# Display both ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags at the same time?

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/display-both-id3v1-and-id3v2-tags-at-the-same-time/5257
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 5, 2007, 2:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/display-both-id3v1-and-id3v2-tags-at-the-same-time/5257 "2007-08-05T02:35:59Z")
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### Author: ![Cookie\_Monster](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/cookie_monster/32/7_2.png) [@Cookie\_Monster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Cookie_Monster)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2007, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/display-both-id3v1-and-id3v2-tags-at-the-same-time/5257/3 "2007-08-10T15:44:05Z")

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I had a similar request a while ago:

[/t/5060/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/5060/1)

My suggestion was to use buttons on the top toolbar to quickly switch between what tags are displayed.

Currently there's a priority like this: APEv2 \> ID3v2 \> ID3v1

So you have to disable reading ID3v2 in the options and refresh the file list in order to see the ID3v1 tags. That's very cumbersome and takes a lot of time when you're editing hundreds of MP3s.

I think Mp3Tag should read **all** tags **at once** (hold them in memory) and make the different kings accessible via buttons (applying to normal placeholders) and via special placeholders/functions for a fixed and permanent view in the file list view.

And a simple point/select/copy&paste from one tag to another should also be great. Because when I want to write to a specific tag I also have to go to the options and adjust the "Read" settings... that's killing the workflow. Same for deleting a specific tag... ![:wacko:](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/455ecca54df2b24f3c99cde256604242b1031da2.gif ":wacko:")

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