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# Customize columns

Menu View > Columns

With this dialog you can add, remove and rearrange the columns of the file view.

## Value

This field is required and is used for displaying content in the file view. You can use any placeholder from the list below.

## Field

This field is optional. The placeholder of this field is used for editing the content of the field through the file view - if this field is empty, the column is write protected.
You can only use placeholders for tag fields (e.g. %artist%), %_filename_ext%, or %_filename% here.

## Sort by

This field is optional. If this field is empty, Mp3tag uses the contents of Value for sorting. Otherwise the evaluated content of this field is used.

## Numeric

This checkbox affects the sorting of the column and determines if the column contents are aligned left or right.

## The following placeholders are available:

Metadata |
`%artist%` | Artist
`%album%` | Album
`%comment%` | Comment
`%genre%` | Genre
`%title%` | Title
`%track%` | Track-Number
`%year%` | Year
`%fieldname%` | The content of any field name
Technical info |
`%_bitrate%` | Bitrate in kbit/s
`%_codec%` | Codec
`%_cover_mimetype%` | Mimetype of first cover art in the tag of the file
`%_cover_size%` | Size of first cover art in the tag of the file in bytes
`%_cover_type%` | Cover type of first cover art in the tag of the file
`%_covers%` | Count of cover art in the tag of the file
`%_id3v2_character_encoding%` | Encoding of the ID3v2 text frames of the file.
`%_length%` | Length (formatted)
`%_length_seconds%` | Length (in seconds)
`%_mode%` | Mode
`%_samplerate%` | Sample rate
`%_tag%` | Available tag types in file
`%_tag_read%` | Displayed tag type
`%_tag_size%` | Size of all tags in bytes
`%_tag_size_appended%` | Size of all appended tags in bytes
`%_tag_size_prepended%` | Size of all prepended tags in bytes
`%_tool%` | Additional codec information (not available for all supported audio formats).
`%_vbr%` | Bitrate type or compression profile
File name / path info |
`%_directory%` | Name of the parent directory
`%_extension%` | File extension
`%_filename%` | File name without extension
`%_filename_ext%` | File name with extension
`%_folderpath%` | Path without file name
`%_path%` | File name with path
`%_parent_directory%` | Name of the grandparent folder
File properties |
`%_file_create_date%` | Short creation date
`%_file_create_datetime%` | Long creation date
`%_file_create_datetime_raw%` | Long creation date (unformatted)
`%_file_mod_date%` | Short modification date
`%_file_mod_datetime%` | Long modification date
`%_file_mod_datetime_raw%` | Long modification date (unformatted)
`%_file_size%` | File size in human readable format
`%_file_size_bytes%` | File size in bytes
`%_file_size_kb%` | File size in kilobytes
`%_file_size_mb%` | File size in megabytes

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