# Custom button on toolbar?
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-button-on-toolbar/10721
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [August 26, 2010, 10:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-button-on-toolbar/10721 "2010-08-26T10:50:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@Plat](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Plat)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2010, 10:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-button-on-toolbar/10721/1 "2010-08-26T10:50:57Z")
Does anyone know if you can place a button on the toolbar to run an action? Would be a nice feature...
Cheers,
P
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2010, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-button-on-toolbar/10721/2 "2010-08-26T13:16:41Z")
> [@Plat](#):
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> ... Would be a nice feature...
>
> Cheers,
> P
Yes, but currently you can't.
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### Author:  [@JJ\_Johnson](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JJ_Johnson)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2010, 3:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-button-on-toolbar/10721/3 "2010-08-27T03:25:50Z")
Yes, that would be a nice feature. It would also be nice to be able to add a button that executes the currently selected set of action groups so that the dialog box doesn't alway have to be opened to do this.
I hope to see a completely customizable toolbar some day.
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### Author:  [@incifinci](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/incifinci)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-button-on-toolbar/10721/4 "2015-06-29T21:18:44Z")
> [@JJ Johnson](#):
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> I hope to see a completely customizable toolbar some day.
**+1 vote**
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### Author:  [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2015, 7:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-button-on-toolbar/10721/5 "2015-07-03T07:46:42Z")
Of course it would be useful
I've made that request myself a couple of months ago
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### Author:  [@GSX1300](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/GSX1300)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2015, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-button-on-toolbar/10721/6 "2015-08-29T12:19:20Z")
> [@](#):
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> I hope to see a completely customizable toolbar some day.
**+1 vote**
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### Author:  [@mahalubu](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mahalubu)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-button-on-toolbar/10721/7 "2016-10-30T15:34:07Z")
> [@GSX1300](#):
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> **+1 vote**
**+1 vote**
Would be great!
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### Author:  [@pgh](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pgh)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-button-on-toolbar/10721/8 "2025-01-15T20:34:16Z")
Is this possible yet? OR is it possible to add something to the List Panel where I can perform a sort or script without having to go through the steps?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2025, 8:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-button-on-toolbar/10721/9 "2025-01-15T20:42:05Z")
> [@pgh](#):
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> add something to the List Panel
I don't know what you mean by that.
See the documentation on how to organize action groups:
> **[Actions – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/actions/#organizing-action-groups)**
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> Documentation on Quick Actions and Action Groups that covers replace text, case conversion, tag to tag conversion, duplicate field handling, batch cover import/export, and more. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.
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### Author:  [@Reason](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Reason)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2025, 11:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-button-on-toolbar/10721/10 "2025-01-17T23:15:38Z")
I'd also look at setting up actions. Getting some actions created and mapped to keyboard shortcuts is a huge efficiency booster.
One quick note that's technically present but not explicitly called out in the documentation is that you can put the ampersand anywhere in your action name - it doesn't have to be before the first character. This lets you choose which character you want to use for a given action.
For example, I have an action to "Format Value "ALBUMARTIST": %artist% named as "A&rtist to Album Artist". This lets me hit Alt A R and all selected files will have the album artist filled in with the artist.
Another one I have is to embed the front cover named "Embed &Front Cover", which lets me use Alt A F. This lets me, in theory, embed each album's (previously downloaded) cover art for an artist's entire discography with three keystrokes.
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2025, 7:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-button-on-toolbar/10721/11 "2025-01-18T07:04:28Z")
> [@Reason](#):
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> One quick note that's technically present but not explicitly called out in the documentation is that you can put the ampersand anywhere in your action name - it doesn't have to be before the first character. This lets you choose which character you want to use for a given action.
There is an example and a tip in the documentation:
> **Pro tip** : you can combine both tips, e.g., **`&Default values#Set &COMMENT`** to trigger the action group by pressing Alt+A plus D plus C.
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### Author:  [@pgh](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pgh)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2025, 5:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-button-on-toolbar/10721/12 "2025-01-18T17:17:42Z")
Thanks, I'll take a look at this. I have used \* as a wildcard for some thing I wanted to change, but it replaced everything with a star.
Great that MP3Tag has "Undo".
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### Author:  [@pgh](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pgh)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-button-on-toolbar/10721/13 "2025-01-18T17:23:58Z")
I look forward to testing your instructions.
If I understand correctly, this is like creating a macro (Excel/Word) that can be called upon to perform multiple actions with the click on a button or menu option?
If so, this is perfect for exactly what I want to do. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@Reason](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Reason)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-button-on-toolbar/10721/14 "2025-01-18T17:32:42Z")
Great point, yes. In my head I was explaining that the ampersand can be anywhere _in the word_, and is not constrained to be before the first character in any given word, but that's not what I actually said. Thank you for clarifying that.
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### Author:  [@Reason](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Reason)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-button-on-toolbar/10721/15 "2025-01-18T17:36:39Z")
Click on a button, not so much, at least in my relatively limited experience. Perform from a menu item, absolutely. From what I've seen, actions are incredibly powerful - you can perform multiple operations in a single action if you want, you can map them to Alt+A+[your desired key] shortcuts, and you can add submenus if you want to keep your menus visually organized and don't mind an extra keystroke or click. There are also action preset groups, which I haven't wrapped my head around yet.
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### Author:  [@pgh](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pgh)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2025, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-button-on-toolbar/10721/16 "2025-01-18T17:55:36Z")
Great explanation..thanks a bunch!
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### Author:  [@Sergius](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sergius)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-button-on-toolbar/10721/17 "2025-01-26T17:34:41Z")
> [@JJ Johnson](#):
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> I hope to see a completely customizable toolbar some day.
**+1 vote**
Excellent idea