# Add Cover fom Tag-Panel or Extended View
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-cover-fom-tag-panel-or-extended-view/42360
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [July 17, 2018, 6:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-cover-fom-tag-panel-or-extended-view/42360 "2018-07-17T06:51:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2018, 6:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-cover-fom-tag-panel-or-extended-view/42360/1 "2018-07-17T06:51:23Z")
Normally doing a right-click on the cover-field and choose "Add Cover" opens an explorer Window in the actual %\_folderpath%.
That is fine for me in about 99 % of all cases because that is the place where my cover-files are.
But there are rare cases (i.e. CD-Sets) where my cover-files lie in the %\_parent\_directory% and there is no cover-file in the directory.
Because MP3Tag does not find cover-files in these cases the selection window points to the active directory, in my case the grand-parent-directory, and I have to navigate to the right albumartist and album before beeing able to add the cover-file.
I suggest that MP3Tag inshould open these cases the parent-directory by default.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2018, 7:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-cover-fom-tag-panel-or-extended-view/42360/2 "2018-07-17T07:00:42Z")
You know that you can click on the arrow up-icon in the windows file explorer to get one directory up?
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2018, 7:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-cover-fom-tag-panel-or-extended-view/42360/3 "2018-07-17T07:21:57Z")
> [@LyricsLover](#):
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> You know that you can click on the arrow up-icon in the windows file explorer to get one directory up
Certainly I know that.😃
But the problem is that (as I wrote) MP3Tag decides in these cases without cover-files in the directory to open the active directory which in (in my case) is 3 directories above.
i.e.:
Add Files from `D:\MP3s\Albums\` to MP3Tag. The active directory is "albums".
With CD-Sets my folder structure looks like this:
`D:\MP3s\Albums\%albumartist%\%album%\(CD 1) Name\`
So starting the selection from a selected file by a right-click opens the selection-window withe the directory "(CD 1) Name". If there is no cover-file Mp3Tag opens the selection-window with "D:\MP3s\Albums" which is already 3 directories above and from there I have to navigate to the albumartist and then to the album.
MP3Tag does not offer the %\_folderpath% of the file with an empty window. If It would you could as you suggested move 1 directory above.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2018, 7:28am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-cover-fom-tag-panel-or-extended-view/42360/4 "2018-07-17T07:28:46Z")
Now I understand. Sorry!
Just to be sure: Have a look at File -\> Options -\> Directories -\> Cover Art Directory.
What if you enter something like `%_folderpath%` or `%_directory%`?
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2018, 7:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-cover-fom-tag-panel-or-extended-view/42360/5 "2018-07-17T07:45:52Z")
> [@LyricsLover](#):
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> Just to be sure: Have a look at File -\> Options -\> Directories -\> Cover Art Directory.
> What if you enter something like `%_folderpath%` or `%_directory%` ?
In fact I have already `%_folderpath%` there.
But I tested it again.
The default without any defined directory there is the directory of the marked file.
If this directory contains no cover-art MP3Tag jumps the the active directory (in my case 3 steps above) regardles of what is defined there.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2018, 8:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-cover-fom-tag-panel-or-extended-view/42360/6 "2018-07-17T08:08:58Z")
You are right. If there is no cover-art in the actual directory, Mp3tag jumps always to the directory where you started to scan songs.
Example:
If you start scanning from Level \_1, you get the directory \_1 on "Add Cover".
If you start scanning from Level 6, you get the directory \6 on "Add Cover".
It doesn't matter what you have entered in File -\> Options -\> Directories -\> Cover Art Directory.
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### Author:  [@ryerman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ryerman)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2018, 8:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-cover-fom-tag-panel-or-extended-view/42360/7 "2018-07-17T08:27:47Z")
> [@LyricsLover](#):
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> It doesn't matter what you have entered in Tools -\> Options -\> Directories -\> Cover Art Director
Try this:
`$cutRight(%_folderpath%,1)`
Mp3tag automatically adds a trailing backslash so we have to remove the one that is included with %\_folderpath%
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### Author:  [@iamyou](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/iamyou)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2020, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-cover-fom-tag-panel-or-extended-view/42360/8 "2020-07-24T12:27:40Z")
Just to add my request, to this thread:
i want to be able to drag & drop cover-art ANYWHERE in the tag panel,
and this will then add that cover-art into the 'cover art' tag.
Currently, I can drag & drop cover-art only onto the 'cover art' area.