# Scripts with user input

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/scripts-with-user-input/4027
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [November 7, 2006, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/scripts-with-user-input/4027 "2006-11-07T16:14:24Z")
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### Author: ![DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/detlevd/32/123_2.png) [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2014, 9:34am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/scripts-with-user-input/4027/14 "2014-07-31T09:34:29Z")

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> [@Mn Croc](#):
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> ... If I could type in a value, rather than have to pre-define it, I could simplify my Actions extensively. ...

Hmm, isn't it the opposite?  
Each additional manual input has nothing of 'simplifying' for a process, but carries the risk of incorrect data entries.

On the other hand, me too I have occasionally the need for an interactive action dialog "Ask for user input".

> [@Mn Croc](#):
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> ... Another, sightly different feature that would also be helpful...would be to allow me to specify a set of values in the Action that the user can pick from ...

There are already some forum threads which deal with this task, ...  
not embedded into a group of actions, but simulating a bit of interaction.

[Genre - Standard (Vorgaben) ändern](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/10780/2)  
[Creating a Drop Down Menu](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/15500/2)  
[COMMENT-Feld als Auswahlfeld - geht das?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/13314/8)  
??? [Can we get Nested Actions?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/8168/4)

DD.20140731.1334.CEST

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