# Filename to Tag Okay button grayed out **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [August 20, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-okay-button-grayed-out/10682 "2010-08-20T15:33:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shockerama](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/7993a0/32.png) [@shockerama](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/shockerama)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-okay-button-grayed-out/10682/1 "2010-08-20T15:33:02Z")
Hi, I've been trying to get the "Filename - Tag" to work, but it won't. Whenever I open it the OK button is grayed out and won't let me click it. Please help and thanx in advance. ---
**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-okay-button-grayed-out/10682/2 "2010-08-20T16:19:01Z")
You have to enter a mask to tell mp3tag which part of the filename should end up in which tag. A filename like 01 I can't get no Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones.mp3 would send, if you used such a mask: %track% %title% - %artist% the 01 to the field track, I can't get no satisfaction to the field title and The Rolling Stones to the field artist. The right-arrow-button display a list of possible tag variables from which you can choose. You also get a preview which data lands in which tag. ---
**Author:** ![DaEvil](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ed655f/32.png) [@DaEvil](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DaEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 7:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-okay-button-grayed-out/10682/3 "2013-02-18T19:03:49Z")
> [@shockerama](#): > > Hi, > > I've been trying to get the "Filename - Tag" to work, but it won't. Whenever I open it the OK button is grayed out and won't let me click it. Please help and thanx in advance. Hi ohrenkino, I'm am having the same problem than shockerama, and I came to the conclusion this looks too much like a bug to me to not be reported. So here it goes: **Steps to reproduce:** 🙂 the default string was shit. Had too many %thingys% I deleted one and than it worked Ps: Thx everyone who's working on this thing! ---
**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 7:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-okay-button-grayed-out/10682/4 "2013-02-18T19:15:34Z")
The "problem" is that your mask does not reflect the pattern of your filename. E.g. you have too many blanks between the hyphens. So your filename has a number, a blank, a hyphen, a blank, a string, a blank, a hyphen, a number, a hyphen, a number. I cannot see a part in that filename that looks like an artist. So I would use the following mask: %track% - %title% - %dummy%-%discnumber% The %dummy% is for that part that looks like a repetition of the track number. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 12:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-okay-button-grayed-out/10682/5 "2026-02-09T12:22:29Z")
Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:22pm UTC