# Displaying Track Length in the Tag Panel
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/displaying-track-length-in-the-tag-panel/67161
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 16, 2025, 12:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/displaying-track-length-in-the-tag-panel/67161 "2025-01-16T00:17:08Z")
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### Author:  [@pgh](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pgh)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2025, 12:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/displaying-track-length-in-the-tag-panel/67161/1 "2025-01-16T00:17:08Z")
Is is possible to format the number that displays in Tag Panel? Currently there there is no pattern and the numbers don't match those listed in Length.
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2025, 7:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/displaying-track-length-in-the-tag-panel/67161/2 "2025-01-16T07:01:37Z")
Have a look at the extended tag-view (ALT-t) of a file and best give us a screenshot.
The "length-field" has the paceholder %\_length% and you cannot add this to the tag-panel, because the tag-panel is reserved for editable tags. %\_length% shows the technical info of the file, not a tag-field.
If you have another field called %length% it is a user-defined field.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2025, 7:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/displaying-track-length-in-the-tag-panel/67161/3 "2025-01-16T07:04:34Z")
> [@pgh](#):
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> Is is possible to format the number that displays in Tag Panel? Currently there there is no pattern and the numbers don't match those listed in Length.
Please use the search function in this forum (upper right corner).
You will find many answers already given to the same questions like yours:
> [@Inserting Track Length on the Tag Panel](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/inserting-track-length-on-the-tag-panel/48930):
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> Hello! I have a problem that is driving my crazy. I am trying to insert the track length in my tag panel but it will not populate. Apparently, at some point, in order to get Track Length in my columns, I had to create a customized column with the following values: Name=Length Value=%\_length% Field=%length% Sort by=%\_length\_seconds% I''m not sure why I had to set it up like that. I did this over 6 years ago. But I had to do it this way. I tried to change back to using the default values …
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2025, 7:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/displaying-track-length-in-the-tag-panel/67161/4 "2025-01-16T07:13:34Z")
Not in the tag panel.
But if you select just a single file then you see the length in the status bar.
(If you selected several files, then you would not see any data in the field for length anyway but ``)
And in addtion to
> [@LyricsLover](#):
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> Please use the search function in this forum (upper right corner).
please follow these hints:
> [@Hints for asking Support Requests](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/hints-for-asking-support-requests/56190):
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> If you need support using Mp3tag, you can help the community members that are about to support you in finding a solution or workaround to your problem, by following these simple guidelines. Be descriptive, also in what you’ve already tried Please give a short explanation what’s not working as expected or what you’re trying to achieve. It’s best to know any details about the problem at hand and especially, what steps you’ve already tried to solve it by yourself. Helpful information also includ…
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### Author:  [@pgh](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pgh)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/displaying-track-length-in-the-tag-panel/67161/5 "2025-01-16T15:21:41Z")
Thanks, this helped return the values displayed on List. Most important was telling me that fields on the Tag Panel are only used for editable fields.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/displaying-track-length-in-the-tag-panel/67161/6 "2025-02-15T15:22:22Z")
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