# REQUEST: Turning on / off Columns like fields in the Tag Panel
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-turning-on-off-columns-like-fields-in-the-tag-panel/43867
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [December 12, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-turning-on-off-columns-like-fields-in-the-tag-panel/43867 "2018-12-12T18:22:17Z")
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### Author:  [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-turning-on-off-columns-like-fields-in-the-tag-panel/43867/1 "2018-12-12T18:22:17Z")
Not so long ago the Tag Panel got this new ability: the user can right click it to see a menu, on which a list of all defined fields is presented [[Feature suggestion for Tag-Panel - activating and deactivation of fields](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-suggestion-for-tag-panel-activating-and-deactivation-of-fields/41601/3?u=zerow)]. This saves time as the user no longer has to enter Tool \> Options \> Tag Panel
How about the exact change to the right click menu the we see when we click any of the Columns?
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2018, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-turning-on-off-columns-like-fields-in-the-tag-panel/43867/2 "2018-12-12T18:50:59Z")
> [@Zerow](#):
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> How about the exact change to the right click menu the we see when we click any of the Columns?
There is no need for change.
This has been a feature of Mp3Tag as long as I use it.
Right-Cllck - \> Customize columns
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### Author:  [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2019, 12:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-turning-on-off-columns-like-fields-in-the-tag-panel/43867/3 "2019-01-02T12:51:02Z")
> [@poster](#):
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> > [@Zerow](#):
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> > How about the exact change to the right click menu the we see when we click any of the Columns?
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> There is no need for change
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If you count the number of clicks needed to turn on / off one Tag Field [with that new option] and number of clicks needed to turn on / off one Column [with the current state of affairs], then you will see the difference I was implying
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### Author:  [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-turning-on-off-columns-like-fields-in-the-tag-panel/43867/4 "2019-03-22T15:59:42Z")
And the overall reason behind such ugrade is that the user may want to turn off just one Column and not wanting to scroll and search through multiple of items that become available after clicking the currently implemented option [the `Customize columns...`]. If you like me have dozens of Columns and many with similar names, then being able to turn 1 or 2 of them without the need of going into Columns window would be simply click and time saving
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So right now if we right-click a name of the Column we only get a menu with one item in it [`Customize columns...`] - but we could have beneath it there one more item: `Turn off`. This option would simply turn off the Column on which the user has clicked in order to see that menu
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### Author:  [@zappaphone](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/zappaphone)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2019, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-turning-on-off-columns-like-fields-in-the-tag-panel/43867/5 "2019-03-25T21:56:00Z")
> [@Zerow](#):
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> This option would simply turn off the Column on which the user has clicked in order to see that menu
I like this idea as well. I often change the columns based on what I am editing.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2019, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-turning-on-off-columns-like-fields-in-the-tag-panel/43867/6 "2019-04-05T15:02:33Z")
I've added support to toggle file list columns via context menu on column header with [Mp3tag v2.94c](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/455) Development Build.
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### Author:  [@incifinci](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/incifinci)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-turning-on-off-columns-like-fields-in-the-tag-panel/43867/7 "2019-04-05T17:25:53Z")
Very nice -- thank you, Florian.
A little more request/suggestion: to split this local menu into multiple columns. To the bottom of the screen I have space to see 31 field names in list, but I have ~150 fields...
By the way: the situation with left Tag panel is the same. Will be nice, too, to show all fields, in more columns.\*\*
Going on: include in this local menu the names of panel/columns user-created config files, for one-click solution? It will be perfect...
\*\* Or, the other solution (for both Columns and Tag panel): submenus -- see [here](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggested-feature-allow-user-to-add-items-to-drop-down-boxes/18317/15?u=incifinci).
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### Author:  [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-turning-on-off-columns-like-fields-in-the-tag-panel/43867/8 "2019-04-06T16:31:58Z")
> [@incifinci](#):
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> Very nice -- thank you, Florian.
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> A little more request/suggestion: to split this local menu into multiple columns. To the bottom of the screen I have space to see 31 field names in list, but I have ~150 fields...
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> By the way: the situation with left Tag panel is the same. Will be nice, too, to show all fields, in more columns.\*\*
Well, that what the scroll icons are for
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Unfortunately for me they do not always work, as the bottom one does not always appear when it should. It the same problem as with my drop down menu for Actions
> [@\[X\] Action group scroll down icon not showing up - again](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-action-group-scroll-down-icon-not-showing-up-again/18377/):
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> Some time ago I reported this bug [/t/16884/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/16884/1) And it was fixed; or it seemed so, because there is another manifestation of it It is till the case of Winamp docked at the top of the screen. This time with a 2.79 version of Mp3tag If the Winamp is in form of a thin Ticketbar and the list of action takes something like as much as even 95% of vertical space, there is no problem. All actions are visible, and thus accessible [[image]](https://postimg.org/image/b4v41ryxb/) If the Winamp is in form of a thin Ticketbar and the list of acti…
Unfortunately again, with Columns it is even worse. Because I am unable to bypass that issue by adding more entries [fake / empty / useless Columns]: no matter how many of the I have, the triangle icon at the bottom shows only if my docked at the top Winamp is in its minimalist form of a thin bar
> [@incifinci](#):
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> Going on: include in this local menu the names of panel/columns user-created config files, for one-click solution? It will be perfect...
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> [...]
Do you happen to have this feature in mind:
> [@Request: customize column profiles](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-customize-column-profiles/17941):
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> 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…
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### Author:  [@incifinci](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/incifinci)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2019, 2:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-turning-on-off-columns-like-fields-in-the-tag-panel/43867/9 "2019-04-07T02:19:08Z")
Sorry, no, to both.
1. I have 150 fields. Arrows simply are **not** a solution.
2. I suggested the automatically created buttons to user created Tags' Panel and Fields' Table config files _(in my case: ClassicPanel, ClassicColumns, PopPanel, PopColumns)_ **in the right click menus** (of Panel and Table). This is the **fastest** solution. (In fact, the best is the startup profiles, but [it seems unachievable](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-specify-profile-folder-as-startup-option/16418).)
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2019, 2:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-turning-on-off-columns-like-fields-in-the-tag-panel/43867/10 "2019-05-07T02:27:51Z")
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