Detail panes: poster top right, title and facts left, plot below; sextant rendering

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ First release.
 - **Series drill-down:** seasons and episodes with monitoring, automatic search and release search.
 - **Downloads:** SABnzbd queue and history plus the Radarr and Sonarr queues; pause/resume, delete,
   retry, remove and blocklist.
-- **Posters:** thumbnails in the detail panes (quadrant block rendering, any color terminal).
+- **Posters:** a thumbnail at the top right of the detail panes, title and facts to its left, plot
+  below (quadrant or, on capable terminals, sextant block rendering; `ui.cover_style`).
 - **Log (F5) and popups:** feedback appears as fading popups; the log keeps the history.
 - Connection indicators for all three services, context-sensitive key hints, `?` help.
 - JSON config with environment overrides (`ARR_TUI_*`), `--version`, cross-platform builds

README.md

@@ -8,10 +8,15 @@ A terminal UI to search for movies and series with [Radarr](https://radarr.video
   optionally start the automatic search.
 - **Interactive search**: list the releases Radarr/Sonarr find (approved or rejected, with reasons),
   sort and filter them (by approval, quality, x265 / x264 / AV1, HDR, Dolby Vision, audio format, language), and grab one. Series: pick a season or a single episode first.
-- **Posters**: a small poster thumbnail in the detail panes, drawn with colored quadrant
-  block characters (needs a terminal with colors; works over SSH). Library items use the copy stored in
-  Radarr/Sonarr; search results are downloaded from the metadata provider's image host
-  (TMDb, TheTVDB). Turn it off with `"ui": {"covers": false}`.
+- **Posters**: the detail panes show the poster at the top right, with title and facts to its left
+  and the plot below. It is drawn with colored block characters (works over SSH, needs a terminal
+  with colors). Library items use the copy stored in Radarr/Sonarr; search results are downloaded
+  from the metadata provider's image host (TMDb, TheTVDB). Turn it off with
+  `"ui": {"covers": false}`. `"ui": {"cover_style": ...}` picks the characters: `quadrant` (2x2
+  pixels per cell, every font has them), `sextant` (2x3, sharper, needs a font with the Symbols for
+  Legacy Computing block, e.g. kitty, WezTerm, foot, Ghostty) or `auto` (default: sextant on
+  terminals known to support it, quadrant elsewhere). If you see boxes or question marks in the
+  poster, set `quadrant`.
 - **Library**: browse movies (top) and series (below) with a details pane on the right, filter by status (missing / downloaded / monitored) and by file properties (quality, x265 / x264 / AV1, HDR, Dolby Vision, audio format, language), toggle
   monitoring, trigger searches. Series open into seasons and episodes with per-season and
   per-episode monitoring, automatic search and release search.
@@ -42,7 +47,7 @@ Settings → General.
   "radarr":  { "url": "http://localhost:7878", "apikey": "...", "default_quality_profile": "HD-1080p", "default_root_folder": "/movies" },
   "sonarr":  { "url": "http://localhost:8989", "apikey": "...", "default_quality_profile": "HD-1080p", "default_root_folder": "/tv" },
   "sabnzbd": { "url": "http://localhost:8080", "apikey": "..." },
-  "ui":      { "refresh_seconds": 3, "covers": true }
+  "ui":      { "refresh_seconds": 3, "covers": true, "cover_style": "auto" }
 }
 ```
 

SPECS.md

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Notes:
   - Radarr and Sonarr queues (status, warnings, import errors), so stuck imports are visible.
   - Global speed / pause state in the status bar. Pause/resume and delete a SABnzbd job.
 - **Status bar / help:** the bottom bar lists the keys that work in the current view or panel; the top right shows the connection state of each service; `?` opens the full key reference.
-- **Posters:** the detail panes show a poster thumbnail above the text, rendered with quadrant block characters in 24-bit colors (each cell shows 2×2 pixels in the best two-color split, from the Block Elements range every font has; JPEG/PNG only, decoded and downscaled in the process, so no terminal graphics protocol is needed). Library items fetch `/MediaCover/<id>/poster-250.jpg` from their Radarr/Sonarr instance with the API key; search results fall back to the provider's `remoteUrl` (fetched without credentials). Posters are cached in memory, failed downloads are not retried for two minutes, and the poster shrinks or disappears when the pane is too short. `ui.covers: false` disables it.
+- **Posters:** the detail panes show the poster at the top right, the title and facts to its left and the plot below both; on panes too small for that, everything is one text. The poster is drawn with block characters in 24-bit colors: every cell shows several pixels in the best two-color split (`quadrant`: 2×2 pixels, glyphs from the Block Elements range every font has; `sextant`: 2×3 pixels, sharper, glyphs from Symbols for Legacy Computing). `ui.cover_style` is `auto` (default: sextant on kitty, WezTerm, foot, Ghostty, quadrant elsewhere), `quadrant` or `sextant`. JPEG/PNG only, decoded and downscaled in the process, so no terminal graphics protocol is needed. Library items fetch `/MediaCover/<id>/poster-250.jpg` from their Radarr/Sonarr instance with the API key; search results fall back to the provider's `remoteUrl` (fetched without credentials). Posters are cached in memory, failed downloads are not retried for two minutes, and the poster shrinks or disappears when the pane is too short. `ui.covers: false` disables it.
 - **Notifications and log (F5):** feedback about actions (added, deleted, grabbed, failures) appears as popups in the bottom right that fade away (errors stay longer). Everything is also kept in the Log view; only connection changes of the background polling are logged, not every failed poll.
 
 ### 4.2 v0.2 (done, M8)

config.example.json

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
   },
   "ui": {
     "refresh_seconds": 3,
-    "covers": true
+    "covers": true,
+    "cover_style": "auto"
   }
 }

internal/config/config.go

@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ type UI struct {
 	// Posters of titles that are not in the library yet are downloaded from
 	// the public image hosts Radarr/Sonarr point to (TMDb, TheTVDB).
 	Covers *bool `json:"covers,omitempty"`
+	// CoverStyle selects the block characters posters are drawn with:
+	// "quadrant" (2x2 pixels per cell, every font has the glyphs), "sextant"
+	// (2x3, sharper, needs a font with the Symbols for Legacy Computing
+	// block, e.g. kitty, WezTerm, foot, Ghostty) or "auto" (default: sextant
+	// on terminals known to draw them, quadrant elsewhere).
+	CoverStyle string `json:"cover_style,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // ShowCovers reports whether poster thumbnails are enabled.
@@ -146,5 +152,10 @@ func (c *Config) Validate() error {
 			errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("%s: url %q must be an http(s) URL", s.name, s.svc.URL))
 		}
 	}
+	switch c.UI.CoverStyle {
+	case "", "auto", "quadrant", "sextant":
+	default:
+		errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf(`ui.cover_style: %q must be "auto", "quadrant" or "sextant"`, c.UI.CoverStyle))
+	}
 	return errors.Join(errs...)
 }

internal/config/config_test.go

@@ -97,3 +97,15 @@ func TestShowCovers(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestCoverStyleValidation(t *testing.T) {
+	base := `{"radarr":{"url":"http://r","apikey":"k"},"sonarr":{"url":"http://s","apikey":"k"},"sabnzbd":{"url":"http://a","apikey":"k"},"ui":{"cover_style":`
+	for _, ok := range []string{`"auto"`, `"quadrant"`, `"sextant"`, `""`} {
+		if _, err := Parse([]byte(base + ok + `}}`)); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("%s rejected: %v", ok, err)
+		}
+	}
+	if _, err := Parse([]byte(base + `"braille"}}`)); err == nil {
+		t.Error("unknown style accepted")
+	}
+}

internal/ui/app.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package ui
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ type App struct {
 	probes   []probe
 
 	covers     bool // poster thumbnails enabled
+	coverStyle coverStyle
 	coverCache *coverCache
 }
 
@@ -89,6 +91,7 @@ func New(cfg *config.Config) *App {
 		state:    map[string]serviceState{},
 
 		covers:     cfg.UI.ShowCovers(),
+		coverStyle: coverStyleFor(cfg.UI.CoverStyle, os.Getenv),
 		coverCache: newCoverCache(),
 	}
 

internal/ui/backend.go

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ type result interface {
 	key() string // stable identity, e.g. "tmdb:603"
 	title() string
 	label() string
-	details() string
+	details() detailText
 	inLibrary() bool
 	withID(id int) result // copy flagged as added to the library
 	cover() coverRef
@@ -56,12 +56,12 @@ type movieResult struct {
 	poster coverRef
 }
 
-func (m movieResult) key() string     { return radarr.TMDBTerm(m.TMDBID) }
-func (m movieResult) title() string   { return m.Title }
-func (m movieResult) label() string   { return movieLabel(m.Movie) }
-func (m movieResult) details() string { return movieDetails(m.Movie) }
-func (m movieResult) inLibrary() bool { return m.InLibrary() }
-func (m movieResult) cover() coverRef { return m.poster }
+func (m movieResult) key() string         { return radarr.TMDBTerm(m.TMDBID) }
+func (m movieResult) title() string       { return m.Title }
+func (m movieResult) label() string       { return movieLabel(m.Movie) }
+func (m movieResult) details() detailText { return movieDetails(m.Movie) }
+func (m movieResult) inLibrary() bool     { return m.InLibrary() }
+func (m movieResult) cover() coverRef     { return m.poster }
 func (m movieResult) withID(id int) result {
 	m.ID = id
 	return m
@@ -107,12 +107,12 @@ type seriesResult struct {
 	poster coverRef
 }
 
-func (s seriesResult) key() string     { return "tvdb:" + itoa(s.TVDBID) }
-func (s seriesResult) title() string   { return s.Title }
-func (s seriesResult) label() string   { return seriesLabel(s.Series) }
-func (s seriesResult) details() string { return seriesDetails(s.Series) }
-func (s seriesResult) inLibrary() bool { return s.InLibrary() }
-func (s seriesResult) cover() coverRef { return s.poster }
+func (s seriesResult) key() string         { return "tvdb:" + itoa(s.TVDBID) }
+func (s seriesResult) title() string       { return s.Title }
+func (s seriesResult) label() string       { return seriesLabel(s.Series) }
+func (s seriesResult) details() detailText { return seriesDetails(s.Series) }
+func (s seriesResult) inLibrary() bool     { return s.InLibrary() }
+func (s seriesResult) cover() coverRef     { return s.poster }
 func (s seriesResult) withID(id int) result {
 	s.ID = id
 	return s

internal/ui/cover.go

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"image/color"
 	_ "image/jpeg" // poster formats
 	_ "image/png"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gdamore/tcell/v2"
@@ -22,7 +23,6 @@ const (
 	coverFailureTTL   = 2 * time.Minute
 	maxCoverCache     = 300
 	coverFetchLimit   = 4
-	flatCellError     = 600 // squared RGB distance below which a cell is drawn flat
 )
 
 // decodeCover decodes a JPEG or PNG poster and keeps a small copy.
@@ -70,23 +70,177 @@ func boxScale(src image.Image, w, h int) *image.RGBA {
 	return dst
 }
 
-// coverView draws a poster with quadrant block characters: every cell shows
-// 2×2 pixels in two colors (the best split of the four pixels into a
-// foreground and a background group), which doubles the horizontal detail of
-// plain half blocks. The glyphs are all from the Block Elements range that
-// every terminal font has, and it works over SSH.
-type coverView struct {
-	*tview.Box
-	img  *image.RGBA
-	note string // shown instead of the image: "loading…", "no cover"
-
-	scaled *image.RGBA // cache of img at the last drawn size
+// coverStyle is a way to draw a poster with block characters: every cell
+// shows sw×sh pixels in two colors, the best split of its pixels into a
+// foreground and a background group.
+type coverStyle struct {
+	name   string
+	sw, sh int
+	glyph  func(mask int) rune // mask: bit i = pixel i (row-major) is foreground
 }
 
-func newCoverView() *coverView { return &coverView{Box: tview.NewBox()} }
+var (
+	// quadrantStyle (2×2 pixels): the glyphs are in the Block Elements range
+	// that every terminal font has.
+	quadrantStyle = coverStyle{"quadrant", 2, 2, func(mask int) rune { return quadrants[mask] }}
+	// sextantStyle (2×3 pixels): sharper, but the glyphs live in the Symbols
+	// for Legacy Computing block, which many fonts lack.
+	sextantStyle = coverStyle{"sextant", 2, 3, sextantGlyph}
+)
 
-func (c *coverView) setImage(img *image.RGBA) { c.img, c.note, c.scaled = img, "", nil }
-func (c *coverView) setNote(note string)      { c.img, c.note, c.scaled = nil, note, nil }
+// quadrants[mask] is the glyph that fills the quadrants set in mask
+// (bit 0 top left, 1 top right, 2 bottom left, 3 bottom right).
+var quadrants = [16]rune{' ', '▘', '▝', '▀', '▖', '▌', '▞', '▛', '▗', '▚', '▐', '▜', '▄', '▙', '▟', '█'}
+
+// sextantGlyph maps a 2×3 pixel mask (bit 0 top left, 1 top right, 2 middle
+// left, ... 5 bottom right) to its character. Unicode lists the 60 sextants
+// in mask order but leaves out the empty and full cell and the two halves,
+// which already exist as space, full block and the half blocks.
+func sextantGlyph(mask int) rune {
+	switch mask {
+	case 0:
+		return ' '
+	case 63:
+		return '█'
+	case 21:
+		return '▌'
+	case 42:
+		return '▐'
+	}
+	idx := mask - 1
+	if mask > 21 {
+		idx--
+	}
+	if mask > 42 {
+		idx--
+	}
+	return rune(0x1FB00 + idx)
+}
+
+// coverStyleFor resolves the configured style. "auto" picks sextants on
+// terminals known to have the glyphs and quadrants everywhere else.
+func coverStyleFor(setting string, env func(string) string) coverStyle {
+	switch setting {
+	case "sextant":
+		return sextantStyle
+	case "quadrant":
+		return quadrantStyle
+	}
+	term, program := strings.ToLower(env("TERM")), strings.ToLower(env("TERM_PROGRAM"))
+	for _, known := range []string{"kitty", "foot", "ghostty", "wezterm"} {
+		if strings.Contains(term, known) || strings.Contains(program, known) {
+			return sextantStyle
+		}
+	}
+	if env("KITTY_WINDOW_ID") != "" || env("WEZTERM_PANE") != "" {
+		return sextantStyle
+	}
+	return quadrantStyle
+}
+
+// flatPixelError is the squared RGB distance per pixel below which a cell is
+// drawn flat: smooth areas and noise should not turn into patterns.
+const flatPixelError = 150
+
+// bestCell picks the glyph and the two colors that best reproduce the pixels
+// of one cell. Only masks without the last pixel are tried, because a mask
+// and its complement draw the same picture with the colors swapped.
+func (st coverStyle) bestCell(p []color.RGBA) (ch rune, fg, bg color.RGBA) {
+	n := len(p)
+	type sum struct{ r, g, b, n float64 }
+	var all sum
+	for _, c := range p {
+		all.r, all.g, all.b, all.n = all.r+float64(c.R), all.g+float64(c.G), all.b+float64(c.B), all.n+1
+	}
+	avg := func(s sum) [3]float64 {
+		if s.n == 0 {
+			return [3]float64{}
+		}
+		return [3]float64{s.r / s.n, s.g / s.n, s.b / s.n}
+	}
+	dist := func(c color.RGBA, m [3]float64) float64 {
+		dr, dg, db := float64(c.R)-m[0], float64(c.G)-m[1], float64(c.B)-m[2]
+		return dr*dr + dg*dg + db*db
+	}
+	toRGBA := func(m [3]float64) color.RGBA {
+		return color.RGBA{uint8(m[0] + .5), uint8(m[1] + .5), uint8(m[2] + .5), 255}
+	}
+
+	flat := avg(all)
+	var flatErr float64
+	for _, c := range p {
+		flatErr += dist(c, flat)
+	}
+	if flatErr < flatPixelError*float64(n) {
+		c := toRGBA(flat)
+		return ' ', c, c
+	}
+
+	best, bestErr := 0, flatErr*0.6 // a split must clearly beat the flat cell
+	var bestFg, bestBg [3]float64
+	for mask := 1; mask < 1<<(n-1); mask++ {
+		var f, b sum
+		for i, c := range p {
+			t := &b
+			if mask>>i&1 == 1 {
+				t = &f
+			}
+			t.r, t.g, t.b, t.n = t.r+float64(c.R), t.g+float64(c.G), t.b+float64(c.B), t.n+1
+		}
+		fm, bm := avg(f), avg(b)
+		var e float64
+		for i, c := range p {
+			if mask>>i&1 == 1 {
+				e += dist(c, fm)
+			} else {
+				e += dist(c, bm)
+			}
+			if e >= bestErr {
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if e < bestErr {
+			best, bestErr, bestFg, bestBg = mask, e, fm, bm
+		}
+	}
+	if best == 0 {
+		c := toRGBA(flat)
+		return ' ', c, c
+	}
+	return st.glyph(best), toRGBA(bestFg), toRGBA(bestBg)
+}
+
+// coverView draws a poster, see coverStyle. It works in any terminal with
+// colors, also over SSH.
+type coverView struct {
+	*tview.Box
+	style coverStyle
+	img   *image.RGBA
+	note  string // shown instead of the image: "loading…", "no cover"
+
+	// The cells for the last drawn size.
+	cols, rows int
+	cells      []styledCell
+}
+
+type styledCell struct {
+	ch     rune
+	fg, bg tcell.Color
+}
+
+func newCoverView(style coverStyle) *coverView { return &coverView{Box: tview.NewBox(), style: style} }
+
+func (c *coverView) setImage(img *image.RGBA) { c.img, c.note, c.cells = img, "", nil }
+func (c *coverView) setNote(note string)      { c.img, c.note, c.cells = nil, note, nil }
+
+// aspect returns the width and height of the poster (2:3 until one is loaded).
+func (c *coverView) aspect() (w, h int) {
+	if c.img == nil {
+		return 2, 3
+	}
+	b := c.img.Bounds()
+	return b.Dx(), b.Dy()
+}
 
 // coverCells returns how many columns and rows a poster of the given aspect
 // needs inside w×h cells. A cell is about twice as tall as it is wide.
@@ -118,85 +272,40 @@ func (c *coverView) Draw(screen tcell.Screen) {
 	if cols < 1 || rows < 1 {
 		return
 	}
-	if c.scaled == nil || c.scaled.Bounds().Dx() != 2*cols || c.scaled.Bounds().Dy() != 2*rows {
-		c.scaled = boxScale(c.img, 2*cols, 2*rows)
-	}
-	px := func(x, y int) color.RGBA {
-		i := c.scaled.PixOffset(x, y)
-		return color.RGBA{c.scaled.Pix[i], c.scaled.Pix[i+1], c.scaled.Pix[i+2], 255}
+	if c.cells == nil || c.cols != cols || c.rows != rows {
+		c.cols, c.rows, c.cells = cols, rows, c.build(cols, rows)
 	}
+	// Right-align the poster inside its area, so a narrower poster sits against the edge.
+	x += w - cols
 	for row := 0; row < rows; row++ {
 		for col := 0; col < cols; col++ {
-			ch, fg, bg := quadCell([4]color.RGBA{
-				px(2*col, 2*row), px(2*col+1, 2*row), // top left, top right
-				px(2*col, 2*row+1), px(2*col+1, 2*row+1), // bottom left, bottom right
-			})
-			style := tcell.StyleDefault.Foreground(tcell.NewRGBColor(int32(fg.R), int32(fg.G), int32(fg.B))).
-				Background(tcell.NewRGBColor(int32(bg.R), int32(bg.G), int32(bg.B)))
-			screen.SetContent(x+col, y+row, ch, nil, style)
+			cell := c.cells[row*cols+col]
+			screen.SetContent(x+col, y+row, cell.ch, nil, tcell.StyleDefault.Foreground(cell.fg).Background(cell.bg))
 		}
 	}
 }
 
-// quadrants[mask] is the glyph that fills the quadrants set in mask
-// (bit 0 top left, 1 top right, 2 bottom left, 3 bottom right).
-var quadrants = [16]rune{' ', '▘', '▝', '▀', '▖', '▌', '▞', '▛', '▗', '▚', '▐', '▜', '▄', '▙', '▟', '█'}
-
-// quadCell picks the glyph and colors that best reproduce four pixels (top
-// left, top right, bottom left, bottom right) with one foreground and one
-// background color.
-func quadCell(p [4]color.RGBA) (ch rune, fg, bg color.RGBA) {
-	mean := func(mask int, want bool) (c [3]float64, n int) {
-		for i := 0; i < 4; i++ {
-			if (mask>>i&1 == 1) == want {
-				c[0], c[1], c[2] = c[0]+float64(p[i].R), c[1]+float64(p[i].G), c[2]+float64(p[i].B)
-				n++
-			}
-		}
-		for k := range c {
-			if n > 0 {
-				c[k] /= float64(n)
-			}
-		}
-		return c, n
-	}
-	// err is the squared distance of the pixels in one group to the group's mean.
-	errOf := func(mask int, want bool, m [3]float64) (e float64) {
-		for i := 0; i < 4; i++ {
-			if (mask>>i&1 == 1) == want {
-				dr, dg, db := float64(p[i].R)-m[0], float64(p[i].G)-m[1], float64(p[i].B)-m[2]
-				e += dr*dr + dg*dg + db*db
-			}
-		}
-		return e
-	}
-	toRGBA := func(m [3]float64) color.RGBA {
-		return color.RGBA{uint8(m[0] + .5), uint8(m[1] + .5), uint8(m[2] + .5), 255}
-	}
-
-	// Mask 0 is a single flat color. A split must clearly beat it, and nearly
-	// flat cells (smooth gradients, noise) stay flat. Only masks without the
-	// bottom right quadrant are tried: a mask and its complement draw the same
-	// picture with swapped colors.
-	flat, _ := mean(0, false)
-	flatErr := errOf(0, false, flat)
-	best, bestErr := 0, flatErr*0.6
-	if flatErr >= flatCellError {
-		for mask := 1; mask < 8; mask++ {
-			fm, _ := mean(mask, true)
-			bm, _ := mean(mask, false)
-			if e := errOf(mask, true, fm) + errOf(mask, false, bm); e < bestErr {
-				best, bestErr = mask, e
+// build renders the poster into cols×rows cells.
+func (c *coverView) build(cols, rows int) []styledCell {
+	st := c.style
+	scaled := boxScale(c.img, cols*st.sw, rows*st.sh)
+	cells := make([]styledCell, 0, cols*rows)
+	px := make([]color.RGBA, st.sw*st.sh)
+	for row := 0; row < rows; row++ {
+		for col := 0; col < cols; col++ {
+			for sy := 0; sy < st.sh; sy++ {
+				for sx := 0; sx < st.sw; sx++ {
+					i := scaled.PixOffset(col*st.sw+sx, row*st.sh+sy)
+					px[sy*st.sw+sx] = color.RGBA{scaled.Pix[i], scaled.Pix[i+1], scaled.Pix[i+2], 255}
+				}
 			}
+			ch, fg, bg := st.bestCell(px)
+			cells = append(cells, styledCell{ch,
+				tcell.NewRGBColor(int32(fg.R), int32(fg.G), int32(fg.B)),
+				tcell.NewRGBColor(int32(bg.R), int32(bg.G), int32(bg.B))})
 		}
 	}
-	if best == 0 {
-		c := toRGBA(flat)
-		return ' ', c, c
-	}
-	fm, _ := mean(best, true)
-	bm, _ := mean(best, false)
-	return quadrants[best], toRGBA(fm), toRGBA(bm)
+	return cells
 }
 
 // coverRef says where a poster comes from. The zero value means "no poster".

internal/ui/cover_test.go

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func TestQuadCell(t *testing.T) {
 		{"one corner", [4]color.RGBA{red, blue, blue, blue}, '▘', red, blue, false},
 		{"diagonal", [4]color.RGBA{red, black, black, red}, '▞', black, red, false},
 	} {
-		ch, fg, bg := quadCell(tc.px)
+		ch, fg, bg := quadrantStyle.bestCell(tc.px[:])
 		if ch != tc.wantCh || fg != tc.wantFg || bg != tc.wantBg {
 			t.Errorf("%s: %q fg=%v bg=%v, want %q fg=%v bg=%v", tc.name, ch, fg, bg, tc.wantCh, tc.wantFg, tc.wantBg)
 		}
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func TestQuadCell(t *testing.T) {
 	// Nearly flat noise stays a flat cell instead of a distracting pattern.
 	n := color.RGBA{100, 100, 100, 255}
 	m := color.RGBA{102, 100, 101, 255}
-	if ch, _, _ := quadCell([4]color.RGBA{n, m, n, n}); ch != ' ' {
+	if ch, _, _ := quadrantStyle.bestCell([]color.RGBA{n, m, n, n}); ch != ' ' {
 		t.Errorf("noise rendered as %q", ch)
 	}
 }
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func TestCoverViewDraws(t *testing.T) {
 	defer screen.Fini()
 	screen.SetSize(30, 10)
 
-	c := newCoverView()
+	c := newCoverView(quadrantStyle)
 	c.setImage(stripes(40, 60)) // red above blue
 	c.SetRect(0, 0, 30, 10)     // fits 13 columns × 10 rows
 
@@ -142,14 +142,15 @@ func TestCoverViewDraws(t *testing.T) {
 		return ch, rgba(fg), rgba(bg)
 	}
 	red, blue := color.RGBA{255, 0, 0, 255}, color.RGBA{0, 0, 255, 255}
-	if _, fg, bg := cell(0, 0); fg != red || bg != red {
+	// The poster is 13 columns wide and sits against the right edge (x 17..29).
+	if _, fg, bg := cell(17, 0); fg != red || bg != red {
 		t.Errorf("top row = fg %v bg %v, want red", fg, bg)
 	}
-	if _, fg, bg := cell(12, 9); fg != blue || bg != blue {
+	if _, fg, bg := cell(29, 9); fg != blue || bg != blue {
 		t.Errorf("bottom right = fg %v bg %v, want blue", fg, bg)
 	}
-	// Outside the poster's footprint nothing is drawn.
-	if ch, _, _, _ := screen.GetContent(13, 0); ch != ' ' {
+	// Left of the poster's footprint nothing is drawn.
+	if ch, _, _, _ := screen.GetContent(16, 0); ch != ' ' {
 		t.Errorf("poster stretched beyond its aspect ratio: %q", ch)
 	}
 }
@@ -188,3 +189,58 @@ func TestLoadCoverRemembersFailures(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("expected an error for a recently failed cover")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestSextantGlyphs(t *testing.T) {
+	seen := map[rune]int{}
+	for mask := 0; mask < 64; mask++ {
+		r := sextantGlyph(mask)
+		if prev, dup := seen[r]; dup {
+			t.Fatalf("masks %d and %d share the glyph %q", prev, mask, r)
+		}
+		seen[r] = mask
+		if mask > 0 && mask < 63 && mask != 21 && mask != 42 && (r < 0x1FB00 || r > 0x1FB3B) {
+			t.Errorf("mask %d: %U outside the sextant block", mask, r)
+		}
+	}
+	for mask, want := range map[int]rune{1: 0x1FB00, 2: 0x1FB01, 20: 0x1FB13, 22: 0x1FB14, 43: 0x1FB28, 62: 0x1FB3B, 21: '▌', 42: '▐', 63: '█', 0: ' '} {
+		if got := sextantGlyph(mask); got != want {
+			t.Errorf("sextantGlyph(%d) = %U, want %U", mask, got, want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSextantCell(t *testing.T) {
+	red, blue := color.RGBA{255, 0, 0, 255}, color.RGBA{0, 0, 255, 255}
+	// Two rows of red above one row of blue.
+	ch, fg, bg := sextantStyle.bestCell([]color.RGBA{red, red, red, red, blue, blue})
+	if ch != sextantGlyph(15) || fg != red || bg != blue {
+		t.Errorf("got %U fg=%v bg=%v", ch, fg, bg)
+	}
+	// One row each: red, blue, red.
+	ch, fg, bg = sextantStyle.bestCell([]color.RGBA{red, red, blue, blue, red, red})
+	if ch != sextantGlyph(0b001100) || fg != blue || bg != red {
+		t.Errorf("three bands: %U fg=%v bg=%v", ch, fg, bg)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCoverStyleFor(t *testing.T) {
+	env := func(m map[string]string) func(string) string { return func(k string) string { return m[k] } }
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		setting string
+		env     map[string]string
+		want    string
+	}{
+		{"auto", map[string]string{"TERM": "xterm-kitty"}, "sextant"},
+		{"", map[string]string{"TERM_PROGRAM": "WezTerm"}, "sextant"},
+		{"auto", map[string]string{"TERM": "foot"}, "sextant"},
+		{"auto", map[string]string{"KITTY_WINDOW_ID": "3", "TERM": "screen"}, "sextant"},
+		{"auto", map[string]string{"TERM": "xterm-256color"}, "quadrant"},
+		{"auto", nil, "quadrant"},
+		{"quadrant", map[string]string{"TERM": "xterm-kitty"}, "quadrant"},
+		{"sextant", nil, "sextant"},
+	} {
+		if got := coverStyleFor(tc.setting, env(tc.env)).name; got != tc.want {
+			t.Errorf("%q %v = %s, want %s", tc.setting, tc.env, got, tc.want)
+		}
+	}
+}

internal/ui/detail.go

@@ -8,39 +8,49 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	coverRows    = 20 // poster height in terminal rows
 	minCoverRows = 6  // a smaller poster is not worth showing
+	minCoverCols = 8  //
 	minTextRows  = 10 // the poster never takes these rows from the text
 )
 
-// detailPane shows a poster above a text. The poster shrinks on short panes
-// and is dropped when the text would get too little room.
+// detailPane shows the details of one title: the head (title and facts) with
+// the poster to its right on top, and the plot below both. On panes too small
+// for the poster everything is one text.
 type detailPane struct {
-	*tview.Flex
-	app   *App
-	cover *coverView
-	text  *tview.TextView
+	*tview.Flex // column: top row, plot
+	app         *App
+	top         *tview.Flex // row: head, cover
+	head        *tview.TextView
+	cover       *coverView
+	plot        *tview.TextView
 
-	want      string // key of the poster that should be shown
-	hasCover  bool   // a poster (or its loading note) is part of the content
-	coverSize int    // rows currently given to the poster
+	text     detailText
+	want     string // key of the poster that should be shown
+	hasCover bool   // a poster (or its loading note) is part of the content
+	combined bool   // head and plot are shown together in the plot view
 }
 
 func newDetailPane(app *App) *detailPane {
 	d := &detailPane{
 		Flex:  tview.NewFlex().SetDirection(tview.FlexRow),
 		app:   app,
-		cover: newCoverView(),
-		text:  tview.NewTextView().SetDynamicColors(true).SetWordWrap(true),
+		top:   tview.NewFlex(),
+		head:  tview.NewTextView().SetDynamicColors(true).SetWordWrap(true),
+		cover: newCoverView(app.coverStyle),
+		plot:  tview.NewTextView().SetDynamicColors(true).SetWordWrap(true),
 	}
-	d.AddItem(d.cover, 0, 0, false).AddItem(d.text, 0, 1, false)
+	d.cover.SetBorderPadding(0, 0, 1, 0)
+	d.top.AddItem(d.head, 0, 1, false).AddItem(d.cover, 0, 0, false)
+	d.AddItem(d.top, 0, 0, false).AddItem(d.plot, 0, 1, false)
 	d.SetBorder(true).SetTitle(" Details ")
+	d.combined = true
 	return d
 }
 
 // Show displays the text and, if there is one, the poster.
-func (d *detailPane) Show(text string, ref coverRef) {
-	d.text.SetText(text).ScrollToBeginning()
+func (d *detailPane) Show(text detailText, ref coverRef) {
+	d.text = text
+	d.applyText()
 	if !d.app.covers || ref.fetch == nil {
 		d.want, d.hasCover = "", false
 		d.cover.setImage(nil)
@@ -63,20 +73,35 @@ func (d *detailPane) Show(text string, ref coverRef) {
 }
 
 // Clear empties the pane.
-func (d *detailPane) Clear() { d.Show("", coverRef{}) }
+func (d *detailPane) Clear() { d.Show(detailText{}, coverRef{}) }
+
+// applyText puts the texts into their views for the current layout.
+func (d *detailPane) applyText() {
+	if d.combined {
+		d.head.SetText("")
+		d.plot.SetText(d.text.String()).ScrollToBeginning()
+		return
+	}
+	d.head.SetText(d.text.head).ScrollToBeginning()
+	d.plot.SetText(d.text.plot).ScrollToBeginning()
+}
 
 func (d *detailPane) Draw(screen tcell.Screen) {
-	_, _, _, h := d.GetInnerRect()
-	rows := 0
+	_, _, w, h := d.GetInnerRect()
+	coverW, coverH := 0, 0
 	if d.hasCover {
-		rows = min(coverRows, h-minTextRows)
-		if rows < minCoverRows {
-			rows = 0
+		aw, ah := d.cover.aspect()
+		// At most 40% of the width, and the plot keeps its rows.
+		coverW, coverH = coverCells(aw, ah, w*2/5, h-minTextRows)
+		if coverH < minCoverRows || coverW < minCoverCols {
+			coverW, coverH = 0, 0
 		}
 	}
-	if rows != d.coverSize {
-		d.coverSize = rows
-		d.ResizeItem(d.cover, rows, 0)
+	if combined := coverW == 0; combined != d.combined {
+		d.combined = combined
+		d.applyText()
 	}
+	d.ResizeItem(d.top, coverH, 0)
+	d.top.ResizeItem(d.cover, coverW+1, 0) // +1: the padding left of the poster
 	d.Flex.Draw(screen)
 }

internal/ui/detail_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+package ui
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/gdamore/tcell/v2"
+)
+
+func rowText(screen tcell.SimulationScreen, y, x0, x1 int) string {
+	var b strings.Builder
+	for x := x0; x < x1; x++ {
+		ch, _, _, _ := screen.GetContent(x, y)
+		b.WriteRune(ch)
+	}
+	return b.String()
+}
+
+func TestDetailPaneLayout(t *testing.T) {
+	a := newTestApp(t)
+	screen := tcell.NewSimulationScreen("")
+	if err := screen.Init(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer screen.Fini()
+	screen.SetSize(60, 40)
+
+	d := newDetailPane(a)
+	d.SetRect(0, 0, 60, 40)
+	d.Show(detailText{head: "[::b]The Matrix (1999)[::-]\nStatus: released", plot: "Plot text goes here"}, coverRef{})
+
+	// Without a poster everything is one text.
+	d.Draw(screen)
+	if got := rowText(screen, 1, 1, 30); !strings.HasPrefix(got, "The Matrix (1999)") {
+		t.Errorf("first line = %q", got)
+	}
+	if got := rowText(screen, 3, 1, 30); !strings.HasPrefix(got, "Plot text goes here") {
+		t.Errorf("without a poster the plot follows the head: %q", got)
+	}
+
+	// With a poster: head on the left, poster on the right, plot below both.
+	d.hasCover = true
+	d.cover.setImage(stripes(40, 60))
+	d.Draw(screen)
+	if got := rowText(screen, 1, 1, 30); !strings.HasPrefix(got, "The Matrix (1999)") {
+		t.Errorf("head moved: %q", got)
+	}
+	coverX := -1
+	for x := 59; x > 30; x-- {
+		if ch, _, st, _ := screen.GetContent(x, 1); ch != ' ' || st != tcell.StyleDefault {
+			coverX = x
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if coverX < 55 {
+		t.Errorf("no poster against the right edge (last drawn column %d)", coverX)
+	}
+	// The plot starts below the poster: 40*2/5 = 24 columns -> 24*3/2/2 = 18 rows.
+	plotRow := -1
+	for y := 1; y < 39; y++ {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(rowText(screen, y, 1, 30), "Plot text goes here") {
+			plotRow = y
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if plotRow < 18 {
+		t.Errorf("plot at row %d, want below the poster", plotRow)
+	}
+
+	// A pane too short for the poster falls back to plain text.
+	d.SetRect(0, 0, 60, 14)
+	d.Draw(screen)
+	if !d.combined {
+		t.Error("a short pane must drop the poster")
+	}
+}

internal/ui/format.go

@@ -25,8 +25,22 @@ func movieLabel(m radarr.Movie) string {
 	return label
 }
 
+// detailText is the text of a detail pane: a short head (title, facts,
+// state) and the plot below it.
+type detailText struct {
+	head, plot string
+}
+
+// String joins both parts, for places that show them as one text.
+func (d detailText) String() string {
+	if d.plot == "" {
+		return d.head
+	}
+	return d.head + "\n" + d.plot
+}
+
 // movieDetails renders the detail pane text for a movie.
-func movieDetails(m radarr.Movie) string {
+func movieDetails(m radarr.Movie) detailText {
 	var b strings.Builder
 	title := tview.Escape(m.Title)
 	if m.Year > 0 {
@@ -59,10 +73,7 @@ func movieDetails(m radarr.Movie) string {
 	case m.InLibrary():
 		b.WriteString("[yellow]In library, not downloaded[-]\n")
 	}
-	if m.Overview != "" {
-		b.WriteString("\n" + tview.Escape(m.Overview) + "\n")
-	}
-	return b.String()
+	return detailText{head: b.String(), plot: tview.Escape(m.Overview)}
 }
 
 // profileIndex returns the index of the profile named name, or 0.
@@ -100,7 +111,7 @@ func seriesLabel(s sonarr.Series) string {
 }
 
 // seriesDetails renders the detail pane text for a series.
-func seriesDetails(s sonarr.Series) string {
+func seriesDetails(s sonarr.Series) detailText {
 	var b strings.Builder
 	title := tview.Escape(s.Title)
 	if s.Year > 0 {
@@ -138,10 +149,7 @@ func seriesDetails(s sonarr.Series) string {
 			fmt.Fprintf(&b, "[yellow]In library, %d/%d episodes downloaded[-]\n", st.EpisodeFileCount, st.EpisodeCount)
 		}
 	}
-	if s.Overview != "" {
-		b.WriteString("\n" + tview.Escape(s.Overview) + "\n")
-	}
-	return b.String()
+	return detailText{head: b.String(), plot: tview.Escape(s.Overview)}
 }
 
 func plural(n int) string {

internal/ui/format_test.go

@@ -28,8 +28,11 @@ func TestMovieDetails(t *testing.T) {
 		ID: 1, Title: "Alien", Year: 1979, Runtime: 117, Genres: []string{"Horror", "Sci-Fi"},
 		Overview: "In space...", Ratings: radarr.Ratings{IMDB: &radarr.Rating{Value: 8.5}},
 	})
+	if got.plot != "In space..." || strings.Contains(got.head, "In space") {
+		t.Errorf("plot belongs below the head: head=%q plot=%q", got.head, got.plot)
+	}
 	for _, want := range []string{"Alien (1979)", "★ 8.5", "1h57m", "Horror, Sci-Fi", "In library, not downloaded", "In space..."} {
-		if !strings.Contains(got, want) {
+		if !strings.Contains(got.String(), want) {
 			t.Errorf("details missing %q:\n%s", want, got)
 		}
 	}
@@ -56,7 +59,7 @@ func TestSeriesLabelAndDetails(t *testing.T) {
 	if got := seriesLabel(s); got != "Breaking Bad (2008)" {
 		t.Errorf("label = %q", got)
 	}
-	got := seriesDetails(s)
+	got := seriesDetails(s).String()
 	for _, want := range []string{"Breaking Bad (2008)", "★ 9.3", "1 season ·", "47 min", "Network: AMC", "Status: ended"} {
 		if !strings.Contains(got, want) {
 			t.Errorf("details missing %q:\n%s", want, got)
@@ -65,11 +68,11 @@ func TestSeriesLabelAndDetails(t *testing.T) {
 
 	s.ID = 1
 	s.Statistics = sonarr.Statistics{EpisodeCount: 10, EpisodeFileCount: 4}
-	if got := seriesDetails(s); !strings.Contains(got, "4/10 episodes") {
+	if got := seriesDetails(s).String(); !strings.Contains(got, "4/10 episodes") {
 		t.Errorf("progress missing:\n%s", got)
 	}
 	s.Statistics.EpisodeFileCount = 10
-	if got := seriesDetails(s); !strings.Contains(got, "all episodes downloaded") {
+	if got := seriesDetails(s).String(); !strings.Contains(got, "all episodes downloaded") {
 		t.Errorf("complete marker missing:\n%s", got)
 	}
 }

internal/ui/library.go

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ type libItem struct {
 	missing   bool // monitored and not complete
 	status    string
 	size      string
-	details   string
+	details   detailText
 	cover     coverRef
 	movie     *radarr.Movie
 	series    *sonarr.Series
@@ -105,7 +105,11 @@ func newMovieItem(m radarr.Movie) libItem {
 	default:
 		it.status = "[yellow]missing"
 	}
-	it.details = movieDetails(m) + monitoredLine(m.Monitored) + sizeLine(m.SizeOnDisk) + pathLine(m.Path)
+	it.details = movieDetails(m)
+	it.details.head += monitoredLine(m.Monitored) + sizeLine(m.SizeOnDisk)
+	if path := pathLine(m.Path); path != "" {
+		it.details.plot += "\n\n" + path
+	}
 	return it
 }
 
@@ -130,7 +134,8 @@ func newSeriesItem(s sonarr.Series) libItem {
 	default:
 		it.status = "[yellow]" + counts
 	}
-	it.details = seriesDetails(s) + monitoredLine(s.Monitored) + sizeLine(st.SizeOnDisk)
+	it.details = seriesDetails(s)
+	it.details.head += monitoredLine(s.Monitored) + sizeLine(st.SizeOnDisk)
 	return it
 }