# Suggested new action for action groups: "Add"
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggested-new-action-for-action-groups-add/17729
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [March 8, 2016, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggested-new-action-for-action-groups-add/17729 "2016-03-08T13:57:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@LeCluz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LeCluz)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2016, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggested-new-action-for-action-groups-add/17729/1 "2016-03-08T13:57:40Z")
Hi There,
I love mp3tag because it is very powerful for tag manipulation in batch processing.
The possibility to search / replace and use regular expression in the tags is awesome.
I however found a missing action that I believe would be nice: Add
From the menu "Actions \> Actions" (ALT +6), then I edit one of the existing Action groups or create a new one. I don't see an option to add a string.
An example for this option: add a string in the genre field such as "Top40"
Also, adding a Trim option to remove the first or last X characters or digits would be nice.
As an example, itunes m4a fles have the Year filed in this format: 2012-03-30T07:00:00Z.
I usually trim the first 10 characters.
Thanks for this awesome tool !
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### Author:  [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2016, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggested-new-action-for-action-groups-add/17729/2 "2016-03-08T15:24:52Z")
> [@LeCluz](#):
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> ... From the menu "Actions \> Actions" (ALT +6), then I edit one of the existing Action groups or create a new one. I don't see an option to add a string. ...
Within the dialog for an opened Actionsgroup, you can add a new action into this Actionsgroup by pressing key [Insert] or by pressing the button "New", then select the wanted action from the offered picklist dialog.
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