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+"""UI helpers mixin for MainWindow.
+
+Handles UI helper functions like spinners, logs, and status bar messages.
+"""
+
+from PySide6 import QtGui, QtWidgets
+
+from tidal_dl_ng.model.gui_data import StatusbarMessage
+from tidal_dl_ng.ui.spinner import QtWaitingSpinner
+
+
+class UIHelpersMixin:
+    """Mixin containing UI helper methods."""
+
+    def on_spinner_start(self, parent: QtWidgets.QWidget) -> None:
+        """Start a loading spinner on the given parent widget."""
+        if parent in self.spinners:
+            spinner = self.spinners[parent]
+            spinner.stop()
+            spinner.deleteLater()
+            del self.spinners[parent]
+
+        spinner = QtWaitingSpinner(parent, True, True)
+        spinner.setColor(QtGui.QColor(255, 255, 255))
+        spinner.start()
+        self.spinners[parent] = spinner
+
+    def on_spinner_stop(self) -> None:
+        """Stop all active loading spinners."""
+        for spinner in list(self.spinners.values()):
+            spinner.stop()
+            spinner.deleteLater()
+        self.spinners.clear()
+
+    def on_statusbar_message(self, data: StatusbarMessage):
+        """Show a message in the status bar."""
+        self.statusbar.showMessage(data.message, data.timeout)
+
+    def _log_output(self, text: str) -> None:
+        """Redirect log output to the debug text area."""
+        cursor: QtGui.QTextCursor = self.te_debug.textCursor()
+        html = self.converter_ansi_html.convert(text)
+
+        cursor.movePosition(QtGui.QTextCursor.End)
+        cursor.insertHtml(html)
+        self.te_debug.setTextCursor(cursor)
+        self.te_debug.ensureCursorVisible()
+
+    def button_reload_status(self, status: bool) -> None:
+        """Update the reload button's state and text."""
+        button_text: str = "Reloading..." if not status else "Reload"
+        self.pb_reload_user_lists.setEnabled(status)
+        self.pb_reload_user_lists.setText(button_text)