# Feature Request: Select All
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-select-all/2505
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [November 19, 2005, 9:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-select-all/2505 "2005-11-19T21:33:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@JJ\_Johnson](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JJ_Johnson)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2005, 9:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-select-all/2505/1 "2005-11-19T21:33:18Z")
It would be very helpful to have an option that, when set, would automatically select all files when mp3tag is launched.
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### Author:  [@aladoro](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/aladoro)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2005, 7:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-select-all/2505/2 "2005-11-20T07:54:07Z")
hit Ctrl+A ...
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### Author:  [@JJ\_Johnson](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JJ_Johnson)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2005, 4:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-select-all/2505/3 "2005-11-20T16:05:28Z")
> [@](#):
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> hit Ctrl+A ...
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> \<{POST\_SNAPBACK}\>
Sure, that works, but it would still be handy to have all the tracks automatically selected. I almost always use Mp3tag on an entire directory containing a single album. The individual track tags will already be there from the ripping process and I just need to run one or two actions on all files in the directory.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2005, 11:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-select-all/2505/4 "2005-11-25T11:31:59Z")
Sorry, but this was already requested before.
I don't plan to add an option for it ... it's too easy to press [Ctrl+A] 
Best regards,
~ Florian
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### Author:  [@JJ\_Johnson](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JJ_Johnson)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2005, 12:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-select-all/2505/5 "2005-11-25T12:05:56Z")
> [@](#):
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> Sorry, but this was already requested before.
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> I don't plan to add an option for it ... it's too easy to press [Ctrl+A]
Here's the drill; it's the same exact thing every time I rip an album: I right-click a directory, select "Mp3tag", then when in the program, type in [Ctrl+A] on the keyboard, then go back to the mouse to select "Actions", click on an action or two, click "Ok", click the "x" to close Mp3tag.
How about a "Select All" button that is so common in many programs?