# Add space in front of bracket
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-space-in-front-of-bracket/63948
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 1, 2024, 8:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-space-in-front-of-bracket/63948 "2024-03-01T08:59:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@djerniehoule](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djerniehoule)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2024, 8:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-space-in-front-of-bracket/63948/1 "2024-03-01T08:59:47Z")
> [@Inserting Spaces](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/inserting-spaces/8534/4):
>
> \s\*-\s\*
How would I put a space after "(" in certain song titles? Example: Don't Be Cruel(Live)
(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear-Don't Be Cruel(Live At Convention Center Arena, San Antonio, Tx-April 18, 1972)
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2024, 10:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-space-in-front-of-bracket/63948/2 "2024-03-01T10:16:26Z")
> [@djerniehoule](#):
>
> How would I put a space after "(" in certain song titles? Example: Don't Be Cruel(Live)
Do you really want it to look like this:
Don't Be Cruel( Live)
(space added behind bracket)
or should it be
Don't Be Cruel (Live)
(space added in front of bracket)
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2024, 10:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-space-in-front-of-bracket/63948/3 "2024-03-01T10:32:02Z")
Also for this case, I repeat my note as mentioned here:
> [@Insert space in titles, artists, albums, etc](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/insert-space-in-titles-artists-albums-etc/63940/9):
>
> A note to future readers: Please be aware that the change from & to ⎵&⎵ also changes ARTIST names to a maybe not wanted (not expected) new name. ⎵ is only the visible representation of a space Bands/Artists with a & in theyr name like &\*!!% or the japanese singer with the name & or the group Y&T would be changed to a wrong written new name. The same is true for ALBUM names. There are dozens of albums with the name & and some like +&+ or -&- which would be wrongly changed to ⎵&⎵…
You will find several TITLEs where this will lead to unwanted changes.
Example:
`Q(Uarantine)`
becomes
`Q (Uarantine)`
or
`Abstrac(tion)`
becomes
`Abstrac (tion)`
Just a few more of my current TITLEs:
`Memory Lane (Luv(Sic) Part 2)`
`Take the D(on’t Give a Fuck) Train`
`Incassable(S) MMXXII`
`Con(Clusion)`
`Meine Ex(plodierte Freundin)`
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### Author:  [@djerniehoule](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djerniehoule)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-space-in-front-of-bracket/63948/4 "2024-03-01T14:34:31Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> Don't Be Cruel (Live)
This is how I would like it to look "Don't Be Cruel (Live)"
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-space-in-front-of-bracket/63948/5 "2024-03-01T14:37:30Z")
Create an action of the type "Replace" for TITLE
Search string: (
Replace with: ⎵(
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2024, 2:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-space-in-front-of-bracket/63948/6 "2024-03-01T14:49:28Z")
> [@djerniehoule](#):
>
> (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear-Don't Be Cruel(Live At Convention Center Arena, San Antonio, Tx-April 18, 1972)
Which becomes 😉
`⎵(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear-Don't Be Cruel (Live At Convention Center Arena, San Antonio, Tx-April 18, 1972)`
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-space-in-front-of-bracket/63948/7 "2024-03-01T14:55:14Z")
I would remove leading and trailing blanks as described in the FAQs:
> [@Actions and batch-operations](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions-and-batch-operations/967/10):
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> How to remove/trim leading and trailing spaces [Video tutorial for these actions](http://www.vimeo.com/7756545) Leading spaces: Action type: Replace with regular expressions Field: \_TAG Regular expression: ^\s+ Replace matches with: ^ matches the beginning of the string. Then \s+ searches for all whitespaces till a different char occurs. The whitespaces found will be replaced by nothing and, thus, deleted. Trailing spaces: Action type: Replace with regular expressions Field: \_TAG Regular expression: \s+$ Replace matc…
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-space-in-front-of-bracket/63948/8 "2024-03-31T14:55:42Z")
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