Define artist/title separator for track info as constant

2 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/track/track.cpp b/src/track/track.cpp
index 24781b18df..546c1e41a4 100644
--- a/src/track/track.cpp
+++ b/src/track/track.cpp
@@ -57,6 +57,13 @@ inline mixxx::Bpm getActualBpm(
 
 } // anonymous namespace
 
+// Don't change this string without an entry in the CHANGELOG!
+// Otherwise 3rd party software that picks up the currently
+// playing track from the main window and relies on this
+// formatting would stop working.
+//static
+const QString Track::kArtistTitleSeparator = QStringLiteral(" - ");
+
 Track::Track(
         TrackFile fileInfo,
         SecurityTokenPointer pSecurityToken,
@@ -369,7 +376,7 @@ QString Track::getInfo() const {
         }
     } else {
         return m_record.getMetadata().getTrackInfo().getArtist() +
-                QStringLiteral(" - ") +
+                kArtistTitleSeparator +
                 m_record.getMetadata().getTrackInfo().getTitle();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/track/track.h b/src/track/track.h
index 7d7c0c6ba7..1047b6e4a9 100644
--- a/src/track/track.h
+++ b/src/track/track.h
@@ -235,7 +235,12 @@ class Track : public QObject {
     // Set URL for track
     void setURL(const QString& url);
 
-    /// Formatted string with artist and title.
+    /// Separator between artist and title string that is
+    /// used for composing the track info.
+    static const QString kArtistTitleSeparator;
+
+    /// Formatted string with artist and title, separated by
+    /// kArtistTitleSeparator.
     QString getInfo() const;
 
     /// The filename if BOTH artist AND title are empty, e.g. for tracks without