diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7f4b40f1..64eebdcd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# NOTICE
+
+This project is no longer actively maintained, it should still work for the foreseeable future
+
+---
+
 <p align="center">
     <a> <img src=.assets/logo.png></a>
     <br />
@@ -26,14 +32,14 @@
 
 # Table Of Contents
 
-* [`Dependencies`](#Dependencies)
-* [`Install`](#Install)
-* [`Features`](#Features)
-* [`Examples`](#Examples)
-* [`Configuration`](#Configuration)
-* [`Bugs`](#Bugs)
-* [`Contributing`](#Contributing)
-* [`Credits`](#Credits)
+- [`Dependencies`](#Dependencies)
+- [`Install`](#Install)
+- [`Features`](#Features)
+- [`Examples`](#Examples)
+- [`Configuration`](#Configuration)
+- [`Bugs`](#Bugs)
+- [`Contributing`](#Contributing)
+- [`Credits`](#Credits)
 
 ---
 
@@ -43,40 +49,40 @@ There are only 2 required dependencies, however the rest require some configurat
 
 ## Required dependencies
 
-* [`jq`](https://github.com/stedolan/jq)
-* [`curl`](https://github.com/curl/curl)
+- [`jq`](https://github.com/stedolan/jq)
+- [`curl`](https://github.com/curl/curl)
 
 ## Recommended dependencies
 
-* [`mpv`](https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv) (the default video and audio player)
-* [`fzf`](https://github.com/junegunn/fzf) (the default menu selection screen)
+- [`mpv`](https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv) (the default video and audio player)
+- [`fzf`](https://github.com/junegunn/fzf) (the default menu selection screen)
 
 ## Optional dependencies
 
-* [`yt-dlp`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp) (for downloading)
-* [`dmenu`](https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/) (only if using the -D option)
-* [`ueberzugpp`](https://github.com/jstkdng/ueberzugpp)
-    * needed for the following thumbnail viewers:
-        * `kitty`, `iterm2`, `sixel`, and `ueberzug`
-    * the original [`ueberzug`](https://github.com/seebye/ueberzug) or any fork may be used if you only want to use the `ueberzug` viewer.
+- [`yt-dlp`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp) (for downloading)
+- [`dmenu`](https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/) (only if using the -D option)
+- [`ueberzugpp`](https://github.com/jstkdng/ueberzugpp)
+  - needed for the following thumbnail viewers:
+    - `kitty`, `iterm2`, `sixel`, and `ueberzug`
+  - the original [`ueberzug`](https://github.com/seebye/ueberzug) or any fork may be used if you only want to use the `ueberzug` viewer.
 
 ### Thumbnail Viewers
 
-* **To use a thumbnail viewer include `-T <viewer>` in the command when running ytfzf**
-
-| Program                                                                   | Wayland Support      |
-| :--                                                                       | :--                  |
-| [`kitty`](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty) (requires `ueberzugpp`)    | &#9989;              |
-| `iterm2` (requires `ueberzugpp`)                                          | &#9989;              |
-| `sixel` (requires `ueberzugpp`)                                           | &#9989;              |
-| `sway` (requires `ueberzugpp`)                                            | &9989; (only on sway)|
-| `wayland` (requires `ueberzugpp`)                                         | &9989;               |
-| [`chafa`](https://github.com/hpjansson/chafa)                             | &#9989;              |
-| [`catimg`](https://github.com/posva/catimg)                               | &#9989;              |
-| [`imv`](https://git.sr.ht/~exec64/imv)                                    | &#9989;              |
-| [`mpv`](https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv)                                | &#9989;              |
-| [`swayimg`](https://github.com/artemsen/swayimg)                          | only on `sway`       |
-| [`swayimg`](https://github.com/artemsen/swayimg) (-T swayimg-hyprland)    | only on `hyprland`   |
+- **To use a thumbnail viewer include `-T <viewer>` in the command when running ytfzf**
+
+| Program                                                                | Wayland Support        |
+| :--------------------------------------------------------------------- | :--------------------- |
+| [`kitty`](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty) (requires `ueberzugpp`) | &#9989;                |
+| `iterm2` (requires `ueberzugpp`)                                       | &#9989;                |
+| `sixel` (requires `ueberzugpp`)                                        | &#9989;                |
+| `sway` (requires `ueberzugpp`)                                         | &#9989; (only on sway) |
+| `wayland` (requires `ueberzugpp`)                                      | &#9989;                |
+| [`chafa`](https://github.com/hpjansson/chafa)                          | &#9989;                |
+| [`catimg`](https://github.com/posva/catimg)                            | &#9989;                |
+| [`imv`](https://git.sr.ht/~exec64/imv)                                 | &#9989;                |
+| [`mpv`](https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv)                             | &#9989;                |
+| [`swayimg`](https://github.com/artemsen/swayimg)                       | only on `sway`         |
+| [`swayimg`](https://github.com/artemsen/swayimg) (-T swayimg-hyprland) | only on `hyprland`     |
 
 # Install
 
@@ -88,19 +94,21 @@ There are only 2 required dependencies, however the rest require some configurat
 
 1. Install the dependencies listed [above](#Dependencies)
 2. Run the following commands
+
 ```sh
 git clone https://github.com/pystardust/ytfzf
 cd ytfzf
 sudo make install doc
 ```
 
-* If you wish to not install documentation (highly unrecommended) run `sudo make install` instead.
+- If you wish to not install documentation (highly unrecommended) run `sudo make install` instead.
+
+- If you wish to install addons, run `sudo make addons`
 
-* If you wish to install addons, run `sudo make addons`
-    * `YTFZF_SYSTEM_ADDONS_DIR` will point to `/usr/local/share/ytfzf/addons` even if you set `PREFIX` to something else
-    * If you use a different prefix, it would be smart to export `YTFZF_SYSTEM_ADDONS_DIR` to `$PREFIX/share/ytfzf/addons` in a shell startup file.
+  - `YTFZF_SYSTEM_ADDONS_DIR` will point to `/usr/local/share/ytfzf/addons` even if you set `PREFIX` to something else
+  - If you use a different prefix, it would be smart to export `YTFZF_SYSTEM_ADDONS_DIR` to `$PREFIX/share/ytfzf/addons` in a shell startup file.
 
-* You may also install `ytfzf` through your package manager, as listed on the side.
+- You may also install `ytfzf` through your package manager, as listed on the side.
 
 ## Addons
 
@@ -128,14 +136,14 @@ To use an extension addon run `ytfzf -e <extension> ...`
 
 # Features
 
-* Subscriptions
-* Thumbnails
-* Watch history
-* Search History
-* Downloading
-* Queueing multiple videos
-* Custom menus, and scrapers
-* Addon support
+- Subscriptions
+- Thumbnails
+- Watch history
+- Search History
+- Downloading
+- Queueing multiple videos
+- Custom menus, and scrapers
+- Addon support
 
 ---
 
@@ -165,7 +173,7 @@ ytfzf -L <search>
 ytfzf -cO <search>
 ```
 
-> Use the chafa thumbnail viewer, pass --vo=sixel, and --quiet to mpv, scrape odysee with the search *odysee search*, youtube with the search: *youtube search*, and also scrape subscriptions
+> Use the chafa thumbnail viewer, pass --vo=sixel, and --quiet to mpv, scrape odysee with the search _odysee search_, youtube with the search: _youtube search_, and also scrape subscriptions
 
 ```sh
 ytfzf -t -T chafa --url-handler-opts='--vo=sixel --quiet' -cO,Y,SI --multi-search odysee search,youtube search
@@ -187,9 +195,9 @@ For more information, see `ytfzf(5)` which should be installed, if it's not see
 
 # Bugs
 
-* *dwm with swallow patch: Images don't render with ueberzug when looped (ie, option `-l`)*
-* *if thumbnails are not working `.Xauthority` might be causing it. Try deleting it and relogging into your computer.*
-* When fzf is not set to 100% height, thumbnails may appear in the wrong position
+- _dwm with swallow patch: Images don't render with ueberzug when looped (ie, option `-l`)_
+- _if thumbnails are not working `.Xauthority` might be causing it. Try deleting it and relogging into your computer._
+- When fzf is not set to 100% height, thumbnails may appear in the wrong position
 
 # Contributing
 
@@ -197,14 +205,13 @@ Feel free to contribute, and add your name to the credits, please use the develo
 
 # Credits
 
-| User           | Contributions                             | Donate|
-| :---           | :---                                      | :--- |
-| Pystardust    | [contributions](credits/pystardust.md)    ||
-| Euro20179     | [contributions](credits/euro20179.md)     ||
-| Simonhughxyz  | [contributions](credits/simonhughxyz.md)  ||
-| Jac-Zac       | [contributions](credits/jac-zac.md)       ||
-| Mudskipper875 | [contributions](credits/mudskipper875.md) ||
-| Gardockt | [contributions](credits/gardockt.md)||
-| qoheniac | [contributions](credits/qoheniac.md)||
-| mathisto | [contributions](credits/mathisto.md)||
-
+| User          | Contributions                             | Donate |
+| :------------ | :---------------------------------------- | :----- |
+| Pystardust    | [contributions](credits/pystardust.md)    |        |
+| Euro20179     | [contributions](credits/euro20179.md)     |        |
+| Simonhughxyz  | [contributions](credits/simonhughxyz.md)  |        |
+| Jac-Zac       | [contributions](credits/jac-zac.md)       |        |
+| Mudskipper875 | [contributions](credits/mudskipper875.md) |        |
+| Gardockt      | [contributions](credits/gardockt.md)      |        |
+| qoheniac      | [contributions](credits/qoheniac.md)      |        |
+| mathisto      | [contributions](credits/mathisto.md)      |        |
diff --git a/addons/scrapers/yt-music-utils/convert-ascii-escape.pl b/addons/scrapers/yt-music-utils/convert-ascii-escape.pl
index cb334974..a1f54d55 100755
--- a/addons/scrapers/yt-music-utils/convert-ascii-escape.pl
+++ b/addons/scrapers/yt-music-utils/convert-ascii-escape.pl
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
-binmode(STDOUT, 'utf8');
-
 while(<>){
     s/\\x([0-9a-fA-F]{2})/chr(hex($1))/eg;
     print;
diff --git a/docs/man/ytfzf.5 b/docs/man/ytfzf.5
index c6cc7c32..d760b500 100644
--- a/docs/man/ytfzf.5
+++ b/docs/man/ytfzf.5
@@ -254,6 +254,12 @@ Valid options:
 .IR default: " left"
 .RE
 
+.TP
+.RB $ preview_window_width
+The amount of space to use for the fzf preview
+.br
+.IR default: " 50%"
+
 .TP
 .RB $ thumbnail_viewer
 The program to display images for thumbnail previews
@@ -457,67 +463,79 @@ Whether or not to make another search after fzf is closed.
 .br
 .IR default: " 0"
 
+.TP
+.RB $ selection_meta_key
+The meta key for shortcuts that select a video.
+.br
+.IR default: " alt"
+
 .TP
 .RB $ download_shortcut
 The shortcut to download the selected videos.
 .br
-.IR default: " alt-d"
+.IR default: " $selection_meta_key-d"
 
 .TP
 .RB $ video_shortcut
 The shortcut to watch the selected videos.
 .br
-.IR default: " alt-v"
+.IR default: " $selection_meta_key-v"
 
 .TP
 .RB $ audio_shortcut
 The shortcut to listen to the selected videos.
 .br
-.IR default: " alt-m"
+.IR default: " $selection_meta_key-m"
 
 .TP
 .RB $ detach_shortcut
 The shortcut to use the detach player.
 .br
-.IR default: " alt-e"
+.IR default: " $selection_meta_key-e"
 
 .TP
 .RB $ print_link_shortcut
 The shortcut to use to print the link.
 .br
-.IR default: " alt-l"
+.IR default: " $selection_meta_key-l"
 
 .TP
 .RB $ show_formats_shortcut
 The shortcut to show formats before playing the video.
 .br
-.IR default: " alt-f"
+.IR default: " $selection_meta_key-f"
 
 .TP
 .RB $ info_shortcut
 The shortcut to get all info about the selected video.
 .br
-.IR default: " alt-i"
+.IR default: " $selection_meta_key-i"
 
 .TP
 .RB $ search_again_shortcut
 The shortcut to make another search.
 .br
-.IR default: " alt-s"
+.IR default: " $selection_meta_key-s"
 
 .TP
-.RB $ shortcut_binds
-The keys to listen for in fzf.
+.RB $ action_meta_key
+The meta key for shorcuts that do something
 .br
-.IR default: " Enter,double-click,$download_shortcut,
-$video_shortcut,$detach_shortcut,$print_link_shortcut,$show_formats_shortcut,
-$info_shortcut,$search_again_shortcut,$custom_shortcut_binds"
+.IR default: " ctrl"
 
 .TP
 .RB next_page_action_shortcut
 The shortcut to scrape the next page.
 .br
-.IR default: " ctrl-p"
+.IR default: " $action_meta_key-p"
+
+.TP
+.RB $ shortcut_binds
+The keys to listen for in fzf.
+.br
+.IR default: " Enter,double-click,$download_shortcut,
+$video_shortcut,$detach_shortcut,$print_link_shortcut,$show_formats_shortcut,
+$info_shortcut,$search_again_shortcut,$custom_shortcut_binds"
 
 .TP
 .RB $ custom_shortcut_binds
@@ -745,6 +763,11 @@ Misc
 
 .RS
 
+.TP 
+.RB $ gap_space
+The amount of space after the title in the thumbnail viewer menu.
+.IR default: "'                             '"
+
 .TP
 .RB $ scrape_search_exclude
 The scrapers to not ask for a search query.
diff --git a/ytfzf b/ytfzf
index 9b96e8e1..b84a0cb8 100755
--- a/ytfzf
+++ b/ytfzf
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 # versioning system:
 # major.minor.bugs
-YTFZF_VERSION="2.6.1"
+YTFZF_VERSION="git-2051.a67ba26"
 
 #ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES {{{
 : "${YTFZF_CONFIG_DIR:=${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/ytfzf}"
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ YTFZF_VERSION="2.6.1"
 : "${YTFZF_LOGFILE:=}"
 
 if [ "$YTFZF_LOGFILE" ] && { [ "$__is_fzf_preview" -eq 1 ] || [ "$__is_submenu" -eq 1 ]; }; then
-    printf "[%s]\n==============\nSubmenu: %d\nFzf Preview: %d\n==============\n" "$(date)" "$__is_submenu" "$__is_fzf_preview" >> "${YTFZF_LOGFILE}"
+	printf "[%s]\n==============\nSubmenu: %d\nFzf Preview: %d\n==============\n" "$(date)" "$__is_submenu" "$__is_fzf_preview" >>"${YTFZF_LOGFILE}"
 elif [ "${YTFZF_LOGFILE}" ]; then
-    : > "${YTFZF_LOGFILE}"
+	: >"${YTFZF_LOGFILE}"
 fi
 
 ! [ -d "$YTFZF_TEMP_DIR" ] && mkdir -p "${YTFZF_TEMP_DIR}"
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ print_help___ytfzf__() {
                                     month
                                     year
 
-        --video-duration=<time> Searches for vidos that are:
+        --video-duration=<time> Searches for videos that are:
                                     short
                                     medium
                                     long
@@ -385,10 +385,10 @@ on_clean_up___ytfzf__() {
 	done <"$jobs_file"
 	rm -f "$jobs_file"
 	#}}}
-    if [ "$__is_fzf_preview" -eq 0 ]; then
-        [ "$keep_cache" -eq 1 ] && print_debug "[CLEAN UP]: copying cache dir${new_line}" && cp -r "${session_cache_dir}" "${cache_dir}"
-	    [ -d "$session_cache_dir" ] && rm -rf "$session_cache_dir"
-    fi
+	if [ "$__is_fzf_preview" -eq 0 ]; then
+		[ "$keep_cache" -eq 1 ] && print_debug "[CLEAN UP]: copying cache dir" && cp -r "${session_cache_dir}" "${cache_dir}"
+		[ -d "$session_cache_dir" ] && rm -rf "$session_cache_dir"
+	fi
 }
 
 on_load_fake_extension___ytfzf__() {
@@ -416,8 +416,8 @@ on_post_set_vars___ytfzf__() {
 
 	: "${invidious_instance:=$(get_random_invidious_instance)}"
 
-    #if there is no domain, use the chosen invidious instance
-    [ -z "${yt_video_link_domain}" ] && yt_video_link_domain="${invidious_instance}"
+	#if there is no domain, use the chosen invidious instance
+	[ -z "${yt_video_link_domain}" ] && yt_video_link_domain="${invidious_instance}"
 
 	export FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS="--margin=0,3,0,0 $FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS"
 
@@ -427,9 +427,9 @@ on_post_set_vars___ytfzf__() {
 
 	source_scrapers
 
-	print_debug "${new_line}=============${new_line}VARIABLE DUMP${new_line}=============${new_line}"
-	print_debug "$(set)${new_line}"
-	print_debug "${new_line}============${new_line}END VAR DUMP${new_line}============${new_line}"
+	print_debug "${new_line}=============${new_line}VARIABLE DUMP${new_line}============="
+	print_debug "$(set)"
+	print_debug "${new_line}============${new_line}END VAR DUMP${new_line}============"
 }
 #}}}
 
@@ -472,16 +472,16 @@ on_load_fake_extension___ytfzf_history_management__() {
 		case "$1" in
 		search)
 			: >"$search_hist_file"
-			print_info "Search history cleared${new_line}"
+			print_info "Search history cleared"
 			;;
 		watch)
 			: >"$hist_file"
-			print_info "Watch history cleared${new_line}"
+			print_info "Watch history cleared"
 			;;
 		*)
 			: >"$search_hist_file"
 			: >"$hist_file"
-			print_info "History cleared${new_line}"
+			print_info "History cleared"
 			;;
 		esac
 	}
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ on_load_fake_extension___ytfzf_history__() {
 	: "${hist_file:="$cache_dir/watch_hist"}"
 	on_opt_parse_history() {
 		if [ "$enable_hist" -eq 0 ]; then
-			die 1 "enable_hist must be set to 1 for -H/--history${new_line}"
+			die 1 "enable_hist must be set to 1 for -H/--history"
 		fi
 		scrape=history
 	}
@@ -511,12 +511,12 @@ on_open_url_handler___ytfzf_history__() {
 
 add_to_hist() {
 	[ "$enable_hist" -eq 1 ] || return
-	print_debug "[WATCH HIST]: adding to file $hist_file${new_line}"
+	print_debug "[WATCH HIST]: adding to file $hist_file"
 	# id of the video to add to hist will be passed through stdin
 	# if multiple videos are selected, multiple ids will be present on multiple lines
 	json_file="$1"
-    urls="$(printf '"%s",' $(cat))"
-    urls="[${urls%,}]"
+	urls="$(printf '"%s",' $(cat))"
+	urls="[${urls%,}]"
 	jq -r '[ .[]|select(.url as $url | '"$urls"' | index($url) >= 0)]' <"$json_file" | sed "/\[\]/d" | sed "2s/$/\n    \"viewed\": \"$(date +'%m\/%d\/%y\ %H\:%M\:%S\ %z')\",/" >>"$hist_file"
 	unset url urls json_file
 }
@@ -554,9 +554,9 @@ on_load_fake_extension___ytfzf_search_history__() {
 	: "${search_hist_file:="$cache_dir/search_hist"}"
 	on_opt_parse_q() {
 		if [ "$enable_search_hist" -eq 0 ]; then
-			die 1 'In order to use this search history must be enabled${new_line}'
+			die 1 "In order to use this search history must be enabled"
 		fi
-		[ ! -s "$search_hist_file" ] && die 1 "You have no search history${new_line}"
+		[ ! -s "$search_hist_file" ] && die 1 "You have no search history"
 		search_source="hist"
 	}
 	on_opt_parse_search_hist() {
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ on_load_fake_extension___ytfzf_search_history__() {
 }
 
 on_post_set_vars___ytfzf_search_history__() {
-	[ "${use_search_hist:-0}" -eq 1 ] && print_warning "use_search_hist is deprecated, please use search_source=hist instead${new_line}" && search_source=hist
+	[ "${use_search_hist:-0}" -eq 1 ] && print_warning "use_search_hist is deprecated, please use search_source=hist instead" && search_source=hist
 }
 
 on_init_search___ytfzf_history__() {
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ def pad_left(n; num):
 
 # Invidious{{{
 refresh_inv_instances() {
-	print_info "Fetching list of healthy invidious instances ...${new_line}" &&
+	print_info "Fetching list of healthy invidious instances ..." &&
 		# The pipeline does the following:
 		#   - Fetches the avaiable invidious instances
 		#   - Gets the one where the api is public
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ create_sorted_video_data() {
 
 download_thumbnails() {
 	[ "$skip_thumb_download" -eq 1 ] && {
-		print_info "Skipping thumbnail download${new_line}"
+		print_info "Skipping thumbnail download"
 		return 0
 	}
 	[ "$async_thumbnails" -eq 0 ] && print_info "Fetching thumbnails...${new_line}"
@@ -705,10 +705,10 @@ _get_real_channel_link() {
 	http?://*/@*)
 		domain=${_input_link#https://}
 		domain=${domain%%/*}
-        url=$(printf "https://www.youtube.com/channel/%s\n" "$(_get_request "$_input_link" | sed -n 's/.*"channelId":"\([^"]\+\).*/\1/p')")
-        _get_real_channel_link_handle_empty_real_path () {
-            printf "$url"
-        }
+		url=$(printf "https://www.youtube.com/channel/%s\n" "$(_get_request "$_input_link" | sed -n 's/.*"channelId":"\([^"]\+\).*/\1/p')")
+		_get_real_channel_link_handle_empty_real_path() {
+			printf "$url"
+		}
 		;;
 	http?://*/c/* | http?://*/user/* | *\.*)
 		domain=${_input_link#https://}
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ _get_real_channel_link() {
 		id="${id%/playlists}"
 		id="${id%/streams}"
 		id="${id##*channel/}"
-		print_warning "$_input_link appears to be a youtube id, which is hard to detect, please use a full channel url next time${new_line}"
+		print_warning "$_input_link appears to be a youtube id, which is hard to detect, please use a full channel url next time"
 		domain="youtube.com"
 		url=$(printf "https://youtube.com/channel/%s/videos" "$id" | sed 's_\(https://\)*\(www\.\)*youtube\.com_'"${invidious_instance}"'_')
 		_get_real_channel_link_handle_empty_real_path() {
@@ -762,8 +762,11 @@ trim_url() {
 	done
 }
 
-trim_blank() { _s="${1##[[:blank:]]}"; printf '%s' "${_s%%[[:blank:]]}"; }
-
+trim_blank() {
+	sed -e 's/^[[:blank:]]*//g' -e 's/[[:blank:]]*$//g' <<EOF
+$1
+EOF
+}
 
 command_exists() {
 	command -v "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1
@@ -891,10 +894,10 @@ generic_wrapper() {
 	shift
 	fn_name="$base_name""$(printf "%s" "${interface:+_$interface}" | sed 's/-/_/g')"
 	if command_exists "$fn_name"; then
-		print_debug "[INTERFACE]: Running menu function: $fn_name${new_line}"
+		print_debug "[INTERFACE]: Running menu function: $fn_name"
 		$fn_name "$@"
 	else
-		print_debug "[INTERFACE]: Menu function $fn_name did not exist, falling back to ${base_name}_ext${new_line}"
+		print_debug "[INTERFACE]: Menu function $fn_name did not exist, falling back to ${base_name}_ext"
 		"$base_name"_ext "$@"
 	fi
 	unset fn_name
@@ -928,7 +931,7 @@ run_interface() {
 
 	_interface="interface_${interface:-text}"
 
-	print_debug "[INTERFACE]: Running interface: $_interface${new_line}"
+	print_debug "[INTERFACE]: Running interface: $_interface"
 
 	$(printf "%s" "$_interface" | sed 's/-/_/g') "$ytfzf_video_json_file" "$ytfzf_selected_urls"
 	unset _interface
@@ -937,10 +940,10 @@ run_interface() {
 _init_video_info_text() {
 	TTY_COLS=$1
 
-    command_exists "column" && use_column=1 || {
-        use_column=0
-        print_warning "command \"column\" not found, the menu may look very bad${new_line}"
-    }
+	command_exists "column" && use_column=1 || {
+		use_column=0
+		print_warning "command \"column\" not found, the menu may look very bad"
+	}
 
 	title_len=$((TTY_COLS / 2))
 	channel_len=$((TTY_COLS / 5))
@@ -950,7 +953,7 @@ _init_video_info_text() {
 }
 
 _post_video_info_text() {
-	if [ "$use_column" = "1" ] ; then
+	if [ "$use_column" = "1" ]; then
 		column -t -s "$tab_space"
 	else
 		cat
@@ -1002,12 +1005,11 @@ thumbnail_video_info_text() {
 do_an_event_function() {
 	event="$1"
 	shift
-	print_debug "[EVENT]: doing event: $event${new_line}"
+	print_debug "[EVENT]: doing event: $event"
 	command_exists "$event" && $event "$@"
 	prepare_for_set_args " "
 	for ext in $loaded_extensions; do
-
-		command_exists "${event}_$ext" && print_debug "[EVENT]: $ext running $event${new_line}" && "${event}_$ext" "$@"
+		command_exists "${event}_$ext" && print_debug "[EVENT]: $ext running $event" && "${event}_$ext" "$@"
 	done
 	end_of_set_args
 }
@@ -1023,7 +1025,7 @@ source_scrapers() {
 			. "${YTFZF_SYSTEM_ADDON_DIR}/scrapers/$_scr"
 		fi
 		[ "$__is_fzf_preview" -eq 0 ] && command_exists "on_startup_$_scr" && "on_startup_$_scr"
-		print_debug "[LOADING]: Loaded scraper: $_scr${new_line}"
+		print_debug "[LOADING]: Loaded scraper: $_scr"
 	done
 	end_of_set_args
 }
@@ -1054,7 +1056,7 @@ load_extension() {
 	done
 	end_of_set_args
 
-	print_debug "[LOADING]: loaded extension: ${ext} with exit code: ${rv}${new_line}"
+	print_debug "[LOADING]: loaded extension: ${ext} with exit code: ${rv}"
 
 	return $rv
 }
@@ -1070,7 +1072,7 @@ load_fake_extension() {
 	fi
 
 	command_exists "on_load_fake_extension_$1" && on_load_fake_extension_"$1"
-	print_debug "[LOADING]: fake extension: $1 loaded${new_line}"
+	print_debug "[LOADING]: fake extension: $1 loaded"
 }
 
 load_sort_name() {
@@ -1091,7 +1093,7 @@ load_sort_name() {
 	esac
 	rv="$?"
 	unset "$_sort_name"
-	print_debug "[LOADING]: loaded sort name: ${_sort_name} with exit code: ${rv}${new_line}"
+	print_debug "[LOADING]: loaded sort name: ${_sort_name} with exit code: ${rv}"
 	return "$rv"
 }
 
@@ -1103,9 +1105,9 @@ load_url_handler() {
 		for path in "$YTFZF_URL_HANDLERS_DIR" "$YTFZF_SYSTEM_ADDON_DIR/url-handlers"; do
 			[ -f "${path}/${requested_url_handler}" ] && url_handler="${path}/${requested_url_handler}" && return
 		done
-		die 2 "$1 is not a url-handler${new_line}"
+		die 2 "$1 is not a url-handler"
 	fi
-	print_debug "[LOADING]: loaded url handler: ${requested_url_handler}${new_line}"
+	print_debug "[LOADING]: loaded url handler: ${requested_url_handler}"
 }
 
 load_interface() {
@@ -1134,7 +1136,7 @@ load_interface() {
 	esac
 	rv="$?"
 	unset requested_interface
-	print_debug "[LOADING]: loaded interface: ${requested_interface}${new_line}"
+	print_debug "[LOADING]: loaded interface: ${requested_interface}"
 	return "$rv"
 }
 
@@ -1147,7 +1149,7 @@ load_thumbnail_viewer() {
 		true
 		;;
 	swayimg-hyprland)
-		print_warning "swayimg-hyprland thumbnail viewer may mess up any rules you have for swayimg${new_line}"
+		print_warning "swayimg-hyprland thumbnail viewer may mess up any rules you have for swayimg"
 		thumbnail_viewer="$_thumbnail_viewer"
 		;;
 	./* | /* | ../* | ~/*)
@@ -1164,7 +1166,7 @@ load_thumbnail_viewer() {
 		;;
 	esac
 	rv="$?"
-	print_debug "[LOADING]: loaded thumbnail viewer: ${_thumbnail_viewer}${new_line}"
+	print_debug "[LOADING]: loaded thumbnail viewer: ${_thumbnail_viewer}"
 	unset _thumbnail_viewer
 	return $rv
 }
@@ -1172,27 +1174,27 @@ load_thumbnail_viewer() {
 
 # Logging {{{
 
-_print_to_log_and_stderr () {
-    tee -a "${YTFZF_LOGFILE:-/dev/null}" <<EOF >&2
+_print_to_log_and_stderr() {
+	tee -a "${YTFZF_LOGFILE:-/dev/null}" <<EOF >&2
 $(printf -- "$1")
 EOF
 }
 
 print_debug() {
-    [ "${YTFZF_LOGFILE}" ] && pre_text="[DEBUG]" || pre_text="${c_blue}[DEBUG]${c_reset}"
-    [ "$log_level" -ge 3 ] && _print_to_log_and_stderr "${pre_text}: $1"
-    return 0
+	[ "${YTFZF_LOGFILE}" ] && pre_text="[DEBUG]" || pre_text="${c_blue}[DEBUG]${c_reset}"
+	[ "$log_level" -ge 3 ] && _print_to_log_and_stderr "${pre_text}: $1"
+	return 0
 }
 print_info() {
-    [ "$log_level" -ge 2 ] && _print_to_log_and_stderr "$1"
+	[ "$log_level" -ge 2 ] && _print_to_log_and_stderr "$1"
 }
 print_warning() {
-    [ "${YTFZF_LOGFILE}" ] && pre_text="[WARNING]" || pre_text="${c_yellow}[WARNING]${c_reset}"
-    [ "$log_level" -ge 1 ] && _print_to_log_and_stderr "${pre_text}: $1"
+	[ "${YTFZF_LOGFILE}" ] && pre_text="[WARNING]" || pre_text="${c_yellow}[WARNING]${c_reset}"
+	[ "$log_level" -ge 1 ] && _print_to_log_and_stderr "${pre_text}: $1"
 }
 print_error() {
-    [ "${YTFZF_LOGFILE}" ] && pre_text="[ERROR]" || pre_text="${c_red}[ERROR]${c_reset}"
-    [ "$log_level" -ge 0 ] && _print_to_log_and_stderr "${pre_text}: $1"
+	[ "${YTFZF_LOGFILE}" ] && pre_text="[ERROR]" || pre_text="${c_red}[ERROR]${c_reset}"
+	[ "$log_level" -ge 0 ] && _print_to_log_and_stderr "${pre_text}: $1"
 }
 
 die() {
@@ -1310,7 +1312,7 @@ set_vars() {
 
 	# global vars
 
-	gap_space="                                                                                                                   "
+	gap_space="                             "
 	new_line='
     ' tab_space=$(printf '\t')
 	#necessary as a seperator for -W
@@ -1326,7 +1328,7 @@ set_vars() {
 		TTY_LINES="${stty_cols_lines% *}"
 		TTY_COLS="${stty_cols_lines#* }"
 	else
-		print_warning "Could not determine terminal size, defaulting to 80 COLUMNS x 25 LINES${new_line}"
+		print_warning "Could not determine terminal size, defaulting to 80 COLUMNS x 25 LINES"
 		TTY_COLS=80
 		TTY_LINES=25
 	fi
@@ -1340,6 +1342,8 @@ set_vars() {
 
 	# menu options
 
+	preview_window_width=50%
+
 	enable_submenus="1" submenu_opts="" submenu_scraping_opts="" enable_back_button="1"
 	keep_vars=0
 
@@ -1352,10 +1356,13 @@ set_vars() {
 	#actions are slow, disable if you want to increase runtime speed by 15ms
 	enable_actions=1
 
+	selection_meta_key="alt"
+	action_meta_key="ctrl"
+
 	# shortcuts
-	download_shortcut="alt-d" video_shortcut="alt-v" audio_shortcut="alt-m" detach_shortcut="alt-e" print_link_shortcut="alt-l" show_formats_shortcut="alt-f" info_shortcut="alt-i" search_again_shortcut="alt-s"
+	download_shortcut="${selection_meta_key}-d" video_shortcut="${selection_meta_key}-v" audio_shortcut="${selection_meta_key}-m" detach_shortcut="${selection_meta_key}-e" print_link_shortcut="${selection_meta_key}-l" show_formats_shortcut="${selection_meta_key}-f" info_shortcut="${selection_meta_key}-i" search_again_shortcut="${selection_meta_key}-s"
 
-	next_page_action_shortcut="ctrl-p"
+	next_page_action_shortcut="${action_meta_key}-p"
 
 	# interface design
 	show_thumbnails="0" is_sort="0" skip_thumb_download="0" external_menu_len="210"
@@ -1413,7 +1420,7 @@ set_vars() {
 	instances_file="$cache_dir/instancesV2.json"
 
 	# read from environment to reset any variables to what the user set
-    
+
 	if [ "$check_exists" -eq 1 ]; then
 		_current_var_name=
 		_current_var_value=
@@ -1430,9 +1437,14 @@ set_vars() {
 				_current_var_name="${_current_var_name%%=*}"
 				_current_var_value="${_var#*=}"
 				;;
-            (*) _current_var_value="${_current_var_value}${new_line}${_var}" ;;
+			*) _current_var_value="${_current_var_value}${new_line}${_var}" ;;
 			esac
 		done <"$tmp_env"
+		[ "$_current_var_name" ] && {
+			export "${_current_var_name}"="$(eval echo "$_current_var_value")"
+			_current_var_name=""
+			_current_var_value=""
+		}
 
 		rm "$tmp_env"
 	fi
@@ -1446,7 +1458,7 @@ missing_deps=""
 for dep in jq curl; do
 	command_exists "$dep" || missing_deps="${missing_deps}, ${dep}"
 done
-[ "$missing_deps" ] && die 3 "You are missing the following required dependencies${missing_deps}, Please install them.${new_line}"
+[ "$missing_deps" ] && die 3 "You are missing the following required dependencies${missing_deps}, Please install them."
 unset missing_deps
 #}}}
 
@@ -1539,7 +1551,7 @@ set_real_channel_url_and_id() {
 	_id="$(_get_channel_id "$_input_url")"
 	[ "$_id" = "$_input_url" ] &&
 		_url="$(_get_real_channel_link "$_input_url")" && _id="$(_get_channel_id "$_url")"
-	print_debug "[SCRAPE]: input url: $_input_url, detected url: $_url, detected id: $_id${new_line}"
+	print_debug "[SCRAPE]: input url: $_input_url, detected url: $_url, detected id: $_id"
 	channel_url="$_url" channel_id="$_id"
 	unset _url _id _input_url
 }
@@ -1605,27 +1617,27 @@ _youtube_channel_json() {
 }
 #}}}
 
-scrape_yt () {
-    search=$1
-    [ "$search" = ":help" ] && print_info "Scrape youtube without invidious\n" && return 100
-    output_json_file=$2
-    _tmp_html="${session_temp_dir}/yt-search.html"
-    _tmp_json="${session_temp_dir}/yt-search.json"
-
-    printf "%s\n" "Scraping Youtube (with https://www.youtube.com) ($search)"
-
-    _get_request "https://www.youtube.com/results" \
-		    -G --data-urlencode "search_query=$search" \
-		    -H "User-Agent: $4" \
-		    -H 'Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.9' \
-		    --compressed > "$_tmp_html" || exit "$?"
-    sed -n '/var *ytInitialData/,$p' < "$_tmp_html" |
-	   tr -d '\n' |
-	   sed -E ' s_^.*var ytInitialData ?=__ ; s_;</script>.*__ ;' > "$_tmp_json"
-
-    #gets a list of videos
-    {
-	jq '[ .contents|
+scrape_yt() {
+	search=$1
+	[ "$search" = ":help" ] && print_info "Scrape youtube without invidious" && return 100
+	output_json_file=$2
+	_tmp_html="${session_temp_dir}/yt-search.html"
+	_tmp_json="${session_temp_dir}/yt-search.json"
+
+	printf "%s\n" "Scraping Youtube (with https://www.youtube.com) ($search)"
+
+	_get_request "https://www.youtube.com/results" \
+		-G --data-urlencode "search_query=$search" \
+		-H "User-Agent: $4" \
+		-H 'Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.9' \
+		--compressed >"$_tmp_html" || exit "$?"
+	sed -n '/var *ytInitialData/,$p' <"$_tmp_html" |
+		tr -d '\n' |
+		sed -E ' s_^.*var ytInitialData ?=__ ; s_;</script>.*__ ;' >"$_tmp_json"
+
+	#gets a list of videos
+	{
+		jq '[ .contents|
 	..|.videoRenderer? |
 	select(. !=null) |
 		{
@@ -1642,7 +1654,7 @@ scrape_yt () {
 		}
 	]'
 
-	 jq '[ .contents|
+		jq '[ .contents|
 	..|.playlistRenderer? |
 	select(. !=null) |
 		{
@@ -1658,11 +1670,11 @@ scrape_yt () {
 			action: "scrape type=invidious-playlist search='"${yt_video_link_domain}"'/playlist?list=\(.playlistId)"
 		}
 	]'
-    } < "$_tmp_json" >> "$output_json_file"
+	} <"$_tmp_json" >>"$output_json_file"
 }
 
 scrape_subscriptions() {
-	! [ -f "$YTFZF_SUBSCRIPTIONS_FILE" ] && die 2 "subscriptions file doesn't exist${new_line}"
+	! [ -f "$YTFZF_SUBSCRIPTIONS_FILE" ] && die 2 "subscriptions file doesn't exist"
 
 	# if _tmp_subfile does not have a unique name, weird things happen
 	__subfile_line=-1
@@ -1676,16 +1688,16 @@ scrape_subscriptions() {
 		[ -z "$channel_url" ] && continue
 		__subfile_line=$((__subfile_line + 1))
 		{
-            print_info "Scraping subscription: ${channel_url} (https://www.youtube.com)"
+			print_info "Scraping subscription: ${channel_url} (https://www.youtube.com)"
 			_tmp_subfile="${session_temp_dir}/channel-$__subfile_line"
-            _tmp_html="${session_temp_dir}/${tmp_filename}${__subfile_line}.html"
-            _tmp_json="${session_temp_dir}/${tmp_filename}${__subfile_line}.json"
-            set_real_channel_url_and_id "$channel_url"
-            _get_request "https://www.youtube.com/channel/${channel_id}/videos" > "$_tmp_html"
-            _youtube_get_json <"$_tmp_html" > "$_tmp_json"
-
-            channel_name=$(_youtube_channel_name <"$_tmp_html")
-			_youtube_channel_json "$channel_name" "youtube_channel_$mod" <"$_tmp_json" >> "$_tmp_subfile"
+			_tmp_html="${session_temp_dir}/${tmp_filename}${__subfile_line}.html"
+			_tmp_json="${session_temp_dir}/${tmp_filename}${__subfile_line}.json"
+			set_real_channel_url_and_id "$channel_url"
+			_get_request "https://www.youtube.com/channel/${channel_id}/videos" >"$_tmp_html"
+			_youtube_get_json <"$_tmp_html" >"$_tmp_json"
+
+			channel_name=$(_youtube_channel_name <"$_tmp_html")
+			_youtube_channel_json "$channel_name" "youtube_channel_$mod" <"$_tmp_json" >>"$_tmp_subfile"
 			__new_data="$(jq '.[].scraper="subscriptions"' <"$_tmp_subfile")"
 			printf "%s\n" "$__new_data" >"$_tmp_subfile"
 			if [ ${fancy_subs} -eq 1 ]; then
@@ -1701,10 +1713,11 @@ scrape_subscriptions() {
 }
 scrape_youtube_subscriptions() { scrape_subscriptions "$@"; }
 scrape_S() { scrape_subscriptions "$@"; }
+scrape_s() { scrape_subscriptions "$@"; }
 
 scrape_SI() {
 	output_json_file="$2"
-	_curl_config_file="${session_temp_dir}/curl_config"
+	_curl_config_file="${session_temp_dir}/curl_channels"
 	: >"$_curl_config_file"
 
 	while read -r url; do
@@ -1724,7 +1737,7 @@ scrape_SI() {
 
 	_tmp_json="${session_temp_dir}/SI.json"
 
-	print_info "Scraping subscriptions with instance: $invidious_instance${new_line}"
+	print_info "Scraping subscriptions with instance: $invidious_instance"
 
 	curl -fLZ --parallel-max "${max_thread_count}" -K "$_curl_config_file"
 	[ $? -eq 2 ] && curl -fL -K "$_curl_config_file"
@@ -1750,9 +1763,11 @@ scrape_SI() {
 	set -f
 }
 
+scrape_si() { scrape_SI "$@"; }
+
 scrape_youtube_channel() {
 	channel_url="$1"
-	[ "$channel_url" = ":help" ] && print_info "The search should be a link to a youtube channel${new_line}You can put one or more of the following modifiers followed by a space before the url to specify which type of videos to scrape:${new_line}:videos${new_line}:streams${new_line}:playlists${new_line}:v, :s, and :p may also be used as a shorter version${new_line}You may also use --type=live, --type=video, --type=playlist, or --type=all${new_line}" && return 100
+	[ "$channel_url" = ":help" ] && print_info "The search should be a link to a youtube channel${new_line}You can put one or more of the following modifiers followed by a space before the url to specify which type of videos to scrape:${new_line}:videos${new_line}:streams${new_line}:playlists${new_line}:v, :s, and :p may also be used as a shorter version${new_line}You may also use --type=live, --type=video, --type=playlist, or --type=all" && return 100
 	output_json_file="$2"
 
 	prepare_for_set_args
@@ -1801,7 +1816,7 @@ scrape_youtube_channel() {
 	set_real_channel_url_and_id "$channel_url"
 
 	for mod in $modifiers; do
-		print_info "Scraping Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/${channel_id}/$mod${new_line}"
+		print_info "Scraping Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/${channel_id}/$mod"
 		tmp_filename="channel-${channel_id}-$mod"
 		_tmp_html="${session_temp_dir}/${tmp_filename}.html"
 		_tmp_json="${session_temp_dir}/${tmp_filename}.json"
@@ -1957,7 +1972,7 @@ _concatinate_json_file() {
 
 scrape_invidious_playlist() {
 	playlist_url=$1
-	[ "$playlist_url" = ":help" ] && print_info "The search should be a link to a youtube playlist${new_line}" && return 100
+	[ "$playlist_url" = ":help" ] && print_info "The search should be a link to a youtube playlist" && return 100
 	output_json_file=$2
 
 	playlist_id="${playlist_url##*[?]list=}"
@@ -1975,7 +1990,7 @@ scrape_invidious_playlist() {
 		_get_request "$invidious_instance/api/v1/playlists/$playlist_id" \
 			-G --data-urlencode "page=$_cur_page" >"$_tmp_json" || return "$?"
 		jq -e '.videos==[]' <"$_tmp_json" >/dev/null 2>&1 && break
-		print_info "Scraping Youtube playlist (with $invidious_instance) (playlist: $playlist_url, pg: $_cur_page)${new_line}"
+		print_info "Scraping Youtube playlist (with $invidious_instance) (playlist: $playlist_url, pg: $_cur_page)"
 
 		_invidious_playlist_json <"$_tmp_json" >>"$output_json_file"
 		_cur_page=$((_cur_page + 1))
@@ -1985,7 +2000,7 @@ scrape_youtube_playlist() { scrape_invidious_playlist "$@"; }
 
 scrape_invidious_search() {
 	page_query=$1
-	[ "$page_query" = ":help" ] && print_info "Make a youtube search${new_line}" && return 100
+	[ "$page_query" = ":help" ] && print_info "Make a youtube search" && return 100
 	output_json_file=$2
 
 	_ivs_cur_page=${pages_start:-1}
@@ -2003,7 +2018,7 @@ scrape_invidious_search() {
 		{
 			_tmp_json="${session_temp_dir}/yt-search-$_ivs_cur_page.json"
 
-			print_info "Scraping YouTube (with $invidious_instance) ($page_query, pg: $_ivs_cur_page)${new_line}"
+			print_info "Scraping YouTube (with $invidious_instance) ($page_query, pg: $_ivs_cur_page)"
 
 			_get_request "$invidious_instance/api/v1/search" \
 				-G --data-urlencode "q=$page_query" \
@@ -2047,7 +2062,7 @@ scrape_next_page_invidious_search() {
 
 scrape_invidious_video_recommended() {
 	video="$1"
-	[ "$video" = ":help" ] && print_info "The search should be a link to a youtube video${new_line}" && return 100
+	[ "$video" = ":help" ] && print_info "The search should be a link to a youtube video" && return 100
 	output_json_file="$2"
 	case "$video" in
 	*/*) video="${video##*=}" ;;
@@ -2062,9 +2077,9 @@ scrape_R() { scrape_invidious_video_recommended "$@"; }
 
 scrape_invidious_trending() {
 	trending_tab=$(title_str "$1")
-	[ "$trending_tab" = ":help" ] && print_info "The search should be one of: Normal, Gaming, Music, News${new_line}" && return 100
+	[ "$trending_tab" = ":help" ] && print_info "The search should be one of: Normal, Gaming, Music, News" && return 100
 	output_json_file=$2
-	print_info "Scraping YouTube (with $invidious_instance) trending (${trending_tab:-Normal})${new_line}"
+	print_info "Scraping YouTube (with $invidious_instance) trending (${trending_tab:-Normal})"
 
 	_tmp_json="${session_temp_dir}/yt-trending"
 
@@ -2083,14 +2098,14 @@ scrape_T() { scrape_invidious_trending "$@"; }
 
 scrape_invidious_channel() {
 	channel_url=$1
-	[ "$channel_url" = ":help" ] && print_info "The search should be a link to a youtube channel${new_line}You can put one or more of the following modifiers followed by a space before the url to specify which type of videos to scrape:${new_line}:videos${new_line}:streams${new_line}:playlists${new_line}:v, :s, and :p may also be used as a shorter version${new_line}You may also use --type=live, --type=video, --type=playlist, or --type=all${new_line}" && return 100
+	[ "$channel_url" = ":help" ] && print_info "The search should be a link to a youtube channel${new_line}You can put one or more of the following modifiers followed by a space before the url to specify which type of videos to scrape:${new_line}:videos${new_line}:streams${new_line}:playlists${new_line}:v, :s, and :p may also be used as a shorter version${new_line}You may also use --type=live, --type=video, --type=playlist, or --type=all" && return 100
 	output_json_file=$2
 
 	tmp_file_name="channel-${channel_id}"
 	_tmp_html="${session_temp_dir}/${tmp_file_name}.html"
 	_tmp_json="${session_temp_dir}/${tmp_file_name}.json"
 
-	[ -n "$pages_to_scrape" ] || [ -n "$pages_start" ] && print_warning "If you want to use --pages or --pages-start${new_line}use -c invidious-playlist where the search is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=$channel_id${new_line}"
+	[ -n "$pages_to_scrape" ] || [ -n "$pages_start" ] && print_warning "If you want to use --pages or --pages-start${new_line}use -c invidious-playlist where the search is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=$channel_id"
 
 	prepare_for_set_args
 	set -- $1
@@ -2140,27 +2155,27 @@ scrape_invidious_channel() {
 	for modifier in $modifiers; do
 		channel_url="$invidious_instance/api/v1/channels/$channel_id/$modifier"
 
-		print_info "Scraping Youtube (with $invidious_instance) channel: $channel_url${new_line}"
+		print_info "Scraping Youtube (with $invidious_instance) channel: $channel_url"
 
 		case "$modifier" in
-			streams)
-				__jq_filter='.streams? // []'
-				__jq_parser=_invidious_search_json_live
-				;;
-			playlists)
-				__jq_filter='.playlists? // []'
-				__jq_parser=_invidious_search_json_playlist
-				;;
-			videos|*)
-				__jq_filter='(.videos? // []) + (.latestVideos? // [])'
-				__jq_parser=_invidious_search_json_generic
-				;;
+		streams)
+			__jq_filter='.streams? // []'
+			__jq_parser=_invidious_search_json_live
+			;;
+		playlists)
+			__jq_filter='.playlists? // []'
+			__jq_parser=_invidious_search_json_playlist
+			;;
+		videos | *)
+			__jq_filter='(.videos? // []) + (.latestVideos? // [])'
+			__jq_parser=_invidious_search_json_generic
+			;;
 		esac
 
 		_get_invidious_thumb_quality_name
 
 		_get_request "${channel_url##* }" \
-				-G --data-urlencode "page=$_cur_page" |
+			-G --data-urlencode "page=$_cur_page" |
 			jq "$__jq_filter" | $__jq_parser "invidious_channel" |
 			jq 'select(.!=[])' >>"$output_json_file" || return "$?"
 	done
@@ -2188,7 +2203,7 @@ Eg:
 			invidious_instance="$PARENT_invidious_instance"
 			cache_dir="$session_cache_dir"
 			on_opt_parse_s() {
-				print_warning "-s is not supported in multi search${new_line}"
+				print_warning "-s is not supported in multi search"
 			}
 			_getopts "$@"
 			source_scrapers
@@ -2212,9 +2227,9 @@ scrape_M() { scrape_multi "$@"; }
 ## Peertube {{{
 scrape_peertube() {
 	page_query=$1
-	[ "$page_query" = ":help" ] && print_info "Search peertube${new_line}" && return 100
+	[ "$page_query" = ":help" ] && print_info "Search peertube" && return 100
 	output_json_file=$2
-	print_info "Scraping Peertube ($page_query)${new_line}"
+	print_info "Scraping Peertube ($page_query)"
 
 	_tmp_json="${session_temp_dir}/peertube.json"
 
@@ -2248,14 +2263,14 @@ scrape_P() { scrape_peertube "$@"; }
 scrape_odysee() {
 	[ "$odysee_video_search_count" -gt 50 ] && die 1 "--odysee-video-count must be <= 50"
 	page_query=$1
-	[ "$page_query" = ":help" ] && print_info "Search odysee${new_line}" && return 100
-	[ "${#page_query}" -le 2 ] && die 4 "Odysee searches must be 3 or more characters${new_line}"
+	[ "$page_query" = ":help" ] && print_info "Search odysee" && return 100
+	[ "${#page_query}" -le 2 ] && die 4 "Odysee searches must be 3 or more characters"
 	output_json_file=$2
 
 	# for scrape_next_page_odysee_search
 	[ -z "$_initial_odysee_video_search_count" ] && _initial_odysee_video_search_count=$odysee_video_search_count
 
-	print_info "Scraping Odysee ($page_query)${new_line}"
+	print_info "Scraping Odysee ($page_query)"
 
 	_tmp_json="${session_temp_dir}/odysee.json"
 
@@ -2320,36 +2335,38 @@ scrape_O() { scrape_odysee "$@"; }
 
 # ytfzf json format{{{
 
-scrape_from_cache () {
-    search="$1"
-    [ "$search" = ":help" ] && print_info "Scrapes from a cached ytfzf search${new_line}the search is the cache # to use, where 1 is the most recent and \$ is the least recent" && return 100
-    on_clean_up_scrape_from_cache () {
-        rm -r "${cache_dir}/${SEARCH_PREFIX}-${YTFZF_PID}" > /dev/null 2>&1
-    }
-    load_fake_extension "scrape_from_cache"
-
-    set +f
-    _locations=$(
-        for location in "$cache_dir"/*-[0-9][0-9]*; do
-            printf "%s\n" "$(cat "${location}/created-at")-${location}"
-        done | sort -nr | cut -d '-' -f2-
-    )
-
-    if [ -n "$search" ]; then
-        _location="$(sed -n "${search}p" <<EOF
+scrape_from_cache() {
+	search="$1"
+	[ "$search" = ":help" ] && print_info "Scrapes from a cached ytfzf search${new_line}the search is the cache # to use, where 1 is the most recent and \$ is the least recent" && return 100
+	on_clean_up_scrape_from_cache() {
+		rm -r "${cache_dir}/${SEARCH_PREFIX}-${YTFZF_PID}" >/dev/null 2>&1
+	}
+	load_fake_extension "scrape_from_cache"
+
+	set +f
+	_locations=$(
+		for location in "$cache_dir"/*-[0-9][0-9]*; do
+			printf "%s\n" "$(cat "${location}/created-at")-${location}"
+		done | sort -nr | cut -d '-' -f2-
+	)
+
+	if [ -n "$search" ]; then
+		_location="$(
+			sed -n "${search}p" <<EOF
 $_locations
 EOF
-)"
-    else
-        _location=$(quick_menu_wrapper "Pick from previous searches" <<EOF
+		)"
+	else
+		_location=$(
+			quick_menu_wrapper "Pick from previous searches" <<EOF
 $_locations
 EOF
-)
-    fi
-    [ -z "$_location" ] && return 1
-    scrape_json_file "$_location/videos_json" "$2"
-    cp -r "$_location/thumbnails" "${session_cache_dir}"
-    set -f
+		)
+	fi
+	[ -z "$_location" ] && return 1
+	scrape_json_file "$_location/videos_json" "$2"
+	cp -r "$_location/thumbnails" "${session_cache_dir}"
+	set -f
 }
 
 scrape_json_file() {
@@ -2364,7 +2381,7 @@ scrape_p() { scrape_json_file "$@"; }
 # Comments{{{
 scrape_comments() {
 	video_id="$1"
-	[ "$video_id" = ":help" ] && print_info "Search should be a link to a youtube video${new_line}" && return 100
+	[ "$video_id" = ":help" ] && print_info "Search should be a link to a youtube video" && return 100
 	case "$video_id" in
 	*/*) video_id="${video_id##*=}" ;;
 	esac
@@ -2373,7 +2390,7 @@ scrape_comments() {
 	i="${pages_start:-1}"
 	page_count="$((i + ${pages_to_scrape:-1}))"
 	while [ "$i" -le "$page_count" ]; do
-		print_info "Scraping comments (pg: $i)${new_line}"
+		print_info "Scraping comments (pg: $i)"
 		_out_comment_file="${session_temp_dir}/comments-$i.json.final"
 		_get_request "$invidious_instance/api/v1/comments/${video_id}" -G \
 			--data-urlencode "continuation=$continuation" >"$_comment_file"
@@ -2534,7 +2551,7 @@ handle_post_keypress() {
 handle_keypress() {
 	read -r keypress <"$1"
 
-	print_debug "[KEYPRESS]: handling keypress: $keypress${new_line}"
+	print_debug "[KEYPRESS]: handling keypress: $keypress"
 
 	command_exists "handle_custom_keypresses" && { handle_custom_keypresses "$keypress" || return "$?"; }
 	case "$keypress" in
@@ -2606,7 +2623,7 @@ auto_select() {
 
 # Text interface {{{
 interface_text() {
-	command_exists "fzf" || die 3 "fzf not installed, cannot use the default menu${new_line}"
+	command_exists "fzf" || die 3 "fzf not installed, cannot use the default menu"
 	# if it doesn't exist, this menu has not opened yet, no need to revert the actions of the last keypress
 	[ -f "$keypress_file" ] && handle_post_keypress
 
@@ -2617,6 +2634,8 @@ interface_text() {
 		_fzf_start_bind="${_fzf_start_bind%"+"}"
 	fi
 
+	_init_video_info_text "$TTY_COLS"
+
 	[ "$show_thumbnails" -eq 1 ] && {
 		interface_thumbnails "$@"
 		return
@@ -2625,8 +2644,6 @@ interface_text() {
 	video_json_file=$1
 	selected_id_file=$2
 
-	_init_video_info_text "$TTY_COLS"
-
 	unset IFS
 
 	_c_SORTED_VIDEO_DATA="$(create_sorted_video_data)"
@@ -2677,16 +2694,16 @@ preview_start() {
 	case $thumbnail_viewer in
 	ueberzug | sixel | kitty | iterm2 | sway | wayland)
 		command_exists "ueberzug" || {
-			[ "$thumbnail_viewer" = "ueberzug" ] && die 3 "ueberzug is not installed${new_line}" || die 3 "ueberzugpp is not installed${new_line}"
+			[ "$thumbnail_viewer" = "ueberzug" ] && die 3 "ueberzug is not installed" || die 3 "ueberzugpp is not installed"
 		}
 		export UEBERZUG_FIFO="$session_temp_dir/ytfzf-ueberzug-fifo"
 		rm -f "$UEBERZUG_FIFO"
 		mkfifo "$UEBERZUG_FIFO"
-        if [ "$thumbnail_viewer" = "ueberzug" ]; then
-            o="x11"
-        else
-             o="${thumbnail_viewer}"
-        fi
+		if [ "$thumbnail_viewer" = "ueberzug" ]; then
+			o="x11"
+		else
+			o="${thumbnail_viewer}"
+		fi
 		if command_exists ueberzugpp; then
 			ueberzugpp layer -o "${o}" --parser json <"$UEBERZUG_FIFO" 2>>"$thumbnail_debug_log" &
 		else
@@ -2733,7 +2750,8 @@ preview_stop() {
 }
 
 command_exists "on_no_thumbnail" || on_no_thumbnail() {
-	die 1 "No image${new_line}"
+	[ "${__did_on_no_thumbnail:-0}" -eq 1 ] || print_error "No image"
+	__did_on_no_thumbnail=1
 }
 
 preview_no_img() {
@@ -2864,6 +2882,14 @@ preview_display_image() {
 	get_ueberzug_positioning "$FZF_PREVIEW_COLUMNS" "$FZF_PREVIEW_LINES" "$fzf_preview_side"
 	case $thumbnail_viewer in
 	ueberzug | sixel | kitty | iterm2 | sway | wayland)
+		#not exactly sure why this is necessary
+		[ "$thumbnail_viewer" = "kitty" ] && width=$((width - 11))
+		{
+			printf "{"
+			printf "\"%s\": \"%s\"," "action" "remove" "identifier" "ytfzf"
+			printf '"%s": "%s"' "draw" "True"
+			printf "}\n"
+		} >"$UEBERZUG_FIFO" 2>>"$thumbnail_debug_log"
 		{
 			printf "{"
 			printf '"%s": "%s",' \
@@ -2878,7 +2904,7 @@ preview_display_image() {
 		} >"$UEBERZUG_FIFO" 2>>"$thumbnail_debug_log"
 		;;
 	swayimg-hyprland)
-		command_exists "hyprctl" || die 3 "hyprctl is required for this thumbnail viewer${new_line}"
+		command_exists "hyprctl" || die 3 "hyprctl is required for this thumbnail viewer"
 		_swayimg_pid_file="${session_temp_dir}/_swayimg.pid"
 		[ -f "$_swayimg_pid_file" ] && kill "$(cat "$_swayimg_pid_file")" 2>/dev/null
 
@@ -2941,27 +2967,27 @@ preview_display_image() {
 		;;
 	chafa)
 		printf '\n'
-		command_exists "chafa" || die 3 "${new_line}chafa is not installed${new_line}"
+		command_exists "chafa" || die 3 "${new_line}chafa is not installed"
 		chafa --format=symbols -s "$((width - 4))x$height" "$thumb_path" 2>>"$thumbnail_debug_log"
 		;;
 	chafa-16)
 		printf '\n'
-		command_exists "chafa" || die 3 "${new_line}chafa is not installed${new_line}"
+		command_exists "chafa" || die 3 "${new_line}chafa is not installed"
 		chafa --format=symbols -c 240 -s "$((width - 2))x$((height - 10))" "$thumb_path" 2>>"$thumbnail_debug_log"
 		;;
 	chafa-tty)
 		printf '\n'
-		command_exists "chafa" || die 3 "${new_line}chafa is not installed${new_line}"
-		chafa --format=symbols -c 16 -s "$((width - 2))x$((height - 10))" "$thumb_path"  2>>"$thumbnail_debug_log"
+		command_exists "chafa" || die 3 "${new_line}chafa is not installed"
+		chafa --format=symbols -c 16 -s "$((width - 2))x$((height - 10))" "$thumb_path" 2>>"$thumbnail_debug_log"
 		;;
 	catimg)
 		printf '\n'
-		command_exists "catimg" || die 3 "${new_line}catimg is not installed${new_line}"
+		command_exists "catimg" || die 3 "${new_line}catimg is not installed"
 		catimg -w "$width" "$thumb_path" 2>>"$thumbnail_debug_log"
 		;;
 	catimg-256)
 		printf '\n'
-		command_exists "catimg" || die 3 "${new_line}catimg is not installed${new_line}"
+		command_exists "catimg" || die 3 "${new_line}catimg is not installed"
 		catimg -c -w "$width" "$thumb_path" 2>>"$thumbnail_debug_log"
 		;;
 	imv)
@@ -3035,12 +3061,14 @@ interface_thumbnails() {
 
 	printf "%s\n" "$_c_SORTED_VIDEO_DATA" |
 		jq -r '"\(.title)'"$gap_space"'\t|\(.channel)\t|\(.duration)\t|\(.views)\t|\(.date)\t|\(.viewed)\t|\(.url)"' |
-		SHELL="$(command -v sh)" fzf -m --sync \
+		_post_video_info_text |
+		fzf -m --sync \
 			--expect="$shortcut_binds" \
 			--preview "__is_fzf_preview=1 YTFZF_CHECK_VARS_EXISTS=1 session_cache_dir='$session_cache_dir' session_temp_dir='$session_temp_dir' fzf_preview_side='$fzf_preview_side' scrape='$scrape' thumbnail_viewer='$thumbnail_viewer' ytfzf_video_json_file='$ytfzf_video_json_file' $0 -W \"preview_img"$EOT"{f}\"" \
 			$_fzf_start_bind \
 			--bind "${next_page_action_shortcut}:reload(__is_fzf_preview=1 TTY_COLS=${TTY_COLS} TTY_LINES=${TTY_LINES} YTFZF_CHECK_VARS_EXISTS=1 session_cache_dir='$session_cache_dir' ytfzf_video_json_file='$ytfzf_video_json_file' invidious_instance='$invidious_instance' yt_video_link_domain='$yt_video_link_domain' pages_to_scrape='$pages_to_scrape' session_temp_dir='$session_temp_dir' $0 -W \"next_page"$EOT"{f}\")" \
-			--preview-window "$fzf_preview_side:50%:wrap" --layout=reverse | set_keypress |
+			--preview-window "$fzf_preview_side:$preview_window_width:wrap" --layout=reverse |
+		set_keypress |
 		trim_url >"$selected_id_file"
 
 	preview_stop "$thumbnail_viewer"
@@ -3090,12 +3118,12 @@ handle_info() {
 	[ "$info_wait" -eq 1 ] && info_wait_prompt_wrapper
 
 	case "$info_wait_action" in
-        # simulates old behavior of when alt-l or alt-i is pressed and -l is enabled
-        q) [ "$is_loop" -eq 1 ] && return 3 || return 2 ;;
-        Q) return 2 ;;
-        [MmCc]) return 3 ;;
-        '') return 0 ;;
-        *) if command_exists "custom_info_wait_action_$info_wait_action"; then custom_info_wait_action_"$info_wait_action"; else print_error "info_wait_action is set to $info_wait_action but custom_info_wait_action_$info_wait_action does not exist${new_line}"; fi ;;
+	# simulates old behavior of when alt-l or alt-i is pressed and -l is enabled
+	q) [ "$is_loop" -eq 1 ] && return 3 || return 2 ;;
+	Q) return 2 ;;
+	[MmCc]) return 3 ;;
+	'') return 0 ;;
+	*) if command_exists "custom_info_wait_action_$info_wait_action"; then custom_info_wait_action_"$info_wait_action"; else print_error "info_wait_action is set to $info_wait_action but custom_info_wait_action_$info_wait_action does not exist"; fi ;;
 	esac
 	return 0
 
@@ -3137,7 +3165,7 @@ submenu_handler() {
 		end_of_set_args
 
 		on_opt_parse_s() {
-			print_warning "-s is not supported in submenus${new_line}"
+			print_warning "-s is not supported in submenus"
 		}
 
 		_getopts "$@"
@@ -3171,7 +3199,7 @@ close_url_handler_submenu_handler() {
 close_url_handler() {
 	fn_name="$(printf "%s" "$1" | tr '-' '_')"
 	command_exists "close_url_handler_$fn_name" && close_url_handler_"$fn_name"
-	print_debug "[URL HANDLER]: Closing url handler: ${c_blue}${1}${c_reset} with function: ${c_bold}close_url_handler_${fn_name}${c_reset}${new_line}"
+	print_debug "[URL HANDLER]: Closing url handler: ${c_blue}${1}${c_reset} with function: ${c_bold}close_url_handler_${fn_name}${c_reset}"
 	do_an_event_function "after_close_url_handler" "$1"
 }
 
@@ -3182,12 +3210,12 @@ open_url_handler() {
 	prepare_for_set_args ' '
 	# shellcheck disable=SC2086
 	set -- $urls
-	[ -z "$*" ] && print_info "No urls selected${new_line}" && return 0
+	[ -z "$*" ] && print_info "No urls selected" && return 0
 	end_of_set_args
 
 	do_an_event_function "on_open_url_handler" "$@"
 
-	print_debug "[URL HANDLER]: Opening links: ${c_bold}${urls}${c_reset} with ${c_blue}${url_handler}${c_reset}${new_line}"
+	print_debug "[URL HANDLER]: Opening links: ${c_bold}${urls}${c_reset} with ${c_blue}${url_handler}${c_reset}"
 
 	# if we provide video_pref etc as arguments, we wouldn't be able to add more as it would break every url handler function
 	# shellcheck disable=2031
@@ -3214,14 +3242,14 @@ get_video_format_simple() {
 }
 
 get_video_format() {
-    case "${ytdl_path##*/}" in
-        (youtube-dl) _format_options=$("${ytdl_path}" -F "$1" | sed 1,3d) ;;
-        (*) _format_options=$("${ytdl_path}" -q -F "$1" --format-sort "$format_selection_sort" | sed 1,3d) ;;
-    esac
-    _audio_choices="$(echo "$_format_options" | grep "audio only")"
+	case "${ytdl_path##*/}" in
+	youtube-dl) _format_options=$("${ytdl_path}" -F "$1" | sed 1,3d) ;;
+	*) _format_options=$("${ytdl_path}" -q -F "$1" --format-sort "$format_selection_sort" | sed 1,3d) ;;
+	esac
+	_audio_choices="$(echo "$_format_options" | grep "audio only")"
 	[ "$_audio_choices" ] && audio_pref="$(echo "$_audio_choices" | quick_menu_wrapper "Audio format: " | awk '{print $1}')"
 	if [ "$is_audio_only" -eq 0 ]; then
-        video_pref=$(echo "$_format_options" | sed 's/\\033\[[[:digit:]]*m//g' | grep -v 'audio only' | quick_menu_wrapper "Video Format: " | awk '{print $1}')
+		video_pref=$(echo "$_format_options" | sed 's/\\033\[[[:digit:]]*m//g' | grep -v 'audio only' | quick_menu_wrapper "Video Format: " | awk '{print $1}')
 	fi
 	ytdl_pref="${video_pref}+${audio_pref}/${video_pref}/${audio_pref}"
 }
@@ -3234,7 +3262,7 @@ open_format_selection_if_requested() {
 	set -- $(tr '\n' ' ' <"$1")
 	end_of_set_args
 
-	print_debug "[INTERFACE]: [FORMAT SELECTION]: open format screen: ${c_blue}${format_selection_screen}${c_reset}${new_line}"
+	print_debug "[INTERFACE]: [FORMAT SELECTION]: open format screen: ${c_blue}${format_selection_screen}${c_reset}"
 	case "$format_selection_screen" in
 	normal)
 		get_video_format "$1"
@@ -3274,6 +3302,8 @@ internal_action_next_page() {
 
 	video_json_file="$ytfzf_video_json_file"
 
+	thumb_dir="${session_cache_dir}/thumbnails"
+
 	hovered_scraper="$(jq -r '.[]|select(.url=="'"$url"'").scraper' <"$ytfzf_video_json_file")"
 
 	if command_exists "scrape_next_page_$hovered_scraper"; then
@@ -3286,6 +3316,15 @@ internal_action_next_page() {
 		scrape_next_page_"$hovered_scraper"
 	fi
 
+	if [ "$show_thumbnails" -eq 1 ]; then
+		prepare_for_set_args
+		case "$async_thumbnails" in
+		0) download_thumbnails $(get_missing_thumbnails) ;;
+		1) download_thumbnails $(get_missing_thumbnails) >/dev/null 2>&1 & ;;
+		esac
+		end_of_set_args
+	fi
+
 	_init_video_info_text "$TTY_COLS"
 
 	create_sorted_video_data |
@@ -3315,7 +3354,7 @@ parse_opt() {
 	# for some reason optarg may equal opt intentionally,
 	# this checks the unmodified optarg, which will only be equal if there is no = sign
 	[ "$opt" = "$OPTARG" ] && optarg=""
-	print_debug "[OPTIONS]: Parsing opt: $opt=$optarg${new_line}"
+	print_debug "[OPTIONS]: Parsing opt: $opt=$optarg"
 	# shellcheck disable=SC2031
 	command_exists "on_opt_parse" && { on_opt_parse "$opt" "$optarg" "$OPT" "$OPTARG" || return 0; }
 	fn_name="on_opt_parse_$(printf "%s" "$opt" | tr '-' '_')"
@@ -3330,10 +3369,10 @@ parse_opt() {
 	m | audio-only) is_audio_only=${optarg:-1} ;;
 	d | download) url_handler=downloader ;;
 	f | formats) show_formats=${optarg:-1} ;;
-	S | select) interface="scripting" && is_specific_select="1" && scripting_video_count="$optarg";;
-	a | auto-select) [ -z "$optarg" ] || [ "$optarg" -eq 1 ] && is_auto_select=${optarg:-1};;
-	A | select-all) [ -z "$optarg" ] || [ "$optarg" -eq 1 ] && is_auto_select=${optarg:-1} && scripting_video_count='$';;
-	r | random-select) [ -z "$optarg" ] || [ "$optarg" -eq 1 ] && is_random_select=${optarg:-1};;
+	S | select) interface="scripting" && is_specific_select="1" && scripting_video_count="$optarg" ;;
+	a | auto-select) [ -z "$optarg" ] || [ "$optarg" -eq 1 ] && is_auto_select=${optarg:-1} ;;
+	A | select-all) [ -z "$optarg" ] || [ "$optarg" -eq 1 ] && is_auto_select=${optarg:-1} && scripting_video_count='$' ;;
+	r | random-select) [ -z "$optarg" ] || [ "$optarg" -eq 1 ] && is_random_select=${optarg:-1} ;;
 	n | link-count) scripting_video_count=$optarg ;;
 	l | loop) is_loop=${optarg:-1} ;;
 	s | search-again) search_again=${optarg:-1} ;;
@@ -3353,7 +3392,7 @@ parse_opt() {
 	odysee-video-count) odysee_video_search_count="$optarg" ;;
 	ii | inv-instance) invidious_instance="$optarg" ;;
 	rii | refresh-inv-instances) refresh_inv_instances ;;
-	i | interface) load_interface "$optarg" || die 2 "$optarg is not an interface${new_line}" ;;
+	i | interface) load_interface "$optarg" || die 2 "$optarg is not an interface" ;;
 	c | scrape) scrape=$optarg ;;
 	scrape+) scrape="$scrape,$optarg" ;;
 	scrape-) scrape="$(printf '%s' "$scrape" | sed 's/'"$optarg"'//; s/,,/,/g')" ;;
@@ -3364,14 +3403,14 @@ parse_opt() {
 		: "${optarg:=1}"
 		if [ "$optarg" != 1 ] && [ "$optarg" != 0 ]; then
 			is_sort="1"
-			load_sort_name "$optarg" || die 2 "$optarg is not a sort-name${new_line}"
+			load_sort_name "$optarg" || die 2 "$optarg is not a sort-name"
 		else
 			is_sort=${optarg}
 		fi
 		;;
 	sort-name)
 		# shellcheck disable=SC2015
-		load_sort_name "$optarg" && is_sort=1 || die 2 "$optarg is not a sort-name${new_line}"
+		load_sort_name "$optarg" && is_sort=1 || die 2 "$optarg is not a sort-name"
 		;;
 	video-pref) video_pref=$optarg ;;
 	ytdl-pref) ytdl_pref=$optarg ;;
@@ -3381,11 +3420,15 @@ parse_opt() {
 	ytdl-path) ytdl_path="$optarg" ;;
 	preview-side)
 		fzf_preview_side="${optarg}"
-		[ -z "$fzf_preview_side" ] && die 2 "no preview side given${new_line}"
+		[ -z "$fzf_preview_side" ] && die 2 "no preview side given"
+		case "$fzf_preview_side" in
+		left | right | up | down) : ;;
+		*) die 2 "$fzf_preview_side is not a valid preview side, must be one of: left, right, up, down" ;;
+		esac
 		;;
-	T | thumb-viewer) load_thumbnail_viewer "$optarg" || [ -f "$thumbnail_viewer" ] || die 2 "$optarg is not a thumb-viewer${new_line}" ;;
+	T | thumb-viewer) load_thumbnail_viewer "$optarg" || [ -f "$thumbnail_viewer" ] || die 2 "$optarg is not a thumb-viewer" ;;
 	force-youtube) yt_video_link_domain="https://www.youtube.com" ;;
-    force-invidious) yt_video_link_domain="" ;;
+	force-invidious) yt_video_link_domain="" ;;
 	info-print-exit | info-exit) [ "${optarg:-1}" -eq 1 ] && info_wait_action=q ;;
 	info-action) info_wait_action="$optarg" ;;
 	info-wait) info_wait="${optarg:-1}" ;;
@@ -3457,16 +3500,16 @@ parse_opt() {
 		;;
 	*)
 		# shellcheck disable=SC2031
-		[ "$OPT" = "$long_opt_char" ] && print_info "$0: illegal long option -- $opt${new_line}"
+		[ "$OPT" = "$long_opt_char" ] && print_info "$0: illegal long option -- $opt"
 		;;
 	esac
 }
 
 _getopts() {
 	case "$long_opt_char" in
-	[a-uw-zA-UW-Z0-9]) die 2 "long_opt_char must be v or non alphanumeric${new_line}" ;;
+	[a-uw-zA-UW-Z0-9]) die 2 "long_opt_char must be v or non alphanumeric" ;;
 	#? = 1 char, * = 1+ chars; ?* = 2+ chars
-	??*) die 2 "long_opt_char must be 1 char${new_line}" ;;
+	??*) die 2 "long_opt_char must be 1 char" ;;
 	esac
 
 	OPTIND=0
@@ -3511,10 +3554,10 @@ init_files() {
 	SEARCH_PREFIX="${SEARCH_PREFIX:-SCRAPE-$scrape}"
 	[ "${#SEARCH_PREFIX}" -gt 200 ] && SEARCH_PREFIX="SCRAPE-$scrape"
 
-    #if we are in a submenu, cache_dir will be the previous session_cache_dir
+	#if we are in a submenu, cache_dir will be the previous session_cache_dir
 
-    [ "$__is_submenu" -eq 1 ] && _session_cache_dir_prefix="${cache_dir}" || _session_cache_dir_prefix="${YTFZF_TEMP_DIR}"
-    session_cache_dir="${_session_cache_dir_prefix}/${SEARCH_PREFIX}-${YTFZF_PID}"
+	[ "$__is_submenu" -eq 1 ] && _session_cache_dir_prefix="${cache_dir}" || _session_cache_dir_prefix="${YTFZF_TEMP_DIR}"
+	session_cache_dir="${_session_cache_dir_prefix}/${SEARCH_PREFIX}-${YTFZF_PID}"
 
 	session_temp_dir="${session_cache_dir}/tmp"
 
@@ -3531,9 +3574,9 @@ init_files() {
 
 	[ "$1" ] && printf "%s\n" "$1" >"${session_cache_dir}/searches.list"
 
-    awk 'BEGIN{print srand(srand())}' > "${session_cache_dir}/created-at"
+	awk 'BEGIN{print srand(srand())}' >"${session_cache_dir}/created-at"
 
-    unset _session_cache_dir_prefix
+	unset _session_cache_dir_prefix
 }
 
 # }}}
@@ -3558,7 +3601,7 @@ handle_actions() {
 	[ "$enable_actions" -eq 0 ] && return 0
 	actions=$(jq -r --arg urls "$(cat "$1")" '.[] | [.url, .action] as $data | if ( ($urls | split("\n" )) | index($data[0]) and $data[1] != null ) == true then $data[1] else "" end' <"$ytfzf_video_json_file" | sed '/^[[:space:]]*$/d')
 	while read -r action; do
-		print_debug "[ACTION]: handling action: $action${new_line}"
+		print_debug "[ACTION]: handling action: $action"
 
 		# this wil only be empty after all urls with actions have happened
 		# shellcheck disable=SC2031
@@ -3604,22 +3647,22 @@ set_scrape_count() {
 handle_scrape_error() {
 	_scr="$2"
 	case "$1" in
-	1) print_info "$_scr failed to load website${new_line}" ;;
-	6) print_error "Website ($_scr) unresponsive (do you have internet?)${new_line}" ;;
-	9) print_info "$_scr does not have a configuration file${new_line}" ;;
+	1) print_info "$_scr failed to load website" ;;
+	6) print_error "Website ($_scr) unresponsive (do you have internet?)" ;;
+	9) print_info "$_scr does not have a configuration file" ;;
 	22)
 		case "$_scr" in
 		youtube | Y | youtube-trending | T)
-			print_error "There was an error scraping $_scr ($invidious_instance)${new_line}Try changing invidious instances${new_line}"
+			print_error "There was an error scraping $_scr ($invidious_instance)${new_line}Try changing invidious instances"
 			;;
-		*) print_error "There was an error scraping $_scr${new_line}" ;;
+		*) print_error "There was an error scraping $_scr" ;;
 		esac
 		;;
-	#:help search operator
-    100) print_info "---------${new_line}" && return 100 ;;
-	126) print_info "$_scr does not have execute permissions${new_line}" ;;
-	127) die 2 "invalid scraper: $_scr${new_line}" ;;
-	*) print_error "An error occured while scraping: $_scr (scraper returned error: $1)${new_line}" ;;
+		#:help search operator
+	100) print_info "---------" && return 100 ;;
+	126) print_info "$_scr does not have execute permissions" ;;
+	127) die 2 "invalid scraper: $_scr" ;;
+	*) print_error "An error occured while scraping: $_scr (scraper returned error: $1)" ;;
 	esac
 }
 
@@ -3647,7 +3690,7 @@ handle_scraping() {
 something_was_scraped() {
 	#this MUST be `! grep -q -v -e '\[\]` because it's possible that [] exists in the file IN ADDITION to a list of actual results, we want to see if those actual results exists.
 	if ! [ -s "${ytfzf_video_json_file}" ] || ! grep -q -v -e '\[\]' "$ytfzf_video_json_file"; then
-		print_error "Nothing was scraped${new_line}"
+		print_error "Nothing was scraped"
 		return 1
 	fi
 	return 0
@@ -3667,10 +3710,10 @@ init_search() {
 	_search="$1"
 	_search_source="$2"
 
-	print_debug "[SEARCH]: initializing search with search: $_search, and sources: $_search_source${new_line}"
+	print_debug "[SEARCH]: initializing search with search: $_search, and sources: $_search_source"
 
 	# only ask for search if scrape isn't something like S or T
-	is_asking_for_search_necessary && { get_search_from_source "$_search_source" "$_search" || die 5 "No search query${new_line}"; }
+	is_asking_for_search_necessary && { get_search_from_source "$_search_source" "$_search" || die 5 "No search query"; }
 	init_files "$_search"
 	set_scrape_count
 
@@ -3741,5 +3784,4 @@ while [ "$search_again" -eq 1 ]; do
 	main
 done
 #}}}
-
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