# Filter Box has a misleading auto selection

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-box-has-a-misleading-auto-selection/43524
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [November 10, 2018, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-box-has-a-misleading-auto-selection/43524 "2018-11-10T13:08:47Z")
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### Author: ![Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/zerow/32/11379_2.png) [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2018, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-box-has-a-misleading-auto-selection/43524/1 "2018-11-10T13:08:47Z")

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If you enter everything in the Filter Box and close Mp3tg and he reopen it- the content of Filter Box is selected. This suggests that the user has the focus in it- and yet the focus is... nowhere

And so:  
1] I suggests removing that auto-selection as it is misleading  
2] I propose adding the ability to be able to set up where the focus should be after opening of Mp3tag. I personally would like to have it in the Filter Box [and if it would be turned off, then my focus should be nowhere]  
3] I would like to kindly recall my previous suggestion conserning selections in teh Filter Box:

> [@REQUEST: expand selection in the Filter box](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-expand-selection-in-the-filter-box/18729):
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> Right now a left double click in the Filter box will select only one word / continuous set of strings: 1 click - focus is made 2 clicks - nearest word is selected I propose to adjust that behavior: 3 clicks - whole expression is selected Right now this has to be done manually, by either pressing the left button and then dragging the mouse pointer horizontally or by pressing CTRL + A Alternatively instead of 3 quick clicks it could be a second quick double click, performed any time after th…