# Action "Set Cover Properties": Using placeholders for cover description

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-set-cover-properties-using-placeholders-for-cover-description/58393
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [September 2, 2022, 8:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-set-cover-properties-using-placeholders-for-cover-description/58393 "2022-09-02T08:21:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/poster/32/4881_2.png) [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2022, 8:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-set-cover-properties-using-placeholders-for-cover-description/58393/1 "2022-09-02T08:21:26Z")

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It would be nice if you could use mp3tag-placeholders in the action "Set Cover Properties" to define the content of the "Cover description.

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### Author: ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2022, 8:24am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-set-cover-properties-using-placeholders-for-cover-description/58393/2 "2022-09-02T08:24:21Z")

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You think about something like this?  
 ![image](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a85fd160978d4929dfcb6c99f30d5e1c8626c2b4.png)  
and  
 ![image](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/3/309779cf446ff8821f43fc1a5b38174ab06f1ab6.jpeg)

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### Author: ![poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/poster/32/4881_2.png) [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2022, 8:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-set-cover-properties-using-placeholders-for-cover-description/58393/3 "2022-09-02T08:31:25Z")

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Yes. I think of the possibility to use a "format string" with a mix of text and placeholders.
