# Adding pre-defined values to drop-down lists
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-pre-defined-values-to-drop-down-lists/41021
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [March 10, 2018, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-pre-defined-values-to-drop-down-lists/41021 "2018-03-10T17:07:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Stem75](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Stem75)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2018, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-pre-defined-values-to-drop-down-lists/41021/1 "2018-03-10T17:07:39Z")
Another thing I would suggest is to have the ability to scroll horizontally and the ability to add predefined values as you can do in the genre tag for example?
Let's hope that \<\< GOD \>\> is reading this!!!
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2018, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-pre-defined-values-to-drop-down-lists/41021/2 "2018-03-10T18:16:34Z")
> [@Tag Panel: horizontal layout improvements to tag fields](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-panel-horizontal-layout-improvements-to-tag-fields/40873/5):
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> ability to add predefined values as you can do in the genre tag
See this thread on a discussion why there are pre-defined values for genres but not for other fields:
> [@Add missing ID3 styles (genres) types support](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-missing-id3-styles-genres-types-support/19389/4):
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> What about a little research on your side? Anyway: the pre-defined (standard) options for GENRE are thre for the ID3V1 standard where each genre has a defined number from 1 to 256 - and only this one is stored in the tag. Any string that does not match the predefined list is mapped to "Other". In the ID3V2.3 standard you can input anything you like into the genre field which means that there is no standard anymore. So the only standard that is to be followed is that for V2.3 tags, a string ha…
and here is a suggestion how to get pre-defined strings now already:
> [@Defined values for 'Period' field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/defined-values-for-period-field/40962/3):
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> And those are the way to go But you can also combine both of them: just replace in that second one the PERIOD with GENRE so that you will put in the GENRE tag field your desired descriptions [which can be important later on, when you will be trying to see those descriptions in some player, that will be able to read the legit GENRE tag field but not some made up field like PERIOD] I personally have been using such combination [although with different descriptions] for something like 4 year…
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### Author:  [@Stem75](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Stem75)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2018, 11:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-pre-defined-values-to-drop-down-lists/41021/3 "2018-03-10T23:40:41Z")
ohrenkino I thing you have misunderstood me.
First of all I don't have any conflicts or something like that with the software or hardware that I am using the way I tag my music.
Let me tell you in the first place that my English are not at the highest level so there might be mistakes. Have a creative thinking!!!
What I was trying to say, is to have the ability to add user defined strings as I can have in the genre tag.
For example I have a tag ( language ) and I use the strings G X M U witch stands for G = Greek , X = Foreign , M = Mixed , U = Unknown.
Another example is a tag ( mood ) with a big list of strings like sad, happy, drive, morning, .....,......,......,.....,.............
What I am saying is that it would be very nice if I could use predefined user strings as a drop down list in the tag panel as I use my own strings in the genre tag.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2018, 8:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-pre-defined-values-to-drop-down-lists/41021/4 "2018-03-11T08:50:22Z")
> [@Tag Panel: horizontal layout improvements to tag fields](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-panel-horizontal-layout-improvements-to-tag-fields/40873/7):
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> it would be very nice if I could use predefined user strings as a drop down list in the tag panel as I use my own strings in the genre tag.
You can define your own genres in File\>Options\>Genre and set the option to only display these.
As for all other lists that may benefit from user-defined values, the topic has been addressed many times, e.g. here:
> [@Artist, Composer and Year dropdown list](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-composer-and-year-dropdown-list/19359):
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> The genre section allows to add custom genres. Manually added genre can be selected through a dropdown list. Can the same be achieved in case of artist, composer and year field?
Please add your comments about pre-defined values there.
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### Author:  [@Stem75](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Stem75)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2018, 10:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-pre-defined-values-to-drop-down-lists/41021/5 "2018-03-11T10:10:32Z")
OK. Maybe wrong topic.
I uploaded a picture here.
> [@Suggested Feature: Allow User To Add Items To Drop-Down Boxes](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggested-feature-allow-user-to-add-items-to-drop-down-boxes/18317/9):
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> I can't explain it with words but I would like something like this.