# SUGGESTION: Make possible to use FILENAME as a "tag' field in the Tag Panel
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-make-possible-to-use-filename-as-a-tag-field-in-the-tag-panel/46639
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [October 4, 2019, 4:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-make-possible-to-use-filename-as-a-tag-field-in-the-tag-panel/46639 "2019-10-04T16:33:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2019, 4:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-make-possible-to-use-filename-as-a-tag-field-in-the-tag-panel/46639/1 "2019-10-04T16:33:06Z")
This comes out from me pointing out the obvious aspect in this discussion:
> [@Show filename in Tag Panel](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/show-filename-in-tag-panel/46491/8):
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> There are invalid only if there are in the same folder I have multiple cases of files with the exact FILENAME- but each in a folder of a different artist. Am I the only one? I think not- just think of all the cover versions of the songs you like Thence: an option to be able to put FILENAME into the tag Panel could be beneficial to some users
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I see no reason whey the users should be allowed to edit `_FILENAME` in the Tag Panel. `_FILENAME_EXT`- now that would be a different story, because changing file formats in Mp3tag would mess up the usage of the files. But a mere `_FILENAME`? All bad that can happen is this: the user gets the pop up windows informing that for example
> File "C:\Music\Hans Zimmer\Inception Opening Titles.mp3" cannot be renamed to ``File "C:\Music\Hans Zimmer\Opening Titles.mp3".
> Cannot create a file when that file already exists.
And such pop ups are already appearing- the mechanism for them is already built in Mp3tag
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-make-possible-to-use-filename-as-a-tag-field-in-the-tag-panel/46639/2 "2019-10-04T19:51:27Z")
the plain fact is: \_FILENAME is no tag field but a file property.
an underlying systematic is: none of the information fields starting with an underscore can be modified/added in/to the tag panel.
And no, I don't have the same filename in different folders as there are numerous devices out there that do not support folder structures to create unique filenames so they have to be unique without being a fully qualified filename.
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### Author:  [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-make-possible-to-use-filename-as-a-tag-field-in-the-tag-panel/46639/3 "2022-04-10T17:34:28Z")
Good ideas
But I myself still think, that `_FILENAME` should be editable within Tag Panel [[SUGGESTION: Make possible to use FILENAME as a "tag' field in the Tag Panel](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-make-possible-to-use-filename-as-a-tag-field-in-the-tag-panel/46639)]
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-make-possible-to-use-filename-as-a-tag-field-in-the-tag-panel/46639/4 "2022-04-10T17:38:52Z")
> [@Zerow](#):
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> But I myself still think, that `_FILENAME` should be editable within Tag Panel
It still does not make sense to assign the same filename to several files - even if they are in different folders.
But AFAIK a fair number of users treat files that are located in the same folder. And there it does not make any sense at all to assign the same filename to all files. You get nothing but error messages in that case.
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### Author:  [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-make-possible-to-use-filename-as-a-tag-field-in-the-tag-panel/46639/5 "2022-04-10T18:20:13Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> You get nothing but error messages in that case.
User can write an action that will change different `FILENAME`s to one and the same, given proper conditions - and as a result get pop-up windows with errors
If the user does not know how to prevent that or does not know how to digest such pop-ups, then such user should not write any actions; IMHO. The same goes for any other data / features / settings within Mp3tag
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-make-possible-to-use-filename-as-a-tag-field-in-the-tag-panel/46639/6 "2022-04-10T18:26:30Z")
I think we are getting into a discussion about your old suggestion. This is a different one: it is about read-only fields to be displayed in the tag panel. Your suggestion is about the modification of an OS property
If you want to discuss your original suggestion, then please do it in your thread.
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-make-possible-to-use-filename-as-a-tag-field-in-the-tag-panel/46639/7 "2022-04-10T21:00:28Z")
Using an action is very different than having a single field in the tag panel. This would apply to all selected files and potentially end up with conflicts.
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### Author:  [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-make-possible-to-use-filename-as-a-tag-field-in-the-tag-panel/46639/8 "2022-04-11T19:52:22Z")
I actually have a group action that constantly gives me pop-ups about problem of repetition - because it cleans my `FILENAME`s according to my rules and I use it often on multiple selected files [which sometimes results with an attempted doubled `FILENAME` in one folder]. But this is always my fault and I know what to do: just ignore this and let the action continue to execute itself on the rest of selected files- and them investigate manually why I was just supposed to have too exact same `FILENAME`s in one folder [which for me is a clear sign of some excess file or error in naming]
Thus if I were to use Tag Panel for renaming my files, I see no difference of having to predict of what might happen and / or how to counter such errors when they do actually occur
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And if really most users are supposedly not intelligent enough to be given such "dangerous" tool, then it could get blocked [i.e. the FILENAME field in Tag Panel] every time when more than one file is selected
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2022, 9:15am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-make-possible-to-use-filename-as-a-tag-field-in-the-tag-panel/46639/9 "2022-04-12T09:15:44Z")
I've moved all your posts on the OT from [Allow uneditable fields to the Tag Panel](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/allow-uneditable-fields-to-the-tag-panel/57009/) back to this topic.
Please stop diverging other topics with your suggestions. It's not helpful and degrades the overall quality of the topics in this community.
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And to address your suggestion: it's **not planned** to allow editing the filename (or folderpath) via the Tag Panel.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2022, 9:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-make-possible-to-use-filename-as-a-tag-field-in-the-tag-panel/46639/10 "2022-05-12T09:16:07Z")
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