# not defaulting to \ **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-defaulting-to-keep/4887 **Category:** Support **Created:** [May 16, 2007, 5:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-defaulting-to-keep/4887 "2007-05-16T17:17:43Z") **Posts on this page:** 3 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![mugwump67](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@mugwump67](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mugwump67) #### Post date: [May 16, 2007, 5:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-defaulting-to-keep/4887/1 "2007-05-16T17:17:43Z")
If I select several files to tag as a group, the fields on the left panel do not default to . This is a huge problem when trying to correct album tags, as there is a strong likelihood when tagging large numbers of files, that I'll overwrite tags accidentally. I've checked the defaults for tags, and they are set to but when I select several files, it displays all of the information for the first one on the list, and will overwrite all of the tags with that file's information if I save at that point. Its been a long time since I've used mp3tag, and I don't remember this behaviour in the past. Is this a 2.38 bug, or has mp3tag always worked this way? ADDL: Upon further investigation, this problem is related to using the shift key to select multiple files. The defaults are fine if files are selected with the ctrl-key. Still a major pain, but at least there's a workaround. ---
### Author: ![Sebastian\_Mares](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/sebastian_mares/32/9285_2.png) [@Sebastian\_Mares](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sebastian_Mares) #### Post date: [May 17, 2007, 4:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-defaulting-to-keep/4887/2 "2007-05-17T04:56:42Z")
I cannot confirm this using 2.38. ---
### 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, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-defaulting-to-keep/4887/3 "2026-02-09T12:20:17Z")