# User Defined Tags - Dropdown of valid values

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/user-defined-tags-dropdown-of-valid-values/64727
**Category:** Mac
**Created:** [May 20, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/user-defined-tags-dropdown-of-valid-values/64727 "2024-05-20T17:43:57Z")
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### Author: ![Lobo](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/76d3ee/32.png) [@Lobo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Lobo)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/user-defined-tags-dropdown-of-valid-values/64727/1 "2024-05-20T17:43:57Z")

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Hi.

Mac Version : 1.8.22 under Sonoma 14.4.1.

I have on more than one occasion lost playlists from my various android devices (I keep changing devices).

I am now trying to determine whether it is possible within MP3Tag to allocate songs to one or more playlists.

To that end I have created a couple of user defined tags PlayList 1, PlayList 2 and PlayList 3.

What I am now trying to do, as one is able to do for “Genre”, is define a list of valid values from which one can select a valid value, for example :- "Chill Out", "Travel Bum”, "Driving Down The Road” (and these values to be available to all tracks).

I can’t seem to find a way to acheive this so I’m wondering whether it is possible or indeed is there a better way of achieving the desired result.

For example.

I’m am happy to be able to allocate to just three lists at the moment.

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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: [May 21, 2024, 7:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/user-defined-tags-dropdown-of-valid-values/64727/2 "2024-05-21T07:05:54Z")

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It's currently not possible to do this in the same way as with Genres. However, you can create three different Action Categories for PlayList 1, PlayList 2, and PlayList 3 and create one action of type **Format tag field** for each of the values.

This way, you can select the relevant files and apply the action via the **Actions** menu, where each of the created categories is available as an extra submenu.

 ![image](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/3X/d/0/d034145e303690b3834b3bbb2d27430f2177b62e.jpeg)

 ![image](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/3X/5/1/51d24946c8919aac8061ee0511af42cd494c442c.jpeg)

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### Author: ![Lobo](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/76d3ee/32.png) [@Lobo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Lobo)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2024, 7:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/user-defined-tags-dropdown-of-valid-values/64727/3 "2024-05-23T07:45:04Z")

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Thanks for this.

After some playing around I was able to achieve what I was after.

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### Author: ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2024, 7:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/user-defined-tags-dropdown-of-valid-values/64727/4 "2024-06-22T07:45:39Z")

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