Select multiple files from multiple artists/albums, etc. In the Tag Panel, if you select the drop-down arrow next to artist/album/track/year/comment, etc., it only shows the current values of those fields in the selected files. However, if you click the drop-down next to Genre, it shows all availa…

I don't see that behavior in the Genre drop-down. If I select a group of files with one genre, then I see that genre, plus and in the list. If I select a group with multiple genres, then only and are in the list. Perhaps it's dependent on the file type, but I see this with both Mp3 and FLAC fil…

[image] deckard: Select multiple files from multiple artists/albums, etc. In the Tag Panel, if you select the drop-down arrow next to artist/album/track/year/comment, etc., it only shows the current values of those fields in the selected files. However, if you click the drop-down next to Genre…

I see now why it's different. Under File > Options > Genres I have 'Show only user-defined genres' ticked and my user-defined genre list is blank. A couple of reasons to do this: You can't define more than one genre by using a drop-down box - you have to type at least a part of the entry anyway. An…

Thanks for the replies. The "Show only user-defined genres" is good if you don't want to see a giant list, but I still don't see what's already in use by the selected files. I guess I was just expecting the Genre field to work the same way as the others by default. Typical example for me: 2 alb…

Workaround: add a second Genre field to the tag panel /t/4689/1 When saving, the value in the second field takes precedence over the first. This effectively disables the original genre field dropdown.

Drop-down shows all Genres instead of Genres in selected files

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ryerman June 27, 2013, 2:15pm 3

I don't know if it is intentional or not, but unlike JJ Johnson, I do see this behaviour for MP3 and FLAC.

Behaviour of Genre dropdown in side bar when multiple tracks selected