# Tag Sources \> "Search by" ::: Box Display Consistency
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-sources-search-by-box-display-consistency/70601
**Category:** Web Sources Discussion
**Created:** [January 28, 2026, 11:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-sources-search-by-box-display-consistency/70601 "2026-01-28T11:18:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@ragtag](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ragtag)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2026, 11:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-sources-search-by-box-display-consistency/70601/1 "2026-01-28T11:18:45Z")
Hello, Everyone!
Please compare these two screenshots:
Could the Album and Artist arrangement perhaps be standardised across the two modals? Which is the favoured?
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2026, 11:23am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-sources-search-by-box-display-consistency/70601/2 "2026-01-28T11:23:47Z")
> [@ragtag](#):
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> Could the Album and Artist arrangement perhaps be standardised across the two modals?
Yes.
Open the file `MusicBrainz.src` in your text editor and switch
`[SearchBy]=Album||$regexp(%album%,'[+!(){}\[\]^"~*?:\\]',)||release:%s||Artist||$if(%artist%,$regexp(%artist%,'[+!(){}\[\]^"~*?:\\]',),)||%20AND%20artist:%28%s%29`
**to**
`[SearchBy]=Artist||$if(%artist%,$regexp(%artist%,'[+!(){}\[\]^"~*?:\\]',),)||%20AND%20artist:%28%s%29||Album||$regexp(%album%,'[+!(){}\[\]^"~*?:\\]',)||release:%s`
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### Author:  [@ragtag](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ragtag)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2026, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-sources-search-by-box-display-consistency/70601/3 "2026-01-28T15:11:29Z")
@LyricsLover :
Thank you! I applied these, but the format is unchanged, i.e. did not change to match that of Discogs?
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-sources-search-by-box-display-consistency/70601/4 "2026-01-28T15:25:04Z")
Can you confirm that you have changed the correct `MusicBrainz.src` file?
It's easy to check:
Just rename it to `MusicBrainz.src.CHECK`
If it no longer appears in the Tag Sources menu in Mp3tag, you have selected the correct one.
Remember to change the name back (without `.CHECK`) if you want to use it again.
This is how the changed version of `MusicBrainz.src` looks for me:
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### Author:  [@ragtag](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ragtag)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2026, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-sources-search-by-box-display-consistency/70601/5 "2026-01-28T15:34:45Z")
> [@LyricsLover](#):
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> If it no longer appears in the Tag Sources menu in Mp3tag, you have selected the correct one.
I was wondering about that — and it still appears in the menu. Is there another location than the one shown below, for `MusicBrainz.src`?
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2026, 3:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-sources-search-by-box-display-consistency/70601/6 "2026-01-28T15:37:50Z")
If you have installed multiple versions of Mp3tag, you have to choose the correct one.
Please try starting Mp3tag and then use File -\> Open configuration folder -\> `\data` -\> `\sources`
There you should find the matching `MusicBrainz.src` file for your currently opened Mp3tag.
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### Author:  [@ragtag](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ragtag)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2026, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-sources-search-by-box-display-consistency/70601/7 "2026-01-28T15:45:31Z")
> [@LyricsLover](#):
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> If you have installed multiple versions of Mp3tag, you have to choose the correct one
Only the portable version in addition to the installed version, but its `MusicBrainz.src` is at a different location altogether.
I'll go check now...
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2026, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-sources-search-by-box-display-consistency/70601/8 "2026-01-28T15:51:16Z")
Maybe this information can help you to find the location too
(_if it really is not reachable with File -\> Open configuration folder_)
> [@Freedb and Web Sources](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/freedb-and-web-sources/2748/4):
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> How to find the configuration folder? Use File → Open configuration folder. The configuration folder contains the following data: Export configurations \*.mte %APPDATA%\Mp3tag\export Actions \*.mta %APPDATA%\Mp3tag\data\actions Web sources scripts \*.src %APPDATA%\Mp3tag\data\sources Custom genres, column views and tools \*.ini %APPDATA%\Mp3tag\data Library (if enabled) \*.db3 %APPDATA%\Mp3tag\data\library For a Standard installation, the configuration folder is at %APPDATA%\M…
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### Author:  [@ragtag](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ragtag)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2026, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-sources-search-by-box-display-consistency/70601/9 "2026-01-28T16:02:26Z")
> [@LyricsLover](#):
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> Maybe this information can help you to find the location too
> (_if it really is not reachable with File -\> Open configuration folder_)
I found it the way you advised, and I edited the file again. After restarting Mp3tag — presto! This exercise brought with it questions, but those are best addressed later on.
Thank you for being spot-on, again. Maybe you could also do the reverse [horizontal mouse wheel scroll](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mouse-wheel-horizontal-scrolling/70463/18)?
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2026, 4:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-sources-search-by-box-display-consistency/70601/10 "2026-01-28T16:07:23Z")
> [@ragtag](#):
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> Maybe you could also do the reverse horizontal mouse wheel scroll?
As users, we cannot make the necessary change to a Web Source Script such as Discogs or MusicBrainz. This is something that only the developer @Florian could do.
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### Author:  [@ragtag](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ragtag)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-sources-search-by-box-display-consistency/70601/11 "2026-01-28T16:18:56Z")
All good, thank you.
I am worried about the multi-locations for `MusicBrainz.src`, and any influence it might have had on [strange things](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/question-about-the-default-add-cover-behaviour/70562/21) happening.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2026, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-sources-search-by-box-display-consistency/70601/12 "2026-01-28T16:26:26Z")
It has nothing to do with either your request to change the horizontal scrolling direction, nor does it affect the cover art folder.
I kindly ask you to refrain from cross-linking topics that are independent of each other.
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### Author:  [@ragtag](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ragtag)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2026, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-sources-search-by-box-display-consistency/70601/13 "2026-01-28T16:53:15Z")
@Florian:
> It has nothing to do with either your request to change the horizontal scrolling direction, nor does it affect the cover art folder.
Thank you, it clears that possibility. How about expanding on the probability of multiple locations for `MusicBrainz.src` — for the installed version of Mp3tag v3.33, and how to safely fix it on Windows 10?
> I kindly ask you to refrain from cross-linking topics that are independent of each other.
I stand reprimanded, and will do my best to comply. The implications were unclear, and unforeseen. Was only trying to be helpful to readers.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2026, 4:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-sources-search-by-box-display-consistency/70601/14 "2026-01-28T16:59:21Z")
> [@ragtag](#):
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> How about expanding on the probability of multiple locations for `MusicBrainz.src`
I'm not sure how many versions of Mp3tag you have installed, but each has it's own configuration folder. For portable versions it's usually the same folder as the program folder, but for a standard version it's inside `%APPDATA%`. If you're modifying any of Mp3tag configuration files, you'd need to do this for each version you have installed (if you want them to behave the same).
For standard installations, the original files are also kept inside the program folder and are used as a template for user accounts that run Mp3tag for the first time.
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### Author:  [@ragtag](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ragtag)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2026, 5:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-sources-search-by-box-display-consistency/70601/15 "2026-01-28T17:53:37Z")
@Florian:
> I'm not sure how many versions of Mp3tag you have installed, but each has it's own configuration folder. For portable versions it's usually the same folder as the program folder, but for a standard version it's inside `%APPDATA%`.
> For standard installations, the original files are also kept inside the program folder and are used as a template for user accounts that run Mp3tag for the first time.
I use only two versions— portable plus standard. I was not using the portable location at all, only the incorrect `mp3tag/data/sources` instead of `%appdata%`. The former location caught me.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2026, 6:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-sources-search-by-box-display-consistency/70601/16 "2026-01-28T18:27:40Z")
Please note that those modifications are only preserved across updates if you copy this to a different file, e.g., `My MusicBrainz.src`. You'd then need to merge any changes made to the official source to your modified version.
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### Author:  [@ragtag](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ragtag)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2026, 3:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-sources-search-by-box-display-consistency/70601/17 "2026-01-29T03:04:42Z")
Thank you for the heads-up. However, all things considered, I suggest that it would be prudent to make this particular change upstream rather than downstream, permanently.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2026, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-sources-search-by-box-display-consistency/70601/18 "2026-01-29T19:58:47Z")
The original field order was intentional and required, because the definition is also used to construct the actual API query.
Reversing the fields as suggested in [post #2](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-sources-search-by-box-display-consistency/70601/2) would produce a query that begins with `%20AND%20artist:`, which is invalid. The `%20AND%20` part is used to logically combine the `release:` and `artist:` parts of the query.
The current order also allows for the artist field to be omitted, enabling searches by album/release title only.
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### Author:  [@ragtag](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ragtag)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-sources-search-by-box-display-consistency/70601/19 "2026-01-30T14:26:46Z")
@florian
> Please note that those modifications are only preserved across updates if you copy this to a different file, e.g., `My MusicBrainz.src`. You'd then need to merge any changes made to the official source to your modified version.
Observation: frequent fiddling overload. I'd rather keep it as is.
> The original field order was intentional and required, because the definition is also used to construct the actual API query.
Thank you. The development intricacies escapes me. Are you implying that it is impossible for you to restructure, or that it it is not worth the effort? Either way, it seems best to leave it alone as is.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-sources-search-by-box-display-consistency/70601/20 "2026-03-01T14:26:50Z")
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