# Multiple configurations - and a need for a convenient way to switch between them **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-configurations-and-a-need-for-a-convenient-way-to-switch-between-them/47850 **Category:** General Discussion **Created:** [February 12, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-configurations-and-a-need-for-a-convenient-way-to-switch-between-them/47850 "2020-02-12T21:02:13Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Page:** 1
### 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: [February 12, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-configurations-and-a-need-for-a-convenient-way-to-switch-between-them/47850/1 "2020-02-12T21:02:13Z")
There already have been some ideas on the forum, and for quite some time may I add > [@Selectable mp3tag configurations](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/selectable-mp3tag-configurations/18631): > > We are concerned primarily with tagging FLAC files. Depending on the genre of the music, it would be desirable to be able to easily switch the configuration of mp3tag so that different items appear in the tag panel and in the grid to the right. A good example of this requirement is when tagging tracks whose content is a medley of tunes rather than a single song or tune. This circumstance arises regularly when working with Celtic files. Many Celtic tracks have a "short name" but actually comprise… > [@Request: customize column profiles](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-customize-column-profiles/17941): > > 99% of the time I do 2-3 kinds of work. And each of them either benefits or requires different set of columns being displayed. And as such, sometimes I have to turn on and turn off the same columns during the same day. So I do the same dull task over and over again. And my list of columns has over 30 positions, from which this 99% of the time I use around 10, from which I use 5-6 [depending on the kinf of work I'm doing] If I could save the currently selected [turned on] columns then I could lo… > [@MP3tag Configurations](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-configurations/14032): > > I've suggested this before, but I haven't seen any movement in this direction. Please make it possible, perhaps through an initial 'splash window' that appears when launching mp3tag, to open a default configuration or one of several optional configurations that include everything, not just the column setup in the 'grid' to the right of the tag panel. I mean everything--action groups, the customizable portion of the tag panel, export setups, tag mapping if used, directory list and the default d… [I am making a new topic as mostly because those two at the top have very long discussions that drift away from the requests themselves] But in the wake of adding the ability to process MKV files a need for a user to be able to switch between different modes of work is more apparent than ever. I myself use Mp3tag for taking care of my music and also for some "initial" minor work on audio files used later on for learning languages. These two tasks are still manageable within one version of Mp3tag but with some hardship nevertheless- it comes down to the issue of having to constantly turn on and off certain Columns and with having to adjust the width of some of them. It is simply annoying and counterproductive and a workaround to it for me is to process the audio [languages] files only 2-3 times in a month and not on a daily basis But now I want to use Mp3tag for video files; on a daily basis. So having to turn on and off Columns constantly and fields in the Tag Panel is a no go for me. Plus I would have differentiate somehow between actions made for music, audio files and video stuff ` ` ` ` So for a convenient multiple purpose usage of Mp3tag few things should be done: A] An easy way to save current config. Like with a one click, in a desired location, with a date & time stamp [with seconds] added to it. The current configuration method already has been a subject of my critique: [Save configurations with date](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/save-configurations-with-date/17865) B] An easy way to switch between configs. Like expanding newly created Menu entry, called for example Configs which would hold the list of available configs. Or pressing one of the user defined config icons- but that of course would require a long time desired feature: [Feature request](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request/8532) C] An easy way to name configs. Because having to remember that such and such date & time stamp means "for music with the latest upgrades" while other means "for video, the original concept" would be totally inconvenient expectation D] An easy ability to transfer parts of configs between them. I myself had already made a nice visualization of how individual Columns could be added and removed from Columns configs at [Request: customize column profiles - #2 by Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-customize-column-profiles/17941/2), but the pictures there are now gone. But the concept is this: user have an overall pool of Columns which can be freely added and removed from a particular Columns configurations. The same concept could be also applied to actions available to Actions Groups and the Export window E] An unified and exactly same looking way of saving and loading configuration of Tag Panel and Columns, so to not confuse users with dichotomy of `Save configuration...` available right away after right click vs. `Utils` button available only afer clicking `Customize columns...`