# Creating a new column to display number of songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [August 13, 2018, 9:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-a-new-column-to-display-number-of-songs/42639 "2018-08-13T21:19:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Goodguy21](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/dfb087/32.png) [@Goodguy21](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Goodguy21)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 9:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-a-new-column-to-display-number-of-songs/42639/1 "2018-08-13T21:19:27Z")
Hey! I recently found Mp3Tag and its amazing. But, I need help with creating a new column. I am trying to create a column that shows the number of songs that I have selected from a folder. Say, a folder has 50 songs and I select all of them, I want to have a separate column that shows which song I am currently editing. It looks something like this.. **#** Filename Title Album Album Artist Year Track 1 Somesong Somesong Queen Max 1989 04 2 Samesong Samesong Queen Max 1989 05 The 'Track' column is different than my '#' column here. The '#' column just shows how many songs I have selected to edit. I have tried adding "%\_counter%" and "%\_counter+%" to the Value and Field but, it doesn't work. Can someone please help me with it? I don't know what to add in the fields of Value, Field & Sort. Thanks a lot. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2018, 5:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-a-new-column-to-display-number-of-songs/42639/2 "2018-08-14T05:05:55Z")
I do not think that it is possible to create a column. But you see the number of selected files in the statusbar at the bottom right of the window. Edit: You can also use the track-numbering assistant to renumber the currently selected tracks and add the total number to the track number. You can then create a column that shows only that part of the track number. Enter as value: `$regexp(%track%,.*\/,)` ---
**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-a-new-column-to-display-number-of-songs/42639/3 "2026-02-09T12:27:36Z")