# Tied Tags

Tied tags are expressions to produce a readable formatted output of more than one tag. Tag values are outputted left to right, with the default output separator as `-`. To combine multiple tags start the expression with `~` and separate each tag by `~` again.

Examples:

Included Tags | Tied Tag | Result
--- | --- | ---
artist, title | `~artist~title` | Bob Marley - Jammin’
~#track, ~dirname | `~~#track~~dirname` | 5 - /home/user/music/Reggae
date, artist, album, ~filesize | `~date~artist~album~~filesize` | 2000 - Bob Marley - Songs of Freedom (Various) - 6.9 MB

## Usage in Quod Libet

Tied tags can be used in tag patterns and searches as if they were normal tags:

    ~artist~title=/AC.?DC/

    <tracknumber|<tracknumber>. ><title~version>