Messages options¶
Open File → Options… → Messages to choose which completion messages and confirmations appear around editing operations.
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Keep confirmations for tag removal, file deletion, and unsaved changes enabled while learning. A completion message and a confirmation serve different purposes: one reports what happened, the other asks before proceeding.
Completion notifications¶
All three default to off.
| Setting | When it reports |
|---|---|
| after saving tags | After an explicit tag save. It is not a dialog for every directly edited file-list cell. |
| after actions, converters that write files, and Tag → Tag | After operations that change file information through those paths. Pending auto-numbering edits remain subject to saving. |
| after removing tags or tag types | After tag removal. It does not refer to deleting the audio file. |
The file list and status/error area still provide operational feedback when optional completion dialogs are disabled.
Confirmations and warnings¶
| Setting | Default | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| at removing tags | On | Ask before removing configured tag types. Review read/write/remove policies, since tag removal can affect hidden metadata. |
| at cutting tags | Off | Ask before cutting tag information. Cutting involves removal, unlike copying. |
| at pasting tags | Off | Ask before applying the tag clipboard to the selection. Enable when frequent copying makes an accidental paste costly. |
| at exporting and creating playlists (offers to open the written file) | Off | Offer to open a completed output file using its associated application. This controls a post-write offer, not whether the file may be overwritten. |
| at deleting files | On | Ask before filesystem deletion. Normal deletion uses Trash/Recycle Bin even with this confirmation off. Permanent deletion remains a distinct operation. |
| at warnings from Actions (file errors of the last action or action groups) | On | Show errors from the last action run. With it off, errors are still listed beneath the file list. |
| at unsaved changes (closing, reloading, refreshing or discarding pending edits) | On | Ask when an operation would discard pending edits. With it off, those edits can be discarded without that prompt. |
| at importing covers (when files already have cover art) | On | Ask whether existing embedded images should be preserved during a tag-source import. |
The unsaved-changes message is not an automatic-save mode. Use Tags to configure selection-change saving. Avoid disabling the prompt merely to silence a workflow whose save behavior is not yet understood.
Existing artwork without a question¶
When at importing covers is disabled, Without asking, existing cover art is becomes available:
- Preserved keeps existing embedded artwork.
- Replaced or added to, as chosen in the import follows the cover operation selected in the import. This is the default remembered choice.
The tag-source prompt can remember its answer through Don't show this message again; later imports then reuse that choice. Re-enable the message here to review each import again. Preserving existing art and saving a downloaded image alongside an album are separate decisions.
Discarding edits
Turning off at unsaved changes removes a chance to recover unsaved work. Save tags before closing, reloading, or using a command that discards pending changes.