# Use the dropdown menu with multi-value tags
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/use-the-dropdown-menu-with-multi-value-tags/58679
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 4, 2022, 9:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/use-the-dropdown-menu-with-multi-value-tags/58679 "2022-10-04T09:35:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@lionsEATlions](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/lionsEATlions)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2022, 9:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/use-the-dropdown-menu-with-multi-value-tags/58679/1 "2022-10-04T09:35:23Z")
So, I made a big list of user-defined genres and i want to write them using the dropdown menu. It's possible if the song has only one genre, but how I can add multiple genres without typing it manually?
In the GENRE field genres are written with separator so the dropdown won't show since there's already text in the field. I can use alt+T to open All Tags and see genres separated, but I can't use the dropdown in All Tags.
Is there any way to add multi-tags with the dropdown menu?
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2022, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/use-the-dropdown-menu-with-multi-value-tags/58679/2 "2022-10-04T14:11:25Z")
> [@lionsEATlions](#):
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> Is there any way to add multi-tags with the dropdown menu?
No, but you can use actions of type "Format value" to append Genres to the existing genre.
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### Author:  [@lionsEATlions](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/lionsEATlions)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/use-the-dropdown-menu-with-multi-value-tags/58679/3 "2022-10-04T14:51:32Z")
This way I need to create an action to every genre?
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/use-the-dropdown-menu-with-multi-value-tags/58679/4 "2022-10-04T14:57:25Z")
Even with the list, you can still manually add or change any genre using copy/paste or even just typing it in. I don't know of any app that has a drop-down action that allows this choice to be appended to what is already showing, that is just a limitation of that function.
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### Author:  [@lionsEATlions](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/lionsEATlions)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/use-the-dropdown-menu-with-multi-value-tags/58679/5 "2022-10-04T20:55:31Z")
the only idea i have is to add the dropdown to All Tags menu
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### Author:  [@incifinci](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/incifinci)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2022, 4:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/use-the-dropdown-menu-with-multi-value-tags/58679/6 "2022-10-05T04:52:44Z")
I use the following solution. If i know in advance, that i want to add more values, first i save the file with empty field (so that the custom list will appear afterwards), then i select the required value from the predefined custom list of the field, and cut it (Ctrl+X), then the same with the next needed value, and so on. Finally i paste them back (Ctrl+V).
To insert 3 or more values, we also need the [Ditto](https://ditto-cp.sourceforge.io/) application. It is anyway very useful.
On the other hand, i also have predefined Action Groups for entering and removing common values, since, for example, i always enter the _Carib_ value after _Calypso_, or the _Latin_ value after _Tango, Bolero, Chachacha_ and so on. Example:
**Genre#Add (to the end)#Latin**
```auto
Merge duplicate fields "GENRE": "/"
Format value "GENRE": $ifgreater($strstr(%genre%,Latin),0,%genre%,[%genre%/]Latin)
Split field by separator "GENRE": "/"
```
**Genre#Remove#Latin**
```auto
Merge duplicate fields "GENRE": "/"
Regular expression: /Latin|Latin/ replace with nothing
Split field by separator "GENRE": "/"
```
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2022, 5:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/use-the-dropdown-menu-with-multi-value-tags/58679/7 "2022-10-05T05:25:33Z")
> [@incifinci](#):
>
> Genre#Add (to the end)#Latin
You could shorten that set of actions to:
Format value for GENRE
Format string:`$ifgreater($strstr($meta(genre,0),Latin),0,%genre%,%genre%\\Latin)`
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### Author:  [@incifinci](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/incifinci)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2022, 7:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/use-the-dropdown-menu-with-multi-value-tags/58679/8 "2022-10-05T07:44:34Z")
Thank you, [ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino). Yes, you are probably right. But i wrote that Action Group BEFORE [this problem](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-values-mp3tag-foobar2000/8307/7) was solded. The problem came back once, and i think, it might happen again. This Action Group with 3 actions does not run long, and i use it typically only for one or a few files at most.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/use-the-dropdown-menu-with-multi-value-tags/58679/9 "2026-02-09T12:29:56Z")