# Customize Columns ?
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/customize-columns/3688
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 21, 2006, 11:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/customize-columns/3688 "2006-08-21T11:57:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@FreekRPG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/FreekRPG)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2006, 11:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/customize-columns/3688/1 "2006-08-21T11:57:08Z")
I'm a new user to Mp3tag and am using 2.36a. So far I really like what I'm finding and will undoubtedly continue to use the program.
BUT, I do have a problem.
I have managed to add some columns for which you had the codes listed in your help files. However, I am trying to add 2 totally new types of columns. One which uses @ to tell me that I have confirmed all of the info in that record to ensure its accuracy. The other uses VA to let me know that this particular file comes from a compilation of Various Artists. (In this way I leave the Artist column free for the actual artist. This is where I have run into a brick wall.
View- Customize Columns
Name: VA
VAlue: %fieldname%
Field:
Sort by:
According to the instructions you need to have a placeholder in the Field slot but no matter what I try, when I enter the VA later it disappears as soon as I hit . What am I doing wrong? I have tried to explain this fully but if I only ended up in confusing the issue please let me know.
I should also explain that I was a tech for many years and working with this kind of stuff use to be very intuitive for me. The effects of a stroke have seriously changed that and sometimes the simplest thing end up looking like Latin to me. So please make any explanations detailed and very clear.
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FreekRPG
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### Author:  [@Sebastian\_Mares](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sebastian_Mares)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2006, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/customize-columns/3688/2 "2006-08-21T13:19:41Z")
Value should not be the literal string "%fieldname%", but the name of the field you want to have displayed (like "%artist%" or "%my\_custom\_field%"). If you also want to edit this field from the list view, add the same field under "Field". For example:
Name: VA
Value: %various\_artists%
Field: %various\_artists%
Sort by:
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### Author:  [@FreekRPG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/FreekRPG)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2006, 4:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/customize-columns/3688/3 "2006-08-21T16:07:33Z")
 
My bad...well I did say I couldn't see what was right in front of my face didn't I.
Anyway, it works like a charm now.
Thanks a bunch.
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FreekRPG
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/customize-columns/3688/4 "2026-02-09T12:19:51Z")