEvent(self, event):  # noqa: N802
+    @override
+    def mousePressEvent(self, ev: QMouseEvent) -> None:
        """Handle mouse press events.

        On a left click, open the file in the default file explorer.
        On a right click, show a context menu.

        Args:
-            event (QMouseEvent): The mouse press event.
+            ev (QMouseEvent): The mouse press event.
        """
-        super().mousePressEvent(event)
-
-        if event.button() == Qt.MouseButton.LeftButton:
+        if ev.button() == Qt.MouseButton.LeftButton:
+            assert self.filepath is not None, "File path is not set"
            opener = FileOpenerHelper(self.filepath)
            opener.open_explorer()
-        elif event.button() == Qt.MouseButton.RightButton:
+        elif ev.button() == Qt.MouseButton.RightButton:
            # Show context menu
            pass
+        else:
+            super().mousePressEvent(ev)
--- a/src/tagstudio/qt/helpers/file_tester.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/qt/helpers/file_tester.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from pathlib import Path

 import ffmpeg

-from tagstudio.qt.helpers.vendored.ffmpeg import _probe
+from tagstudio.qt.helpers.vendored.ffmpeg import probe


 def is_readable_video(filepath: Path | str):
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ def is_readable_video(filepath: Path | str):
        filepath (Path | str): The filepath of the video to check.
    """
    try:
-        probe = _probe(Path(filepath))
-        for stream in probe["streams"]:
+        result = probe(Path(filepath))
+        for stream in result["streams"]:
            # DRM check
            if stream.get("codec_tag_string") in [
                "drma",
--- a/src/tagstudio/qt/helpers/gradient.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/qt/helpers/gradient.py
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ def four_corner_gradient(


 def linear_gradient(
-    size=tuple[int, int],
-    colors=list[str],
+    size: tuple[int, int],
+    colors: list[str],
    interpolation: Image.Resampling = Image.Resampling.BICUBIC,
 ) -> Image.Image:
    seed: Image.Image = Image.new(mode="RGBA", size=(len(colors), 1), color="#000000")
--- a/src/tagstudio/qt/helpers/qbutton_wrapper.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/qt/helpers/qbutton_wrapper.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ class QPushButtonWrapper(QPushButton):
    the warning that is triggered by disconnecting a signal that is not currently connected.
    """

+    is_connected: bool
+
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        self.is_connected = False
--- a/src/tagstudio/qt/helpers/qslider_wrapper.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/qt/helpers/qslider_wrapper.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2025
+# Licensed under the GPL-3.0 License.
+# Created for TagStudio: https://github.com/CyanVoxel/TagStudio
+
+from typing import override
+
+import structlog
+from PySide6.QtGui import QMouseEvent
+from PySide6.QtWidgets import QSlider, QStyle, QStyleOptionSlider
+
+logger = structlog.get_logger(__name__)
+
+
+class QClickSlider(QSlider):
+    """Custom QSlider wrapper.
+
+    The purpose of this wrapper is to allow us to set slider positions
+    based on click events.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    @override
+    def mousePressEvent(self, ev: QMouseEvent):
+        """Override to handle mouse clicks.
+
+        Overriding the mousePressEvent allows us to seek
+        directly to the position the user clicked instead
+        of stepping.
+        """
+        opt = QStyleOptionSlider()
+        self.initStyleOption(opt)
+        handle_rect = self.style().subControlRect(
+            QStyle.ComplexControl.CC_Slider, opt, QStyle.SubControl.SC_SliderHandle, self
+        )
+
+        was_slider_clicked = handle_rect.contains(int(ev.position().x()), int(ev.position().y()))
+
+        if not was_slider_clicked:
+            self.setSliderDown(True)
+            self.setValue(
+                QStyle.sliderValueFromPosition(self.minimum(), self.maximum(), ev.x(), self.width())
+            )
+
+        super().mousePressEvent(ev)
+
+    @override
+    def mouseReleaseEvent(self, ev: QMouseEvent) -> None:
+        self.setSliderDown(False)
+        return super().mouseReleaseEvent(ev)
--- a/src/tagstudio/qt/helpers/silent_popen.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/qt/helpers/silent_popen.py
@@ -84,3 +84,79 @@ def silent_Popen(  # noqa: N802
        pipesize=pipesize,
        process_group=process_group,
    )
+
+
+def silent_run(
+    args,
+    bufsize=-1,
+    executable=None,
+    stdin=None,
+    stdout=None,
+    stderr=None,
+    preexec_fn=None,
+    close_fds=True,
+    shell=False,
+    cwd=None,
+    env=None,
+    universal_newlines=None,
+    startupinfo=None,
+    creationflags=0,
+    restore_signals=True,
+    start_new_session=False,
+    pass_fds=(),
+    *,
+    capture_output=False,
+    group=None,
+    extra_groups=None,
+    user=None,
+    umask=-1,
+    encoding=None,
+    errors=None,
+    text=None,
+    pipesize=-1,
+    process_group=None,
+):
+    """Call subprocess.run without creating a console window."""
+    if sys.platform == "win32":
+        creationflags |= subprocess.CREATE_NO_WINDOW
+        import ctypes
+
+        ctypes.windll.kernel32.SetDllDirectoryW(None)
+    elif (
+        sys.platform == "linux"
+        or sys.platform.startswith("freebsd")
+        or sys.platform.startswith("openbsd")
+    ):
+        # pass clean environment to the subprocess
+        env = os.environ
+        original_env = env.get("LD_LIBRARY_PATH_ORIG")
+        env["LD_LIBRARY_PATH"] = original_env if original_env else ""
+
+    return subprocess.run(
+        args=args,
+        bufsize=bufsize,
+        executable=executable,
+        stdin=stdin,
+        stdout=stdout,
+        stderr=stderr,
+        preexec_fn=preexec_fn,
+        close_fds=close_fds,
+        shell=shell,
+        cwd=cwd,
+        env=env,
+        startupinfo=startupinfo,
+        creationflags=creationflags,
+        restore_signals=restore_signals,
+        start_new_session=start_new_session,
+        pass_fds=pass_fds,
+        capture_output=capture_output,
+        group=group,
+        extra_groups=extra_groups,
+        user=user,
+        umask=umask,
+        encoding=encoding,
+        errors=errors,
+        text=text,
+        pipesize=pipesize,
+        process_group=process_group,
+    )
--- a/src/tagstudio/qt/helpers/text_wrapper.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/qt/helpers/text_wrapper.py
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
 from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont


-def wrap_line(  # type: ignore
+def wrap_line(
    text: str,
    font: ImageFont.ImageFont,
    width: int = 256,
-    draw: ImageDraw.ImageDraw = None,
+    draw: ImageDraw.ImageDraw | None = None,
 ) -> int:
    """Take in a single text line and return the index it should be broken up at.

@@ -27,15 +27,14 @@ def wrap_line(  # type: ignore
        ):
            if draw.textlength(text[:i], font=font) < width:
                return i
-    else:
-        return -1
+    return -1


 def wrap_full_text(
    text: str,
    font: ImageFont.ImageFont,
    width: int = 256,
-    draw: ImageDraw.ImageDraw = None,
+    draw: ImageDraw.ImageDraw | None = None,
 ) -> str:
    """Break up a string to fit the canvas given a kerning value, font size, etc."""
    lines = []
--- a/src/tagstudio/qt/helpers/vendored/ffmpeg.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/qt/helpers/vendored/ffmpeg.py
@@ -2,29 +2,39 @@
 # Licensed under the GPL-3.0 License.
 # Vendored from ffmpeg-python and ffmpeg-python PR#790 by amamic1803

+import contextlib
 import json
+import os
 import platform
-import shutil
 import subprocess
+from shutil import which

 import ffmpeg
 import structlog

-from tagstudio.qt.helpers.silent_popen import silent_Popen
+from tagstudio.qt.helpers.silent_popen import silent_Popen, silent_run

 logger = structlog.get_logger(__name__)

-FFMPEG_MACOS_LOCATIONS: list[str] = ["", "/opt/homebrew/bin/", "/usr/local/bin/"]
+user = os.environ.get("USER", None)
+FFMPEG_MACOS_LOCATIONS: list[str] = [
+    "",
+    "/opt/homebrew/bin/",
+    "/usr/local/bin/",
+    f"/etc/profiles/per-user/{user}/bin",
+]


 def _get_ffprobe_location() -> str:
    cmd: str = "ffprobe"
    if platform.system() == "Darwin":
        for loc in FFMPEG_MACOS_LOCATIONS:
-            if shutil.which(loc + cmd):
+            if which(loc + cmd):
                cmd = loc + cmd
                break
-    logger.info(f"[FFMPEG] Using FFprobe location: {cmd}")
+    logger.info(
+        f"[FFmpeg] Using FFprobe location: {cmd}{' (Found)' if which(cmd) else ' (Not Found)'}"
+    )
    return cmd


@@ -32,10 +42,12 @@ def _get_ffmpeg_location() -> str:
    cmd: str = "ffmpeg"
    if platform.system() == "Darwin":
        for loc in FFMPEG_MACOS_LOCATIONS:
-            if shutil.which(loc + cmd):
+            if which(loc + cmd):
                cmd = loc + cmd
                break
-    logger.info(f"[FFMPEG] Using FFmpeg location: {cmd}")
+    logger.info(
+        f"[FFmpeg] Using FFmpeg location: {cmd}{' (Found)' if which(cmd) else ' (Not Found)'}"
+    )
    return cmd


@@ -43,7 +55,7 @@ FFPROBE_CMD = _get_ffprobe_location()
 FFMPEG_CMD = _get_ffmpeg_location()


-def _probe(filename, cmd=FFPROBE_CMD, timeout=None, **kwargs):
+def probe(filename, cmd=FFPROBE_CMD, timeout=None, **kwargs):
    """Run ffprobe on the specified file and return a JSON representation of the output.

    Raises:
@@ -53,7 +65,7 @@ def _probe(filename, cmd=FFPROBE_CMD, timeout=None, **kwargs):
            ``stderr`` property of the exception.
    """
    args = [cmd, "-show_format", "-show_streams", "-of", "json"]
-    args += ffmpeg._utils.convert_kwargs_to_cmd_line_args(kwargs)
+    args += ffmpeg._utils.convert_kwargs_to_cmd_line_args(kwargs)  # pyright: ignore[reportAttributeAccessIssue]
    args += [filename]

    # PATCHED
@@ -65,3 +77,22 @@ def _probe(filename, cmd=FFPROBE_CMD, timeout=None, **kwargs):
    if p.returncode != 0:
        raise ffmpeg.Error("ffprobe", out, err)
    return json.loads(out.decode("utf-8"))
+
+
+def version():
+    """Checks the version of FFmpeg and FFprobe and returns None if they dont exist."""
+    version: dict[str, str | None] = {"ffmpeg": None, "ffprobe": None}
+
+    if which(FFMPEG_CMD):
+        ret = silent_run([FFMPEG_CMD, "-version"], shell=False, capture_output=True, text=True)
+        if ret.returncode == 0:
+            with contextlib.suppress(Exception):
+                version["ffmpeg"] = str(ret.stdout).split(" ")[2]
+
+    if which(FFPROBE_CMD):
+        ret = silent_run([FFPROBE_CMD, "-version"], shell=False, capture_output=True, text=True)
+        if ret.returncode == 0:
+            with contextlib.suppress(Exception):
+                version["ffprobe"] = str(ret.stdout).split(" ")[2]
+
+    return version
--- a/src/tagstudio/qt/main_window.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/qt/main_window.py
@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@
 # Created for TagStudio: https://github.com/CyanVoxel/TagStudio


-import logging
 import typing
+from collections.abc import Callable
+from pathlib import Path

-from PySide6.QtCore import QMetaObject, QRect, QSize, QStringListModel, Qt
+import structlog
+from PIL import Image, ImageQt
+from PySide6 import QtCore
+from PySide6.QtCore import QMetaObject, QSize, QStringListModel, Qt
+from PySide6.QtGui import QAction, QPixmap
 from PySide6.QtWidgets import (
    QComboBox,
    QCompleter,
@@ -16,6 +21,8 @@ from PySide6.QtWidgets import (
    QLayout,
    QLineEdit,
    QMainWindow,
+    QMenu,
+    QMenuBar,
    QPushButton,
    QScrollArea,
    QSizePolicy,
@@ -26,7 +33,14 @@ from PySide6.QtWidgets import (
    QWidget,
 )

+from tagstudio.core.enums import ShowFilepathOption
+from tagstudio.core.library.alchemy.enums import SortingModeEnum
+from tagstudio.qt.controller.widgets.preview_panel_controller import PreviewPanel
+from tagstudio.qt.flowlayout import FlowLayout
+from tagstudio.qt.helpers.color_overlay import theme_fg_overlay
 from tagstudio.qt.pagination import Pagination
+from tagstudio.qt.platform_strings import trash_term
+from tagstudio.qt.resource_manager import ResourceManager
 from tagstudio.qt.translations import Translations
 from tagstudio.qt.widgets.landing import LandingWidget

@@ -34,15 +48,437 @@ from tagstudio.qt.widgets.landing import LandingWidget
 if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
    from tagstudio.qt.ts_qt import QtDriver

-logging.basicConfig(format="%(message)s", level=logging.INFO)
+
+logger = structlog.get_logger(__name__)


-class Ui_MainWindow(QMainWindow):
-  
-    def __init__(self, driver: "QtDriver", parent=None) -> None:
+class MainMenuBar(QMenuBar):
+    file_menu: QMenu
+    open_library_action: QAction
+    open_recent_library_menu: QMenu
+    save_library_backup_action: QAction
+    settings_action: QAction
+    open_on_start_action: QAction
+    refresh_dir_action: QAction
+    close_library_action: QAction
+
+    edit_menu: QMenu
+    new_tag_action: QAction
+    select_all_action: QAction
+    select_inverse_action: QAction
+    clear_select_action: QAction
+    copy_fields_action: QAction
+    paste_fields_action: QAction
+    add_tag_to_selected_action: QAction
+    delete_file_action: QAction
+    manage_file_ext_action: QAction
+    tag_manager_action: QAction
+    color_manager_action: QAction
+
+    view_menu: QMenu
+    show_filenames_action: QAction
+
+    tools_menu: QMenu
+    fix_unlinked_entries_action: QAction
+    fix_dupe_files_action: QAction
+    clear_thumb_cache_action: QAction
+
+    macros_menu: QMenu
+    folders_to_tags_action: QAction
+
+    help_menu: QMenu
+    about_action: QAction
+
+    def __init__(self, parent: QWidget | None = None):
        super().__init__(parent)
-        self.driver: "QtDriver" = driver
-        self.setupUi(self)
+
+        self.setup_file_menu()
+        self.setup_edit_menu()
+        self.setup_view_menu()
+        self.setup_tools_menu()
+        self.setup_macros_menu()
+        self.setup_help_menu()
+
+    def setup_file_menu(self):
+        self.file_menu = QMenu(Translations["menu.file"], self)
+
+        # Open/Create Library
+        self.open_library_action = QAction(Translations["menu.file.open_create_library"], self)
+        self.open_library_action.setShortcut(
+            QtCore.QKeyCombination(
+                QtCore.Qt.KeyboardModifier(QtCore.Qt.KeyboardModifier.ControlModifier),
+                QtCore.Qt.Key.Key_O,
+            )
+        )
+        self.open_library_action.setToolTip("Ctrl+O")
+        self.file_menu.addAction(self.open_library_action)
+
+        # Open Recent
+        self.open_recent_library_menu = QMenu(Translations["menu.file.open_recent_library"], self)
+        self.file_menu.addMenu(self.open_recent_library_menu)
+
+        # Save Library Backup
+        self.save_library_backup_action = QAction(Translations["menu.file.save_backup"], self)
+        self.save_library_backup_action.setShortcut(
+            QtCore.QKeyCombination(
+                QtCore.Qt.KeyboardModifier(
+                    QtCore.Qt.KeyboardModifier.ControlModifier
+                    | QtCore.Qt.KeyboardModifier.ShiftModifier
+                ),
+                QtCore.Qt.Key.Key_S,
+            )
+        )
+        self.save_library_backup_action.setStatusTip("Ctrl+Shift+S")
+        self.save_library_backup_action.setEnabled(False)
+        self.file_menu.addAction(self.save_library_backup_action)
+
+        self.file_menu.addSeparator()
+
+        # Settings...
+        self.settings_action = QAction(Translations["menu.settings"], self)
+        self.file_menu.addAction(self.settings_action)
+
+        # Open Library on Start
+        self.open_on_start_action = QAction(Translations["settings.open_library_on_start"], self)
+        self.open_on_start_action.setCheckable(True)
+        self.file_menu.addAction(self.open_on_start_action)
+
+        self.file_menu.addSeparator()
+
+        # Refresh Directories
+        self.refresh_dir_action = QAction(Translations["menu.file.refresh_directories"], self)
+        self.refresh_dir_action.setShortcut(
+            QtCore.QKeyCombination(
+                QtCore.Qt.KeyboardModifier(QtCore.Qt.KeyboardModifier.ControlModifier),
+                QtCore.Qt.Key.Key_R,
+            )
+        )
+        self.refresh_dir_action.setStatusTip("Ctrl+R")
+        self.refresh_dir_action.setEnabled(False)
+        self.file_menu.addAction(self.refresh_dir_action)
+
+        self.file_menu.addSeparator()
+
+        # Close Library
+        self.close_library_action = QAction(Translations["menu.file.close_library"], self)
+        self.close_library_action.setEnabled(False)
+        self.file_menu.addAction(self.close_library_action)
+
+        self.file_menu.addSeparator()
+
+        self.addMenu(self.file_menu)
+
+    def setup_edit_menu(self):
+        self.edit_menu = QMenu(Translations["generic.edit_alt"], self)
+
+        # New Tag
+        self.new_tag_action = QAction(Translations["menu.edit.new_tag"], self)
+        self.new_tag_action.setShortcut(
+            QtCore.QKeyCombination(
+                QtCore.Qt.KeyboardModifier(QtCore.Qt.KeyboardModifier.ControlModifier),
+                QtCore.Qt.Key.Key_T,
+            )
+        )
+        self.new_tag_action.setToolTip("Ctrl+T")
+        self.new_tag_action.setEnabled(False)
+        self.edit_menu.addAction(self.new_tag_action)
+
+        self.edit_menu.addSeparator()
+
+        # Select All
+        self.select_all_action = QAction(Translations["select.all"], self)
+        self.select_all_action.setShortcut(
+            QtCore.QKeyCombination(
+                QtCore.Qt.KeyboardModifier(QtCore.Qt.KeyboardModifier.ControlModifier),
+                QtCore.Qt.Key.Key_A,
+            )
+        )
+        self.select_all_action.setToolTip("Ctrl+A")
+        self.select_all_action.setEnabled(False)
+        self.edit_menu.addAction(self.select_all_action)
+
+        # Invert Selection
+        self.select_inverse_action = QAction(Translations["select.inverse"], self)
+        self.select_inverse_action.setShortcut(
+            QtCore.QKeyCombination(
+                QtCore.Qt.KeyboardModifier(
+                    QtCore.Qt.KeyboardModifier.ControlModifier
+                    ^ QtCore.Qt.KeyboardModifier.ShiftModifier
+                ),
+                QtCore.Qt.Key.Key_I,
+            )
+        )
+        self.select_inverse_action.setToolTip("Ctrl+Shift+I")
+        self.select_inverse_action.setEnabled(False)
+        self.edit_menu.addAction(self.select_inverse_action)
+
+        # Clear Selection
+        self.clear_select_action = QAction(Translations["select.clear"], self)
+        self.clear_select_action.setShortcut(QtCore.Qt.Key.Key_Escape)
+        self.clear_select_action.setToolTip("Esc")
+        self.clear_select_action.setEnabled(False)
+        self.edit_menu.addAction(self.clear_select_action)
+
+        # Copy Fields
+        self.copy_fields_action = QAction(Translations["edit.copy_fields"], self)
+        self.copy_fields_action.setShortcut(
+            QtCore.QKeyCombination(
+                QtCore.Qt.KeyboardModifier(QtCore.Qt.KeyboardModifier.ControlModifier),
+                QtCore.Qt.Key.Key_C,
+            )
+        )
+        self.copy_fields_action.setToolTip("Ctrl+C")
+        self.copy_fields_action.setEnabled(False)
+        self.edit_menu.addAction(self.copy_fields_action)
+
+        # Paste Fields
+        self.paste_fields_action = QAction(Translations["edit.paste_fields"], self)
+        self.paste_fields_action.setShortcut(
+            QtCore.QKeyCombination(
+                QtCore.Qt.KeyboardModifier(QtCore.Qt.KeyboardModifier.ControlModifier),
+                QtCore.Qt.Key.Key_V,
+            )
+        )
+        self.paste_fields_action.setToolTip("Ctrl+V")
+        self.paste_fields_action.setEnabled(False)
+        self.edit_menu.addAction(self.paste_fields_action)
+
+        # Add Tag to Selected
+        self.add_tag_to_selected_action = QAction(Translations["select.add_tag_to_selected"], self)
+        self.add_tag_to_selected_action.setShortcut(
+            QtCore.QKeyCombination(
+                QtCore.Qt.KeyboardModifier(
+                    QtCore.Qt.KeyboardModifier.ControlModifier
+                    ^ QtCore.Qt.KeyboardModifier.ShiftModifier
+                ),
+                QtCore.Qt.Key.Key_T,
+            )
+        )
+        self.add_tag_to_selected_action.setToolTip("Ctrl+Shift+T")
+        self.add_tag_to_selected_action.setEnabled(False)
+        self.edit_menu.addAction(self.add_tag_to_selected_action)
+
+        self.edit_menu.addSeparator()
+
+        # Move Files to trash
+        self.delete_file_action = QAction(
+            Translations.format("menu.delete_selected_files_ambiguous", trash_term=trash_term()),
+            self,
+        )
+        self.delete_file_action.setShortcut(QtCore.Qt.Key.Key_Delete)
+        self.delete_file_action.setEnabled(False)
+        self.edit_menu.addAction(self.delete_file_action)
+
+        self.edit_menu.addSeparator()
+
+        # Manage File Extensions
+        self.manage_file_ext_action = QAction(
+            Translations["menu.edit.manage_file_extensions"], self
+        )
+        self.manage_file_ext_action.setEnabled(False)
+        self.edit_menu.addAction(self.manage_file_ext_action)
+
+        # Manage Tags
+        self.tag_manager_action = QAction(Translations["menu.edit.manage_tags"], self)
+        self.tag_manager_action.setShortcut(
+            QtCore.QKeyCombination(
+                QtCore.Qt.KeyboardModifier(QtCore.Qt.KeyboardModifier.ControlModifier),
+                QtCore.Qt.Key.Key_M,
+            )
+        )
+        self.tag_manager_action.setEnabled(False)
+        self.tag_manager_action.setToolTip("Ctrl+M")
+        self.edit_menu.addAction(self.tag_manager_action)
+
+        # Color Manager
+        self.color_manager_action = QAction(Translations["edit.color_manager"], self)
+        self.color_manager_action.setEnabled(False)
+        self.edit_menu.addAction(self.color_manager_action)
+
+        self.addMenu(self.edit_menu)
+
+    def setup_view_menu(self):
+        self.view_menu = QMenu(Translations["menu.view"], self)
+
+        # show_libs_list_action = QAction(Translations["settings.show_recent_libraries"], menu_bar)
+        # show_libs_list_action.setCheckable(True)
+        # show_libs_list_action.setChecked(self.settings.show_library_list)
+
+        self.show_filenames_action = QAction(Translations["settings.show_filenames_in_grid"], self)
+        self.show_filenames_action.setCheckable(True)
+        self.view_menu.addAction(self.show_filenames_action)
+
+        self.view_menu.addSeparator()
+
+        self.increase_thumbnail_size_action = QAction(
+            Translations["menu.view.increase_thumbnail_size"], self
+        )
+        self.increase_thumbnail_size_action.setShortcut(
+            QtCore.QKeyCombination(
+                QtCore.Qt.KeyboardModifier(QtCore.Qt.KeyboardModifier.ControlModifier),
+                QtCore.Qt.Key.Key_Plus,
+            )
+        )
+        self.increase_thumbnail_size_action.setToolTip("Ctrl++")
+        self.view_menu.addAction(self.increase_thumbnail_size_action)
+
+        self.decrease_thumbnail_size_action = QAction(
+            Translations["menu.view.decrease_thumbnail_size"], self
+        )
+        self.decrease_thumbnail_size_action.setShortcut(
+            QtCore.QKeyCombination(
+                QtCore.Qt.KeyboardModifier(QtCore.Qt.KeyboardModifier.ControlModifier),
+                QtCore.Qt.Key.Key_Minus,
+            )
+        )
+        self.decrease_thumbnail_size_action.setToolTip("Ctrl+-")
+        self.view_menu.addAction(self.decrease_thumbnail_size_action)
+
+        self.view_menu.addSeparator()
+
+        self.addMenu(self.view_menu)
+
+    def setup_tools_menu(self):
+        self.tools_menu = QMenu(Translations["menu.tools"], self)
+
+        # Fix Unlinked Entries
+        self.fix_unlinked_entries_action = QAction(
+            Translations["menu.tools.fix_unlinked_entries"], self
+        )
+        self.fix_unlinked_entries_action.setEnabled(False)
+        self.tools_menu.addAction(self.fix_unlinked_entries_action)
+
+        # Fix Duplicate Files
+        self.fix_dupe_files_action = QAction(Translations["menu.tools.fix_duplicate_files"], self)
+        self.fix_dupe_files_action.setEnabled(False)
+        self.tools_menu.addAction(self.fix_dupe_files_action)
+
+        self.tools_menu.addSeparator()
+
+        # Clear Thumbnail Cache
+        self.clear_thumb_cache_action = QAction(
+            Translations["settings.clear_thumb_cache.title"], self
+        )
+        self.clear_thumb_cache_action.setEnabled(False)
+        self.tools_menu.addAction(self.clear_thumb_cache_action)
+
+        self.addMenu(self.tools_menu)
+
+    def setup_macros_menu(self):
+        self.macros_menu = QMenu(Translations["menu.macros"], self)
+
+        self.folders_to_tags_action = QAction(Translations["menu.macros.folders_to_tags"], self)
+        self.folders_to_tags_action.setEnabled(False)
+        self.macros_menu.addAction(self.folders_to_tags_action)
+
+        self.addMenu(self.macros_menu)
+
+    def setup_help_menu(self):
+        self.help_menu = QMenu(Translations["menu.help"], self)
+
+        self.about_action = QAction(Translations["menu.help.about"], self)
+        self.help_menu.addAction(self.about_action)
+
+        self.addMenu(self.help_menu)
+
+    def rebuild_open_recent_library_menu(
+        self,
+        libraries: list[Path],
+        show_filepath: ShowFilepathOption,
+        open_library_callback: Callable[[Path], None],
+        clear_libraries_callback: Callable[[], None],
+    ):
+        actions: list[QAction] = []
+        for path in libraries:
+            action = QAction(self.open_recent_library_menu)
+            if show_filepath == ShowFilepathOption.SHOW_FULL_PATHS:
+                action.setText(str(path))
+            else:
+                action.setText(str(path.name))
+            action.triggered.connect(lambda checked=False, p=path: open_library_callback(p))
+            actions.append(action)
+
+        clear_recent_action = QAction(
+            Translations["menu.file.clear_recent_libraries"], self.open_recent_library_menu
+        )
+        clear_recent_action.triggered.connect(clear_libraries_callback)
+        actions.append(clear_recent_action)
+
+        # Clear previous actions
+        for action in self.open_recent_library_menu.actions():
+            self.open_recent_library_menu.removeAction(action)
+
+        # Add new actions
+        for action in actions:
+            self.open_recent_library_menu.addAction(action)
+
+        # Only enable add "clear recent" if there are still recent libraries.
+        if len(actions) > 1:
+            self.open_recent_library_menu.setDisabled(False)
+            self.open_recent_library_menu.addSeparator()
+            self.open_recent_library_menu.addAction(clear_recent_action)
+        else:
+            self.open_recent_library_menu.setDisabled(True)
+
+
+# View Component
+class MainWindow(QMainWindow):
+    THUMB_SIZES: list[tuple[str, int]] = [
+        (Translations["home.thumbnail_size.extra_large"], 256),
+        (Translations["home.thumbnail_size.large"], 192),
+        (Translations["home.thumbnail_size.medium"], 128),
+        (Translations["home.thumbnail_size.small"], 96),
+        (Translations["home.thumbnail_size.mini"], 76),
+    ]
+
+    def __init__(self, driver: "QtDriver", parent: QWidget | None = None) -> None:
+        super().__init__(parent)
+        self.rm = ResourceManager()
+
+        # region Type declarations for variables that will be initialized in methods
+        # initialized in setup_search_bar
+        self.search_bar_layout: QHBoxLayout
+        self.back_button: QPushButton
+        self.forward_button: QPushButton
+        self.search_field: QLineEdit
+        self.search_field_completion_list: QStringListModel
+        self.search_field_completer: QCompleter
+        self.search_button: QPushButton
+
+        # initialized in setup_extra_input_bar
+        self.extra_input_layout: QHBoxLayout
+        self.sorting_mode_combobox: QComboBox
+        self.sorting_direction_combobox: QComboBox
+        self.thumb_size_combobox: QComboBox
+
+        # initialized in setup_content
+        self.content_layout: QHBoxLayout
+        self.content_splitter: QSplitter
+
+        # initialized in setup_entry_list
+        self.entry_list_container: QWidget
+        self.entry_list_layout: QVBoxLayout
+        self.entry_scroll_area: QScrollArea
+        self.thumb_grid: QWidget
+        self.thumb_layout: FlowLayout
+        self.landing_widget: LandingWidget
+        self.pagination: Pagination
+
+        # initialized in setup_preview_panel
+        self.preview_panel: PreviewPanel
+        # endregion
+
+        if not self.objectName():
+            self.setObjectName("MainWindow")
+        self.resize(1300, 720)
+
+        self.setup_menu_bar()
+
+        self.setup_central_widget(driver)
+
+        self.setup_status_bar()
+
+        QMetaObject.connectSlotsByName(self)

        # NOTE: These are old attempts to allow for a translucent/acrylic
        # window effect. This may be attempted again in the future.
@@ -54,155 +490,211 @@ class Ui_MainWindow(QMainWindow):
        # self.windowFX = WindowEffect()
        # self.windowFX.setAcrylicEffect(self.winId(), isEnableShadow=False)

+    # region UI Setup Methods

-    def setupUi(self, MainWindow):
-        if not MainWindow.objectName():
-            MainWindow.setObjectName(u"MainWindow")
-        MainWindow.resize(1300, 720)
-        
-        self.centralwidget = QWidget(MainWindow)
-        self.centralwidget.setObjectName(u"centralwidget")
-        self.gridLayout = QGridLayout(self.centralwidget)
-        self.gridLayout.setObjectName(u"gridLayout")
-        self.horizontalLayout = QHBoxLayout()
-        self.horizontalLayout.setObjectName(u"horizontalLayout")
-  
-        # ComboBox group for search type and thumbnail size
-        self.horizontalLayout_3 = QHBoxLayout()
-        self.horizontalLayout_3.setObjectName("horizontalLayout_3")
-  
-        # left side spacer
-        spacerItem = QSpacerItem(40, 20, QSizePolicy.Expanding, QSizePolicy.Minimum)
-        self.horizontalLayout_3.addItem(spacerItem)
-  
-        # Sorting Dropdowns
-        self.sorting_mode_combobox = QComboBox(self.centralwidget)
-        self.sorting_mode_combobox.setObjectName(u"sortingModeComboBox")
-        self.horizontalLayout_3.addWidget(self.sorting_mode_combobox)
-        
-        self.sorting_direction_combobox = QComboBox(self.centralwidget)
-        self.sorting_direction_combobox.setObjectName(u"sortingDirectionCombobox")
-        self.horizontalLayout_3.addWidget(self.sorting_direction_combobox)
+    # region Menu Bar

-        # Thumbnail Size placeholder
-        self.thumb_size_combobox = QComboBox(self.centralwidget)
-        self.thumb_size_combobox.setObjectName(u"thumbSizeComboBox")
+    def setup_menu_bar(self):
+        self.menu_bar = MainMenuBar(self)
+
+        self.setMenuBar(self.menu_bar)
+        self.menu_bar.setNativeMenuBar(True)
+
+    # endregion
+
+    def setup_central_widget(self, driver: "QtDriver"):
+        self.central_widget = QWidget(self)
+        self.central_widget.setObjectName("central_widget")
+        self.central_layout = QGridLayout(self.central_widget)
+        self.central_layout.setObjectName("central_layout")
+
+        self.setup_search_bar()
+
+        self.setup_extra_input_bar()
+
+        self.setup_content(driver)
+
+        self.setCentralWidget(self.central_widget)
+
+    def setup_search_bar(self):
+        """Sets up Nav Buttons, Search Field, Search Button."""
+        self.search_bar_layout = QHBoxLayout()
+        self.search_bar_layout.setObjectName("search_bar_layout")
+        self.search_bar_layout.setSizeConstraint(QLayout.SizeConstraint.SetMinimumSize)
+
+        self.back_button = QPushButton(self.central_widget)
+        back_icon: Image.Image = self.rm.get("bxs-left-arrow")  # pyright: ignore[reportAssignmentType]
+        back_icon = theme_fg_overlay(back_icon, use_alpha=False)
+        self.back_button.setIcon(QPixmap.fromImage(ImageQt.ImageQt(back_icon)))
+        self.back_button.setObjectName("back_button")
+        self.back_button.setMinimumSize(QSize(32, 32))
+        self.back_button.setMaximumSize(QSize(32, 16777215))
+        self.search_bar_layout.addWidget(self.back_button)
+
+        self.forward_button = QPushButton(self.central_widget)
+        forward_icon: Image.Image = self.rm.get("bxs-right-arrow")  # pyright: ignore[reportAssignmentType]
+        forward_icon = theme_fg_overlay(forward_icon, use_alpha=False)
+        self.forward_button.setIcon(QPixmap.fromImage(ImageQt.ImageQt(forward_icon)))
+        self.forward_button.setIconSize(QSize(16, 16))
+        self.forward_button.setObjectName("forward_button")
+        self.forward_button.setMinimumSize(QSize(32, 32))
+        self.forward_button.setMaximumSize(QSize(32, 16777215))
+        self.search_bar_layout.addWidget(self.forward_button)
+
+        self.search_field = QLineEdit(self.central_widget)
+        self.search_field.setPlaceholderText(Translations["home.search_entries"])
+        self.search_field.setObjectName("search_field")
+        self.search_field.setMinimumSize(QSize(0, 32))
+        self.search_field_completion_list = QStringListModel()
+        self.search_field_completer = QCompleter(
+            self.search_field_completion_list, self.search_field
+        )
+        self.search_field_completer.setCaseSensitivity(Qt.CaseSensitivity.CaseInsensitive)
+        self.search_field.setCompleter(self.search_field_completer)
+        self.search_bar_layout.addWidget(self.search_field)
+
+        self.search_button = QPushButton(Translations["home.search"], self.central_widget)
+        self.search_button.setObjectName("search_button")
+        self.search_button.setMinimumSize(QSize(0, 32))
+        self.search_bar_layout.addWidget(self.search_button)
+
+        self.central_layout.addLayout(self.search_bar_layout, 3, 0, 1, 1)
+
+    def setup_extra_input_bar(self):
+        """Sets up inputs for sorting settings and thumbnail size."""
+        self.extra_input_layout = QHBoxLayout()
+        self.extra_input_layout.setObjectName("extra_input_layout")
+
+        ## left side spacer
+        self.extra_input_layout.addItem(
+            QSpacerItem(40, 20, QSizePolicy.Policy.Expanding, QSizePolicy.Policy.Minimum)
+        )
+
+        ## Sorting Mode Dropdown
+        self.sorting_mode_combobox = QComboBox(self.central_widget)
+        self.sorting_mode_combobox.setObjectName("sorting_mode_combobox")
+        for sort_mode in SortingModeEnum:
+            self.sorting_mode_combobox.addItem(Translations[sort_mode.value], sort_mode)
+        self.extra_input_layout.addWidget(self.sorting_mode_combobox)
+
+        ## Sorting Direction Dropdown
+        self.sorting_direction_combobox = QComboBox(self.central_widget)
+        self.sorting_direction_combobox.setObjectName("sorting_direction_combobox")
+        self.sorting_direction_combobox.addItem(
+            Translations["sorting.direction.ascending"], userData=True
+        )
+        self.sorting_direction_combobox.addItem(
+            Translations["sorting.direction.descending"], userData=False
+        )
+        self.sorting_direction_combobox.setCurrentIndex(1)  # Default: Descending
+        self.extra_input_layout.addWidget(self.sorting_direction_combobox)
+
+        ## Thumbnail Size placeholder
+        self.thumb_size_combobox = QComboBox(self.central_widget)
+        self.thumb_size_combobox.setObjectName("thumb_size_combobox")
        self.thumb_size_combobox.setPlaceholderText(Translations["home.thumbnail_size"])
        self.thumb_size_combobox.setCurrentText("")
-        sizePolicy = QSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Minimum, QSizePolicy.Fixed)
-        sizePolicy.setHorizontalStretch(0)
-        sizePolicy.setVerticalStretch(0)
-        sizePolicy.setHeightForWidth(
-            self.thumb_size_combobox.sizePolicy().hasHeightForWidth())
-        self.thumb_size_combobox.setSizePolicy(sizePolicy)
+        size_policy = QSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Policy.Minimum, QSizePolicy.Policy.Fixed)
+        size_policy.setHorizontalStretch(0)
+        size_policy.setVerticalStretch(0)
+        size_policy.setHeightForWidth(self.thumb_size_combobox.sizePolicy().hasHeightForWidth())
+        self.thumb_size_combobox.setSizePolicy(size_policy)
        self.thumb_size_combobox.setMinimumWidth(128)
        self.thumb_size_combobox.setMaximumWidth(352)
-        self.horizontalLayout_3.addWidget(self.thumb_size_combobox)
-        self.gridLayout.addLayout(self.horizontalLayout_3, 5, 0, 1, 1)
+        self.extra_input_layout.addWidget(self.thumb_size_combobox)
+        for size in MainWindow.THUMB_SIZES:
+            self.thumb_size_combobox.addItem(size[0], size[1])
+        self.thumb_size_combobox.setCurrentIndex(2)  # Default: Medium

-        self.splitter = QSplitter()
-        self.splitter.setObjectName(u"splitter")
-        self.splitter.setHandleWidth(12)
+        self.central_layout.addLayout(self.extra_input_layout, 5, 0, 1, 1)

-        self.frame_container = QWidget()
-        self.frame_layout = QVBoxLayout(self.frame_container)
-        self.frame_layout.setSpacing(0)
+    def setup_content(self, driver: "QtDriver"):
+        self.content_layout = QHBoxLayout()
+        self.content_layout.setObjectName("content_layout")

-        self.scrollArea = QScrollArea()
-        self.scrollArea.setObjectName(u"scrollArea")
-        self.scrollArea.setFocusPolicy(Qt.WheelFocus)
-        self.scrollArea.setFrameShape(QFrame.NoFrame)
-        self.scrollArea.setFrameShadow(QFrame.Plain)
-        self.scrollArea.setWidgetResizable(True)
-        self.scrollAreaWidgetContents = QWidget()
-        self.scrollAreaWidgetContents.setObjectName(
-            u"scrollAreaWidgetContents")
-        self.scrollAreaWidgetContents.setGeometry(QRect(0, 0, 1260, 590))
-        self.gridLayout_2 = QGridLayout(self.scrollAreaWidgetContents)
-        self.gridLayout_2.setSpacing(8)
-        self.gridLayout_2.setObjectName(u"gridLayout_2")
-        self.gridLayout_2.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 8)
-        self.scrollArea.setWidget(self.scrollAreaWidgetContents)
-        self.frame_layout.addWidget(self.scrollArea)
-        
-        self.landing_widget: LandingWidget = LandingWidget(self.driver, self.devicePixelRatio())
-        self.frame_layout.addWidget(self.landing_widget)
+        self.content_splitter = QSplitter()
+        self.content_splitter.setObjectName("content_splitter")
+        self.content_splitter.setHandleWidth(12)
+
+        self.setup_entry_list(driver)
+
+        self.setup_preview_panel(driver)
+
+        self.content_splitter.setStretchFactor(0, 1)
+        self.content_layout.addWidget(self.content_splitter)
+
+        self.central_layout.addLayout(self.content_layout, 10, 0, 1, 1)
+
+    def setup_entry_list(self, driver: "QtDriver"):
+        self.entry_list_container = QWidget()
+        self.entry_list_layout = QVBoxLayout(self.entry_list_container)
+        self.entry_list_layout.setSpacing(0)
+
+        self.entry_scroll_area = QScrollArea()
+        self.entry_scroll_area.setObjectName("entry_scroll_area")
+        self.entry_scroll_area.setFocusPolicy(Qt.FocusPolicy.WheelFocus)
+        self.entry_scroll_area.setFrameShape(QFrame.Shape.NoFrame)
+        self.entry_scroll_area.setFrameShadow(QFrame.Shadow.Plain)
+        self.entry_scroll_area.setWidgetResizable(True)
+        self.entry_scroll_area.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(Qt.ScrollBarPolicy.ScrollBarAlwaysOff)
+
+        self.thumb_grid = QWidget()
+        self.thumb_grid.setObjectName("thumb_grid")
+        self.thumb_layout = FlowLayout()
+        self.thumb_layout.enable_grid_optimizations(value=True)
+        self.thumb_layout.setSpacing(min(self.thumb_size // 10, 12))
+        self.thumb_layout.setAlignment(Qt.AlignmentFlag.AlignCenter)
+        self.thumb_grid.setLayout(self.thumb_layout)
+        self.entry_scroll_area.setWidget(self.thumb_grid)
+
+        self.entry_list_layout.addWidget(self.entry_scroll_area)
+
+        self.landing_widget = LandingWidget(driver, self.devicePixelRatio())
+        self.entry_list_layout.addWidget(self.landing_widget)

        self.pagination = Pagination()
-        self.frame_layout.addWidget(self.pagination)
+        self.entry_list_layout.addWidget(self.pagination)
+        self.content_splitter.addWidget(self.entry_list_container)

-        self.horizontalLayout.addWidget(self.splitter)
-        self.splitter.addWidget(self.frame_container)
-        self.splitter.setStretchFactor(0, 1)
-        self.gridLayout.addLayout(self.horizontalLayout, 10, 0, 1, 1)
+    def setup_preview_panel(self, driver: "QtDriver"):
+        self.preview_panel = PreviewPanel(driver.lib, driver)
+        self.content_splitter.addWidget(self.preview_panel)

-        nav_button_style = "font-size:14;font-weight:bold;"
-        self.horizontalLayout_2 = QHBoxLayout()
-        self.horizontalLayout_2.setObjectName(u"horizontalLayout_2")
-        self.horizontalLayout_2.setSizeConstraint(QLayout.SetMinimumSize)
-        self.backButton = QPushButton("<", self.centralwidget)
-        self.backButton.setObjectName(u"backButton")
-        self.backButton.setMinimumSize(QSize(0, 32))
-        self.backButton.setMaximumSize(QSize(32, 16777215))
-        self.backButton.setStyleSheet(nav_button_style)
-        self.horizontalLayout_2.addWidget(self.backButton)
+    def setup_status_bar(self):
+        self.status_bar = QStatusBar(self)
+        self.status_bar.setObjectName("status_bar")
+        status_bar_size_policy = QSizePolicy(
+            QSizePolicy.Policy.Preferred, QSizePolicy.Policy.Maximum
+        )
+        status_bar_size_policy.setHorizontalStretch(0)
+        status_bar_size_policy.setVerticalStretch(0)
+        status_bar_size_policy.setHeightForWidth(self.status_bar.sizePolicy().hasHeightForWidth())
+        self.status_bar.setSizePolicy(status_bar_size_policy)
+        self.status_bar.setSizeGripEnabled(False)
+        self.setStatusBar(self.status_bar)

-        self.forwardButton = QPushButton(">", self.centralwidget)
-        self.forwardButton.setObjectName(u"forwardButton")
-        self.forwardButton.setMinimumSize(QSize(0, 32))
-        self.forwardButton.setMaximumSize(QSize(32, 16777215))
-        self.forwardButton.setStyleSheet(nav_button_style)
-        self.horizontalLayout_2.addWidget(self.forwardButton)
-
-        self.searchField = QLineEdit(self.centralwidget)
-        self.searchField.setPlaceholderText(Translations["home.search_entries"])
-        self.searchField.setObjectName(u"searchField")
-        self.searchField.setMinimumSize(QSize(0, 32))
-
-        self.searchFieldCompletionList = QStringListModel()
-        self.searchFieldCompleter = QCompleter(self.searchFieldCompletionList, self.searchField)
-        self.searchFieldCompleter.setCaseSensitivity(Qt.CaseSensitivity.CaseInsensitive)
-        self.searchField.setCompleter(self.searchFieldCompleter)
-        self.horizontalLayout_2.addWidget(self.searchField)
-
-        self.searchButton = QPushButton(Translations["home.search"], self.centralwidget)
-        self.searchButton.setObjectName(u"searchButton")
-        self.searchButton.setMinimumSize(QSize(0, 32))
-
-        self.horizontalLayout_2.addWidget(self.searchButton)
-        self.gridLayout.addLayout(self.horizontalLayout_2, 3, 0, 1, 1)
-        self.gridLayout_2.setContentsMargins(6, 6, 6, 6)
-
-        MainWindow.setCentralWidget(self.centralwidget)
-        self.statusbar = QStatusBar(MainWindow)
-        self.statusbar.setObjectName(u"statusbar")
-        sizePolicy1 = QSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Preferred, QSizePolicy.Maximum)
-        sizePolicy1.setHorizontalStretch(0)
-        sizePolicy1.setVerticalStretch(0)
-        sizePolicy1.setHeightForWidth(
-            self.statusbar.sizePolicy().hasHeightForWidth())
-        self.statusbar.setSizePolicy(sizePolicy1)
-        self.statusbar.setSizeGripEnabled(False)
-        MainWindow.setStatusBar(self.statusbar)
-
-        QMetaObject.connectSlotsByName(MainWindow)
-    # setupUi
-
-    def moveEvent(self, event) -> None:
-        # time.sleep(0.02)  # sleep for 20ms
-        pass
-
-    def resizeEvent(self, event) -> None:
-        # time.sleep(0.02)  # sleep for 20ms
-        pass
+    # endregion

    def toggle_landing_page(self, enabled: bool):
        if enabled:
-            self.scrollArea.setHidden(True)
+            self.entry_scroll_area.setHidden(True)
            self.landing_widget.setHidden(False)
            self.landing_widget.animate_logo_in()
        else:
            self.landing_widget.setHidden(True)
            self.landing_widget.set_status_label("")
-            self.scrollArea.setHidden(False)
-            
+            self.entry_scroll_area.setHidden(False)
+
+    @property
+    def sorting_mode(self) -> SortingModeEnum:
+        """What to sort by."""
+        return self.sorting_mode_combobox.currentData()
+
+    @property
+    def sorting_direction(self) -> bool:
+        """Whether to Sort the results in ascending order."""
+        return self.sorting_direction_combobox.currentData()
+
+    @property
+    def thumb_size(self) -> int:
+        return self.thumb_size_combobox.currentData()
--- a/src/tagstudio/qt/modals/about.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/qt/modals/about.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from PySide6.QtWidgets import (
 from tagstudio.core.constants import VERSION, VERSION_BRANCH
 from tagstudio.core.enums import Theme
 from tagstudio.core.palette import ColorType, UiColor, get_ui_color
-from tagstudio.qt.modals.ffmpeg_checker import FfmpegChecker
+from tagstudio.qt.helpers.vendored import ffmpeg
 from tagstudio.qt.resource_manager import ResourceManager
 from tagstudio.qt.translations import Translations

@@ -31,14 +31,15 @@ class AboutModal(QWidget):
        super().__init__()
        self.setWindowTitle(Translations["about.title"])

-        self.fc: FfmpegChecker = FfmpegChecker()
        self.rm: ResourceManager = ResourceManager()

        # TODO: There should be a global button theme somewhere.
        self.form_content_style = (
-            f"background-color:{Theme.COLOR_BG.value
-            if QGuiApplication.styleHints().colorScheme() is Qt.ColorScheme.Dark
-            else Theme.COLOR_BG_LIGHT.value};"
+            f"background-color:{
+                Theme.COLOR_BG.value
+                if QGuiApplication.styleHints().colorScheme() is Qt.ColorScheme.Dark
+                else Theme.COLOR_BG_LIGHT.value
+            };"
            "border-radius:3px;"
            "font-weight: 500;"
            "padding: 2px;"
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ class AboutModal(QWidget):
        self.desc_label.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Policy.Expanding, QSizePolicy.Policy.Expanding)

        # System Info ----------------------------------------------------------
-        ff_version = self.fc.version()
+        ff_version = ffmpeg.version()
        red = get_ui_color(ColorType.PRIMARY, UiColor.RED)
        green = get_ui_color(ColorType.PRIMARY, UiColor.GREEN)
        missing = Translations["generic.missing"]
@@ -103,14 +104,14 @@ class AboutModal(QWidget):
        self.system_info_layout.setLabelAlignment(Qt.AlignmentFlag.AlignRight)

        # License
-        license_title = QLabel(f'{Translations["about.license"]}')
+        license_title = QLabel(f"{Translations['about.license']}")
        license_content = QLabel("GPLv3")
        license_content.setStyleSheet(self.form_content_style)
        license_content.setMaximumWidth(license_content.sizeHint().width())
        self.system_info_layout.addRow(license_title, license_content)

        # Config Path
-        config_path_title = QLabel(f'{Translations["about.config_path"]}')
+        config_path_title = QLabel(f"{Translations['about.config_path']}")
        config_path_content = QLabel(f"{config_path}")
        config_path_content.setStyleSheet(self.form_content_style)
        config_path_content.setWordWrap(True)
--- a/src/tagstudio/qt/modals/add_field.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/qt/modals/add_field.py
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ class AddFieldModal(QWidget):
    def keyPressEvent(self, event: QtGui.QKeyEvent) -> None:  # noqa N802
        if event.key() == QtCore.Qt.Key.Key_Escape:
            self.cancel_button.click()
+        elif event.key() in (QtCore.Qt.Key.Key_Enter, QtCore.Qt.Key.Key_Return):
+            self.save_button.click()
        else:  # Other key presses
            pass
        return super().keyPressEvent(event)
--- a/src/tagstudio/qt/modals/build_tag.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/qt/modals/build_tag.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ from tagstudio.core.library.alchemy.library import Library
 from tagstudio.core.library.alchemy.models import Tag, TagColorGroup
 from tagstudio.core.palette import ColorType, UiColor, get_tag_color, get_ui_color
 from tagstudio.qt.modals.tag_color_selection import TagColorSelection
-from tagstudio.qt.modals.tag_search import TagSearchPanel
+from tagstudio.qt.modals.tag_search import TagSearchModal
 from tagstudio.qt.translations import Translations
 from tagstudio.qt.widgets.panel import PanelModal, PanelWidget
 from tagstudio.qt.widgets.tag import (
@@ -166,11 +166,8 @@ class BuildTagPanel(PanelWidget):
        if tag is not None:
            exclude_ids.append(tag.id)

-        tsp = TagSearchPanel(self.lib, exclude_ids)
-        tsp.tag_chosen.connect(lambda x: self.add_parent_tag_callback(x))
-        self.add_tag_modal = PanelModal(tsp)
-        self.add_tag_modal.setTitle(Translations["tag.parent_tags.add"])
-        self.add_tag_modal.setWindowTitle(Translations["tag.parent_tags.add"])
+        self.add_tag_modal = TagSearchModal(self.lib, exclude_ids)
+        self.add_tag_modal.tsp.tag_chosen.connect(lambda x: self.add_parent_tag_callback(x))
        self.parent_tags_add_button.clicked.connect(self.add_tag_modal.show)

        # Color ----------------------------------------------------------------
--- a/src/tagstudio/qt/modals/ffmpeg_checker.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/qt/modals/ffmpeg_checker.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import contextlib
-import subprocess
 from shutil import which

 import structlog
@@ -7,7 +5,9 @@ from PySide6.QtCore import Qt, QUrl
 from PySide6.QtGui import QDesktopServices
 from PySide6.QtWidgets import QMessageBox

+from tagstudio.core.palette import ColorType, UiColor, get_ui_color
 from tagstudio.qt.helpers.vendored.ffmpeg import FFMPEG_CMD, FFPROBE_CMD
+from tagstudio.qt.translations import Translations

 logger = structlog.get_logger(__name__)

@@ -20,10 +20,11 @@ class FfmpegChecker(QMessageBox):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()

-        self.setWindowTitle("Warning: Missing dependency")
-        self.setText("Warning: Could not find FFmpeg installation")
+        ffmpeg = "FFmpeg"
+        ffprobe = "FFprobe"
+        title = Translations.format("dependency.missing.title", dependency=ffmpeg)
+        self.setWindowTitle(title)
        self.setIcon(QMessageBox.Icon.Warning)
-        # Blocks other application interactions until resolved
        self.setWindowModality(Qt.WindowModality.ApplicationModal)

        self.setStandardButtons(
@@ -34,52 +35,19 @@ class FfmpegChecker(QMessageBox):
        self.setDefaultButton(QMessageBox.StandardButton.Ignore)
        # Enables the cancel button but hides it to allow for click X to close dialog
        self.button(QMessageBox.StandardButton.Cancel).hide()
+        self.button(QMessageBox.StandardButton.Help).clicked.connect(
+            lambda: QDesktopServices.openUrl(QUrl(self.HELP_URL))
+        )

-        self.ffmpeg = False
-        self.ffprobe = False
-
-    def installed(self):
-        """Checks if both FFmpeg and FFprobe are installed and in the PATH."""
-        if which(FFMPEG_CMD):
-            self.ffmpeg = True
-        if which(FFPROBE_CMD):
-            self.ffprobe = True
-
-        logger.info("FFmpeg found: {self.ffmpeg}, FFprobe found: {self.ffprobe}")
-        return self.ffmpeg and self.ffprobe
-
-    def version(self):
-        """Checks the version of ffprobe and ffmpeg and returns None if they dont exist."""
-        version: dict[str, str | None] = {"ffprobe": None, "ffmpeg": None}
-        self.installed()
-        if self.ffprobe:
-            ret = subprocess.run(
-                [FFPROBE_CMD, "-show_program_version"], shell=False, capture_output=True, text=True
-            )
-            if ret.returncode == 0:
-                with contextlib.suppress(Exception):
-                    version["ffprobe"] = ret.stdout.split("\n")[1].replace("-", "=").split("=")[1]
-        if self.ffmpeg:
-            ret = subprocess.run(
-                [FFMPEG_CMD, "-version"], shell=False, capture_output=True, text=True
-            )
-            if ret.returncode == 0:
-                with contextlib.suppress(Exception):
-                    version["ffmpeg"] = ret.stdout.replace("-", " ").split(" ")[2]
-        return version
-
-    def show_warning(self):
-        """Displays the warning to the user and awaits response."""
-        missing = "FFmpeg"
-        # If ffmpeg is installed but not ffprobe
-        if not self.ffprobe and self.ffmpeg:
-            missing = "FFprobe"
-
-        self.setText(f"Warning: Could not find {missing} installation")
-        self.setInformativeText(f"{missing} is required for multimedia thumbnails and playback")
-        # Shows the dialog
-        selection = self.exec()
-
-        # Selection will either be QMessageBox.Help or (QMessageBox.Ignore | QMessageBox.Cancel)
-        if selection == QMessageBox.StandardButton.Help:
-            QDesktopServices.openUrl(QUrl(self.HELP_URL))
+        red = get_ui_color(ColorType.PRIMARY, UiColor.RED)
+        green = get_ui_color(ColorType.PRIMARY, UiColor.GREEN)
+        missing = f"<span style='color:{red}'>{Translations['generic.missing']}</span>"
+        found = f"<span style='color:{green}'>{Translations['about.module.found']}</span>"
+        status = Translations.format(
+            "ffmpeg.missing.status",
+            ffmpeg=ffmpeg,
+            ffmpeg_status=found if which(FFMPEG_CMD) else missing,
+            ffprobe=ffprobe,
+            ffprobe_status=found if which(FFPROBE_CMD) else missing,
+        )
+        self.setText(f"{Translations['ffmpeg.missing.description']}<br><br>{status}")
--- a/src/tagstudio/qt/modals/fix_unlinked.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/qt/modals/fix_unlinked.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class FixUnlinkedEntriesModal(QWidget):
        self.relink_class.done.connect(
            # refresh the grid
            lambda: (
-                self.driver.filter_items(),
+                self.driver.update_browsing_state(),
                self.refresh_missing_files(),
            )
        )
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class FixUnlinkedEntriesModal(QWidget):
            lambda: (
                self.set_missing_count(),
                # refresh the grid
-                self.driver.filter_items(),
+                self.driver.update_browsing_state(),
            )
        )
        self.delete_button.clicked.connect(self.delete_modal.show)
--- a/src/tagstudio/qt/modals/folders_to_tags.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/qt/modals/folders_to_tags.py
@@ -44,14 +44,14 @@ class BranchData:

 def add_folders_to_tree(library: Library, tree: BranchData, items: tuple[str, ...]) -> BranchData:
    branch = tree
+    parent_tag = None
    for folder in items:
        if folder not in branch.dirs:
-            # TODO: Reimplement parent tags
-            new_tag = Tag(name=folder)
+            new_tag = Tag(name=folder, parent_tags=({parent_tag} if parent_tag else None))
            library.add_tag(new_tag)
            branch.dirs[folder] = BranchData(tag=new_tag)
-            branch.tag = new_tag
        branch = branch.dirs[folder]
+        parent_tag = branch.tag
    return branch


@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ def folders_to_tags(library: Library):
        reversed_tag = reverse_tag(library, tag, None)
        add_tag_to_tree(reversed_tag)

-    for entry in library.get_entries():
-        folders = entry.path.parts[1:-1]
+    for entry in library.all_entries():
+        folders = entry.path.parts[0:-1]
        if not folders:
            continue

@@ -90,9 +90,11 @@ def reverse_tag(library: Library, tag: Tag, items: list[Tag] | None) -> list[Tag
        items.reverse()
        return items

-    for subtag_id in tag.parent_ids:
-        subtag = library.get_tag(subtag_id)
-    return reverse_tag(library, subtag, items)
+    parent_tag = None  # to avoid subtag unbound error
+    for parent_tag_id in tag.parent_ids:
+        parent_tag = library.get_tag(parent_tag_id)
+    assert parent_tag is not None
+    return reverse_tag(library, parent_tag, items)


 # =========== UI ===========
@@ -123,8 +125,8 @@ def generate_preview_data(library: Library) -> BranchData:
        reversed_tag = reverse_tag(library, tag, None)
        add_tag_to_tree(reversed_tag)

-    for entry in library.get_entries():
-        folders = entry.path.parts[1:-1]
+    for entry in library.all_entries():
+        folders = entry.path.parts[0:-1]
        if not folders:
            continue

@@ -132,7 +134,7 @@ def generate_preview_data(library: Library) -> BranchData:
        if branch:
            has_tag = False
            for tag in entry.tags:
-                if tag.name == branch.tag.name:
+                if branch.tag and tag.name == branch.tag.name:
                    has_tag = True
                    break
            if not has_tag:
@@ -216,20 +218,21 @@ class FoldersToTagsModal(QWidget):
        self.apply_button.setMinimumWidth(100)
        self.apply_button.clicked.connect(self.on_apply)

-        self.showEvent = self.on_open  # type: ignore
-
        self.root_layout.addWidget(self.title_widget)
        self.root_layout.addWidget(self.desc_widget)
        self.root_layout.addWidget(self.open_close_button_w)
        self.root_layout.addWidget(self.scroll_area)
        self.root_layout.addWidget(self.apply_button, alignment=Qt.AlignmentFlag.AlignCenter)

-    def on_apply(self, event):
+    def on_apply(self):
        folders_to_tags(self.library)
        self.close()
-        self.driver.preview_panel.update_widgets(update_preview=False)
+        self.driver.main_window.preview_panel.set_selection(
+            self.driver.selected, update_preview=False
+        )

-    def on_open(self, event):
+    @override
+    def showEvent(self, event: QtGui.QShowEvent):
        for i in reversed(range(self.scroll_layout.count())):
            self.scroll_layout.itemAt(i).widget().setParent(None)

@@ -271,6 +274,7 @@ class TreeItem(QWidget):

        self.label = QLabel()
        self.tag_layout.addWidget(self.label)
+        assert data.tag is not None and parent_tag is not None
        self.tag_widget = ModifiedTagWidget(data.tag, parent_tag)
        self.tag_widget.bg_button.clicked.connect(lambda: self.hide_show())
        self.tag_layout.addWidget(self.tag_widget)
@@ -323,10 +327,7 @@ class ModifiedTagWidget(QWidget):

        self.bg_button = QPushButton(self)
        self.bg_button.setFlat(True)
-        if parent_tag is not None:
-            text = f"{tag.name} ({parent_tag.name})".replace("&", "&&")
-        else:
-            text = tag.name.replace("&", "&&")
+        text = f"{tag.name} ({parent_tag.name})".replace("&", "&&")
        self.bg_button.setText(text)
        self.bg_button.setContextMenuPolicy(Qt.ContextMenuPolicy.ActionsContextMenu)

--- a/src/tagstudio/qt/modals/mirror_entities.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/qt/modals/mirror_entities.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class MirrorEntriesModal(QWidget):
        pw.from_iterable_function(
            self.mirror_entries_runnable,
            displayed_text,
-            self.driver.preview_panel.update_widgets,
+            lambda s=self.driver.selected: self.driver.main_window.preview_panel.set_selection(s),
            self.done.emit,
        )

--- a/src/tagstudio/qt/modals/settings_panel.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/qt/modals/settings_panel.py
@@ -3,70 +3,286 @@
 # Created for TagStudio: https://github.com/CyanVoxel/TagStudio


-from PySide6.QtCore import Qt
-from PySide6.QtWidgets import QComboBox, QFormLayout, QLabel, QVBoxLayout, QWidget
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING

-from tagstudio.core.enums import SettingItems
-from tagstudio.qt.translations import Translations
-from tagstudio.qt.widgets.panel import PanelWidget
+from PySide6.QtCore import Qt
+from PySide6.QtWidgets import (
+    QCheckBox,
+    QComboBox,
+    QFormLayout,
+    QLabel,
+    QLineEdit,
+    QTabWidget,
+    QVBoxLayout,
+    QWidget,
+)
+
+from tagstudio.core.enums import ShowFilepathOption, TagClickActionOption
+from tagstudio.core.global_settings import Theme
+from tagstudio.qt.translations import DEFAULT_TRANSLATION, LANGUAGES, Translations
+from tagstudio.qt.widgets.panel import PanelModal, PanelWidget
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from tagstudio.qt.ts_qt import QtDriver
+
+FILEPATH_OPTION_MAP: dict[ShowFilepathOption, str] = {}
+
+THEME_MAP: dict[Theme, str] = {}
+
+TAG_CLICK_ACTION_MAP: dict[TagClickActionOption, str] = {}
+
+DATE_FORMAT_MAP: dict[str, str] = {
+    "%d/%m/%y": "21/08/24",
+    "%d/%m/%Y": "21/08/2024",
+    "%d.%m.%y": "21.08.24",
+    "%d.%m.%Y": "21.08.2024",
+    "%d-%m-%y": "21-08-24",
+    "%d-%m-%Y": "21-08-2024",
+    "%x": "08/21/24",
+    "%m/%d/%Y": "08/21/2024",
+    "%m-%d-%y": "08-21-24",
+    "%m-%d-%Y": "08-21-2024",
+    "%m.%d.%y": "08.21.24",
+    "%m.%d.%Y": "08.21.2024",
+    "%Y/%m/%d": "2024/08/21",
+    "%Y-%m-%d": "2024-08-21",
+    "%Y.%m.%d": "2024.08.21",
+}


 class SettingsPanel(PanelWidget):
-    def __init__(self, driver):
+    driver: "QtDriver"
+
+    def __init__(self, driver: "QtDriver"):
        super().__init__()
+        # set these "constants" because language will be loaded from config shortly after startup
+        # and we want to use the current language for the dropdowns
+        global FILEPATH_OPTION_MAP, THEME_MAP, TAG_CLICK_ACTION_MAP
+        FILEPATH_OPTION_MAP = {
+            ShowFilepathOption.SHOW_FULL_PATHS: Translations["settings.filepath.option.full"],
+            ShowFilepathOption.SHOW_RELATIVE_PATHS: Translations[
+                "settings.filepath.option.relative"
+            ],
+            ShowFilepathOption.SHOW_FILENAMES_ONLY: Translations["settings.filepath.option.name"],
+        }
+        THEME_MAP = {
+            Theme.DARK: Translations["settings.theme.dark"],
+            Theme.LIGHT: Translations["settings.theme.light"],
+            Theme.SYSTEM: Translations["settings.theme.system"],
+        }
+        TAG_CLICK_ACTION_MAP = {
+            TagClickActionOption.OPEN_EDIT: Translations["settings.tag_click_action.open_edit"],
+            TagClickActionOption.SET_SEARCH: Translations["settings.tag_click_action.set_search"],
+            TagClickActionOption.ADD_TO_SEARCH: Translations[
+                "settings.tag_click_action.add_to_search"
+            ],
+        }
+
        self.driver = driver
-        self.setMinimumSize(320, 200)
+        self.setMinimumSize(400, 300)
+
        self.root_layout = QVBoxLayout(self)
-        self.root_layout.setContentsMargins(6, 0, 6, 0)
+        self.root_layout.setContentsMargins(0, 6, 0, 0)

-        self.form_container = QWidget()
-        self.form_layout = QFormLayout(self.form_container)
-        self.form_layout.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
+        # Tabs
+        self.tab_widget = QTabWidget()

+        self.__build_global_settings()
+        self.tab_widget.addTab(self.global_settings_container, Translations["settings.global"])
+
+        # self.__build_library_settings()
+        # self.tab_widget.addTab(self.library_settings_container, Translations["settings.library"])
+
+        self.root_layout.addWidget(self.tab_widget)
+
+        # Restart Label
        self.restart_label = QLabel(Translations["settings.restart_required"])
        self.restart_label.setHidden(True)
        self.restart_label.setAlignment(Qt.AlignmentFlag.AlignCenter)

-        language_label = QLabel(Translations["settings.language"])
-        self.languages = {
-            # "Cantonese (Traditional)": "yue_Hant",  # Empty
-            "Chinese (Traditional)": "zh_Hant",
-            # "Czech": "cs",  # Minimal
-            # "Danish": "da",  # Minimal
-            "Dutch": "nl",
-            "English": "en",
-            "Filipino": "fil",
-            "French": "fr",
-            "German": "de",
-            "Hungarian": "hu",
-            # "Italian": "it",  # Minimal
-            "Norwegian Bokmål": "nb_NO",
-            "Polish": "pl",
-            "Portuguese (Brazil)": "pt_BR",
-            # "Portuguese (Portugal)": "pt",  # Empty
-            "Russian": "ru",
-            "Spanish": "es",
-            "Swedish": "sv",
-            "Tamil": "ta",
-            "Toki Pona": "tok",
-            "Turkish": "tr",
-        }
-        self.language_combobox = QComboBox()
-        self.language_combobox.addItems(list(self.languages.keys()))
-        current_lang: str = str(
-            driver.settings.value(SettingItems.LANGUAGE, defaultValue="en", type=str)
-        )
-        current_lang = "en" if current_lang not in self.languages.values() else current_lang
-        self.language_combobox.setCurrentIndex(list(self.languages.values()).index(current_lang))
-        self.language_combobox.currentIndexChanged.connect(
-            lambda: self.restart_label.setHidden(False)
-        )
-        self.form_layout.addRow(language_label, self.language_combobox)
-
-        self.root_layout.addWidget(self.form_container)
        self.root_layout.addStretch(1)
        self.root_layout.addWidget(self.restart_label)

-    def get_language(self) -> str:
-        values: list[str] = list(self.languages.values())
-        return values[self.language_combobox.currentIndex()]
+        self.__update_restart_label()
+
+    def __update_restart_label(self):
+        show_label = (
+            self.language_combobox.currentData() != Translations.current_language
+            or self.theme_combobox.currentData() != self.driver.applied_theme
+        )
+        self.restart_label.setHidden(not show_label)
+
+    def __build_global_settings(self):
+        self.global_settings_container = QWidget()
+        form_layout = QFormLayout(self.global_settings_container)
+        form_layout.setContentsMargins(6, 6, 6, 6)
+
+        # Language
+        self.language_combobox = QComboBox()
+        for k in LANGUAGES:
+            self.language_combobox.addItem(k, LANGUAGES[k])
+        current_lang: str = self.driver.settings.language
+        if current_lang not in LANGUAGES.values():
+            current_lang = DEFAULT_TRANSLATION
+        self.language_combobox.setCurrentIndex(list(LANGUAGES.values()).index(current_lang))
+        self.language_combobox.currentIndexChanged.connect(self.__update_restart_label)
+        form_layout.addRow(Translations["settings.language"], self.language_combobox)
+
+        # Open Last Library on Start
+        self.open_last_lib_checkbox = QCheckBox()
+        self.open_last_lib_checkbox.setChecked(self.driver.settings.open_last_loaded_on_startup)
+        form_layout.addRow(
+            Translations["settings.open_library_on_start"], self.open_last_lib_checkbox
+        )
+
+        # Autoplay
+        self.autoplay_checkbox = QCheckBox()
+        self.autoplay_checkbox.setChecked(self.driver.settings.autoplay)
+        form_layout.addRow(Translations["media_player.autoplay"], self.autoplay_checkbox)
+
+        # Show Filenames in Grid
+        self.show_filenames_checkbox = QCheckBox()
+        self.show_filenames_checkbox.setChecked(self.driver.settings.show_filenames_in_grid)
+        form_layout.addRow(
+            Translations["settings.show_filenames_in_grid"], self.show_filenames_checkbox
+        )
+
+        # Page Size
+        self.page_size_line_edit = QLineEdit()
+        self.page_size_line_edit.setText(str(self.driver.settings.page_size))
+
+        def on_page_size_changed():
+            text = self.page_size_line_edit.text()
+            if not text.isdigit() or int(text) < 1:
+                self.page_size_line_edit.setText(str(self.driver.settings.page_size))
+
+        self.page_size_line_edit.editingFinished.connect(on_page_size_changed)
+        form_layout.addRow(Translations["settings.page_size"], self.page_size_line_edit)
+
+        # Show Filepath
+        self.filepath_combobox = QComboBox()
+        for k in FILEPATH_OPTION_MAP:
+            self.filepath_combobox.addItem(FILEPATH_OPTION_MAP[k], k)
+        filepath_option: ShowFilepathOption = self.driver.settings.show_filepath
+        if filepath_option not in FILEPATH_OPTION_MAP:
+            filepath_option = ShowFilepathOption.DEFAULT
+        self.filepath_combobox.setCurrentIndex(
+            list(FILEPATH_OPTION_MAP.keys()).index(filepath_option)
+        )
+        form_layout.addRow(Translations["settings.filepath.label"], self.filepath_combobox)
+
+        # Dark Mode
+        self.theme_combobox = QComboBox()
+        for k in THEME_MAP:
+            self.theme_combobox.addItem(THEME_MAP[k], k)
+        theme = self.driver.settings.theme
+        if theme not in THEME_MAP:
+            theme = Theme.DEFAULT
+        self.theme_combobox.setCurrentIndex(list(THEME_MAP.keys()).index(theme))
+        self.theme_combobox.currentIndexChanged.connect(self.__update_restart_label)
+        form_layout.addRow(Translations["settings.theme.label"], self.theme_combobox)
+
+        # Tag Click Action
+        self.tag_click_action_combobox = QComboBox()
+        for k in TAG_CLICK_ACTION_MAP:
+            self.tag_click_action_combobox.addItem(TAG_CLICK_ACTION_MAP[k], k)
+        tag_click_action = self.driver.settings.tag_click_action
+        if tag_click_action not in TAG_CLICK_ACTION_MAP:
+            tag_click_action = TagClickActionOption.DEFAULT
+        self.tag_click_action_combobox.setCurrentIndex(
+            list(TAG_CLICK_ACTION_MAP.keys()).index(tag_click_action)
+        )
+        form_layout.addRow(
+            Translations["settings.tag_click_action.label"], self.tag_click_action_combobox
+        )
+
+        # Date Format
+        self.dateformat_combobox = QComboBox()
+        for k in DATE_FORMAT_MAP:
+            self.dateformat_combobox.addItem(DATE_FORMAT_MAP[k], k)
+        dateformat: str = self.driver.settings.date_format
+        if dateformat not in DATE_FORMAT_MAP:
+            dateformat = "%x"
+        self.dateformat_combobox.setCurrentIndex(list(DATE_FORMAT_MAP.keys()).index(dateformat))
+        self.dateformat_combobox.currentIndexChanged.connect(self.__update_restart_label)
+        form_layout.addRow(Translations["settings.dateformat.label"], self.dateformat_combobox)
+
+        # 24-Hour Format
+        self.hourformat_checkbox = QCheckBox()
+        self.hourformat_checkbox.setChecked(self.driver.settings.hour_format)
+        form_layout.addRow(Translations["settings.hourformat.label"], self.hourformat_checkbox)
+
+        # Zero-padding
+        self.zeropadding_checkbox = QCheckBox()
+        self.zeropadding_checkbox.setChecked(self.driver.settings.zero_padding)
+        form_layout.addRow(Translations["settings.zeropadding.label"], self.zeropadding_checkbox)
+
+    def __build_library_settings(self):
+        self.library_settings_container = QWidget()
+        form_layout = QFormLayout(self.library_settings_container)
+        form_layout.setContentsMargins(6, 6, 6, 6)
+
+        todo_label = QLabel("TODO")
+        form_layout.addRow(todo_label)
+
+    def __get_language(self) -> str:
+        return list(LANGUAGES.values())[self.language_combobox.currentIndex()]
+
+    def get_settings(self) -> dict:
+        return {
+            "language": self.__get_language(),
+            "open_last_loaded_on_startup": self.open_last_lib_checkbox.isChecked(),
+            "autoplay": self.autoplay_checkbox.isChecked(),
+            "show_filenames_in_grid": self.show_filenames_checkbox.isChecked(),
+            "page_size": int(self.page_size_line_edit.text()),
+            "show_filepath": self.filepath_combobox.currentData(),
+            "theme": self.theme_combobox.currentData(),
+            "tag_click_action": self.tag_click_action_combobox.currentData(),
+            "date_format": self.dateformat_combobox.currentData(),
+            "hour_format": self.hourformat_checkbox.isChecked(),
+            "zero_padding": self.zeropadding_checkbox.isChecked(),
+        }
+
+    def update_settings(self, driver: "QtDriver"):
+        settings = self.get_settings()
+
+        driver.settings.language = settings["language"]
+        driver.settings.open_last_loaded_on_startup = settings["open_last_loaded_on_startup"]
+        driver.settings.autoplay = settings["autoplay"]
+        driver.settings.show_filenames_in_grid = settings["show_filenames_in_grid"]
+        driver.settings.page_size = settings["page_size"]
+        driver.settings.show_filepath = settings["show_filepath"]
+        driver.settings.theme = settings["theme"]
+        driver.settings.tag_click_action = settings["tag_click_action"]
+        driver.settings.date_format = settings["date_format"]
+        driver.settings.hour_format = settings["hour_format"]
+        driver.settings.zero_padding = settings["zero_padding"]
+
+        driver.settings.save()
+
+        # Apply changes
+        # Show File Path
+        driver.update_recent_lib_menu()
+        driver.main_window.preview_panel.set_selection(self.driver.selected)
+        library_directory = driver.lib.library_dir
+        if settings["show_filepath"] == ShowFilepathOption.SHOW_FULL_PATHS:
+            display_path = library_directory or ""
+        else:
+            display_path = library_directory.name if library_directory else ""
+        driver.main_window.setWindowTitle(
+            Translations.format("app.title", base_title=driver.base_title, library_dir=display_path)
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def build_modal(cls, driver: "QtDriver") -> PanelModal:
+        settings_panel = cls(driver)
+
+        modal = PanelModal(
+            widget=settings_panel,
+            window_title=Translations["settings.title"],
+            done_callback=lambda: settings_panel.update_settings(driver),
+            has_save=True,
+        )
+        modal.title_widget.setVisible(False)
+
+        return modal
--- a/src/tagstudio/qt/modals/tag_color_manager.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/qt/modals/tag_color_manager.py
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 # Licensed under the GPL-3.0 License.
 # Created for TagStudio: https://github.com/CyanVoxel/TagStudio

-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Callable, override
+from collections.abc import Callable
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, override

 import structlog
 from PySide6 import QtCore, QtGui
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ class TagColorManager(QWidget):
                        self.setup_color_groups(),
                        ()
                        if len(self.driver.selected) < 1
-                        else self.driver.preview_panel.fields.update_from_entry(
+                        else self.driver.main_window.preview_panel.field_containers_widget.update_from_entry(  # noqa: E501
                            self.driver.selected[0], update_badges=False
                        ),
                    )
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ class TagColorManager(QWidget):
                                self.setup_color_groups(),
                                ()
                                if len(self.driver.selected) < 1
-                                else self.driver.preview_panel.fields.update_from_entry(
+                                else self.driver.main_window.preview_panel.field_containers_widget.update_from_entry(  # noqa: E501
                                    self.driver.selected[0], update_badges=False
                                ),
                            ),
@@ -175,7 +176,6 @@ class TagColorManager(QWidget):
        self.create_namespace_modal = PanelModal(
            build_namespace_panel,
            Translations["namespace.create.title"],
-            Translations["namespace.create.title"],
            has_save=True,
        )

--- a/src/tagstudio/qt/modals/tag_database.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/qt/modals/tag_database.py
@@ -35,10 +35,9 @@ class TagDatabasePanel(TagSearchPanel):
        panel = BuildTagPanel(self.lib)
        self.modal = PanelModal(
            panel,
+            Translations["tag.new"],
            has_save=True,
        )
-        self.modal.setTitle(Translations["tag.new"])
-        self.modal.setWindowTitle(Translations["tag.new"])
        if name.strip():
            panel.name_field.setText(name)

@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ class TagDatabasePanel(TagSearchPanel):
                    alias_ids=panel.alias_ids,
                ),
                self.modal.hide(),
-                self.update_tags(),
+                self.update_tags(self.search_field.text()),
            )
        )
        self.modal.show()
--- a/src/tagstudio/qt/modals/tag_search.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/qt/modals/tag_search.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@


 import contextlib
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Union
 from warnings import catch_warnings

 import structlog
@@ -24,11 +24,10 @@ from PySide6.QtWidgets import (
 )

 from tagstudio.core.constants import RESERVED_TAG_END, RESERVED_TAG_START
-from tagstudio.core.library.alchemy.enums import FilterState, TagColorEnum
+from tagstudio.core.library.alchemy.enums import BrowsingState, TagColorEnum
 from tagstudio.core.library.alchemy.library import Library
 from tagstudio.core.library.alchemy.models import Tag
 from tagstudio.core.palette import ColorType, get_tag_color
-from tagstudio.qt.modals import build_tag
 from tagstudio.qt.translations import Translations
 from tagstudio.qt.widgets.panel import PanelModal, PanelWidget
 from tagstudio.qt.widgets.tag import TagWidget
@@ -37,12 +36,35 @@ logger = structlog.get_logger(__name__)

 # Only import for type checking/autocompletion, will not be imported at runtime.
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from tagstudio.qt.modals.build_tag import BuildTagPanel
+    from tagstudio.qt.ts_qt import QtDriver
+
+
+class TagSearchModal(PanelModal):
+    tsp: "TagSearchPanel"
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        library: Library,
+        exclude: list[int] | None = None,
+        is_tag_chooser: bool = True,
+        done_callback=None,
+        save_callback=None,
+        has_save=False,
+    ):
+        self.tsp = TagSearchPanel(library, exclude, is_tag_chooser)
+        super().__init__(
+            self.tsp,
+            Translations["tag.add.plural"],
+            done_callback=done_callback,
+            save_callback=save_callback,
+            has_save=has_save,
+        )


 class TagSearchPanel(PanelWidget):
    tag_chosen = Signal(int)
    lib: Library
+    driver: Union["QtDriver", None]
    is_initialized: bool = False
    first_tag_id: int | None = None
    is_tag_chooser: bool
@@ -56,7 +78,7 @@ class TagSearchPanel(PanelWidget):
    def __init__(
        self,
        library: Library,
-        exclude: list[int] = None,
+        exclude: list[int] | None = None,
        is_tag_chooser: bool = True,
    ):
        super().__init__()
@@ -175,10 +197,12 @@ class TagSearchPanel(PanelWidget):
            self.search_field.setFocus()
            self.update_tags()

-        self.build_tag_modal: BuildTagPanel = build_tag.BuildTagPanel(self.lib)
-        self.add_tag_modal: PanelModal = PanelModal(self.build_tag_modal, has_save=True)
-        self.add_tag_modal.setTitle(Translations["tag.new"])
-        self.add_tag_modal.setWindowTitle(Translations["tag.add"])
+        from tagstudio.qt.modals.build_tag import BuildTagPanel  # here due to circular imports
+
+        self.build_tag_modal: BuildTagPanel = BuildTagPanel(self.lib)
+        self.add_tag_modal: PanelModal = PanelModal(
+            self.build_tag_modal, Translations["tag.new"], Translations["tag.add"], has_save=True
+        )

        self.build_tag_modal.name_field.setText(name)
        self.add_tag_modal.saved.connect(on_tag_modal_saved)
@@ -192,6 +216,7 @@ class TagSearchPanel(PanelWidget):
        create_button: QPushButton | None = None
        if self.create_button_in_layout and self.scroll_layout.count():
            create_button = self.scroll_layout.takeAt(self.scroll_layout.count() - 1).widget()  # type: ignore
+            assert create_button is not None
            create_button.deleteLater()
            self.create_button_in_layout = False

@@ -262,7 +287,8 @@ class TagSearchPanel(PanelWidget):
                self.scroll_layout.addWidget(new_tw)

        # Assign the tag to the widget at the given index.
-        tag_widget: TagWidget = self.scroll_layout.itemAt(index).widget()
+        tag_widget: TagWidget = self.scroll_layout.itemAt(index).widget()  # pyright: ignore[reportAssignmentType]
+        assert isinstance(tag_widget, TagWidget)
        tag_widget.set_tag(tag)

        # Set tag widget viability and potentially return early
@@ -286,11 +312,13 @@ class TagSearchPanel(PanelWidget):
        tag_widget.on_remove.connect(lambda t=tag: self.delete_tag(t))
        tag_widget.bg_button.clicked.connect(lambda: self.tag_chosen.emit(tag_id))

-        if self.driver:
+        if self.driver is not None:
            tag_widget.search_for_tag_action.triggered.connect(
-                lambda checked=False, tag_id=tag.id: (
-                    self.driver.main_window.searchField.setText(f"tag_id:{tag_id}"),
-                    self.driver.filter_items(FilterState.from_tag_id(tag_id)),
+                lambda checked=False, tag_id=tag.id, driver=self.driver: (
+                    driver.main_window.search_field.setText(f"tag_id:{tag_id}"),
+                    driver.update_browsing_state(
+                        BrowsingState.from_tag_id(tag_id, driver.browsing_history.current)
+                    ),
                )
            )
            tag_widget.search_for_tag_action.setEnabled(True)
@@ -350,21 +378,23 @@ class TagSearchPanel(PanelWidget):
        pass

    def edit_tag(self, tag: Tag):
-        def callback(btp: build_tag.BuildTagPanel):
+        from tagstudio.qt.modals.build_tag import BuildTagPanel
+
+        def callback(btp: BuildTagPanel):
            self.lib.update_tag(
                btp.build_tag(), set(btp.parent_ids), set(btp.alias_names), set(btp.alias_ids)
            )
            self.update_tags(self.search_field.text())

-        build_tag_panel = build_tag.BuildTagPanel(self.lib, tag=tag)
+        build_tag_panel = BuildTagPanel(self.lib, tag=tag)

        self.edit_modal = PanelModal(
            build_tag_panel,
            self.lib.tag_display_name(tag.id),
+            Translations["tag.edit"],
            done_callback=(self.update_tags(self.search_field.text())),
            has_save=True,
        )
-        self.edit_modal.setWindowTitle(Translations["tag.edit"])

        self.edit_modal.saved.connect(lambda: callback(build_tag_panel))
        self.edit_modal.show()
--- a/src/tagstudio/qt/pagination.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/qt/pagination.py
@@ -5,11 +5,14 @@

 """A pagination widget created for TagStudio."""

+from PIL import Image, ImageQt
 from PySide6.QtCore import QObject, QSize, Signal
-from PySide6.QtGui import QIntValidator
+from PySide6.QtGui import QIntValidator, QPixmap
 from PySide6.QtWidgets import QHBoxLayout, QLabel, QLineEdit, QSizePolicy, QWidget

+from tagstudio.qt.helpers.color_overlay import theme_fg_overlay
 from tagstudio.qt.helpers.qbutton_wrapper import QPushButtonWrapper
+from tagstudio.qt.resource_manager import ResourceManager


 class Pagination(QWidget, QObject):
@@ -19,6 +22,7 @@ class Pagination(QWidget, QObject):

    def __init__(self, parent=None) -> None:
        super().__init__(parent)
+        self.rm = ResourceManager()
        self.page_count: int = 0
        self.current_page_index: int = 0
        self.buffer_page_count: int = 4
@@ -39,7 +43,10 @@ class Pagination(QWidget, QObject):

        # [<] ----------------------------------
        self.prev_button = QPushButtonWrapper()
-        self.prev_button.setText("<")
+        prev_icon: Image.Image = self.rm.get("bxs-left-arrow")  # pyright: ignore[reportAssignmentType]
+        prev_icon = theme_fg_overlay(prev_icon, use_alpha=False)
+        self.prev_button.setIcon(QPixmap.fromImage(ImageQt.ImageQt(prev_icon)))
+        self.prev_button.setIconSize(QSize(12, 12))
        self.prev_button.setMinimumSize(self.button_size)
        self.prev_button.setMaximumSize(self.button_size)

@@ -89,7 +96,10 @@ class Pagination(QWidget, QObject):

        # ---------------------------------- [>]
        self.next_button = QPushButtonWrapper()
-        self.next_button.setText(">")
+        next_icon: Image.Image = self.rm.get("bxs-right-arrow")  # pyright: ignore[reportAssignmentType]
+        next_icon = theme_fg_overlay(next_icon, use_alpha=False)
+        self.next_button.setIcon(QPixmap.fromImage(ImageQt.ImageQt(next_icon)))
+        self.next_button.setIconSize(QSize(12, 12))
        self.next_button.setMinimumSize(self.button_size)
        self.next_button.setMaximumSize(self.button_size)

--- a/src/tagstudio/qt/resource_manager.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/qt/resource_manager.py
@@ -4,34 +4,44 @@


 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any
+from typing import Literal, TypedDict

 import structlog
 import ujson
-from PIL import Image, ImageQt
+from PIL import Image, ImageFile
 from PySide6.QtGui import QPixmap

 logger = structlog.get_logger(__name__)


+class TResourceJsonAttrDict(TypedDict):
+    path: str
+    mode: Literal["qpixmap", "pil", "rb", "r"]
+
+
+TData = bytes | str | ImageFile.ImageFile | QPixmap
+
+RESOURCE_FOLDER: Path = Path(__file__).parents[1]
+
+
 class ResourceManager:
    """A resource manager for retrieving resources."""

-    _map: dict = {}
-    _cache: dict[str, Any] = {}
-    _initialized: bool = False
-    _res_folder: Path = Path(__file__).parents[1]
+    _map: dict[str, TResourceJsonAttrDict] = {}
+    _cache: dict[str, TData] = {}
+    _instance: "ResourceManager | None" = None

-    def __init__(self) -> None:
-        # Load JSON resource map
-        if not ResourceManager._initialized:
+    def __new__(cls):
+        if ResourceManager._instance is None:
+            ResourceManager._instance = super().__new__(cls)
+            # Load JSON resource map
            with open(Path(__file__).parent / "resources.json", encoding="utf-8") as f:
                ResourceManager._map = ujson.load(f)
                logger.info(
                    "[ResourceManager] Resources Registered:",
                    count=len(ResourceManager._map.items()),
                )
-            ResourceManager._initialized = True
+        return ResourceManager._instance

    @staticmethod
    def get_path(id: str) -> Path | None:
@@ -43,57 +53,61 @@ class ResourceManager:
        Returns:
            Path: The resource path if found, else None.
        """
-        res: dict = ResourceManager._map.get(id)
-        if res:
-            return ResourceManager._res_folder / "resources" / res.get("path")
+        res: TResourceJsonAttrDict | None = ResourceManager._map.get(id)
+        if res is not None:
+            return RESOURCE_FOLDER / "resources" / res.get("path")
        return None

-    def get(self, id: str) -> Any:
+    def get(self, id: str) -> TData | None:
        """Get a resource from the ResourceManager.

-        This can include resources inside and outside of QResources, and will return
-        theme-respecting variations of resources if available.
-
        Args:
            id (str): The name of the resource.

        Returns:
-            Any: The resource if found, else None.
+            bytes: When the data is in byte format.
+            str: When the data is in str format.
+            ImageFile: When the data is in PIL.ImageFile.ImageFile format.
+            QPixmap: When the data is in PySide6.QtGui.QPixmap format.
+            None: If resource couldn't load.
        """
-        cached_res = ResourceManager._cache.get(id)
-        if cached_res:
+        cached_res: TData | None = ResourceManager._cache.get(id)
+        if cached_res is not None:
            return cached_res
+
        else:
-            res: dict = ResourceManager._map.get(id)
-            if not res:
-                return None
-            try:
-                if res.get("mode") in ["r", "rb"]:
-                    with open(
-                        (ResourceManager._res_folder / "resources" / res.get("path")),
-                        res.get("mode"),
-                    ) as f:
-                        data = f.read()
-                        if res.get("mode") == "rb":
-                            data = bytes(data)
-                        ResourceManager._cache[id] = data
-                        return data
-                elif res and res.get("mode") == "pil":
-                    data = Image.open(ResourceManager._res_folder / "resources" / res.get("path"))
-                    return data
-                elif res.get("mode") in ["qpixmap"]:
-                    data = Image.open(ResourceManager._res_folder / "resources" / res.get("path"))
-                    qim = ImageQt.ImageQt(data)
-                    pixmap = QPixmap.fromImage(qim)
-                    ResourceManager._cache[id] = pixmap
-                    return pixmap
-            except FileNotFoundError:
-                path: Path = ResourceManager._res_folder / "resources" / res.get("path")
-                logger.error("[ResourceManager][ERROR]: Could not find resource: ", path=path)
+            res: TResourceJsonAttrDict | None = ResourceManager._map.get(id)
+            if res is None:
                return None

-    def __getattr__(self, __name: str) -> Any:
+            file_path: Path = RESOURCE_FOLDER / "resources" / res.get("path")
+            mode = res.get("mode")
+
+            data: TData | None = None
+            try:
+                match mode:
+                    case "r":
+                        data = file_path.read_text()
+
+                    case "rb":
+                        data = file_path.read_bytes()
+
+                    case "pil":
+                        data = Image.open(file_path)
+                        data.load()
+
+                    case "qpixmap":
+                        data = QPixmap(file_path.as_posix())
+
+            except FileNotFoundError:
+                logger.error("[ResourceManager][ERROR]: Could not find resource: ", path=file_path)
+
+        if data is not None:
+            ResourceManager._cache[id] = data
+        return data
+
+    def __getattr__(self, __name: str) -> TData:
        attr = self.get(__name)
-        if attr:
+        if attr is not None:
            return attr
        raise AttributeError(f"Attribute {id} not found")
--- a/src/tagstudio/qt/resources.json
+++ b/src/tagstudio/qt/resources.json
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@
  "broken_link_icon": {
    "path": "qt/images/broken_link_icon.png",
    "mode": "pil"
+  },
+   "ignored": {
+    "path": "qt/images/ignored_128.png",
+    "mode": "pil"
  },
  "adobe_illustrator": {
    "path": "qt/images/file_icons/adobe_illustrator.png",
@@ -43,6 +47,10 @@
    "path": "qt/images/file_icons/affinity_photo.png",
    "mode": "pil"
  },
+  "archive": {
+    "path": "qt/images/file_icons/archive.png",
+    "mode": "pil"
+  },
  "audio": {
    "path": "qt/images/file_icons/audio.png",
    "mode": "pil"
@@ -51,10 +59,18 @@
    "path": "qt/images/file_icons/blender.png",
    "mode": "pil"
  },
+  "database": {
+    "path": "qt/images/file_icons/database.png",
+    "mode": "pil"
+  },
  "document": {
    "path": "qt/images/file_icons/document.png",
    "mode": "pil"
  },
+  "ebook": {
+    "path": "qt/images/file_icons/ebook.png",
+    "mode": "pil"
+  },
  "file_generic": {
    "path": "qt/images/file_icons/file_generic.png",
    "mode": "pil"
@@ -87,6 +103,14 @@
    "path": "qt/images/file_icons/program.png",
    "mode": "pil"
  },
+  "shader": {
+    "path": "qt/images/file_icons/shader.png",
+    "mode": "pil"
+  },
+  "shortcut": {
+    "path": "qt/images/file_icons/shortcut.png",
+    "mode": "pil"
+  },
  "spreadsheet": {
    "path": "qt/images/file_icons/spreadsheet.png",
    "mode": "pil"
@@ -103,8 +127,12 @@
    "path": "qt/images/thumb_loading.png",
    "mode": "pil"
  },
-  "placeholder_mp4": {
-    "path": "qt/videos/placeholder.mp4",
-    "mode": "rb"
+  "bxs-left-arrow": {
+    "path": "qt/images/bxs-left-arrow.png",
+    "mode": "pil"
+  },
+  "bxs-right-arrow": {
+    "path": "qt/images/bxs-right-arrow.png",
+    "mode": "pil"
  }
 }
--- a/src/tagstudio/qt/translations.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/qt/translations.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from collections import defaultdict
 from pathlib import Path
+from platform import system
 from typing import Any

 import structlog
@@ -9,25 +10,60 @@ logger = structlog.get_logger(__name__)

 DEFAULT_TRANSLATION = "en"

+LANGUAGES = {
+    # "Cantonese (Traditional)": "yue_Hant",  # Empty
+    "Chinese (Simplified)": "zh_Hans",
+    "Chinese (Traditional)": "zh_Hant",
+    # "Czech": "cs",  # Minimal
+    # "Danish": "da",  # Minimal
+    "Dutch": "nl",
+    "English": "en",
+    "Filipino": "fil",
+    "French": "fr",
+    "German": "de",
+    "Hungarian": "hu",
+    # "Italian": "it",  # Minimal
+    "Japanese": "ja",
+    "Norwegian Bokmål": "nb_NO",
+    "Polish": "pl",
+    "Portuguese (Brazil)": "pt_BR",
+    # "Portuguese (Portugal)": "pt",  # Empty
+    "Russian": "ru",
+    "Spanish": "es",
+    "Swedish": "sv",
+    "Tamil": "ta",
+    "Toki Pona": "tok",
+    "Turkish": "tr",
+    "Viossa": "qpv",
+}
+

 class Translator:
    _default_strings: dict[str, str]
    _strings: dict[str, str] = {}
-    _lang: str = DEFAULT_TRANSLATION
+    __lang: str = DEFAULT_TRANSLATION

    def __init__(self):
        self._default_strings = self.__get_translation_dict(DEFAULT_TRANSLATION)

    def __get_translation_dict(self, lang: str) -> dict[str, str]:
-        with open(
-            Path(__file__).parents[1] / "resources" / "translations" / f"{lang}.json",
-            encoding="utf-8",
-        ) as f:
-            return ujson.loads(f.read())
+        try:
+            with open(
+                Path(__file__).parents[1] / "resources" / "translations" / f"{lang}.json",
+                encoding="utf-8",
+            ) as f:
+                return ujson.loads(f.read())
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            return self._default_strings

    def change_language(self, lang: str):
-        self._lang = lang
+        self.__lang = lang
        self._strings = self.__get_translation_dict(lang)
+        if system() == "Darwin":
+            for k, v in self._strings.items():
+                self._strings[k] = (
+                    v.replace("&&", "<ESC_AMP>").replace("&", "", 1).replace("<ESC_AMP>", "&&")
+                )

    def __format(self, text: str, **kwargs) -> str:
        try:
@@ -37,7 +73,7 @@ class Translator:
                "[Translations] Error while formatting translation.",
                text=text,
                kwargs=kwargs,
-                language=self._lang,
+                language=self.__lang,
            )
            params: defaultdict[str, Any] = defaultdict(lambda: "{unknown_key}")
            params.update(kwargs)
@@ -49,5 +85,9 @@ class Translator:
    def __getitem__(self, key: str) -> str:
        return self._strings.get(key) or self._default_strings.get(key) or f"[{key}]"

+    @property
+    def current_language(self) -> str:
+        return self.__lang
+

 Translations = Translator()
--- a/src/tagstudio/qt/ts_qt.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/qt/ts_qt.py
--- a/src/tagstudio/qt/ui/home.ui
+++ b/src/tagstudio/qt/ui/home.ui
@@ -1,249 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<ui version="4.0">
- <class>MainWindow</class>
- <widget class="QMainWindow" name="MainWindow">
-  <property name="geometry">
-   <rect>
-    <x>0</x>
-    <y>0</y>
-    <width>1280</width>
-    <height>720</height>
-   </rect>
-  </property>
-  <property name="windowTitle">
-   <string>MainWindow</string>
-  </property>
-  <widget class="QWidget" name="centralwidget">
-   <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout">
-    <item row="5" column="0">
-     <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_3">
-      <item>
-       <spacer name="horizontalSpacer">
-        <property name="orientation">
-         <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
-        </property>
-        <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
-         <size>
-          <width>40</width>
-          <height>20</height>
-         </size>
-        </property>
-       </spacer>
-      </item>
-      <item>
-       <widget class="QComboBox" name="comboBox_2">
-        <property name="minimumSize">
-         <size>
-          <width>165</width>
-          <height>0</height>
-         </size>
-        </property>
-        <item>
-         <property name="text">
-          <string>And (includes all tags)</string>
-         </property>
-        </item>
-        <item>
-         <property name="text">
-          <string>Or (includes any tag)</string>
-         </property>
-        </item>
-       </widget>
-      </item>
-      <item>
-       <widget class="QComboBox" name="comboBox">
-        <property name="sizePolicy">
-         <sizepolicy hsizetype="Minimum" vsizetype="Fixed">
-          <horstretch>0</horstretch>
-          <verstretch>0</verstretch>
-         </sizepolicy>
-        </property>
-        <property name="minimumSize">
-         <size>
-          <width>128</width>
-          <height>0</height>
-         </size>
-        </property>
-        <property name="maximumSize">
-         <size>
-          <width>256</width>
-          <height>32</height>
-         </size>
-        </property>
-        <property name="currentText">
-         <string/>
-        </property>
-        <property name="placeholderText">
-         <string>Thumbnail Size</string>
-        </property>
-       </widget>
-      </item>
-     </layout>
-    </item>
-    <item row="9" column="0">
-     <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
-      <item>
-       <widget class="QScrollArea" name="scrollArea">
-        <property name="focusPolicy">
-         <enum>Qt::WheelFocus</enum>
-        </property>
-        <property name="frameShape">
-         <enum>QFrame::NoFrame</enum>
-        </property>
-        <property name="frameShadow">
-         <enum>QFrame::Plain</enum>
-        </property>
-        <property name="widgetResizable">
-         <bool>true</bool>
-        </property>
-        <widget class="QWidget" name="scrollAreaWidgetContents">
-         <property name="geometry">
-          <rect>
-           <x>0</x>
-           <y>0</y>
-           <width>1260</width>
-           <height>585</height>
-          </rect>
-         </property>
-         <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_2">
-          <property name="leftMargin">
-           <number>0</number>
-          </property>
-          <property name="topMargin">
-           <number>0</number>
-          </property>
-          <property name="rightMargin">
-           <number>0</number>
-          </property>
-          <property name="bottomMargin">
-           <number>8</number>
-          </property>
-          <property name="spacing">
-           <number>8</number>
-          </property>
-         </layout>
-        </widget>
-       </widget>
-      </item>
-     </layout>
-    </item>
-    <item row="3" column="0">
-     <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_2">
-      <property name="sizeConstraint">
-       <enum>QLayout::SetMinimumSize</enum>
-      </property>
-      <item>
-       <widget class="QPushButton" name="backButton">
-        <property name="minimumSize">
-         <size>
-          <width>0</width>
-          <height>32</height>
-         </size>
-        </property>
-        <property name="maximumSize">
-         <size>
-          <width>32</width>
-          <height>16777215</height>
-         </size>
-        </property>
-        <property name="font">
-         <font>
-          <pointsize>14</pointsize>
-          <bold>true</bold>
-         </font>
-        </property>
-        <property name="text">
-         <string>&lt;</string>
-        </property>
-       </widget>
-      </item>
-      <item>
-       <widget class="QPushButton" name="forwardButton">
-        <property name="minimumSize">
-         <size>
-          <width>0</width>
-          <height>32</height>
-         </size>
-        </property>
-        <property name="maximumSize">
-         <size>
-          <width>32</width>
-          <height>16777215</height>
-         </size>
-        </property>
-        <property name="font">
-         <font>
-          <pointsize>14</pointsize>
-          <bold>true</bold>
-          <kerning>true</kerning>
-         </font>
-        </property>
-        <property name="text">
-         <string>&gt;</string>
-        </property>
-       </widget>
-      </item>
-      <item>
-       <widget class="QLineEdit" name="searchField">
-        <property name="minimumSize">
-         <size>
-          <width>0</width>
-          <height>32</height>
-         </size>
-        </property>
-        <property name="font">
-         <font>
-          <pointsize>11</pointsize>
-          <bold>false</bold>
-         </font>
-        </property>
-        <property name="placeholderText">
-         <string>Search Entries</string>
-        </property>
-       </widget>
-      </item>
-      <item>
-       <widget class="QPushButton" name="searchButton">
-        <property name="minimumSize">
-         <size>
-          <width>0</width>
-          <height>32</height>
-         </size>
-        </property>
-        <property name="font">
-         <font>
-          <pointsize>11</pointsize>
-          <bold>false</bold>
-         </font>
-        </property>
-        <property name="text">
-         <string>Search</string>
-        </property>
-       </widget>
-      </item>
-     </layout>
-    </item>
-   </layout>
-  </widget>
-  <widget class="QMenuBar" name="menubar">
-   <property name="geometry">
-    <rect>
-     <x>0</x>
-     <y>0</y>
-     <width>1280</width>
-     <height>21</height>
-    </rect>
-   </property>
-  </widget>
-  <widget class="QStatusBar" name="statusbar">
-   <property name="sizePolicy">
-    <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Maximum">
-     <horstretch>0</horstretch>
-     <verstretch>0</verstretch>
-    </sizepolicy>
-   </property>
-  </widget>
- </widget>
- <resources/>
- <connections/>
-</ui>
--- a/src/tagstudio/qt/ui/home_ui.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/qt/ui/home_ui.py
@@ -1,160 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
-################################################################################
-## Form generated from reading UI file 'home.ui'
-##
-## Created by: Qt User Interface Compiler version 6.6.3
-##
-## WARNING! All changes made in this file will be lost when recompiling UI file!
-################################################################################
-
-from PySide6.QtCore import (QCoreApplication, QDate, QDateTime, QLocale,
-    QMetaObject, QObject, QPoint, QRect,
-    QSize, QTime, QUrl, Qt)
-from PySide6.QtGui import (QBrush, QColor, QConicalGradient, QCursor,
-    QFont, QFontDatabase, QGradient, QIcon,
-    QImage, QKeySequence, QLinearGradient, QPainter,
-    QPalette, QPixmap, QRadialGradient, QTransform)
-from PySide6.QtWidgets import (QApplication, QComboBox, QFrame, QGridLayout,
-    QHBoxLayout, QLayout, QLineEdit, QMainWindow,
-    QMenuBar, QPushButton, QScrollArea, QSizePolicy,
-    QSpacerItem, QStatusBar, QWidget)
-
-class Ui_MainWindow(object):
-    def setupUi(self, MainWindow):
-        if not MainWindow.objectName():
-            MainWindow.setObjectName(u"MainWindow")
-        MainWindow.resize(1280, 720)
-        self.centralwidget = QWidget(MainWindow)
-        self.centralwidget.setObjectName(u"centralwidget")
-        self.gridLayout = QGridLayout(self.centralwidget)
-        self.gridLayout.setObjectName(u"gridLayout")
-        self.horizontalLayout_3 = QHBoxLayout()
-        self.horizontalLayout_3.setObjectName(u"horizontalLayout_3")
-        self.horizontalSpacer = QSpacerItem(40, 20, QSizePolicy.Policy.Expanding, QSizePolicy.Policy.Minimum)
-
-        self.horizontalLayout_3.addItem(self.horizontalSpacer)
-
-        self.comboBox_2 = QComboBox(self.centralwidget)
-        self.comboBox_2.addItem("")
-        self.comboBox_2.addItem("")
-        self.comboBox_2.setObjectName(u"comboBox_2")
-        self.comboBox_2.setMinimumSize(QSize(165, 0))
-
-        self.horizontalLayout_3.addWidget(self.comboBox_2)
-
-        self.comboBox = QComboBox(self.centralwidget)
-        self.comboBox.setObjectName(u"comboBox")
-        sizePolicy = QSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Policy.Minimum, QSizePolicy.Policy.Fixed)
-        sizePolicy.setHorizontalStretch(0)
-        sizePolicy.setVerticalStretch(0)
-        sizePolicy.setHeightForWidth(self.comboBox.sizePolicy().hasHeightForWidth())
-        self.comboBox.setSizePolicy(sizePolicy)
-        self.comboBox.setMinimumSize(QSize(128, 0))
-        self.comboBox.setMaximumSize(QSize(256, 32))
-
-        self.horizontalLayout_3.addWidget(self.comboBox)
-
-
-        self.gridLayout.addLayout(self.horizontalLayout_3, 5, 0, 1, 1)
-
-        self.horizontalLayout = QHBoxLayout()
-        self.horizontalLayout.setObjectName(u"horizontalLayout")
-        self.scrollArea = QScrollArea(self.centralwidget)
-        self.scrollArea.setObjectName(u"scrollArea")
-        self.scrollArea.setFocusPolicy(Qt.WheelFocus)
-        self.scrollArea.setFrameShape(QFrame.NoFrame)
-        self.scrollArea.setFrameShadow(QFrame.Plain)
-        self.scrollArea.setWidgetResizable(True)
-        self.scrollAreaWidgetContents = QWidget()
-        self.scrollAreaWidgetContents.setObjectName(u"scrollAreaWidgetContents")
-        self.scrollAreaWidgetContents.setGeometry(QRect(0, 0, 1260, 585))
-        self.gridLayout_2 = QGridLayout(self.scrollAreaWidgetContents)
-        self.gridLayout_2.setSpacing(8)
-        self.gridLayout_2.setObjectName(u"gridLayout_2")
-        self.gridLayout_2.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 8)
-        self.scrollArea.setWidget(self.scrollAreaWidgetContents)
-
-        self.horizontalLayout.addWidget(self.scrollArea)
-
-
-        self.gridLayout.addLayout(self.horizontalLayout, 9, 0, 1, 1)
-
-        self.horizontalLayout_2 = QHBoxLayout()
-        self.horizontalLayout_2.setObjectName(u"horizontalLayout_2")
-        self.horizontalLayout_2.setSizeConstraint(QLayout.SetMinimumSize)
-        self.backButton = QPushButton(self.centralwidget)
-        self.backButton.setObjectName(u"backButton")
-        self.backButton.setMinimumSize(QSize(0, 32))
-        self.backButton.setMaximumSize(QSize(32, 16777215))
-        font = QFont()
-        font.setPointSize(14)
-        font.setBold(True)
-        self.backButton.setFont(font)
-
-        self.horizontalLayout_2.addWidget(self.backButton)
-
-        self.forwardButton = QPushButton(self.centralwidget)
-        self.forwardButton.setObjectName(u"forwardButton")
-        self.forwardButton.setMinimumSize(QSize(0, 32))
-        self.forwardButton.setMaximumSize(QSize(32, 16777215))
-        font1 = QFont()
-        font1.setPointSize(14)
-        font1.setBold(True)
-        font1.setKerning(True)
-        self.forwardButton.setFont(font1)
-
-        self.horizontalLayout_2.addWidget(self.forwardButton)
-
-        self.searchField = QLineEdit(self.centralwidget)
-        self.searchField.setObjectName(u"searchField")
-        self.searchField.setMinimumSize(QSize(0, 32))
-        font2 = QFont()
-        font2.setPointSize(11)
-        font2.setBold(False)
-        self.searchField.setFont(font2)
-
-        self.horizontalLayout_2.addWidget(self.searchField)
-
-        self.searchButton = QPushButton(self.centralwidget)
-        self.searchButton.setObjectName(u"searchButton")
-        self.searchButton.setMinimumSize(QSize(0, 32))
-        self.searchButton.setFont(font2)
-
-        self.horizontalLayout_2.addWidget(self.searchButton)
-
-
-        self.gridLayout.addLayout(self.horizontalLayout_2, 3, 0, 1, 1)
-
-        MainWindow.setCentralWidget(self.centralwidget)
-        self.menubar = QMenuBar(MainWindow)
-        self.menubar.setObjectName(u"menubar")
-        self.menubar.setGeometry(QRect(0, 0, 1280, 21))
-        MainWindow.setMenuBar(self.menubar)
-        self.statusbar = QStatusBar(MainWindow)
-        self.statusbar.setObjectName(u"statusbar")
-        sizePolicy1 = QSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Policy.Preferred, QSizePolicy.Policy.Maximum)
-        sizePolicy1.setHorizontalStretch(0)
-        sizePolicy1.setVerticalStretch(0)
-        sizePolicy1.setHeightForWidth(self.statusbar.sizePolicy().hasHeightForWidth())
-        self.statusbar.setSizePolicy(sizePolicy1)
-        MainWindow.setStatusBar(self.statusbar)
-
-        self.retranslateUi(MainWindow)
-
-        QMetaObject.connectSlotsByName(MainWindow)
-    # setupUi
-
-    def retranslateUi(self, MainWindow):
-        MainWindow.setWindowTitle(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"MainWindow", None))
-        self.comboBox_2.setItemText(0, QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"And (includes all tags)", None))
-        self.comboBox_2.setItemText(1, QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"Or (includes any tag)", None))
-
-        self.comboBox.setCurrentText("")
-        self.comboBox.setPlaceholderText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"Thumbnail Size", None))
-        self.backButton.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"<", None))
-        self.forwardButton.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u">", None))
-        self.searchField.setPlaceholderText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"Search Entries", None))
-        self.searchButton.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"Search", None))
-    # retranslateUi
-
--- a/src/tagstudio/qt/view/components/tag_box_view.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/qt/view/components/tag_box_view.py
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+# Licensed under the GPL-3.0 License.
+# Created for TagStudio: https://github.com/CyanVoxel/TagStudio
+
+
+from collections.abc import Iterable
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
+import structlog
+
+from tagstudio.core.library.alchemy.library import Library
+from tagstudio.core.library.alchemy.models import Tag
+from tagstudio.qt.flowlayout import FlowLayout
+from tagstudio.qt.widgets.fields import FieldWidget
+from tagstudio.qt.widgets.tag import TagWidget
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from tagstudio.qt.ts_qt import QtDriver
+
+logger = structlog.get_logger(__name__)
+
+
+class TagBoxWidgetView(FieldWidget):
+    __lib: Library
+
+    def __init__(self, title: str, driver: "QtDriver") -> None:
+        super().__init__(title)
+        self.__lib = driver.lib
+
+        self.__root_layout = FlowLayout()
+        self.__root_layout.enable_grid_optimizations(value=False)
+        self.__root_layout.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
+        self.setLayout(self.__root_layout)
+
+    def set_tags(self, tags: Iterable[Tag]) -> None:
+        tags_ = sorted(list(tags), key=lambda tag: self.__lib.tag_display_name(tag.id))
+        logger.info("[TagBoxWidget] Tags:", tags=tags)
+        while self.__root_layout.itemAt(0):
+            self.__root_layout.takeAt(0).widget().deleteLater()  # pyright: ignore[reportOptionalMemberAccess]
+
+        for tag in tags_:
+            tag_widget = TagWidget(tag, library=self.__lib, has_edit=True, has_remove=True)
+
+            tag_widget.on_click.connect(lambda t=tag: self._on_click(t))
+
+            tag_widget.on_remove.connect(lambda t=tag: self._on_remove(t))
+
+            tag_widget.on_edit.connect(lambda t=tag: self._on_edit(t))
+
+            tag_widget.search_for_tag_action.triggered.connect(
+                lambda checked=False, t=tag: self._on_search(t)
+            )
+
+            self.__root_layout.addWidget(tag_widget)
+
+    def _on_click(self, tag: Tag) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def _on_remove(self, tag: Tag) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def _on_edit(self, tag: Tag) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def _on_search(self, tag: Tag) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError
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