It suddenly dawned on me: what I need for my workflow is the ability to have tab-separated tags in a text file, select and copy, then be able to paste that into the MP3Tag listing as a block. The paste operation would write tags across consecutive columns as displayed, and down multiple tracks as d…

This seems to be getting argumentative when that is not my intention. I know what I mean, you don't seem to, and I don't know how to explain any clearer.

[image] Freddy: If we could block paste, I could populate the tags in one fell swoop: select the data in the text source and copy, select the top left "cell" for the title and artist block in MP3Tag, paste. Job done. An alternative way would be: a) Search your source text as usual b) Paste …

Thanks, but that's a work-around rather than the easy, simple, point-and-click vision I have. My point in raising this as a suggestion is to provide another way of working, not be told to do it a different way. I already have to do it a different way. If those who maintain MP3Tag don't share that…

[image] Freddy: My point in raising this as a suggestion is to provide another way of working, not be told to do it a different way. I already have to do it a different way. Of course every suggestion is worth considering. That is how mp3tag has developed over 20+ years. But at the same time…

[image] MotleyG: So implementing this "simple" copy/paste across multiple files and within a limited number of fields isn't going to be such an easy task to implement... ...In the meantime only the alternatives already proposed are what you have available to work with. Totally agree, never e…

[image] Freddy: This seems to be getting argumentative when that is not my intention As I see it: a new function is needed to cater for a particular workflow. And I am eager to learn what the benefit of that workflow would be as currently I use a different approach. And it could well be that …

I'm sorry, but I find it hard to follow the way you express things. [image] LyricsLover: If you tell us what exactly do you modifiy outside Mp3tag, we can help you to do the same inside Mp3tag. It is very simple. I gather information from multiple sources including my own analyses of track …

I believe I understand your suggestion @Freddy : Let's say I have a plain text file with a few tags and respective values, like <ITUNESALBUMID> : 11111111 <ITUNESARTISTID> : 2222222 <ITUNESCATALOGID> : 333333333 From what I gather, your idea is to be able to select these strings, copy them from th…

[image] Freddy: All I am talking about is being able to copy and paste tab-delimited plain text into the MP3Tag display of files and tags just as if it were a spreadsheet. But Mp3tag is not a spreadsheet. It uses a different concept altogether. It can take a while for new users to adapt the…

[image] rboss: Is this the gist of it? No, completely not! Nothing to do with the extended tag editor. I take it you have never pasted information from (say) a table in a document to cells in a spreadsheet? If you prepare a plain text file like this ("[TAB]" and "[CR]" are just place-holde…

Suggestion: Block Copy/Paste of Tags

General Discussion

ohrenkino March 2, 2025, 5:02pm 27

See e.g. here:

or here:

and also a selection problem: