Edit menu

Edit contains tag clipboard, history, selection and file operations. First identify what has focus. Copying selected text is different from copying the tags of selected files; deleting a file is different from removing its row.

History and tag clipboard

Item	Result
Undo	Restore the last recorded operation; its label shows the operation/file count when available
Redo / Repeat	Redo an undone operation, or repeat the available last action/group; the current label identifies which
Cut tags	Copy tag/cover data and stage its removal from selected files
Copy tags	Copy selected tag values and available artwork data
Copy as Text…	Evaluate a format string for the selected files and copy a textual representation
Paste tags	Stage clipboard tag/cover data on selected targets
Discard pending changes	Remove unsaved changes without reading another file or applying panel defaults

Text-entry fields keep their normal text clipboard and undo behavior. Outside text entry, the app's tag clipboard can copy one file's tags to several targets or match multiple source entries to targets in order. Check the selection and ordering before pasting. Pasted artwork and cut-tag removals remain pending until Save tags; copying alone does not write anything.

For Copy as Text…, %artist% - %title% makes a readable artist/title line for each selected track. This is calculated text, not a new audio tag. Functions and placeholders follow the format-string reference.

History concerns operations actually recorded in the current desktop session. Check its label and any errors; do not assume every external change, file transfer, export or deletion can be reversed with tag-edit undo. If the menu says Repeat, it means another action execution, not restoration of a saved snapshot. Pending edits and available operations still constrain it.

Selection and finding

Item	Which files it selects
Select all	Every row in the current visible list
Invert selection	Visible rows currently unselected, while deselecting selected rows
Unselect all	No rows
Select next file	The row after the last selected row, clamping at the end
Select similar files	Rows whose active sort values match the active file
Select next similar files	The next different group of active sort values
Find…	Open the file-list search dialog

A filter limits what is visible. Select all after filtering therefore selects that visible result, not every file elsewhere on disk. Hiding a row with a filter does not automatically unselect it; check the selected count before a write. Similar-file selection uses sort criteria, not audio similarity or a duplicate-audio test.

For example, sort by album, select a Harbour Lights track, then choose Select similar files to select that album's matching sort group. Additional sort criteria can narrow the match. Choose the sort deliberately before using that result as the target of an action.

Select next file also works while editing a tag-panel field, keeping focus in the panel. Tags options can save pending edits when moving between selections. Changing selection alone is not otherwise a universal save command.

Names, transfers and deletion

Item	Effect
Edit in file list	Start editing the first selected filename column, or another editable column when no filename column is available
Copy files to…	Choose a destination and copy selected audio files
Move files to…	Choose a destination and move selected audio files
Remove from list	Remove rows; keep files on disk
Delete files…	Move selected files to the system Recycle Bin/trash when supported
Delete files permanently…	Delete without using the system trash
Manage covers…	Inspect and edit artwork for selected files

Read the deletion confirmation: Remove from list does not delete, while permanent deletion does not provide a trash restore path. File errors can leave only part of a requested copy, move or deletion completed; inspect the reported outcome before repeating it. These operations require supported local file access and are unavailable for provider selections where the operation cannot be performed.

Editing a filename cell changes a path; editing a metadata cell changes a field. Check the cell and the command's commit/preview behavior. For a batch rename from tags, use Tag → Filename instead of editing each row manually.

Keyboard and context

Primary+C/X/V, Z/Y and selection shortcuts follow the focus rules in keyboard shortcuts. F2 is Edit in file list when the list has focus, but can rename an action group or edit a source-review field in those dialogs. The cover area's context menu has cover-specific commands; a tag clipboard operation can include artwork as well as text fields.