Tags table

The Tags table displays tags and file parameters (file name, file size, duration etc.).

A row contains fields of tag of one file. The table is editable so you can change tags directly in it.

Selection

In the table any cells can be:

• current (has the cell cursor – the black frame),
• selected (has the yellow background),
• unselected.

A row with the current cell is the current row. The file in the current row is the current file. The tag in the current row is the current tag.

A selected row is considered as a selected file.

To select a row make a left click on its header, the entire row will be colored in yellow. If you want to select several rows in succession then make a left click on the header of the first or last row you want to select and holding the mouse button pressed, drag the cursor up or down until all the desired rows are selected. If you hold the Shift key pressed while a left click on a rows header, then all rows between this string and the string with the cell cursor are selected. Hold down the Ctrl key to select a row without deselection of already selected rows. Thus you can select an arbitrary set of rows.

Exactly in the same way you can select columns making a left click on columns’ headers.

To select groups of cells the same principles are used. To select a rectangular region of cells make a left click on one of the cells and without releasing the mouse button move the cursor in the right direction until all desired cells are selected. Selected cells are colored in gray. When you have selected the entire region release the mouse button. If you hold the Shift key pressed while a left click on a cell, then all cells between this one and the cell with the cell cursor are selected. If you hold the Ctrl key pressed while a left click on a cell, then this cell is selected without deselection of already selected cells. Thus you can select an arbitrary set of cells.

Columns

To show/hide columns make a right click on a column header of the table and click in the context menu on the name of the column. If you want to show/hide few columns it is better to use "Customize columns" dialog. You can also call this dialog by "View-> Customize columns" menu command .

"Autosizing" automatically sets the width of all columns to fit their contents.

"Size by default" sets the width of all columns to their default sizes. It can be used only if "Autosizing" is off.

You can sort tags by columns content. To do this you should make a right click on a columns header. The context menu appears in which you can choose to sort in ascending or descending order. The sorted column contains an icon in the shape of a triangle. If it is directed upward then the column is sorted in ascending order, if downward then in descending order.

Columns in the table also can be moved. To do this, press and hold Alt key, then make a left click on the header of the column which you want to move and, holding the mouse button, drag the header to the desired position. The new position of the column is displayed as a bold blue marker. When you release the mouse button the column will be moved.

Navigation in the table

Cell Editing

There are few ways to start editing cell content:

• Double-click on a cell.
• Click on the current cell.
• Press Enter (content of the current cell will be selected before editing start).
• Type any printable key (content of the current cell will be deleted before editing start).

If you want to finish editing press Enter to save changes or Esc to discard them.

You can always undo any change by using Undo command .

There is very important feature: if you assigned a new value to the current cell this value will be assigned to all selected cells.

You can use placeholders in the Tags table. After Enter press they are changed by actual values.

Commands

Perform a right click on cell to see all commands supported by the Tags table.

Here is the description:

Row labels

First of all a row label contains * (asterisk) after a row number if a file was modified.

Secondly you should use row labels to select files. For selection just make a left click on a row label. Hold Ctrl while click to add one row to selection or Shift to add to selection all rows between the current row and a row on which label you click.

If you make a right click on a row label you can see the context menu, which can save some of your time.

The menu contains the following commands:

Move rows up/down commands move all selected rows.

Remove rows command removes all selected rows. You can Undo rows removing.

If no row is selected then the current row is considered as selected.

Very often you need to work only with some selected files. So before editing files you can make all necessary settings in Editor, Rename files and Tags by filenames windows and then select necessary files, switch between windows and Apply using the context menu. Thus you do not need to move the mouse cursor from a row labels to the Processor windows and back.

Drag & Drop

You can drag & drop selected files to an external player. To do this select all desired files, press Alt key, and without releasing it, drag the files to a desired window and then drop.

If no file is selected then the current file is dragged & dropped.

Format of columns

Columns that contain file parameters (except filename) are read only. All others you can edit.

Every column has its own format. All fields of a column have the same format. For more details see format of fields.