chore(release): 0.1.1

Bump version to 0.1.1 (package.json, Cargo.toml, Cargo.lock), date the
changelog section (2026-06-23), and add the GitHub release-notes draft.

QoL release on top of 0.1.0: custom multi-folder picker, theme system,
timeline scrubber, folder reordering, gallery/duplicate-finder
virtualisation, video playback settings, rebuild-semantic-index action,
plus AVIF thumbnail, video-embedding, and Subtle Light theme fixes.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,10 +5,23 @@ All notable changes to Phokus are documented here. The format is based on
 aims to follow [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html)
 (0.x: anything may change between minor versions).
 
-## [Unreleased]
+## [0.1.1] — 2026-06-23
 
 ### Added
 
+- **Custom multi-folder picker** — replaces the native OS dialog with an
+  in-app folder browser that lets you navigate, stage folders from multiple
+  locations, and add them all in one go. Duplicate roots are skipped
+  automatically; partially-failed batches remove successfully-added entries
+  from the staging panel so only failed folders remain to retry.
+- **Rebuild semantic index** maintenance action in Settings — drops and
+  recreates the vector tables at the current model dimension, then re-queues
+  every image for embedding. Fixes "dimension mismatch" search errors that
+  occur after switching between CLIP models with different output sizes.
+- **Video playback settings** — new Video Playback group in Settings with two
+  persisted toggles: "Autoplay in lightbox" (default on) and "Start muted"
+  (default off). Settings apply to the next opened video rather than the
+  current one.
 - **Timeline scrubber** — a year/month rail on the Timeline view that jumps to
   any period in the library. Timeline now loads the full filtered set so the
   scrubber spans the whole library instead of just the first page.
@@ -25,6 +38,11 @@ aims to follow [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html)
 
 ### Changed
 
+- Settings sections are reordered — General is now the first and default
+  section instead of AI Workspace.
+- The Duplicate Finder group list is now virtualised — only on-screen cards
+  mount, so large result sets (e.g. 5,000+ pairs) scroll without lag rather
+  than mounting every thumbnail at once.
 - The gallery grid is now row-virtualised, so very large libraries scroll
   smoothly and only on-screen thumbnails are rendered.
 - Polished the new theme surfaces before release, including readable
@@ -35,6 +53,16 @@ aims to follow [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html)
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- **AVIF thumbnails** — AVIF files are now processed correctly by routing
+  thumbnail generation through the bundled FFmpeg path instead of the Rust
+  image decoder (which has no dav1d dependency). Previously-failed AVIF jobs
+  are requeued on startup; JPEG derivatives are fed to the embedding and
+  tagging pipeline while the lightbox continues to display the original file.
+- Accent text is now readable in the Subtle Light theme.
+- Folder picker chevron tooltip now correctly shows "No subfolders" for leaf
+  entries instead of "Open folder" in both branches.
+- Folder picker Unix breadcrumb root now shows "/" instead of always "Home"
+  for non-home paths such as `/mnt/data`.
 - Video embedding jobs are no longer claimed before their thumbnail exists, and
   any that previously failed for that reason are requeued on startup — videos no
   longer churn through failed embeddings.
@@ -93,4 +121,5 @@ installer with a built-in updater.
   Settings, with live size/reclaimable stats.
 - **Window state** persistence and single-instance handling.
 
+[0.1.1]: https://github.com/JezzWTF/phokus/releases/tag/v0.1.1
 [0.1.0]: https://github.com/JezzWTF/phokus/releases/tag/v0.1.0

docs/release-notes-0.1.1.md

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+# Phokus v0.1.1
+
+> Draft for the GitHub Release body. Fill in the checksums and trim as needed.
+
+**Phokus is a local-first desktop media library for Windows** — point it at
+your image and video folders and it builds a fast, searchable gallery with
+thumbnails, semantic search, visual discovery, AI tagging, and duplicate
+cleanup. Everything is processed on your machine; nothing is uploaded.
+
+This is a quality-of-life release on top of 0.1.0: a new in-app folder
+picker, themes, smoother scrolling on large libraries, and a batch of fixes.
+If you're updating from 0.1.0, the built-in updater will fetch this for you.
+
+## Install / update
+
+- **Updating from 0.1.0:** the in-app updater will offer 0.1.1 on launch — one
+  click downloads, installs, and relaunches.
+- **Fresh install:** download `Phokus_0.1.1_x64-setup.exe` below and run it.
+  **Windows SmartScreen will warn** that the publisher is unrecognized — this
+  build is **not code-signed**. Click **More info → Run anyway**.
+- Requires **Windows 10/11**. WebView2 is fetched automatically if missing.
+
+NVIDIA users wanting GPU embedding speed can use the
+`Phokus_0.1.1_x64-cuda-setup.exe` variant instead (larger download; bundles the
+CUDA runtime DLLs).
+
+## Highlights
+
+### Added
+- **Custom multi-folder picker** — navigate and stage folders from multiple
+  locations and add them in one go, replacing the native OS dialog.
+- **Themes** — Phokus, Subtle Light, and Conventional Dark chrome, with an
+  inline theme picker in first-run onboarding.
+- **Timeline scrubber** — a year/month rail to jump anywhere in the library.
+- **Folder reordering** in the sidebar (drag-and-drop or keyboard), persisted,
+  plus A–Z / Z–A / Custom sort for the Libraries list.
+- **Video playback settings** — autoplay-in-lightbox and start-muted toggles.
+- **Rebuild semantic index** maintenance action — fixes "dimension mismatch"
+  search errors after switching CLIP models.
+- Locate and filter images with failed AI-tagging jobs.
+
+### Changed
+- Gallery grid and Duplicate Finder list are now row-virtualised — large
+  libraries and large result sets (5,000+ pairs) scroll without lag.
+- Settings now open on General by default.
+
+### Fixed
+- **AVIF thumbnails** now generate correctly (routed through bundled FFmpeg);
+  previously-failed AVIF jobs are requeued on startup.
+- Video embedding jobs no longer churn through failed states before their
+  thumbnail exists; previously-failed ones are requeued.
+- Timeline scrolling is smooth on large libraries (per-row virtualisation);
+  background batches no longer re-sort the whole loaded set.
+- Numerous Subtle Light theme readability/parity fixes.
+
+See the [changelog](https://github.com/JezzWTF/phokus/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
+for the full list.
+
+## Checksums
+
+```
+SHA-256 (Phokus_0.1.1_x64-setup.exe)      = <fill in>
+SHA-256 (Phokus_0.1.1_x64-cuda-setup.exe) = <fill in>
+```

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "phokus",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "0.1.1",
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {

src-tauri/Cargo.lock

@@ -4595,7 +4595,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "phokus"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "candle-core",

src-tauri/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "phokus"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 description = "Local-first desktop media library"
 authors = ["JezzWTF"]
 license = "MIT"

src-tauri/src/captioner.rs

@@ -78,9 +78,10 @@ static ORT_RUNTIME_INIT: Mutex<bool> = Mutex::new(false);
 /// knows to drop its cached `FlorenceCaptioner` and reload with the new EP.
 pub static CAPTION_SESSION_DIRTY: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(false);
 
-#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Deserialize, Eq, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Default, Deserialize, Eq, PartialEq, Serialize)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
 pub enum CaptionAcceleration {
+    #[default]
     Auto,
     Cpu,
     Directml,
@@ -96,17 +97,12 @@ impl CaptionAcceleration {
     }
 }
 
-impl Default for CaptionAcceleration {
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        Self::Auto
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Deserialize, Eq, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Default, Deserialize, Eq, PartialEq, Serialize)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
 pub enum CaptionDetail {
     Short,
     Detailed,
+    #[default]
     Paragraph,
 }
 
@@ -136,12 +132,6 @@ impl CaptionDetail {
     }
 }
 
-impl Default for CaptionDetail {
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        Self::Paragraph
-    }
-}
-
 #[derive(Serialize)]
 pub struct CaptionModelStatus {
     pub model_id: &'static str,

src-tauri/src/commands.rs

@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ use crate::indexer::{self, WatcherHandle};
 use crate::tagger::{self, TaggerAcceleration, TaggerModelStatus, TaggerRuntimeProbe};
 use crate::vector;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::collections::HashSet;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use tauri::{AppHandle, Emitter, Manager, State};
 
 pub type DbState = DbPool;
@@ -215,19 +216,63 @@ pub struct GetImagesByIdsParams {
     pub image_ids: Vec<i64>,
 }
 
-#[tauri::command]
-pub async fn add_folder(
+#[derive(Serialize)]
+#[serde(tag = "status", content = "data", rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub enum FolderAddResult {
+    Added(Folder),
+    Skipped(String),
+    Error(String),
+}
+
+enum AddOutcome {
+    Added(Folder),
+    Skipped(Folder),
+}
+
+fn paths_match(left: &str, right: &str) -> bool {
+    let left_path = PathBuf::from(left);
+    let right_path = PathBuf::from(right);
+    if let (Ok(left_canonical), Ok(right_canonical)) =
+        (left_path.canonicalize(), right_path.canonicalize())
+    {
+        return left_canonical == right_canonical;
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    {
+        left.trim_end_matches(['\\', '/'])
+            .eq_ignore_ascii_case(right.trim_end_matches(['\\', '/']))
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(not(windows))]
+    {
+        left.trim_end_matches('/').eq(right.trim_end_matches('/'))
+    }
+}
+
+fn add_one_folder(
     app: AppHandle,
-    db: State<'_, DbState>,
-    watcher: State<'_, WatcherHandle>,
+    db: DbPool,
+    watcher: WatcherHandle,
     path: String,
-) -> Result<Folder, String> {
+) -> Result<AddOutcome, String> {
     let folder_path = PathBuf::from(&path);
 
     if !folder_path.exists() || !folder_path.is_dir() {
         return Err("Path is not a valid directory".into());
     }
 
+    {
+        let conn = db.get().map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+        if let Some(folder) = db::get_folders(&conn)
+            .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?
+            .into_iter()
+            .find(|folder| paths_match(&folder.path, &path))
+        {
+            return Ok(AddOutcome::Skipped(folder));
+        }
+    }
+
     // Let the webview load media from this folder via the asset protocol.
     if let Err(error) = app
         .asset_protocol_scope()
@@ -257,9 +302,46 @@ pub async fn add_folder(
         .ok_or("Folder not found after insert")?;
 
     watcher.add_folder(folder_path.clone(), folder_id);
-    indexer::index_folder(app, db.inner().clone(), folder_id, folder_path);
+    indexer::index_folder(app, db, folder_id, folder_path);
 
-    Ok(folder)
+    Ok(AddOutcome::Added(folder))
+}
+
+#[tauri::command]
+pub async fn add_folder(
+    app: AppHandle,
+    db: State<'_, DbState>,
+    watcher: State<'_, WatcherHandle>,
+    path: String,
+) -> Result<Folder, String> {
+    match add_one_folder(app, db.inner().clone(), watcher.inner().clone(), path)? {
+        AddOutcome::Added(folder) => Ok(folder),
+        AddOutcome::Skipped(folder) => Ok(folder),
+    }
+}
+
+#[tauri::command]
+pub async fn add_folders(
+    app: AppHandle,
+    db: State<'_, DbState>,
+    watcher: State<'_, WatcherHandle>,
+    paths: Vec<String>,
+) -> Result<Vec<FolderAddResult>, String> {
+    Ok(paths
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|path| {
+            match add_one_folder(
+                app.clone(),
+                db.inner().clone(),
+                watcher.inner().clone(),
+                path,
+            ) {
+                Ok(AddOutcome::Added(folder)) => FolderAddResult::Added(folder),
+                Ok(AddOutcome::Skipped(folder)) => FolderAddResult::Skipped(folder.path),
+                Err(error) => FolderAddResult::Error(error),
+            }
+        })
+        .collect())
 }
 
 #[tauri::command]
@@ -268,6 +350,150 @@ pub async fn get_folders(db: State<'_, DbState>) -> Result<Vec<Folder>, String>
     db::get_folders(&conn).map_err(|e| e.to_string())
 }
 
+#[derive(Serialize)]
+pub struct DirListing {
+    pub current: Option<String>,
+    pub parent: Option<String>,
+    pub entries: Vec<DirEntry>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize)]
+pub struct DirEntry {
+    pub name: String,
+    pub path: String,
+    pub has_children: bool,
+}
+
+fn path_to_string(path: &Path) -> String {
+    path.to_string_lossy().to_string()
+}
+
+fn directory_has_children(path: &Path) -> bool {
+    std::fs::read_dir(path)
+        .map(|mut entries| {
+            entries.any(|entry| {
+                entry
+                    .ok()
+                    .and_then(|entry| entry.file_type().ok())
+                    .map(|file_type| file_type.is_dir())
+                    .unwrap_or(false)
+            })
+        })
+        .unwrap_or(false)
+}
+
+fn common_root_candidates() -> Vec<PathBuf> {
+    let mut roots = Vec::new();
+
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    {
+        for letter in b'A'..=b'Z' {
+            let drive = format!("{}:\\", letter as char);
+            let path = PathBuf::from(&drive);
+            if path.exists() {
+                roots.push(path);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if let Ok(profile) = std::env::var("USERPROFILE") {
+            let home = PathBuf::from(profile);
+            roots.push(home.clone());
+            for child in ["Pictures", "Videos", "Desktop", "Downloads"] {
+                roots.push(home.join(child));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(not(windows))]
+    {
+        if let Ok(home) = std::env::var("HOME") {
+            roots.push(PathBuf::from(home));
+        }
+        roots.push(PathBuf::from("/"));
+    }
+
+    roots
+}
+
+fn list_roots() -> Vec<DirEntry> {
+    let mut seen = HashSet::new();
+    let mut entries: Vec<DirEntry> = common_root_candidates()
+        .into_iter()
+        .filter(|path| path.exists() && path.is_dir())
+        .filter_map(|path| {
+            let path_string = path_to_string(&path);
+            if !seen.insert(path_string.clone()) {
+                return None;
+            }
+            let name = path
+                .file_name()
+                .map(|name| name.to_string_lossy().to_string())
+                .filter(|name| !name.is_empty())
+                .unwrap_or_else(|| path_string.clone());
+            Some(DirEntry {
+                name,
+                path: path_string,
+                has_children: directory_has_children(&path),
+            })
+        })
+        .collect();
+    entries.sort_by_key(|entry| entry.name.to_lowercase());
+    entries
+}
+
+fn list_child_directories(path: &Path) -> Result<Vec<DirEntry>, String> {
+    let mut entries = Vec::new();
+    let read_dir = std::fs::read_dir(path).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+
+    for entry in read_dir.flatten() {
+        let file_name = entry.file_name();
+        let name = file_name.to_string_lossy().to_string();
+        if name.starts_with('.') {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        let child_path = entry.path();
+        let is_dir = entry
+            .file_type()
+            .map(|file_type| file_type.is_dir())
+            .unwrap_or(false);
+        if !is_dir {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        entries.push(DirEntry {
+            name,
+            path: path_to_string(&child_path),
+            has_children: directory_has_children(&child_path),
+        });
+    }
+
+    entries.sort_by_key(|entry| entry.name.to_lowercase());
+    Ok(entries)
+}
+
+#[tauri::command]
+pub async fn list_directories(path: Option<String>) -> Result<DirListing, String> {
+    let trimmed = path.as_deref().map(str::trim).unwrap_or("");
+    if trimmed.is_empty() {
+        return Ok(DirListing {
+            current: None,
+            parent: None,
+            entries: list_roots(),
+        });
+    }
+
+    let current_path = PathBuf::from(trimmed);
+    let parent = current_path.parent().map(path_to_string);
+    let entries = list_child_directories(&current_path)?;
+
+    Ok(DirListing {
+        current: Some(path_to_string(&current_path)),
+        parent,
+        entries,
+    })
+}
+
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
 pub struct ReorderFoldersParams {
     pub folder_ids: Vec<i64>,
@@ -1126,7 +1352,7 @@ pub async fn find_duplicates(
                         }
                     };
                     let done = stat_counter.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed) + 1;
-                    if done % 100 == 0 || done == total {
+                    if done.is_multiple_of(100) || done == total {
                         let _ = app_hash.emit(
                             "duplicate_scan_progress",
                             DuplicateScanProgress {
@@ -1187,7 +1413,7 @@ pub async fn find_duplicates(
                         hash_skipped.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
                     }
                     let done = counter.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed) + 1;
-                    if done % 100 == 0 || done == c_total {
+                    if done.is_multiple_of(100) || done == c_total {
                         let _ = app_hash.emit(
                             "duplicate_scan_progress",
                             DuplicateScanProgress {
@@ -1276,7 +1502,7 @@ pub async fn find_duplicates(
                                 confirm_skipped.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
                             }
                             let done = counter.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed) + 1;
-                            if done % 100 == 0 || done == confirming_total {
+                            if done.is_multiple_of(100) || done == confirming_total {
                                 let _ = app_confirm.emit(
                                     "duplicate_scan_progress",
                                     DuplicateScanProgress {
@@ -1329,7 +1555,7 @@ pub async fn find_duplicates(
         .collect();
 
     // Largest duplicates first — wastes the most space
-    groups.sort_by(|a, b| b.file_size.cmp(&a.file_size));
+    groups.sort_by_key(|group| std::cmp::Reverse(group.file_size));
 
     // Persist results so they survive restart — best-effort, ignore errors.
     let folder_scope = match folder_id {
@@ -1987,6 +2213,14 @@ pub async fn vacuum_database(
     })
 }
 
+#[tauri::command]
+pub async fn rebuild_semantic_index(db: State<'_, DbState>) -> Result<usize, String> {
+    let conn = db.get().map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+    // Serialize against the embedding worker (which writes under the same lock)
+    // so the rebuild can't interleave with an in-flight embedding batch.
+    indexer::with_db_write_lock(|| db::reset_all_embeddings(&conn)).map_err(|e| e.to_string())
+}
+
 #[derive(serde::Serialize)]
 pub struct OrphanedThumbnailsInfo {
     pub count: u64,

src-tauri/src/db.rs

@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ pub struct TaggingJob {
     pub image_id: i64,
     pub folder_id: i64,
     pub path: String,
+    pub thumbnail_path: Option<String>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
@@ -496,6 +497,41 @@ pub fn repair_embedding_consistency(conn: &Connection) -> Result<(usize, usize)>
     Ok((orphaned_vectors, missing_vector_ids.len()))
 }
 
+/// Full semantic-index rebuild: recreate the vector tables at the current model
+/// dimension and re-queue every image for embedding. Used by the maintenance
+/// action when the index is stale or its dimension no longer matches the model
+/// (which otherwise surfaces as a "dimension mismatch" search error). Returns the
+/// number of images re-queued.
+pub fn reset_all_embeddings(conn: &Connection) -> Result<usize> {
+    // Recreate the vector tables at the current model dimension first (DDL, kept
+    // out of the transaction below). The caller holds the DB write lock, so the
+    // embedding worker can't interleave a write between this and the queue reset.
+    vector::rebuild_tables(conn)?;
+    let tx = conn.unchecked_transaction()?;
+    tx.execute(
+        "UPDATE images
+         SET embedding_status = 'pending',
+             embedding_model = NULL,
+             embedding_updated_at = NULL,
+             embedding_error = NULL",
+        [],
+    )?;
+    tx.execute("DELETE FROM embedding_jobs", [])?;
+    let queued = tx.execute(
+        "INSERT INTO embedding_jobs (image_id, status, attempts, last_error, created_at, updated_at)
+         SELECT id, 'pending', 0, NULL, datetime('now'), datetime('now')
+         FROM images",
+        [],
+    )?;
+    tx.execute(
+        "INSERT INTO app_kv (key, value) VALUES ('embedding_revision', 1)
+         ON CONFLICT(key) DO UPDATE SET value = value + 1",
+        [],
+    )?;
+    tx.commit()?;
+    Ok(queued)
+}
+
 pub fn retry_failed_embedding_jobs(conn: &Connection, folder_id: i64) -> Result<usize> {
     // Only re-queue images that are actually embeddable right now.
     // Videos without a thumbnail would just fail again immediately, so skip them —
@@ -1167,14 +1203,14 @@ fn get_pending_thumbnail_jobs_excluding(
     Ok(rows.collect::<rusqlite::Result<Vec<_>>>()?)
 }
 
-/// Video jobs need FFmpeg; while it isn't provisioned they must be invisible
-/// to both claiming and the tier-priority checks, or pending video jobs would
-/// stall every lower tier indefinitely.
+/// Video and AVIF thumbnail jobs need FFmpeg; while it isn't provisioned they
+/// must be invisible to both claiming and tier-priority checks, or pending
+/// FFmpeg-backed jobs would stall every lower tier indefinitely.
 fn media_kind_clause(include_videos: bool) -> &'static str {
     if include_videos {
         ""
     } else {
-        "AND i.media_kind = 'image'"
+        "AND i.media_kind = 'image' AND lower(i.path) NOT GLOB '*.avif'"
     }
 }
 
@@ -1558,7 +1594,7 @@ pub fn repair_deferred_embedding_jobs(conn: &Connection) -> Result<usize> {
          WHERE status = 'failed'
            AND last_error LIKE ?1
            AND image_id IN (
-               SELECT id FROM images WHERE media_kind = 'video'
+               SELECT id FROM images WHERE media_kind = 'video' OR lower(path) GLOB '*.avif'
            )",
         [pattern],
     )?;
@@ -1567,12 +1603,56 @@ pub fn repair_deferred_embedding_jobs(conn: &Connection) -> Result<usize> {
          SET embedding_status = 'pending', embedding_error = NULL
          WHERE embedding_status = 'failed'
            AND embedding_error LIKE ?1
-           AND media_kind = 'video'",
+           AND (media_kind = 'video' OR lower(path) GLOB '*.avif')",
         [pattern],
     )?;
     Ok(repaired)
 }
 
+pub fn repair_avif_jobs(conn: &Connection) -> Result<usize> {
+    let unsupported_pattern = "%Avif%not supported%";
+    let thumbnail_repaired = conn.execute(
+        "UPDATE thumbnail_jobs
+         SET status = 'pending', last_error = NULL, updated_at = datetime('now')
+         WHERE status = 'failed'
+           AND image_id IN (SELECT id FROM images WHERE lower(path) GLOB '*.avif')
+           AND last_error LIKE ?1",
+        [unsupported_pattern],
+    )?;
+    let embedding_repaired = conn.execute(
+        "UPDATE embedding_jobs
+         SET status = 'pending', last_error = NULL, updated_at = datetime('now')
+         WHERE status = 'failed'
+           AND image_id IN (SELECT id FROM images WHERE lower(path) GLOB '*.avif')
+           AND last_error LIKE ?1",
+        [unsupported_pattern],
+    )?;
+    conn.execute(
+        "UPDATE images
+         SET embedding_status = 'pending', embedding_error = NULL
+         WHERE embedding_status = 'failed'
+           AND lower(path) GLOB '*.avif'
+           AND embedding_error LIKE ?1",
+        [unsupported_pattern],
+    )?;
+    let tagging_repaired = conn.execute(
+        "UPDATE tagging_jobs
+         SET status = 'pending', last_error = NULL, updated_at = datetime('now')
+         WHERE status = 'failed'
+           AND image_id IN (SELECT id FROM images WHERE lower(path) GLOB '*.avif')
+           AND last_error LIKE ?1",
+        [unsupported_pattern],
+    )?;
+    conn.execute(
+        "UPDATE images
+         SET ai_tagger_error = NULL
+         WHERE lower(path) GLOB '*.avif'
+           AND ai_tagger_error LIKE ?1",
+        [unsupported_pattern],
+    )?;
+    Ok(thumbnail_repaired + embedding_repaired + tagging_repaired)
+}
+
 pub fn rename_folder(conn: &Connection, folder_id: i64, new_name: &str) -> Result<()> {
     conn.execute(
         "UPDATE folders SET name = ?2 WHERE id = ?1",
@@ -1692,6 +1772,7 @@ pub fn get_images(
     Ok(rows.collect::<rusqlite::Result<Vec<_>>>()?)
 }
 
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
 pub fn count_images(
     conn: &Connection,
     folder_id: Option<i64>,
@@ -2066,10 +2147,11 @@ fn get_pending_tagging_jobs_excluding(
     limit: usize,
 ) -> Result<Vec<TaggingJob>> {
     let sql = format!(
-        "SELECT j.image_id, i.folder_id, i.path
+        "SELECT j.image_id, i.folder_id, i.path, i.thumbnail_path
          FROM tagging_jobs j
          JOIN images i ON i.id = j.image_id
          WHERE j.status = 'pending'
+           AND NOT (lower(i.path) GLOB '*.avif' AND i.thumbnail_path IS NULL)
            {}
          ORDER BY j.created_at ASC
          LIMIT ?1",
@@ -2082,6 +2164,7 @@ fn get_pending_tagging_jobs_excluding(
                 image_id: row.get(0)?,
                 folder_id: row.get(1)?,
                 path: row.get(2)?,
+                thumbnail_path: row.get(3)?,
             })
         })?
         .collect::<rusqlite::Result<Vec<_>>>()?;

src-tauri/src/embedder.rs

@@ -220,19 +220,19 @@ fn load_images(paths: &[PathBuf], image_size: usize) -> Result<Tensor> {
 
 /// Returns the path that should be fed to the CLIP image embedder for a given media file.
 ///
-/// For videos the thumbnail image is used (because CLIP only understands still images).
-/// Video jobs without thumbnails are excluded when jobs are claimed. The error remains
-/// as a guard against a race where a thumbnail disappears after a job is claimed.
+/// For videos and AVIFs the thumbnail image is used because CLIP preprocessing
+/// only uses decoders from the `image` crate, while AVIF is decoded through
+/// FFmpeg into a JPEG thumbnail.
 pub fn embedding_source_path(
     path: &str,
     thumbnail_path: Option<&str>,
     media_kind: &str,
 ) -> Result<PathBuf> {
-    if media_kind == "video" {
+    if media_kind == "video" || is_avif_path(path) {
         match thumbnail_path {
             Some(thumb) => Ok(PathBuf::from(thumb)),
             None => Err(anyhow::anyhow!(
-                "No thumbnail available yet for video '{}' — embedding deferred until thumbnail is generated",
+                "No thumbnail available yet for '{}' — embedding deferred until thumbnail is generated",
                 std::path::Path::new(path)
                     .file_name()
                     .map(|n| n.to_string_lossy())
@@ -243,3 +243,10 @@ pub fn embedding_source_path(
         Ok(PathBuf::from(path))
     }
 }
+
+fn is_avif_path(path: &str) -> bool {
+    std::path::Path::new(path)
+        .extension()
+        .and_then(|ext| ext.to_str())
+        .is_some_and(|ext| ext.eq_ignore_ascii_case("avif"))
+}

src-tauri/src/indexer.rs

@@ -663,10 +663,13 @@ fn process_thumbnail_batch(
 
     let (image_jobs, video_jobs): (Vec<_>, Vec<_>) =
         jobs.into_iter().partition(|job| job.media_kind == "image");
+    let (avif_jobs, raster_jobs): (Vec<_>, Vec<_>) = image_jobs
+        .into_iter()
+        .partition(|job| is_avif_path(Path::new(&job.path)));
 
     // Images: parallel decode, committed as one batch.
-    if !image_jobs.is_empty() {
-        let results = image_jobs
+    if !raster_jobs.is_empty() {
+        let results = raster_jobs
             .par_iter()
             .map(|job| {
                 (
@@ -678,6 +681,15 @@ fn process_thumbnail_batch(
         persist_thumbnail_results(app, pool, results)?;
     }
 
+    // AVIF: FFmpeg-backed decode, like videos. Keep this off the shared rayon
+    // pool because each subprocess blocks its worker thread.
+    for job in &avif_jobs {
+        let result =
+            thumbnail::generate_avif_thumbnail(media_tools, Path::new(&job.path), cache_dir)
+                .map(Some);
+        persist_thumbnail_results(app, pool, vec![(job.image_id, result)])?;
+    }
+
     // Videos: sequential, off the rayon pool — each ffmpeg call blocks its
     // thread, and a video-heavy batch on the shared pool would starve image
     // decoding across all workers. Committed per item so progress keeps
@@ -749,6 +761,12 @@ fn persist_thumbnail_results(
     Ok(())
 }
 
+fn is_avif_path(path: &Path) -> bool {
+    path.extension()
+        .and_then(|ext| ext.to_str())
+        .is_some_and(|ext| ext.eq_ignore_ascii_case("avif"))
+}
+
 /// Returns `Ok(true)` if a batch was claimed and processed, `Ok(false)` if
 /// the queue was empty.
 fn process_metadata_batch(
@@ -885,7 +903,7 @@ fn process_embedding_batch(
     // image_id -> early error message for jobs that cannot be embedded yet
     let mut pre_failed: HashMap<i64, String> = HashMap::new();
 
-    for (i, (job, result)) in jobs.iter().zip(source_results.into_iter()).enumerate() {
+    for (i, (job, result)) in jobs.iter().zip(source_results).enumerate() {
         match result {
             Ok(path) => {
                 embeddable_indices.push(i);
@@ -907,16 +925,13 @@ fn process_embedding_batch(
 
         match embedder.embed_images(&embeddable_paths) {
             Ok(embeddings) => {
-                for (job, embedding) in embeddable_jobs.iter().zip(embeddings.into_iter()) {
+                for (job, embedding) in embeddable_jobs.iter().zip(embeddings) {
                     embed_results.insert(job.image_id, Ok(embedding));
                 }
             }
             Err(batch_error) => {
                 log::error!("Embedding batch fallback to per-image mode: {batch_error}");
-                for (job, source_path) in embeddable_jobs
-                    .into_iter()
-                    .zip(embeddable_paths.into_iter())
-                {
+                for (job, source_path) in embeddable_jobs.into_iter().zip(embeddable_paths) {
                     embed_results.insert(job.image_id, embedder.embed_image(&source_path));
                 }
             }
@@ -1145,9 +1160,14 @@ fn process_tagging_batch(
     let tag_results = jobs
         .iter()
         .map(|job| {
+            let source_path = if is_avif_path(Path::new(&job.path)) {
+                job.thumbnail_path.as_deref().unwrap_or(&job.path)
+            } else {
+                &job.path
+            };
             (
                 job.clone(),
-                tagger_ref.run(Path::new(&job.path), tagger::DEFAULT_MAX_TAGS),
+                tagger_ref.run(Path::new(source_path), tagger::DEFAULT_MAX_TAGS),
             )
         })
         .collect::<Vec<_>>();
@@ -1288,7 +1308,7 @@ fn max_worker_fetch_size(active_folders: &HashSet<i64>) -> usize {
         .unwrap_or(StorageProfile::Balanced.worker_fetch_size())
 }
 
-fn with_db_write_lock<T>(operation: impl FnOnce() -> Result<T>) -> Result<T> {
+pub fn with_db_write_lock<T>(operation: impl FnOnce() -> Result<T>) -> Result<T> {
     let lock = DB_WRITE_LOCK.get_or_init(|| Mutex::new(()));
     let _guard = lock.lock().unwrap();
     operation()

src-tauri/src/lib.rs

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ pub fn run() {
             std::fs::create_dir_all(&app_dir).expect("Failed to create app data dir");
 
             // FFmpeg provisioning happens in the background so the window
-            // appears immediately; workers gate video jobs on readiness and
+            // appears immediately; workers gate video/AVIF jobs on readiness and
             // the onboarding/Settings UI shows progress and retry.
             media::spawn_ffmpeg_provision(app.handle().clone());
 
@@ -68,7 +68,12 @@ pub fn run() {
                 let repaired_deferred = db::repair_deferred_embedding_jobs(&conn)
                     .expect("Failed to repair deferred embedding jobs");
                 if repaired_deferred > 0 {
-                    log::info!("Requeued {repaired_deferred} deferred video embedding jobs.");
+                    log::info!("Requeued {repaired_deferred} deferred embedding jobs.");
+                }
+                let repaired_avif =
+                    db::repair_avif_jobs(&conn).expect("Failed to repair AVIF jobs");
+                if repaired_avif > 0 {
+                    log::info!("Requeued {repaired_avif} AVIF jobs.");
                 }
                 let backfilled =
                     db::backfill_embedding_jobs(&conn).expect("Failed to backfill embedding jobs");
@@ -128,6 +133,8 @@ pub fn run() {
         })
         .invoke_handler(tauri::generate_handler![
             commands::add_folder,
+            commands::add_folders,
+            commands::list_directories,
             commands::get_folders,
             commands::reorder_folders,
             commands::get_background_job_progress,
@@ -192,6 +199,7 @@ pub fn run() {
             commands::open_app_data_folder,
             commands::get_database_info,
             commands::vacuum_database,
+            commands::rebuild_semantic_index,
             commands::get_orphaned_thumbnails_info,
             commands::cleanup_orphaned_thumbnails,
             commands::get_muted_folder_ids,

src-tauri/src/tagger.rs

@@ -45,9 +45,10 @@ pub static TAGGER_SESSION_DIRTY: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(false);
 // Settings types
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Deserialize, Eq, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Default, Deserialize, Eq, PartialEq, Serialize)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
 pub enum TaggerAcceleration {
+    #[default]
     Auto,
     Cpu,
     Directml,
@@ -63,12 +64,6 @@ impl TaggerAcceleration {
     }
 }
 
-impl Default for TaggerAcceleration {
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        Self::Auto
-    }
-}
-
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Status / probe types exposed to the frontend
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

src-tauri/src/thumbnail.rs

@@ -241,6 +241,90 @@ pub fn generate_video_thumbnail(
     ))
 }
 
+pub fn generate_avif_thumbnail(
+    tools: &MediaTools,
+    image_path: &Path,
+    cache_dir: &Path,
+) -> Result<GeneratedThumbnail> {
+    let path_str = image_path.to_string_lossy();
+    let out_path = thumb_path(cache_dir, &path_str);
+    let original_dimensions = ffprobe_dimensions(tools, image_path);
+
+    if out_path.exists() {
+        return Ok(GeneratedThumbnail {
+            path: out_path,
+            width: original_dimensions.0,
+            height: original_dimensions.1,
+        });
+    }
+
+    if let Some(parent) = out_path.parent() {
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(parent)?;
+    }
+
+    let output_path = out_path.to_string_lossy().into_owned();
+    let output = tools
+        .ffmpeg_command()
+        .args([
+            "-y",
+            "-threads",
+            "2",
+            "-i",
+            path_str.as_ref(),
+            "-frames:v",
+            "1",
+            "-vf",
+            "scale=320:-1:force_original_aspect_ratio=decrease",
+            "-q:v",
+            "4",
+            &output_path,
+        ])
+        .output()?;
+
+    if output.status.success() && out_path.exists() {
+        return Ok(GeneratedThumbnail {
+            path: out_path,
+            width: original_dimensions.0,
+            height: original_dimensions.1,
+        });
+    }
+
+    Err(anyhow!(
+        "ffmpeg failed generating AVIF thumbnail for {path_str}: {}",
+        String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr)
+    ))
+}
+
+fn ffprobe_dimensions(tools: &MediaTools, image_path: &Path) -> (Option<i64>, Option<i64>) {
+    let output = tools
+        .ffprobe_command()
+        .args([
+            "-v",
+            "error",
+            "-select_streams",
+            "v:0",
+            "-show_entries",
+            "stream=width,height",
+            "-of",
+            "csv=p=0:s=x",
+            &image_path.to_string_lossy(),
+        ])
+        .output();
+    let Ok(output) = output else {
+        return (None, None);
+    };
+
+    if !output.status.success() {
+        return (None, None);
+    }
+
+    let stdout = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout);
+    let mut parts = stdout.trim().split('x');
+    let width = parts.next().and_then(|part| part.parse::<i64>().ok());
+    let height = parts.next().and_then(|part| part.parse::<i64>().ok());
+    (width, height)
+}
+
 pub fn thumb_path(cache_dir: &Path, image_path: &str) -> PathBuf {
     thumb_path_with_ext(cache_dir, image_path, "jpg")
 }

src-tauri/src/vector.rs

@@ -36,6 +36,18 @@ pub fn migrate(conn: &Connection) -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+/// Drop and recreate the vector tables at the current `CLIP_VECTOR_DIM`. Used by
+/// the "Rebuild semantic index" maintenance action when stored vectors no longer
+/// match the active model's dimension (e.g. after switching embedding models),
+/// so the columns are rebuilt to the right size before embeddings regenerate.
+pub fn rebuild_tables(conn: &Connection) -> Result<()> {
+    conn.execute_batch(
+        "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS image_vec;
+         DROP TABLE IF EXISTS caption_vec;",
+    )?;
+    migrate(conn)
+}
+
 #[allow(dead_code)]
 pub fn delete_embedding(conn: &Connection, image_id: i64) -> Result<()> {
     conn.execute("DELETE FROM image_vec WHERE image_id = ?1", [image_id])?;

src/App.tsx

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { DuplicateFinder } from "./components/DuplicateFinder";
 import { Timeline } from "./components/Timeline";
 import { TitleBar } from "./components/TitleBar";
 import { SettingsModal } from "./components/SettingsModal";
+import { FolderPickerModal } from "./components/FolderPickerModal";
 import { UpdateToast } from "./components/UpdateToast";
 import { OnboardingOverlay } from "./components/onboarding/OnboardingOverlay";
 import { DemoPanel } from "./components/DemoPanel";
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ export default function App() {
 
       <Lightbox />
       <SettingsModal />
+      <FolderPickerModal />
       <UpdateToast />
       <OnboardingOverlay />
       {import.meta.env.DEV && <DemoPanel />}

src/components/DuplicateFinder.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { useState } from "react";
+import { useRef, useState } from "react";
+import { useVirtualizer } from "@tanstack/react-virtual";
 import { convertFileSrc } from "@tauri-apps/api/core";
 import { DuplicateGroup, useGalleryStore } from "../store";
 import { FolderScopeDropdown } from "./FolderScopeDropdown";
@@ -130,6 +131,17 @@ export function DuplicateFinder() {
   const [deleting, setDeleting] = useState(false);
   const [deleteResult, setDeleteResult] = useState<string | null>(null);
 
+  // Virtualize the group list so a large result set (e.g. thousands of pairs)
+  // only mounts the on-screen cards. Group cards vary in height (number of
+  // copies wraps across rows), so heights are measured dynamically.
+  const scrollRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+  const virtualizer = useVirtualizer({
+    count: duplicateGroups.length,
+    getScrollElement: () => scrollRef.current,
+    estimateSize: () => 220,
+    overscan: 4,
+  });
+
   const selectedCount = duplicateSelectedIds.size;
   const hasResults = duplicateGroups.length > 0;
   const hasScanned = hasResults || duplicateLastScanned !== null || (!duplicateScanning && duplicateScanProgress !== null);
@@ -277,11 +289,29 @@ export function DuplicateFinder() {
           <p className="text-sm text-white/25">No duplicate files found.</p>
         </div>
       ) : (
-        <div className="overflow-y-auto px-6 py-5">
-          <div className="space-y-4">
-            {duplicateGroups.map((group) => (
-              <DuplicateGroupCard key={group.file_hash} group={group} />
-            ))}
+        <div ref={scrollRef} className="overflow-y-auto px-6 py-5">
+          <div style={{ height: virtualizer.getTotalSize(), position: "relative" }}>
+            {virtualizer.getVirtualItems().map((virtualItem) => {
+              const group = duplicateGroups[virtualItem.index];
+              if (!group) return null;
+              return (
+                <div
+                  key={group.file_hash}
+                  data-index={virtualItem.index}
+                  ref={virtualizer.measureElement}
+                  style={{
+                    position: "absolute",
+                    top: 0,
+                    left: 0,
+                    width: "100%",
+                    transform: `translateY(${virtualItem.start}px)`,
+                    paddingBottom: 16,
+                  }}
+                >
+                  <DuplicateGroupCard group={group} />
+                </div>
+              );
+            })}
           </div>
         </div>
       )}

src/components/FolderPickerModal.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,449 @@
+import { useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import { useVirtualizer } from "@tanstack/react-virtual";
+import { DirEntry, DirListing, FolderAddResult, useGalleryStore } from "../store";
+
+function normalizePath(path: string): string {
+  return path.replace(/\\/g, "/").replace(/\/+$/, "").toLowerCase();
+}
+
+function folderName(path: string): string {
+  const trimmed = path.replace(/[\\/]+$/, "");
+  const parts = trimmed.split(/[\\/]+/).filter(Boolean);
+  return parts.length > 0 ? parts[parts.length - 1] : path;
+}
+
+function buildBreadcrumbs(path: string | null): { label: string; path: string | null }[] {
+  if (!path) return [{ label: "This PC / Home", path: null }];
+
+  const separator = path.includes("\\") ? "\\" : "/";
+  const normalized = path.replace(/[\\/]+$/, "");
+  const windowsDrive = normalized.match(/^[A-Za-z]:/);
+
+  if (windowsDrive) {
+    const drive = windowsDrive[0] + "\\";
+    const rest = normalized.slice(2).split(/[\\/]+/).filter(Boolean);
+    let current = drive;
+    return [
+      { label: "This PC", path: null },
+      { label: drive, path: drive },
+      ...rest.map((part) => {
+        current = current.endsWith("\\") ? `${current}${part}` : `${current}\\${part}`;
+        return { label: part, path: current };
+      }),
+    ];
+  }
+
+  const parts = normalized.split(/[\\/]+/).filter(Boolean);
+  let current = separator === "/" ? "" : "";
+  return [
+    { label: "/", path: null },
+    ...parts.map((part) => {
+      current = `${current}/${part}`;
+      return { label: part, path: current };
+    }),
+  ];
+}
+
+function StatusLine({ results }: { results: FolderAddResult[] | null }) {
+  if (!results) return null;
+  const added = results.filter((result) => result.status === "added").length;
+  const skipped = results.filter((result) => result.status === "skipped").length;
+  const failed = results.filter((result) => result.status === "error").length;
+  return (
+    <p className="text-xs text-gray-500 light-theme:text-gray-600">
+      Added {added}, skipped {skipped}, failed {failed}.
+    </p>
+  );
+}
+
+function FolderRow({
+  entry,
+  selected,
+  alreadyAdded,
+  onToggle,
+  onNavigate,
+}: {
+  entry: DirEntry;
+  selected: boolean;
+  alreadyAdded: boolean;
+  onToggle: () => void;
+  onNavigate: () => void;
+}) {
+  return (
+    <div
+      className={`group flex h-11 items-center gap-3 rounded-md border px-3 transition-colors ${
+        alreadyAdded
+          ? "border-transparent bg-white/[0.025] text-gray-600 light-theme:bg-gray-900 light-theme:text-gray-500"
+          : selected
+            ? "border-white/15 bg-white/[0.085] text-white shadow-[inset_0_0_0_1px_rgb(255_255_255_/_0.035)] light-theme:border-gray-700/45 light-theme:bg-gray-800/55 light-theme:text-white"
+            : "border-transparent text-gray-300 hover:bg-white/[0.055] hover:text-white light-theme:text-gray-500 light-theme:hover:bg-gray-900 light-theme:hover:text-white"
+      }`}
+    >
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        className={`grid h-5 w-5 shrink-0 place-items-center rounded border transition-colors ${
+          selected
+            ? "border-white/30 bg-gray-200 text-gray-950 light-theme:border-gray-700/55 light-theme:bg-gray-700 light-theme:text-white"
+            : "border-white/15 bg-white/[0.035] text-transparent hover:border-white/30 light-theme:border-gray-700/50 light-theme:bg-gray-950"
+        } ${alreadyAdded ? "cursor-not-allowed opacity-40" : ""}`}
+        onClick={onToggle}
+        disabled={alreadyAdded}
+        aria-label={selected ? `Remove ${entry.name} from folders to add` : `Choose ${entry.name}`}
+      >
+        <svg className="h-3.5 w-3.5" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke="currentColor">
+          <path strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round" strokeWidth={2.5} d="M5 13l4 4L19 7" />
+        </svg>
+      </button>
+
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        className="flex min-w-0 flex-1 items-center gap-2 text-left"
+        onClick={onNavigate}
+        title={entry.path}
+      >
+        <svg className="h-4 w-4 shrink-0 text-amber-300/90" fill="currentColor" viewBox="0 0 24 24">
+          <path d="M3 6.5A2.5 2.5 0 015.5 4h4.1l2 2H18.5A2.5 2.5 0 0121 8.5v9A2.5 2.5 0 0118.5 20h-13A2.5 2.5 0 013 17.5v-11z" />
+        </svg>
+        <span className="truncate text-sm">{entry.name}</span>
+      </button>
+
+      {alreadyAdded ? (
+        <span className="rounded-md border border-white/10 bg-white/[0.04] px-2 py-0.5 text-[11px] text-gray-500 light-theme:border-gray-700/40 light-theme:bg-gray-950">
+          Added
+        </span>
+      ) : null}
+
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        className="rounded-md p-1 text-gray-500 transition-colors hover:bg-white/[0.06] hover:text-white light-theme:hover:bg-gray-900 light-theme:hover:text-white"
+        onClick={onNavigate}
+        title={entry.has_children ? "Open folder" : "No subfolders"}
+      >
+        <svg className={`h-4 w-4 ${entry.has_children ? "" : "opacity-45"}`} fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke="currentColor">
+          <path strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round" strokeWidth={2} d="M9 5l7 7-7 7" />
+        </svg>
+      </button>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+function StagedFoldersPanel({
+  stagedPaths,
+  onRemove,
+  onClear,
+}: {
+  stagedPaths: string[];
+  onRemove: (path: string) => void;
+  onClear: () => void;
+}) {
+  return (
+    <aside className="flex min-h-0 w-full flex-col border-t border-white/[0.07] bg-white/[0.018] light-theme:border-gray-300/70 light-theme:bg-gray-900/35 lg:w-80 lg:border-l lg:border-t-0">
+      <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-3 border-b border-white/[0.07] px-5 py-4 light-theme:border-gray-300/70">
+        <p className="text-[11px] font-semibold uppercase tracking-[0.16em] text-gray-500">
+          Folders to add ({stagedPaths.length})
+        </p>
+        {stagedPaths.length > 0 ? (
+          <button
+            type="button"
+            className="rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 text-xs text-gray-400 transition-colors hover:bg-white/[0.06] hover:text-white light-theme:text-gray-500 light-theme:hover:bg-gray-800 light-theme:hover:text-white"
+            onClick={onClear}
+          >
+            Clear all
+          </button>
+        ) : null}
+      </div>
+
+      <div className="min-h-0 flex-1 overflow-y-auto p-3">
+        {stagedPaths.length === 0 ? (
+          <div className="flex h-full min-h-40 flex-col items-center justify-center rounded-md border border-dashed border-white/[0.08] px-5 text-center light-theme:border-gray-700/35">
+            <p className="text-sm text-gray-500">No folders selected.</p>
+            <p className="mt-1 max-w-52 text-xs leading-relaxed text-gray-600 light-theme:text-gray-500">
+              Choose folders on the left and they will collect here.
+            </p>
+          </div>
+        ) : (
+          <div className="space-y-2">
+            {stagedPaths.map((path) => (
+              <div
+                key={path}
+                className="group flex min-h-12 items-center gap-2 rounded-md border border-white/[0.07] bg-white/[0.045] px-3 py-2 text-gray-200 transition-colors hover:border-white/15 hover:bg-white/[0.07] light-theme:border-gray-700/40 light-theme:bg-gray-900 light-theme:text-white light-theme:hover:bg-gray-800"
+                title={path}
+              >
+                <svg className="h-4 w-4 shrink-0 text-amber-300/90" fill="currentColor" viewBox="0 0 24 24">
+                  <path d="M3 6.5A2.5 2.5 0 015.5 4h4.1l2 2H18.5A2.5 2.5 0 0121 8.5v9A2.5 2.5 0 0118.5 20h-13A2.5 2.5 0 013 17.5v-11z" />
+                </svg>
+                <div className="min-w-0 flex-1">
+                  <p className="truncate text-sm font-medium">{folderName(path)}</p>
+                  <p className="mt-0.5 truncate text-[11px] text-gray-600 light-theme:text-gray-500">{path}</p>
+                </div>
+                <button
+                  type="button"
+                  className="rounded-md p-1 text-gray-500 opacity-80 transition-colors hover:bg-white/[0.08] hover:text-white group-hover:opacity-100 light-theme:hover:bg-gray-700"
+                  onClick={() => onRemove(path)}
+                  aria-label={`Remove ${path} from folders to add`}
+                  title="Remove from folders to add"
+                >
+                  <svg className="h-3.5 w-3.5" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke="currentColor">
+                    <path strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round" strokeWidth={2} d="M6 18L18 6M6 6l12 12" />
+                  </svg>
+                </button>
+              </div>
+            ))}
+          </div>
+        )}
+      </div>
+    </aside>
+  );
+}
+
+export function FolderPickerModal() {
+  const folderPickerOpen = useGalleryStore((state) => state.folderPickerOpen);
+  const setFolderPickerOpen = useGalleryStore((state) => state.setFolderPickerOpen);
+  const folders = useGalleryStore((state) => state.folders);
+  const listDirectories = useGalleryStore((state) => state.listDirectories);
+  const addFolders = useGalleryStore((state) => state.addFolders);
+
+  const [listing, setListing] = useState<DirListing | null>(null);
+  const [currentPath, setCurrentPath] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [stagedPaths, setStagedPaths] = useState<string[]>([]);
+  const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
+  const [adding, setAdding] = useState(false);
+  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [results, setResults] = useState<FolderAddResult[] | null>(null);
+  const scrollRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+
+  const libraryPaths = useMemo(() => new Set(folders.map((folder) => normalizePath(folder.path))), [folders]);
+  const stagedSet = useMemo(() => new Set(stagedPaths.map(normalizePath)), [stagedPaths]);
+  const breadcrumbs = useMemo(() => buildBreadcrumbs(listing?.current ?? null), [listing?.current]);
+
+  const virtualizer = useVirtualizer({
+    count: listing?.entries.length ?? 0,
+    getScrollElement: () => scrollRef.current,
+    estimateSize: () => 48,
+    overscan: 8,
+  });
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!folderPickerOpen) return;
+    let cancelled = false;
+    setLoading(true);
+    setError(null);
+    void listDirectories(currentPath)
+      .then((nextListing) => {
+        if (cancelled) return;
+        setListing(nextListing);
+        scrollRef.current?.scrollTo({ top: 0, left: 0 });
+      })
+      .catch((loadError) => {
+        if (cancelled) return;
+        setListing({ current: currentPath, parent: null, entries: [] });
+        setError(loadError instanceof Error ? loadError.message : String(loadError));
+      })
+      .finally(() => {
+        if (!cancelled) setLoading(false);
+      });
+    return () => {
+      cancelled = true;
+    };
+  }, [currentPath, folderPickerOpen, listDirectories]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!folderPickerOpen) return;
+    const handleKeyDown = (event: KeyboardEvent) => {
+      if (event.key === "Escape") setFolderPickerOpen(false);
+    };
+    window.addEventListener("keydown", handleKeyDown);
+    return () => window.removeEventListener("keydown", handleKeyDown);
+  }, [folderPickerOpen, setFolderPickerOpen]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (folderPickerOpen) return;
+    setCurrentPath(null);
+    setListing(null);
+    setStagedPaths([]);
+    setError(null);
+    setResults(null);
+    setAdding(false);
+  }, [folderPickerOpen]);
+
+  if (!folderPickerOpen) return null;
+
+  const entries = listing?.entries ?? [];
+
+  const togglePath = (path: string) => {
+    const normalized = normalizePath(path);
+    if (libraryPaths.has(normalized)) return;
+    setResults(null);
+    setStagedPaths((current) => {
+      const exists = current.some((staged) => normalizePath(staged) === normalized);
+      return exists ? current.filter((staged) => normalizePath(staged) !== normalized) : [...current, path];
+    });
+  };
+
+  const removeStagedPath = (path: string) => {
+    const normalized = normalizePath(path);
+    setResults(null);
+    setStagedPaths((current) => current.filter((staged) => normalizePath(staged) !== normalized));
+  };
+
+  const clearStagedPaths = () => {
+    setResults(null);
+    setStagedPaths([]);
+  };
+
+  const confirmAdd = async () => {
+    if (stagedPaths.length === 0 || adding) return;
+    setAdding(true);
+    setError(null);
+    try {
+      const addResults = await addFolders(stagedPaths);
+      const failed = addResults.filter((result) => result.status === "error");
+      setResults(addResults);
+      if (failed.length > 0) {
+        setStagedPaths(stagedPaths.filter((_, i) => addResults[i]?.status === "error"));
+        setError(failed.map((failure) => failure.data).join("; "));
+        return;
+      }
+      setFolderPickerOpen(false);
+    } catch (addError) {
+      setError(addError instanceof Error ? addError.message : String(addError));
+    } finally {
+      setAdding(false);
+    }
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <div
+      className="fixed inset-0 z-[80] flex items-center justify-center bg-black/65 px-6 backdrop-blur-sm"
+      onClick={() => setFolderPickerOpen(false)}
+    >
+      <div
+        className="relative flex h-[min(82vh,760px)] w-[min(90vw,1180px)] flex-col overflow-hidden rounded-lg border border-white/10 bg-gray-950 shadow-2xl shadow-black/60 light-theme:border-gray-300/70"
+        onClick={(event) => event.stopPropagation()}
+      >
+        <header className="border-b border-white/[0.07] px-5 py-4 light-theme:border-gray-200">
+          <div className="flex items-start justify-between gap-6">
+            <div className="min-w-0">
+              <p className="text-base font-semibold text-white">Add media folders</p>
+              <p className="mt-1 text-xs text-gray-500 light-theme:text-gray-600">Choose folders from any location, then add them together.</p>
+            </div>
+            <button
+              type="button"
+              className="rounded-md p-1.5 text-gray-500 transition-colors hover:bg-white/[0.06] hover:text-white light-theme:hover:bg-gray-900 light-theme:hover:text-white"
+              onClick={() => setFolderPickerOpen(false)}
+              title="Close folder picker"
+            >
+              <svg className="h-4 w-4" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke="currentColor">
+                <path strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round" strokeWidth={2} d="M6 18L18 6M6 6l12 12" />
+              </svg>
+            </button>
+          </div>
+        </header>
+
+        <div className="flex min-h-0 flex-1 flex-col lg:flex-row">
+          <main className="flex min-h-0 flex-1 flex-col px-5 py-4">
+            <div className="mb-4 flex items-center gap-2">
+              <button
+                type="button"
+                className="rounded-md border border-white/10 bg-white/[0.035] px-2.5 py-1.5 text-xs text-gray-300 transition-colors hover:bg-white/[0.07] hover:text-white disabled:cursor-not-allowed disabled:opacity-40 light-theme:border-gray-700/50 light-theme:bg-gray-900 light-theme:text-white light-theme:hover:bg-gray-800"
+                onClick={() => setCurrentPath(listing?.parent ?? null)}
+                disabled={!listing?.current}
+              >
+                Up
+              </button>
+              <nav className="flex min-w-0 flex-1 items-center gap-1 overflow-hidden rounded-md border border-white/10 bg-white/[0.025] px-2 py-1.5 light-theme:border-gray-300/70 light-theme:bg-gray-900">
+                {breadcrumbs.map((crumb, index) => (
+                  <span key={`${crumb.path ?? "root"}-${index}`} className="flex min-w-0 items-center gap-1">
+                    {index > 0 ? <span className="text-gray-700 light-theme:text-gray-400">/</span> : null}
+                    <button
+                      type="button"
+                      className="max-w-40 truncate rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 text-xs text-gray-400 transition-colors hover:bg-white/[0.06] hover:text-white light-theme:text-gray-500 light-theme:hover:bg-gray-800 light-theme:hover:text-white"
+                      onClick={() => setCurrentPath(crumb.path)}
+                      title={crumb.path ?? "Roots"}
+                    >
+                      {crumb.label}
+                    </button>
+                  </span>
+                ))}
+              </nav>
+            </div>
+
+            {error ? (
+              <div className="mb-3 rounded-md border border-amber-400/25 bg-amber-500/10 px-3 py-2 text-xs text-amber-200 light-theme:border-amber-600/40 light-theme:bg-amber-100 light-theme:text-amber-800">
+                {error}
+              </div>
+            ) : null}
+
+            <div ref={scrollRef} className="min-h-0 flex-1 overflow-auto rounded-md border border-white/[0.07] bg-white/[0.018] p-2 light-theme:border-gray-300/70 light-theme:bg-gray-900/50">
+              {loading ? (
+                <div className="flex h-full items-center justify-center text-sm text-gray-500">Loading folders...</div>
+              ) : entries.length === 0 ? (
+                <div className="flex h-full items-center justify-center text-sm text-gray-500">No folders found here.</div>
+              ) : (
+                <div
+                  className="relative w-full"
+                  style={{ height: `${virtualizer.getTotalSize()}px` }}
+                >
+                  {virtualizer.getVirtualItems().map((virtualItem) => {
+                    const entry = entries[virtualItem.index];
+                    const normalized = normalizePath(entry.path);
+                    return (
+                      <div
+                        key={virtualItem.key}
+                        className="absolute left-0 top-0 w-full px-0.5"
+                        style={{
+                          height: `${virtualItem.size}px`,
+                          transform: `translateY(${virtualItem.start}px)`,
+                        }}
+                      >
+                        <FolderRow
+                          entry={entry}
+                          selected={stagedSet.has(normalized)}
+                          alreadyAdded={libraryPaths.has(normalized)}
+                          onToggle={() => togglePath(entry.path)}
+                          onNavigate={() => setCurrentPath(entry.path)}
+                        />
+                      </div>
+                    );
+                  })}
+                </div>
+              )}
+            </div>
+          </main>
+
+          <StagedFoldersPanel
+            stagedPaths={stagedPaths}
+            onRemove={removeStagedPath}
+            onClear={clearStagedPaths}
+          />
+        </div>
+
+        <footer className="border-t border-white/[0.07] px-5 py-4 light-theme:border-gray-200">
+          <div className="flex items-end justify-between gap-4">
+            <div className="min-w-0 flex-1">
+              <StatusLine results={results} />
+            </div>
+
+            <div className="flex shrink-0 items-center gap-2">
+              <button
+                type="button"
+                className="rounded-md border border-white/10 bg-white/[0.035] px-3 py-1.5 text-xs text-gray-300 transition-colors hover:bg-white/[0.07] hover:text-white light-theme:border-gray-700/50 light-theme:bg-gray-900 light-theme:text-white light-theme:hover:bg-gray-800"
+                onClick={() => setFolderPickerOpen(false)}
+              >
+                Cancel
+              </button>
+              <button
+                type="button"
+                className="rounded-md border border-white/15 bg-white/[0.08] px-3 py-1.5 text-xs text-white transition-colors hover:bg-white/[0.12] disabled:cursor-not-allowed disabled:opacity-45 light-theme:border-gray-700/50 light-theme:bg-gray-900 light-theme:text-white light-theme:hover:bg-gray-800"
+                onClick={() => void confirmAdd()}
+                disabled={stagedPaths.length === 0 || adding}
+              >
+                {adding ? "Adding..." : `Add ${stagedPaths.length}`}
+              </button>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </footer>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}

src/components/MenuBar.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
-import { open } from "@tauri-apps/plugin-dialog";
 import { MediaFilter, ZoomPreset, useGalleryStore } from "../store";
 
 type MenuKey = "library" | "view" | "filter";
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@ const FILTER_OPTIONS: { value: MediaFilter; label: string }[] = [
 export function MenuBar() {
   const [openMenu, setOpenMenu] = useState<MenuKey | null>(null);
   const rootRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
-  const addFolder = useGalleryStore((state) => state.addFolder);
+  const setFolderPickerOpen = useGalleryStore((state) => state.setFolderPickerOpen);
   const reindexFolder = useGalleryStore((state) => state.reindexFolder);
   const selectedFolderId = useGalleryStore((state) => state.selectedFolderId);
   const zoomPreset = useGalleryStore((state) => state.zoomPreset);
@@ -93,11 +92,8 @@ export function MenuBar() {
     return () => window.removeEventListener("pointerdown", handlePointerDown);
   }, []);
 
-  const handleAddFolder = async () => {
-    const selected = await open({ directory: true, multiple: false, title: "Select Media Folder" });
-    if (selected && typeof selected === "string") {
-      await addFolder(selected);
-    }
+  const handleAddFolder = () => {
+    setFolderPickerOpen(true);
     setOpenMenu(null);
   };
 

src/components/SettingsModal.tsx

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import { ThemedDropdown } from "./ThemedDropdown";
 type SettingsSection = "workspace" | "general";
 
 const SECTIONS: { id: SettingsSection; label: string; detail: string }[] = [
-  { id: "workspace", label: "AI Workspace", detail: "Tagging models and queue targets" },
   { id: "general", label: "General", detail: "App data and diagnostics" },
+  { id: "workspace", label: "AI Workspace", detail: "Tagging models and queue targets" },
 ];
 
 function formatBytesShort(bytes: number): string {
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ function TaggerAccelerationButton({ acceleration, current, onSelect, children }:
 }
 
 export function SettingsModal() {
-  const [activeSection, setActiveSection] = useState<SettingsSection>("workspace");
+  const [activeSection, setActiveSection] = useState<SettingsSection>("general");
   const [taggerQueueStatus, setTaggerQueueStatus] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [taggerQueueing, setTaggerQueueing] = useState(false);
   const [taggerClearing, setTaggerClearing] = useState(false);
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ export function SettingsModal() {
   const [dbInfo, setDbInfo] = useState<DatabaseInfo | null>(null);
   const [vacuuming, setVacuuming] = useState(false);
   const [vacuumResult, setVacuumResult] = useState<VacuumResult | null>(null);
+  const [rebuildingIndex, setRebuildingIndex] = useState(false);
+  const [rebuildIndexResult, setRebuildIndexResult] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [thumbnailInfo, setThumbnailInfo] = useState<OrphanedThumbnailsInfo | null>(null);
   const [cleaningThumbnails, setCleaningThumbnails] = useState(false);
   const [thumbnailCleanupResult, setThumbnailCleanupResult] = useState<CleanupOrphanedThumbnailsResult | null>(null);
@@ -184,6 +186,7 @@ export function SettingsModal() {
   const setNotificationsPaused = useGalleryStore((state) => state.setNotificationsPaused);
   const getDatabaseInfo = useGalleryStore((state) => state.getDatabaseInfo);
   const vacuumDatabase = useGalleryStore((state) => state.vacuumDatabase);
+  const rebuildSemanticIndex = useGalleryStore((state) => state.rebuildSemanticIndex);
   const getOrphanedThumbnailsInfo = useGalleryStore((state) => state.getOrphanedThumbnailsInfo);
   const cleanupOrphanedThumbnails = useGalleryStore((state) => state.cleanupOrphanedThumbnails);
   const appVersion = useGalleryStore((state) => state.appVersion);
@@ -195,6 +198,10 @@ export function SettingsModal() {
   const openOnboarding = useGalleryStore((state) => state.openOnboarding);
   const theme = useGalleryStore((state) => state.theme);
   const setTheme = useGalleryStore((state) => state.setTheme);
+  const lightboxAutoplay = useGalleryStore((state) => state.lightboxAutoplay);
+  const setLightboxAutoplay = useGalleryStore((state) => state.setLightboxAutoplay);
+  const lightboxAutoMute = useGalleryStore((state) => state.lightboxAutoMute);
+  const setLightboxAutoMute = useGalleryStore((state) => state.setLightboxAutoMute);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!settingsOpen) return;
@@ -618,6 +625,35 @@ export function SettingsModal() {
                   </SettingsItem>
                 </SettingsGroup>
 
+                <SettingsGroup title="Video playback">
+                  <SettingsItem
+                    label="Autoplay in lightbox"
+                    description="Start playing videos automatically when opened in the lightbox."
+                  >
+                    <button
+                      role="switch"
+                      aria-checked={lightboxAutoplay}
+                      className={`relative inline-flex h-5 w-9 shrink-0 cursor-pointer rounded-full border-2 border-transparent transition-colors focus:outline-none ${lightboxAutoplay ? "bg-sky-500" : "bg-white/15"}`}
+                      onClick={() => setLightboxAutoplay(!lightboxAutoplay)}
+                    >
+                      <span className={`inline-block h-4 w-4 transform rounded-full bg-white shadow transition-transform ${lightboxAutoplay ? "translate-x-4" : "translate-x-0"}`} />
+                    </button>
+                  </SettingsItem>
+                  <SettingsItem
+                    label="Start muted"
+                    description="Open videos with their audio muted — unmute from the player controls."
+                  >
+                    <button
+                      role="switch"
+                      aria-checked={lightboxAutoMute}
+                      className={`relative inline-flex h-5 w-9 shrink-0 cursor-pointer rounded-full border-2 border-transparent transition-colors focus:outline-none ${lightboxAutoMute ? "bg-sky-500" : "bg-white/15"}`}
+                      onClick={() => setLightboxAutoMute(!lightboxAutoMute)}
+                    >
+                      <span className={`inline-block h-4 w-4 transform rounded-full bg-white shadow transition-transform ${lightboxAutoMute ? "translate-x-4" : "translate-x-0"}`} />
+                    </button>
+                  </SettingsItem>
+                </SettingsGroup>
+
                 <SettingsGroup title="Updates">
                   <SettingsItem
                     label={
@@ -766,6 +802,42 @@ export function SettingsModal() {
                     </button>
                   </SettingsItem>
 
+                  <SettingsItem
+                    label="Rebuild semantic index"
+                    description={
+                      <>
+                        <span>
+                          Recreates the visual-embedding index and re-embeds every image in the
+                          background. Use this if semantic or similar-image search reports a
+                          dimension-mismatch error (for example after experimenting with a
+                          different embedding model).
+                        </span>
+                        {rebuildIndexResult !== null ? (
+                          <span className="mt-2 block text-gray-600">{rebuildIndexResult}</span>
+                        ) : null}
+                      </>
+                    }
+                  >
+                    <button
+                      className="rounded-md border border-white/10 bg-white/[0.055] px-3 py-1.5 text-xs text-gray-300 transition-colors hover:bg-white/10 hover:text-white disabled:cursor-not-allowed disabled:opacity-45 light-theme:border-gray-700/50 light-theme:bg-gray-900 light-theme:text-white light-theme:hover:bg-gray-800 light-theme:hover:text-white"
+                      onClick={() => {
+                        setRebuildingIndex(true);
+                        setRebuildIndexResult(null);
+                        void rebuildSemanticIndex()
+                          .then((count) =>
+                            setRebuildIndexResult(
+                              `Re-queued ${count.toLocaleString()} image${count === 1 ? "" : "s"} for embedding.`,
+                            ),
+                          )
+                          .catch((error) => setRebuildIndexResult(String(error)))
+                          .finally(() => setRebuildingIndex(false));
+                      }}
+                      disabled={rebuildingIndex}
+                    >
+                      {rebuildingIndex ? "Rebuilding…" : "Rebuild index"}
+                    </button>
+                  </SettingsItem>
+
                   <SettingsItem
                     label="Thumbnail cache"
                     description={

src/components/Sidebar.tsx

@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ function FolderItem({
 export function Sidebar() {
   const folders = useGalleryStore((state) => state.folders);
   const selectedFolderId = useGalleryStore((state) => state.selectedFolderId);
-  const addFolder = useGalleryStore((state) => state.addFolder);
+  const setFolderPickerOpen = useGalleryStore((state) => state.setFolderPickerOpen);
   const indexingProgress = useGalleryStore((state) => state.indexingProgress);
   const selectFolder = useGalleryStore((state) => state.selectFolder);
   const activeView = useGalleryStore((state) => state.activeView);
@@ -459,11 +459,8 @@ export function Sidebar() {
     }, 400);
   };
 
-  const handleAddFolder = async () => {
-    const selected = await open({ directory: true, multiple: false, title: "Select Media Folder" });
-    if (selected && typeof selected === "string") {
-      await addFolder(selected);
-    }
+  const handleAddFolder = () => {
+    setFolderPickerOpen(true);
   };
 
   return (

src/components/VideoPlayer.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { AnimatePresence, motion } from "framer-motion";
+import { useGalleryStore } from "../store";
 
 const SPEED_OPTIONS = [0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.25, 1.5, 2];
 const CONTROLS_HIDE_DELAY_MS = 2500;
@@ -57,7 +58,9 @@ export function VideoPlayer({ src }: { src: string }) {
   const [duration, setDuration] = useState(0);
   const [buffered, setBuffered] = useState<BufferedRange[]>([]);
   const [volume, setVolume] = useState(persistedVolume);
-  const [muted, setMuted] = useState(persistedMuted);
+  const [muted, setMuted] = useState(
+    () => useGalleryStore.getState().lightboxAutoMute || persistedMuted,
+  );
   const [playbackRate, setPlaybackRate] = useState(1);
   const [loop, setLoop] = useState(false);
   const [fullscreen, setFullscreen] = useState(false);
@@ -89,11 +92,16 @@ export function VideoPlayer({ src }: { src: string }) {
   useEffect(() => {
     const video = videoRef.current;
     if (!video) return;
+    // Read playback prefs fresh for each opened video — not reactive, so a
+    // settings change applies to the next video rather than the current one.
+    const { lightboxAutoplay, lightboxAutoMute } = useGalleryStore.getState();
+    const startMuted = lightboxAutoMute || persistedMuted;
     video.volume = persistedVolume;
-    video.muted = persistedMuted;
-    // Autoplay; if the webview blocks it the catch leaves us paused with
-    // controls visible, which is a fine fallback.
-    video.play().catch(() => {});
+    video.muted = startMuted;
+    setMuted(startMuted);
+    // Autoplay when enabled; if the webview blocks it the catch leaves us paused
+    // with controls visible, which is a fine fallback.
+    if (lightboxAutoplay) video.play().catch(() => {});
   }, [src]);
 
   const readBuffered = useCallback(() => {

src/components/onboarding/StepAddLibrary.tsx

@@ -1,26 +1,12 @@
-import { useState } from "react";
-import { open } from "@tauri-apps/plugin-dialog";
 import { useGalleryStore } from "../../store";
 import { FakeTile } from "./fakes";
 
 export function StepAddLibrary() {
   const folders = useGalleryStore((s) => s.folders);
-  const addFolder = useGalleryStore((s) => s.addFolder);
-  const [adding, setAdding] = useState(false);
-  const [addError, setAddError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const setFolderPickerOpen = useGalleryStore((s) => s.setFolderPickerOpen);
 
-  const handlePick = async () => {
-    setAddError(null);
-    const selected = await open({ directory: true, multiple: false, title: "Select Media Folder" });
-    if (typeof selected !== "string") return;
-    setAdding(true);
-    try {
-      await addFolder(selected);
-    } catch (error) {
-      setAddError(error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error));
-    } finally {
-      setAdding(false);
-    }
+  const handlePick = () => {
+    setFolderPickerOpen(true);
   };
 
   return (
@@ -49,14 +35,12 @@ export function StepAddLibrary() {
               </p>
             </>
           )}
-          {addError ? <p className="mt-1.5 text-xs text-amber-300/90 light-theme:text-amber-700">{addError}</p> : null}
         </div>
         <button
           className="shrink-0 rounded-md border border-emerald-400/35 bg-emerald-500/15 px-3 py-1.5 text-xs text-emerald-200 transition-colors hover:bg-emerald-500/25 disabled:cursor-not-allowed disabled:opacity-45 light-theme:border-emerald-600/50 light-theme:bg-emerald-100 light-theme:text-emerald-700 light-theme:hover:bg-emerald-200"
-          onClick={() => void handlePick()}
-          disabled={adding}
+          onClick={handlePick}
         >
-          {adding ? "Adding..." : folders.length > 0 ? "Add another folder" : "Choose a folder"}
+          {folders.length > 0 ? "Add another folder" : "Choose a folder"}
         </button>
       </div>
 

src/index.css

@@ -43,6 +43,28 @@ html[data-theme="subtle-light"] {
   --color-gray-300: #403b35;
   --color-gray-200: #302c28;
   --color-gray-100: #24211e;
+  /* Pastel accent shades are tuned for dark UIs and wash out on the light
+     chrome (e.g. "Update check failed" in amber). Darken the ones used as
+     coloured text/icons so they stay readable. Media surfaces reset these to
+     the bright originals below, so on-photo overlays keep their signal colours.
+     Remapping the variable (not the utility) also covers opacity variants such
+     as text-amber-300/90. */
+  --color-amber-200: #b45309;
+  --color-amber-300: #b45309;
+  --color-amber-400: #b45309;
+  --color-red-200: #b91c1c;
+  --color-red-300: #b91c1c;
+  --color-red-400: #b91c1c;
+  --color-rose-300: #be123c;
+  --color-rose-400: #be123c;
+  --color-emerald-200: #047857;
+  --color-emerald-300: #047857;
+  --color-emerald-400: #047857;
+  --color-sky-300: #0369a1;
+  --color-blue-300: #1d4ed8;
+  --color-blue-400: #1d4ed8;
+  --color-violet-300: #6d28d9;
+  --color-violet-400: #6d28d9;
   background: #e9e7e2;
 }
 
@@ -59,6 +81,25 @@ html[data-theme="subtle-light"] .media-dark-surface {
   --color-gray-300: #d1d5db;
   --color-gray-200: #e5e7eb;
   --color-gray-100: #f3f4f6;
+  /* Restore the bright accent originals the light theme darkened, so coloured
+     overlays on photos/video (ratings, failed badges, the lightbox region tool)
+     keep their signal colours instead of going dark-on-dark. */
+  --color-amber-200: oklch(92.4% 0.12 95.746);
+  --color-amber-300: oklch(87.9% 0.169 91.605);
+  --color-amber-400: oklch(82.8% 0.189 84.429);
+  --color-red-200: oklch(88.5% 0.062 18.334);
+  --color-red-300: oklch(80.8% 0.114 19.571);
+  --color-red-400: oklch(70.4% 0.191 22.216);
+  --color-rose-300: oklch(81% 0.117 11.638);
+  --color-rose-400: oklch(71.2% 0.194 13.428);
+  --color-emerald-200: oklch(90.5% 0.093 164.15);
+  --color-emerald-300: oklch(84.5% 0.143 164.978);
+  --color-emerald-400: oklch(76.5% 0.177 163.223);
+  --color-sky-300: oklch(82.8% 0.111 230.318);
+  --color-blue-300: oklch(80.9% 0.105 251.813);
+  --color-blue-400: oklch(70.7% 0.165 254.624);
+  --color-violet-300: oklch(81.1% 0.111 293.571);
+  --color-violet-400: oklch(70.2% 0.183 293.541);
 }
 
 /* The lightbox keeps its dark canvas + backdrop (via .media-dark-surface on the
@@ -91,107 +132,6 @@ html[data-theme="subtle-light"] .lightbox-panel {
   --color-violet-400: #6d28d9;
 }
 
-html[data-theme="subtle-light"] .settings-modal {
-  background: #f4f2ea !important;
-  border-color: #d6d1c7 !important;
-  color: #1f2937 !important;
-  box-shadow: 0 24px 80px rgb(0 0 0 / 0.24) !important;
-}
-
-html[data-theme="subtle-light"] .settings-modal aside {
-  background: #ece9e1 !important;
-  border-color: #d6d1c7 !important;
-}
-
-html[data-theme="subtle-light"] .settings-modal aside > div:first-child {
-  border-color: #d6d1c7 !important;
-}
-
-html[data-theme="subtle-light"] .settings-modal .settings-nav-active {
-  background: #d8d4ca !important;
-  color: #111827 !important;
-}
-
-html[data-theme="subtle-light"] .settings-modal .settings-nav-inactive {
-  background: transparent !important;
-  color: #4b5563 !important;
-}
-
-html[data-theme="subtle-light"] .settings-modal .settings-nav-inactive:hover {
-  background: #e2ded5 !important;
-  color: #111827 !important;
-}
-
-html[data-theme="subtle-light"] .settings-modal .settings-model-card,
-html[data-theme="subtle-light"] .settings-modal .settings-light-panel {
-  background: #fbfaf6 !important;
-  border-color: #d6d1c7 !important;
-  color: #1f2937 !important;
-}
-
-html[data-theme="subtle-light"] .settings-modal button:not([role="switch"]) {
-  background: #fbfaf6 !important;
-  border-color: #cfc8ba !important;
-  color: #374151 !important;
-}
-
-html[data-theme="subtle-light"] .settings-modal button:not([role="switch"]):hover {
-  background: #eeeae0 !important;
-  color: #111827 !important;
-}
-
-html[data-theme="subtle-light"] .settings-modal input {
-  background: #ffffff !important;
-  border-color: #cfc8ba !important;
-  color: #111827 !important;
-}
-
-html[data-theme="subtle-light"] .settings-modal .text-white,
-html[data-theme="subtle-light"] .settings-modal .text-gray-200,
-html[data-theme="subtle-light"] .settings-modal .text-gray-300,
-html[data-theme="subtle-light"] .settings-modal .text-gray-400 {
-  color: #111827 !important;
-}
-
-html[data-theme="subtle-light"] .settings-modal .text-gray-500,
-html[data-theme="subtle-light"] .settings-modal .text-gray-600 {
-  color: #5f5a52 !important;
-}
-
-html[data-theme="subtle-light"] .settings-modal .text-emerald-200,
-html[data-theme="subtle-light"] .settings-modal .text-emerald-300 {
-  color: #047857 !important;
-}
-
-html[data-theme="subtle-light"] .settings-modal .text-sky-300 {
-  color: #0369a1 !important;
-}
-
-html[data-theme="subtle-light"] .settings-modal .text-amber-200,
-html[data-theme="subtle-light"] .settings-modal .text-amber-300 {
-  color: #b45309 !important;
-}
-
-html[data-theme="subtle-light"] .settings-modal .text-red-200 {
-  color: #b91c1c !important;
-}
-
-html[data-theme="subtle-light"] .settings-modal .bg-white\/10,
-html[data-theme="subtle-light"] .settings-modal .bg-white\/5,
-html[data-theme="subtle-light"] .settings-modal .bg-white\/\[0\.025\],
-html[data-theme="subtle-light"] .settings-modal .bg-white\/\[0\.04\],
-html[data-theme="subtle-light"] .settings-modal .bg-white\/\[0\.045\],
-html[data-theme="subtle-light"] .settings-modal .bg-white\/\[0\.055\] {
-  background: #fbfaf6 !important;
-}
-
-html[data-theme="subtle-light"] .settings-modal .border-white\/10,
-html[data-theme="subtle-light"] .settings-modal .border-white\/\[0\.05\],
-html[data-theme="subtle-light"] .settings-modal .border-white\/\[0\.06\],
-html[data-theme="subtle-light"] .settings-modal .border-white\/\[0\.07\] {
-  border-color: #d6d1c7 !important;
-}
-
 html[data-theme="subtle-light"] .explore-view {
   background:
     radial-gradient(ellipse at top, rgb(59 130 246 / 0.08), transparent 48%),

src/store.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import { notifyTaskComplete } from "./notifications";
 const notificationTimers = new Map<string, ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>>();
 const NOTIFICATION_DEBOUNCE_MS = 6000;
 const THEME_KEY = "phokus-theme";
+const LIGHTBOX_AUTOPLAY_KEY = "phokus.lightboxAutoplay";
+const LIGHTBOX_AUTO_MUTE_KEY = "phokus.lightboxAutoMute";
 
 export interface Folder {
   id: number;
@@ -23,6 +25,23 @@ export interface Folder {
   sort_order: number;
 }
 
+export interface DirEntry {
+  name: string;
+  path: string;
+  has_children: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface DirListing {
+  current: string | null;
+  parent: string | null;
+  entries: DirEntry[];
+}
+
+export type FolderAddResult =
+  | { status: "added"; data: Folder }
+  | { status: "skipped"; data: string }
+  | { status: "error"; data: string };
+
 export type MediaKind = "image" | "video";
 export type MediaFilter = "all" | MediaKind;
 export type ZoomPreset = "compact" | "comfortable" | "detail";
@@ -341,11 +360,14 @@ interface GalleryState {
   captionDetail: CaptionDetail;
   aiCaptionsEnabled: boolean;
   settingsOpen: boolean;
+  folderPickerOpen: boolean;
   taggingQueueScope: TaggingQueueScope;
   taggingQueueFolderIds: number[];
   mutedFolderIds: number[];
   notificationsPaused: boolean;
   theme: AppTheme;
+  lightboxAutoplay: boolean;
+  lightboxAutoMute: boolean;
   // Per-folder background-worker pause flags, shared by the BackgroundTasks
   // bar and the sidebar folder context menu.
   workerPaused: Record<number, Record<WorkerKey, boolean>>;
@@ -386,6 +408,8 @@ interface GalleryState {
   loadFolders: () => Promise<void>;
   loadBackgroundJobProgress: () => Promise<void>;
   addFolder: (path: string) => Promise<void>;
+  addFolders: (paths: string[]) => Promise<FolderAddResult[]>;
+  listDirectories: (path: string | null) => Promise<DirListing>;
   removeFolder: (folderId: number) => Promise<void>;
   reindexFolder: (folderId: number) => Promise<void>;
   renameFolder: (folderId: number, newName: string) => Promise<void>;
@@ -435,6 +459,7 @@ interface GalleryState {
   setCaptionDetail: (detail: CaptionDetail) => Promise<void>;
   setAiCaptionsEnabled: (enabled: boolean) => void;
   setSettingsOpen: (open: boolean) => void;
+  setFolderPickerOpen: (open: boolean) => void;
   loadTaggingQueueScope: () => Promise<void>;
   setTaggingQueueScope: (scope: TaggingQueueScope) => void;
   loadTaggingQueueFolderIds: () => Promise<void>;
@@ -445,6 +470,8 @@ interface GalleryState {
   loadNotificationsPaused: () => Promise<void>;
   setNotificationsPaused: (paused: boolean) => void;
   setTheme: (theme: AppTheme) => void;
+  setLightboxAutoplay: (enabled: boolean) => void;
+  setLightboxAutoMute: (enabled: boolean) => void;
   loadWorkerStates: () => Promise<void>;
   setWorkerPaused: (folderId: number, worker: WorkerKey, paused: boolean) => void;
   setAllWorkersPaused: (folderId: number, paused: boolean) => void;
@@ -461,6 +488,7 @@ interface GalleryState {
   openAppDataFolder: () => Promise<void>;
   getDatabaseInfo: () => Promise<DatabaseInfo>;
   vacuumDatabase: () => Promise<VacuumResult>;
+  rebuildSemanticIndex: () => Promise<number>;
   getOrphanedThumbnailsInfo: () => Promise<OrphanedThumbnailsInfo>;
   cleanupOrphanedThumbnails: () => Promise<CleanupOrphanedThumbnailsResult>;
   retryFailedEmbeddings: (folderId: number) => Promise<void>;
@@ -515,6 +543,12 @@ function initialAiCaptionsEnabled(): boolean {
   return window.localStorage.getItem(AI_CAPTIONS_ENABLED_KEY) === "true";
 }
 
+function initialBoolSetting(key: string, fallback: boolean): boolean {
+  if (typeof window === "undefined") return fallback;
+  const stored = window.localStorage.getItem(key);
+  return stored === null ? fallback : stored === "true";
+}
+
 function initialTheme(): AppTheme {
   if (typeof window === "undefined") return "phokus";
   const saved = window.localStorage.getItem(THEME_KEY);
@@ -760,11 +794,14 @@ export const useGalleryStore = create<GalleryState>((set, get) => ({
   captionDetail: "paragraph",
   aiCaptionsEnabled: initialAiCaptionsEnabled(),
   settingsOpen: false,
+  folderPickerOpen: false,
   taggingQueueScope: "all",
   taggingQueueFolderIds: [],
   mutedFolderIds: [],
   notificationsPaused: false,
   theme: initialTheme(),
+  lightboxAutoplay: initialBoolSetting(LIGHTBOX_AUTOPLAY_KEY, true),
+  lightboxAutoMute: initialBoolSetting(LIGHTBOX_AUTO_MUTE_KEY, false),
   workerPaused: {},
 
   appVersion: null,
@@ -833,6 +870,16 @@ export const useGalleryStore = create<GalleryState>((set, get) => ({
     await loadBackgroundJobProgress();
   },
 
+  addFolders: async (paths) => {
+    const { loadFolders, loadBackgroundJobProgress } = get();
+    const results = await invoke<FolderAddResult[]>("add_folders", { paths });
+    await loadFolders();
+    await loadBackgroundJobProgress();
+    return results;
+  },
+
+  listDirectories: (path) => invoke<DirListing>("list_directories", { path }),
+
   removeFolder: async (folderId) => {
     const { selectedFolderId, loadFolders, loadImages, loadBackgroundJobProgress } = get();
     // Optimistically drop it from the sidebar for instant feedback (the backend
@@ -1565,6 +1612,7 @@ export const useGalleryStore = create<GalleryState>((set, get) => ({
   },
 
   setSettingsOpen: (settingsOpen) => set({ settingsOpen }),
+  setFolderPickerOpen: (folderPickerOpen) => set({ folderPickerOpen }),
 
   loadTaggingQueueScope: async () => {
     try {
@@ -1649,6 +1697,16 @@ export const useGalleryStore = create<GalleryState>((set, get) => ({
     set({ theme });
   },
 
+  setLightboxAutoplay: (enabled) => {
+    window.localStorage.setItem(LIGHTBOX_AUTOPLAY_KEY, String(enabled));
+    set({ lightboxAutoplay: enabled });
+  },
+
+  setLightboxAutoMute: (enabled) => {
+    window.localStorage.setItem(LIGHTBOX_AUTO_MUTE_KEY, String(enabled));
+    set({ lightboxAutoMute: enabled });
+  },
+
   loadWorkerStates: async () => {
     const folderIds = get().folders.map((folder) => folder.id);
     if (folderIds.length === 0) {
@@ -1834,6 +1892,8 @@ export const useGalleryStore = create<GalleryState>((set, get) => ({
 
   vacuumDatabase: () => invoke<VacuumResult>("vacuum_database"),
 
+  rebuildSemanticIndex: () => invoke<number>("rebuild_semantic_index"),
+
   getOrphanedThumbnailsInfo: () => invoke<OrphanedThumbnailsInfo>("get_orphaned_thumbnails_info"),
 
   cleanupOrphanedThumbnails: () => invoke<CleanupOrphanedThumbnailsResult>("cleanup_orphaned_thumbnails"),