# Collapsing/expanding columns function

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/collapsing-expanding-columns-function/68315
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [April 27, 2025, 3:38am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/collapsing-expanding-columns-function/68315 "2025-04-27T03:38:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Jaeger1349](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/jaeger1349/32/19547_2.png) [@Jaeger1349](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jaeger1349)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2025, 3:38am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/collapsing-expanding-columns-function/68315/1 "2025-04-27T03:38:59Z")

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Hi! Any possibility of adding a function to collapse/expand columns like MS Excel? It would be useful for a better workflow by hiding/showing certain columns at will to do some actions instead of select/unselect columns from the menu ony by one every time you need it.

Cheers!

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### Author: ![Doug\_Mackie](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/doug_mackie/32/279_2.png) [@Doug\_Mackie](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Doug_Mackie)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/collapsing-expanding-columns-function/68315/2 "2025-04-27T17:13:17Z")

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> [@Jaeger1349](#):
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> ...instead of select/unselect columns from the menu one by one every time you need it.

This is not necessary, although I appreciate your suggestion.

Right now you can create and save a variety of preset column layouts for use when needed. In the Columns dialog is a button that enables you to save and/or load these layouts (see the screen shot below).

 ![Mp3TagColumnOptions](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/3X/e/5/e5ebb02b072557dcef090f9ed12bfeb5197ec0ca.jpeg)

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### Author: ![Jaeger1349](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/jaeger1349/32/19547_2.png) [@Jaeger1349](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jaeger1349)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2025, 11:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/collapsing-expanding-columns-function/68315/3 "2025-04-27T23:48:44Z")

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Well, that's a practical workaround. I was thinking in this suggestion like a way to avoiding extra steps to achieve the same goal, but putting it like this, it makes sense. Thanks for your attention anyway, I appreciate it 🙂

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### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2025, 6:43am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/collapsing-expanding-columns-function/68315/4 "2025-04-30T06:43:03Z")

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