Clear all path history from "Directory" on the Tag Panel

General Discussion
1

It would be very helpful to have an option in File>Options e.g. under General or Directories or Tag Panel, to clear in one go all the path history from the Tag Panel Directory box. It's tedious to have to remove each entry one-by-one using Shift+Del, especially when a long list has developed. Clicking on an entry to remove it also starts loading all the files in the directory before it can be deleted. Is there another alternative?

2

AFAIK the list has a maximum of 10 entries.
If you do not like to see any folder history, then hide the directory field from the tag panel. You could then add further files and folders from the Windows Explorer via drag&drop and also with the functions from the File menu.
Otherwise there is not way to edit the folder list.

3

The directory field in the tag panel is very useful for repeat access but even with a maximum of 10 it gets clogged up with no-longer-needed entries. And it's not a question of wanting to edit the folder list, it's just the option to delete all the entries in one go. If there is coding to add an entry, is coding to remove entries so difficult?

4

I noticed even if I Shift-Del all the items from the directory field, there are some remnant paths left in the mp3tag.cfg

5

I would assume that at least the last working directory would remain. You cannot run MP3tag without one.

6

Actually it's two old directories that are already removed from the harddrive.

7

Before I analyze this further by trying to recreate what you're observing:

  • Are you sure it's the directories history and not some other configuration setting (options are library paths from Options → Library, other directories from Options → Directories, or converters), and
  • Why is this important to you?
8

I'm reasonably sure, I checked those other settings.

It is not terribly important, I am just curious why I can't find it anywhere in the actual config.
I can send you the cfg if you can have a look..

9

Yes, please send the cfg and mention the folder paths that you expect to be removed in your message.

10

mp3tag.cfg.zip (12.0 KB)

C:\____RIPS\
C:\_DMP\

But looking at the file again, I realized there is probably more history and config leftovers that I may have overlooked..

11

It's an internal setting to remember the last copy and move directories. It's unrelated to the path history of the directory field on the Tag Panel.