# Tag Panel: horizontal layout improvements to tag fields

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-panel-horizontal-layout-improvements-to-tag-fields/40873>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [February 20, 2018, 5:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-panel-horizontal-layout-improvements-to-tag-fields/40873 "2018-02-20T05:04:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/poster/32/4881_2.png) [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 5:06am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-panel-horizontal-layout-improvements-to-tag-fields/40873/21 "2018-06-16T05:06:35Z")

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Thanks Florian. This is a real major coup in the design of the Tag-panel.

One hint:  
Is it intentional that the width of the small field is different if you place 3 in a row or only 2 or 1?

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**Author:** ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 10:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-panel-horizontal-layout-improvements-to-tag-fields/40873/22 "2018-06-16T10:16:30Z")

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> [@LaurenBacall](#):
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> What do you think I should do with regard to marking the topic 'Solved'? I'm thinking of marking your post as the solution but would you prefer I wait until a non-beta release?

It's fine to wait for the non-beta release. Thanks for taking the time to make the animated gifs — very cool explanation of the feature 🙂

> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> I am pretty impressed with the new sizing feature.

Thanks! Means a lot 🙂

> [@poster](#):
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> This is a real major coup in the design of the Tag-panel.

Great! Glad you like it.  
Thanks for pointing to the sizing issue. There is a bunch of math going on there and I'll fix it to the next release.

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**Author:** ![Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/zerow/32/11379_2.png) [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 1:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-panel-horizontal-layout-improvements-to-tag-fields/40873/23 "2018-06-22T13:23:57Z")

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If only I could have two Tag Panels: one vertical as it is and a second one in horizontal position- on which I would place my COMMENTS, TITLE and ALBUM fields with a predefined width, because they tend to by very long but some are longer than others; and then also get rid of TITLE and ALBUM from the vertical Tag Panel, so to not double the fields thus not wasting the precious space...

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**Author:** ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-panel-horizontal-layout-improvements-to-tag-fields/40873/24 "2018-06-22T15:48:09Z")

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> [@poster](#):
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> Is it intentional that the width of the small field is different if you place 3 in a row or only 2 or 1?

I've fixed that with the latest Development Build [Mp3tag v2.88e](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/455). Thanks!

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**Author:** ![poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/poster/32/4881_2.png) [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 9:11am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-panel-horizontal-layout-improvements-to-tag-fields/40873/25 "2018-06-29T09:11:25Z")

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Just another improvement-suggestion that would it make a little bit more perfect for me:  
Multiline boxes with configurable size would allow me to see more of my lyrics without the need of scrolling.

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**Author:** ![LaurenBacall](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@LaurenBacall](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LaurenBacall)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 9:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-panel-horizontal-layout-improvements-to-tag-fields/40873/26 "2018-07-11T09:30:54Z")

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With the regular release of [v2.89](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-v2-89-released/42285) I'm marking this as solved as it relates to the original suggestion 👍 Of course the topic can continue to function for any comments related to the changes.

Once again thanks to Florian for taking the time and effort to add these welcome additions.

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**Author:** ![Stem75](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/stem75/32/5007_2.png) [@Stem75](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Stem75)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-panel-horizontal-layout-improvements-to-tag-fields/40873/27 "2018-07-21T15:55:13Z")

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GREAT , great work!!!

One more thing to make it complete.

Make all the fields accept user defined values as the genre field. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/zerow/32/11379_2.png) [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2018, 1:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-panel-horizontal-layout-improvements-to-tag-fields/40873/28 "2018-11-10T13:30:14Z")

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> [@LaurenBacall](#):
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> [...]  
> One main observation so far:
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> - It looks like the `Smaller` Size of field field length is currently exactly half the width of the `Normal` field length but  
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Could someone check this out and confirm it or debunk it:

My `Smaller` is actually bigger than the `Small`- it seems the names are simply switched. At least that how it looks like in my Mp3tag when the Tag Panel is in the vertical position

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**Author:** ![Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/zerow/32/11379_2.png) [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-panel-horizontal-layout-improvements-to-tag-fields/40873/29 "2018-11-10T13:47:50Z")

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> [@Zerow](#):
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> My `Smaller` is actually bigger than the `Small`- it seems the names are simply switched  
> [...]

I know now what is wrong... or "wrong"  
  
  
I think that this either a case of semantics and / or nor being a native English speaker, which that latter one being true for me and [I assume] also for @Florian:

**SMALL in less than whatever you define as being NORMAL. But SMALL also means more of something than the SMALLER amount of it**  
  
  
So how abut changing the order of names or even names themselves to avoid such confusions?

Currently it is

`Normal > Smaller > Small > Multiline`  
  
  
And so

`Normal > Small > Smaller > Multiline`

still would be confusing; also on the account of the biggest version being on the end of the list, after smaller ones  
  
  
So how about changing this to at least

`Normal > Medium > Small > Multiline`

?  
  
  
But what I would really like to see is:

`Multiline > Normal > Medium > Small`

or even

`Multiline > Normal > Medium > Small > Micro`

> [@REQUEST: Tag Panel new Size Of Field - micro](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-tag-panel-new-size-of-field-micro/43525):
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> Under the Tools \> Options \> Tag Panel \> Tag Panel [area] \> Edit Field [icon] \> Size Of Field we can choose now the size of each and every field, which is very helpful and I thin was a long awaited feature. And so we have: Normal Smaller Small Multiline [which is, on the side note, kind of confusing: [Tag Panel: horizontal layout improvements to tag fields](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-panel-horizontal-layout-improvements-to-tag-fields/40873/29)] How about a new one: micro? It would be even smaller than the current smallest one available. For example it could be utilized …

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**Author:** ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2018, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-panel-horizontal-layout-improvements-to-tag-fields/40873/30 "2018-11-12T18:00:37Z")

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I've renamed the Tag-Panel field sizes to

- Large
- Medium
- Small

with [Mp3tag v2.90d](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/455). Thanks for the feedback everybody!

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**Author:** ![Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/zerow/32/11379_2.png) [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-panel-horizontal-layout-improvements-to-tag-fields/40873/31 "2018-11-17T17:49:48Z")

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> [@Florian](#):
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> I've renamed the Tag-Panel field sizes to
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> - Large
> - Medium
> - Small
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> with [Mp3tag v2.90d](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/455)
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> [...]

Confirmed, thank you for taking care of the core of that issue

Although I still do not understand why the biggest one [the `Multiline`] is at the end, after the smallest one [the `Small`]

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