diff --git a/cbd-cli/src/lib.rs b/cbd-cli/src/lib.rs
index 32d5f57..57bf0f4 100644
--- a/cbd-cli/src/lib.rs
+++ b/cbd-cli/src/lib.rs
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ pub enum QueueCmd {
     Show,
     /// Append tracks/subtrees (by library path) to the end of the queue.
     Append { paths: Vec<String> },
-    /// Insert tracks/subtrees at a position.
+    /// Insert tracks/subtrees at a position, pushing what was there down
+    /// (0 = front, past the end = append).
     Insert { position: u32, paths: Vec<String> },
     /// Replace the whole queue with the given tracks/subtrees.
     Replace { paths: Vec<String> },
diff --git a/cbd-tui/src/app/queue.rs b/cbd-tui/src/app/queue.rs
index e310d49..6d99d91 100644
--- a/cbd-tui/src/app/queue.rs
+++ b/cbd-tui/src/app/queue.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use ratatui::{
 use crabidy_core::proto::crabidy::Queue as QueueData;
 
 use super::{
-    carry_marks, Filter, MarkedPane, MessageFromUi, StatefulList, UiItem, UiItemKind,
+    carry_marks, Filter, MarkedPane, MessageFromUi, StatefulList, UiItem, UiItemKind, COLOR_GREEN,
     COLOR_PRIMARY, COLOR_PRIMARY_DARK, COLOR_RED, COLOR_SECONDARY,
 };
 
@@ -229,13 +229,24 @@ impl Queue {
             .map(|(idx, (real, item))| {
                 let active = real == self.current_position;
 
-                let title = if active {
-                    format!("> {}", item.title)
-                } else {
-                    item.title.to_string()
-                };
+                // Markers, in the library's vocabulary: `>` is the playing
+                // track, `*` is a mark (`s`, or painted in visual mode). A
+                // row can be both.
+                let mut title = String::new();
+                if active {
+                    title.push_str("> ");
+                }
+                if item.marked {
+                    title.push_str("* ");
+                }
+                title.push_str(&item.title);
                 let mut style = if active {
                     Style::default().fg(COLOR_RED).add_modifier(Modifier::BOLD)
+                } else if item.marked {
+                    // Same green as a marked library row.
+                    Style::default()
+                        .fg(COLOR_GREEN)
+                        .add_modifier(Modifier::BOLD)
                 } else if item.is_skipped {
                     // No playable audio: rendered red (not bold — the
                     // playing marker keeps precedence), skipped by
@@ -455,6 +466,29 @@ mod tests {
 
     /// Renders and returns the buffer plus the y of the row containing
     /// `needle` and the x of its first character.
+    #[test]
+    fn marked_rows_render_a_star_like_the_library() {
+        let (tx, _rx) = flume::unbounded();
+        let mut queue = Queue::new(tx);
+        queue.update_queue(queue_data(&["one", "two"], false));
+        queue.select(Some(1));
+        queue.toggle_mark();
+        let rows = rendered_rows(&mut queue);
+        // The playing row keeps `>`; the marked row gets `*`.
+        assert!(
+            rows.iter().any(|row| row.contains("* artist - two")),
+            "marked row needs a star: {rows:?}"
+        );
+        // And the title says so while visual mode is on.
+        queue.toggle_visual();
+        assert!(
+            rendered_rows(&mut queue)
+                .iter()
+                .any(|row| row.contains("VISUAL")),
+            "visual mode needs a title indicator"
+        );
+    }
+
     fn render_and_find(queue: &mut Queue, needle: &str) -> (ratatui::buffer::Buffer, u16, u16) {
         let backend = TestBackend::new(40, 8);
         let mut terminal = Terminal::new(backend).expect("test terminal");
diff --git a/cbd-web/src/app.rs b/cbd-web/src/app.rs
index 034eded..f7959a3 100644
--- a/cbd-web/src/app.rs
+++ b/cbd-web/src/app.rs
@@ -884,6 +884,9 @@ fn LibraryView(store: Store) -> impl IntoView {
                     "‹"
                 </button>
                 <span class="path" title=pane.path.clone()>{pane.title.clone()}</span>
+                <Show when=move || library.with(|p| p.is_visual())>
+                    <span class="mode">"VISUAL"</span>
+                </Show>
                 <span class="spacer"></span>
                 <Show when=move || library.with(|p| p.is_creatable)>
                     <button
@@ -1048,6 +1051,9 @@ fn QueueView(store: Store) -> impl IntoView {
                         (!reg.is_empty()).then(|| format!(" — register: {}", reg.len()))
                     }}
                 </span>
+                <Show when=move || store.queue_cursor.with(|c| c.is_visual())>
+                    <span class="mode">"VISUAL"</span>
+                </Show>
                 <span class="spacer"></span>
                 <button
                     class="ghost"
diff --git a/cbd-web/style.css b/cbd-web/style.css
index 8ec2daf..149c338 100644
--- a/cbd-web/style.css
+++ b/cbd-web/style.css
@@ -392,6 +392,18 @@ input {
   }
 }
 
+/* Visual (paint-select) mode badge in a pane toolbar — the web counterpart of
+   the TUI's "— VISUAL" pane title. */
+.mode {
+  padding: 0.05rem 0.4rem;
+  border: 1px solid var(--accent);
+  border-radius: 0.6rem;
+  color: var(--accent);
+  font-size: 0.75rem;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  letter-spacing: 0.04em;
+}
+
 .help {
   min-inline-size: min(52rem, 94vw);
 
diff --git a/crabidy-core/crabidy/v1/crabidy.proto b/crabidy-core/crabidy/v1/crabidy.proto
index f1b739d..dc2a362 100644
--- a/crabidy-core/crabidy/v1/crabidy.proto
+++ b/crabidy-core/crabidy/v1/crabidy.proto
@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ message RemoveRequest {
 message RemoveResponse {}
 
 message InsertRequest {
+  // Index to insert **at**: the entry currently there, and everything after
+  // it, shifts down. 0 inserts at the front, a position at or past the end
+  // appends. "After entry N" is therefore N + 1.
   uint32 position = 1;
   repeated string paths = 2;
 }
diff --git a/crabidy-server/src/lib.rs b/crabidy-server/src/lib.rs
index 2104ee7..1284855 100644
--- a/crabidy-server/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crabidy-server/src/lib.rs
@@ -343,9 +343,10 @@ impl PendingResolve {
             ResolveKind::InsertAfter(position) => {
                 // Advance the cursor so this op's next chunk lands right
                 // behind this one, keeping the collection contiguous.
-                // `insert_tracks` clamps positions past the end.
+                // `insert_tracks` inserts *at* an index and clamps past the
+                // end, so "after N" is "at N + 1".
                 self.kind = ResolveKind::InsertAfter(position + tracks.len() as u32);
-                queue.insert_tracks(position, tracks)
+                queue.insert_tracks(position + 1, tracks)
             }
         };
         if started.is_some() {
@@ -592,19 +593,24 @@ impl QueueManager {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Inserts `tracks` **at** `position`: whatever sits there, and everything
+    /// after it, shifts down. `0` inserts at the front and a position at or
+    /// past the end appends, so every insertion point is reachable — which is
+    /// what a client needs to paste *before* the first row. An empty queue is
+    /// a replace, which starts playback.
+    ///
+    /// Callers wanting "after track N" (play-next, `ResolveKind::InsertAfter`)
+    /// pass `N + 1`.
     pub fn insert_tracks(&mut self, position: u32, tracks: &[Track]) -> Option<Track> {
         let len = self.tracks.len();
         if len == 0 {
             return self.replace_with_tracks(tracks);
         }
         let inserted = tracks.len();
-        let position = (position as usize).min(len - 1);
+        let at = (position as usize).min(len);
         let order_additions: Vec<usize> = (len..len + inserted).collect();
         self.play_order.extend(order_additions);
-        let tail: Vec<Track> = self
-            .tracks
-            .splice(position + 1.., tracks.to_vec())
-            .collect();
+        let tail: Vec<Track> = self.tracks.splice(at.., tracks.to_vec()).collect();
         self.tracks.extend(tail);
         let mut changed: Vec<usize> = Vec::new();
         // In shuffle mode we may already have played positions that are
@@ -614,7 +620,7 @@ impl QueueManager {
             .play_order
             .iter_mut()
             .take(self.current_offset)
-            .filter(|i| position < **i)
+            .filter(|i| at <= **i)
         {
             *i += inserted;
             changed.push(*i);
@@ -636,9 +642,10 @@ impl QueueManager {
         None
     }
 
+    /// Play-next: insert right after the current track.
     pub fn queue_tracks(&mut self, tracks: &[Track]) -> Option<Track> {
         let pos = self.current_position();
-        self.insert_tracks(pos as u32, tracks)
+        self.insert_tracks(pos as u32 + 1, tracks)
     }
 
     pub fn clear(&mut self, exclude_current: bool) -> bool {
@@ -750,6 +757,35 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(q.next_track().unwrap().title, "track 0");
     }
 
+    /// Position 0 puts tracks at the very front — the insertion point a
+    /// client needs to paste *before* the first row (and so to undo deleting
+    /// it). Everything at or after the index shifts down.
+    #[test]
+    fn insert_at_zero_lands_at_the_front() {
+        let mut q = queue_with(2);
+        q.insert_tracks(0, &[track(9)]);
+        assert_eq!(titles(&q), vec!["track 9", "track 0", "track 1"]);
+        assert_eq!(q.play_order.len(), 3);
+    }
+
+    /// An interior insert pushes the row that was there down, rather than
+    /// landing after it.
+    #[test]
+    fn insert_at_a_position_pushes_that_row_down() {
+        let mut q = queue_with(3);
+        q.insert_tracks(1, &[track(9)]);
+        assert_eq!(titles(&q), vec!["track 0", "track 9", "track 1", "track 2"]);
+    }
+
+    /// Play-next stays "after the current track" even though the primitive
+    /// now inserts *at* an index.
+    #[test]
+    fn queue_tracks_lands_right_after_the_current_track() {
+        let mut q = queue_with(3); // playing track 0
+        q.queue_tracks(&[track(9)]);
+        assert_eq!(titles(&q), vec!["track 0", "track 9", "track 1", "track 2"]);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn insert_past_end_appends() {
         let mut q = queue_with(2);
diff --git a/docs/src/clients/cli.md b/docs/src/clients/cli.md
index 22e06eb..cd2ce7d 100644
--- a/docs/src/clients/cli.md
+++ b/docs/src/clients/cli.md
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ cbd global volume -- -0.1                 # lower the volume
   marked. `library create`/`rename`/`delete`, and `library save`/
   `capture` (the `w`/`W` equivalents into `/crabidy` — see [The crabidy
   store](../store.md)) mutate it.
+- `queue insert <POS> <PATH>…` inserts **at** `POS`, pushing the row that
+  was there down; `0` puts tracks at the front.
 - `queue show` prints the [queue](../queue.md); `queue append`/`insert`/
   `replace <PATH>…`, `queue remove <POS>…`, `queue clear
   [--keep-current]`, `queue set-current <POS>`, `queue save`/`capture
diff --git a/docs/src/queue.md b/docs/src/queue.md
index 518e394..380537e 100644
--- a/docs/src/queue.md
+++ b/docs/src/queue.md
@@ -145,6 +145,10 @@ limits.
 
 Two consequences worth knowing:
 
+- `Insert` takes the index to insert **at**: the row that was there, and
+  everything after it, shifts down. `0` is the front and a position at or
+  past the end appends, so every insertion point is reachable — which is what
+  pasting *before* the first row needs. "Play after track N" is `N + 1`.
 - `Remove` takes **positions**, so a client must send positions from the
   queue state it is currently showing. Both clients carry their marks across
   each pushed queue snapshot by matching track paths, so a mark follows its