# Drop-down menu to choose any tag...

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/drop-down-menu-to-choose-any-tag/2385
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [October 18, 2005, 7:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/drop-down-menu-to-choose-any-tag/2385 "2005-10-18T19:40:15Z")
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### Author: ![Dreamer](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dreamer](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Dreamer)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2005, 7:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/drop-down-menu-to-choose-any-tag/2385/1 "2005-10-18T19:40:15Z")

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This is the most important feature request for me:

Often I change items in id3v1 and 2 tag and then I change long names in id3v1 tag only\*. I must open Setting/Options and unmark id3v2 tag for read/write/remove. Then I must re-read all files and it's not all, when it's done, I must open other folder without mp3 files and re-enable id3v2 tag options because all changes would be lost (if it would be done before I close changed mp3s). And - sometimes I may forget to restore/re-enable id3v2 tags and I may save just id3v1 tags for future songs.

It's very annoying, "danger" and inconvenient.

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  - e.g.:  
id3v2 tag - very long name  
id3v1 tag - very long na  
...and I want this:  
id3v1 tag - very long n.  
...or:  
id3v1 tag - very long...

Therefore I suggest this:

Drop-down menu (next to buttons) with option to use these id3 tags (read-show/write/remove) with these entries:

- all tags/versions
- ID3v1 only
- ID3v2 only
- APE only

After one entry would be chosen, all files should be re-read automatically.

Alternative realization: show 3 toolbar buttons [v1], [v2] and [A] - when button would be pressed all options (read-show/write/remove) would be enabled, if not, disabled. But I prefer first solution.

It would be very easy to use and very, very useful.

This is the only "critical" thing in Mp3Tag, I hope not for long, then it would be perfect. ![:music:](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/2ba05d1ade5eb0d15fc173be6f717dbe63890a70.gif ":music:")

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