Many times I’ve opened a big directory of files looking to change something about the format of track titles. Often in the middle of doing this I notice something about a particular album that needs a different kind of edit. It would be great if I could highlight those files and spawn a new tab in M…

You could apply a filter which reduces the number of displayed files. As soon as you remove the filter, the old list is shown without the need to reload.

Ok, that’s an option. What often happens is that I’ll notice something about the tags of one file that affects all files from that album even though they are not all in the current window. What I do now is right-click to “Open in Explorer” and just leave that Explorer window open on my desktop to re…

You could also sort by a property like path and then press Ctrl-G to select a group of files with the same contents as the first selected file. The discussion about several instances of MP3tag has be held a couple of times and nothing has changed in the meantime. see e.g. this one from 2014: …

[image] Apesbrain: I was looking for some alternative that would allow me to deal with the edit when I first notice it and not depend on my later remembering what it was I wanted to change. Maybe this: Make sure "at exporting tags" is check-marked in Options > Messages Export the path, or a…

Add me to the group wanting multiple instances. Tabbed windows would be another great way to achieve this. I acknowledge we don’t have this. I am simply adding my voice to the clamor. Here is my most common use of this: I am tagging something new. I realize after starting that another folder/album…

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Feature Request: Tabbed Windows

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Patch April 20, 2026, 7:37pm 7

Running Multiple Instances of MP3Tag General Discussion

I just had a thought - what about tabbed instances? Like explorer tabs within IE, but within MP3Tag? Multiple tabs, all with a tag panel, a filter, and a main window? Y’know, while we’re wishing...

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