# Preferences - Tag Sets

Yate uses tag sets everywhere. Tag sets are simply lists of tagging fields. When viewing a tag set in the application, right clicking will display a context menu which allows you to clear or set all items or save the current set. When you select to save a set from another window, the Preferences window will open (or switch) to the Tag List panel. The contents of the table at the right of the window will contain the tag set to be saved. The context menu will also allow you to select the contents of an existing tag set. The context menu also has an Enable/Disable Auto Sort item. Note that the setting is global and affects all Tag Set displays.

The count displayed in the column header of a tag set's first column represents the number of selected fields in the set. You can click on the column headers to change the sort order of the fields.

You manage tag sets in preferences as follows:

Every saved tag set must have a unique name. To create a new tag set click the + button.

To remove tag sets, select one or more sets in the table and click the - button.

To duplicate a tag set, select a single set in the table and click the ❐ button.

To modify a tag set, select a single set in the table and click the ✎ button.

To export one or more tag sets so that they can later be imported, select one or more sets in the table and click the ⇒ button. When exporting, if you select a file which already exists and enable the Merge option, the tag sets will be written to the existing file overwriting any tag sets which were there already.