Jaikoz Edit Pane
The Edit Pane is always displayed, it contains a series of tabs that group similar metadata fields together, it is okay for the same field to be displayed on multiple tabs.
There are two different selections possible, row selection from the row number column , and field selection from the main spreadsheet like view.
These two selection methods are independent of each other and we can have both at the same time.
Usually if you select a task that is song based in the menu and we have some rows selected in the row column then the task will only be performed on those rows.
Tasks that are field based such as Copy, Paste and Set Value are always performed on the fields selected in the Edit Pane.
Usually we can edit a field by click on the field and start typing, some fields provide a combo box with a list of options. If the field is a multi value field it is the first field that is displayed in the table, to edit additional values click on the small numbered button to provide access to the additional values.
We can show more columns on a tab within the Edit Pane using the column control in the right hand-side corner of the Edit Pane. We can do more extensive customization in Preferences
For audio formats that support the ID3 tagging format (Mp3, Wav, Aif, Dsf) the Edit ID3 Tab can also be used to modify fields, this tab maps more directly to how fields are actually stored in the file, it also gives access to additional fields that are not yet in the Edit Tab
As well as a simple text field the Edit Pane can contain some different types of fields:
- Selectable Combo is a drop down list where you can select a value
- Editable Combo is a drop down list where you can select a value or enter a value not in the list
- Multi Field Count Fields which support multi value fields have a row count specifying how may values a field contains, clicking on the multi-field count will show up a PopupWindow showing all the values held in a field.