# Drag'n'drop "add directory"
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/dragndrop-add-directory/4057
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 13, 2006, 10:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/dragndrop-add-directory/4057 "2006-11-13T22:48:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2006, 10:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/dragndrop-add-directory/4057/1 "2006-11-13T22:48:46Z")
How does one drag'n'drop a directory from Explorer such that it adds to the file list in mp3tag (like "add directory")? Here the cursor shows [+] but always replaces rather than adds, regardless of modifier keys.
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2006, 12:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/dragndrop-add-directory/4057/2 "2006-11-14T00:14:52Z")
Hold down CTRL-key while you drop it.
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### Author:  [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2006, 9:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/dragndrop-add-directory/4057/3 "2006-11-14T09:22:48Z")
Excellent - thanks Dano.
Suggestions for improvement: a) mention this in Help 🕶 have the cursor shape show the difference between replace and Add.
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### Author:  [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2006, 9:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/dragndrop-add-directory/4057/4 "2006-11-15T21:34:19Z")
Dano, is there also a trick to getting just the selected file(s) from Explorer into mp3tag? Here mp3tag opens all files in the same dir and sub dirs.
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2006, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/dragndrop-add-directory/4057/5 "2006-11-15T22:19:28Z")
No that's not possible. At least there is no clean way.
You could create a playlist with the paths of the files - that can load single files. But that's not really comfortable.
If somebody wrote an explorer shell extension that creates a temporary list of the select files and sends it to Mp3tag it would be nice.
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### Author:  [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2006, 10:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/dragndrop-add-directory/4057/6 "2006-11-15T22:59:14Z")
Thanks.
Other commands that would help mp3tag toward being a good playlist editor are Delete, Move up/down and Copy file list items.
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### Author:  [@Oblio](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Oblio)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2006, 3:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/dragndrop-add-directory/4057/7 "2006-11-17T03:40:16Z")
Following on from this, is it possible to drag n drop multiple folders into mp3tag in one operation? Just say I want to open 50 out of 100 folders. Now I have to drag one at a time or use "add directory" one at a time, 50 times. Is there an easier way?
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2006, 9:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/dragndrop-add-directory/4057/8 "2006-11-17T09:20:17Z")
No multiple folders.
But you also can put the folders in a playlist and load it.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2006, 1:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/dragndrop-add-directory/4057/9 "2006-11-25T13:00:04Z")
Drag'n'Drop of multiple directories is now possible with the latest [Development Build](http://developer.mp3tag.de). Just hold down the [Ctrl] to add them to the file view.
Best regards,
Florian
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### Author:  [@Oblio](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Oblio)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2006, 3:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/dragndrop-add-directory/4057/10 "2006-12-14T03:05:36Z")
This is great! thank you Florian 😃
(I am loving mp3tag more and more each day.)
> [@Florian](#):
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> Drag'n'Drop of multiple directories is now possible with the latest [Development Build](http://developer.mp3tag.de). Just hold down the [Ctrl] to add them to the file view.
>
> Best regards,
> Florian
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/dragndrop-add-directory/4057/11 "2026-02-09T12:20:00Z")