# \[Request\] Viewing folders instead of files.
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-viewing-folders-instead-of-files/8895
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [September 5, 2009, 2:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-viewing-folders-instead-of-files/8895 "2009-09-05T02:22:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@The\_Evil\_Creampuff](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/The_Evil_Creampuff)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2009, 2:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-viewing-folders-instead-of-files/8895/1 "2009-09-05T02:22:40Z")
Hi. First of all, let me tell you how much I love Mp3tag, I have so many mp3's it's been hugely helpful.
I have a request though. Instead of only viewing all the files in a folder and subfolders, would it be possible to have it setup as a tree view?
It's hard to explain but:
I have my albums set up like this
Full Albums
......|\_Opeth - 2002 - Deliverance ............|\_01 - Opeth - Deliverance - Wreath.mp3
...
So, my request is that, when I have my full albums folder selected, instead of showing:
01 - Opeth - Deliverance - Wreath.mp3
02 - Opeth - Deliverance - Deliverance.mp3
03 - Opeth - Deliverance - A Fair Judgement.mp3
...
It shows:
Opeth - 2002 - Deliverance
Opeth - 2003 - Damnation
Opeth - 2005 - Ghost Reveries
...
And then when selecting a folder, it brings up all the tags associated with files in that folder. And then, if need be, the ability to expand the folder to edit individual files within that folder.
My main reason for asking is that windows 7 has, delightfully, decided to resize all of my album art from 500x500 down to 200x200 and make it a hidden system file. So at the moment, I am exporting all my album art from tags and i thought that if I could set Mp3tag up like that, it would be much quicker. Also, i usually tag whole albums at a time, so it would be a grat help for that as well.
Hopefully I've made it clear, although I'm not sure if I have 😃.
Thanks in advance
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### Author:  [@mellemel](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mellemel)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2009, 7:36am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-viewing-folders-instead-of-files/8895/2 "2009-09-09T07:36:44Z")
I with this guy!!
I would help out so much to introduce a tree view!  It would also be nice to be able to rename the Folder name while you're at it!
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### Author:  [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2009, 3:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-viewing-folders-instead-of-files/8895/3 "2009-09-10T15:26:38Z")
> So at the moment, I am exporting all my album art from tags
> and i thought that if I could set Mp3tag up like that, it would be much quicker.
The best ways I've found for exporting album info from tags works on 600 albums in one go with no need for a tree.
It might be worth you describing the way you are doing it, in case it is not the quickest way.
And if you do want access via a tree view, just use the Explorer tree, pick a folder, right-click, click Mp3tag. I vote against Mp3tag having its own tree.
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### Author:  [@Kai0](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Kai0)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-viewing-folders-instead-of-files/8895/4 "2020-04-17T19:15:16Z")
Hello,
I revive this thread (from September 2009), because I am interested in a folder tree view, too.
It was also asked in June 2005 (see: [Folder tree view?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/folder-tree-view/2016)).
And also partially in March 2017 ([Edit TAG only F2 key; Internal music player; tree view for folders](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/edit-tag-only-f2-key-internal-music-player-tree-view-for-folders/18767/2)).
The first linked thread mentioned a "roadmap"... well, I used the search function and found something from April 2003 ([Aktuelle Hinweise!](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/aktuelle-hinweise/291)) written by Florian himself.
Unfortunately he wrote that tree view and commandline was/is not planned ☹ .
But so many years have passed. Maybe some ideas have changed through 17 years 😇.
Dear admin(s) is there anything planned for tree view and/or commandline 👼?
Would be nice. Thanks for your kind attention 👋.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-viewing-folders-instead-of-files/8895/5 "2020-04-17T19:23:34Z")
Did you know ....
that you can drag&drop files and folders from the explorer into MP3tag?
And that you can select not only one folder at a time but several and/or add further items from the explorer?
This means that you can also treat files from distant locations in one go, selected by the means that the explorer provides.
As this is a fairly comprehensible set of functions I guess that this was the reason why no built-in folder tree has yet been implemented but that one could rely on the one provided by the Windows Explorer.
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### Author:  [@Kai0](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Kai0)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-viewing-folders-instead-of-files/8895/6 "2020-04-17T21:02:10Z")
Yes, but this is not the same.
Also this does not answer the "commandline" feature request.
Thanks anyway.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2020, 9:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-viewing-folders-instead-of-files/8895/7 "2020-04-17T21:04:43Z")
> [@Kai0](#):
>
> Also this does not answer the "commandline" feature request.
see here: [Command Line Interface – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/command-line)
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### Author:  [@Kai0](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Kai0)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-viewing-folders-instead-of-files/8895/8 "2020-04-17T21:38:20Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> see here: [Command Line Interface – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/command-line)
Yes, this is a start, but not really what I was looking/wishing for.
It would be nice to do actions(groups) via command line (or rather scripting) than having to open the exe/gui.
Have a nice weekend btw.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-viewing-folders-instead-of-files/8895/9 "2020-04-17T21:45:55Z")
> [@Kai0](#):
>
> Have a nice weekend btw
Thank you, same to you.
> [@Kai0](#):
>
> It would be nice to do actions(groups) via command line (or rather scripting) than having to open the exe/gui.
see here:
> [@Command-line parameters?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/command-line-parameters/2326/5):
>
> Sorry, but Mp3tag is supposed to be an interactive program, not a command line utility. Best regards, ~ Florian
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### Author:  [@Kai0](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Kai0)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2020, 7:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-viewing-folders-instead-of-files/8895/10 "2020-04-18T07:17:29Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> Thank you, same to you
Thanks.
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> see here:
>
> Sorry, but Mp3tag is supposed to be an interactive program, not a command line utility. Best regards, ~ Florian
Yes, like I wrote before: I saw that post from Florian. This quotation is from 15 years ago. Maybe ideas/plans/roadmaps/codes have changed. That is the reason why I was asking.
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### Author:  [@ikonomov](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ikonomov)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2021, 10:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-viewing-folders-instead-of-files/8895/11 "2021-01-04T22:04:30Z")
+1 for folder tree view. Tag&Rename or TagScanner both have this feature, and it is the only missing feature that I wish mp3tag had. Viewing parent folders with many albums under their own folders is just so much easier to easily view and correctly tag when you can contract and expand folders in the list. There is simply no comparison in terms of efficiency editing multiple files and folders. I've been wishing for this feature for more than 10 years and it looks like I'm not alone. I hope Florian finds the inspiration and energy to get it done in the next few years or decades. 🙂 Would definitely be nice and infinitely appreciated.
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### Author:  [@CaptainKen](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/CaptainKen)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2023, 6:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-viewing-folders-instead-of-files/8895/12 "2023-08-30T18:54:45Z")
I have also used Tag&Rename for many years. Just started to use mp3tag. They each have their pros and cons of course, which is why I'll use both going forward. So far the biggest shortcomings of mp3tag are the folder tree view topic here as well as the beautiful Mask Editor that includes live interactive preview window provided in T&R. It's the robust Convert and Actions Features, as well as Undo Save Tag, that Mp3tag has really impressed me with.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2023, 5:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-viewing-folders-instead-of-files/8895/13 "2023-08-31T05:27:34Z")
> [@CaptainKen](#):
>
> Just started to use mp3tag. ...as well as the beautiful Mask Editor that includes live interactive preview window provided in T&R
Please note that MP3Tag also has a preview if you want to put together filenames from tags. This function also includes comprehensive scripting functions so that you can manipulate the contents of individual pieces of information esp. for the filename while leaving the tag data untouched.
The missing tree view ... well, in many workflows a folder tree is not really needed as files may be saved initially in a special work folder which can be defined as default folder from which the files are then distributed to other folders by using user-defined but standardized naming conventions once the tagging has been concluded.
If you really need a folder tree, use the explorer and drag&drop or the explorer context menu.