# feature request: select from predetermined tag set for custom fields

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-select-from-predetermined-tag-set-for-custom-fields/18135
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [July 31, 2016, 12:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-select-from-predetermined-tag-set-for-custom-fields/18135 "2016-07-31T00:03:38Z")
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### Author: ![mp3tagz](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mp3tagz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mp3tagz)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2017, 6:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-select-from-predetermined-tag-set-for-custom-fields/18135/7 "2017-10-02T06:02:15Z")

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> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> see also: [/t/18317/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/18317/1)  
> or here: [/t/19359/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/19359/1)  
> and a thread with the response by the developer: [/t/8263/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/8263/1)

Hi, and thanks for the followup.

Yes, I think the reason for these various posts is what I was pointing out: That people are now using more custom tags and they want a flexible way to keep track of all the ways they're using those fields.

Here's the problem: mp3tag assumes the user will be fine with just seeing whatever tag values come up contextually when viewing a certain group of files. But what if I've got 30 or so values that I want to choose from, but which don't exist in the particular files I've selected? Now I have to either manually remember the values, or do workarounds (sample files, actions, etc.) But when other utilities and players dynamically provide dropdowns with all values (in a library, for example), this just seems tedious and makes mp3tag laborious to work with.

That's why a configurable dropdown list is optimal for this situation. Why not make it optional and user-configurable? Typical users wouldn't use the feature, but for users like me and the other recent posters, we could set it up and use it.

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