[kevs]

When I have a folder selected in finder, I make a new folder.
But instead of this new folder going inside my highlighted folder, it goes below it. Anyone know trick for this? thanks.

[wataru]

Uh, open the folder before you make the new folder?

[chabig]

When I am in column view and have a folder selected, creating a new folder does put it inside the first folder. I bet you don't really have the first folder selected. If you create it, name it, and then hit return it will be unselected.

In icon or list view, do as suggest above...open the folder before you make a new folder inside.

[cpac]

Originally posted by kevs:
When I have a folder selected in finder, I make a new folder.
But instead of this new folder going inside my highlighted folder, it goes below it. Anyone know trick for this? thanks.

in addition to the above - you could always drag that folder you accidentally created into the folder you intended to create it in.

[Millennium]

Originally posted by kevs:
When I have a folder selected in finder, I make a new folder.
But instead of this new folder going inside my highlighted folder, it goes below it. Anyone know trick for this? thanks.

Are you using Column View?

In Column View, using New Folder puts it inside the highlighted folder. In Icon and List Views, however, "New Folder" puts it inside whatever folder you have open, not whatever folder you have highlighted.

If you're in Icon or List View, the solution is to open the folder you want to put the new folder inside, and then use New Folder.

[Madrag]

I was wondering the same thing for the last days...
It would be nice to be able to create the new folder into the highlighted folder in list view...
instead of opening it, create the folder, and close it again...

[JKT]

Originally posted by Madrag:
I was wondering the same thing for the last days...
It would be nice to be able to create the new folder into the highlighted folder in list view...
instead of opening it, create the folder, and close it again...

Not really - presumably 99% of the time you would actually want to use the new folder as soon as you created it (either to rename it and/or to put something in it). If the newly created folder was not visible because it was within a "closed" folder, then how could you do this?

Trust me, the way it works in each view makes sense.

[kevs]

Thanks for great clarification.
I generally like list view.
Sometime I like to pop 3-4 new folders into a folder quickly.
Has anyone seen Entourage's system for this? You can highlight a folder and use a keystroke that creates subfolders right inside your closed or selected folder. Would not this be nice for list view?
Currently I am doing the drag method.

[kevs]

PS
And what's cool about Entourage example -- is that you actually do see your new folders as you make them-- they stagger to the left.

[Madrag]

Originally posted by JKT:
Not really - presumably 99% of the time you would actually want to use the new folder as soon as you created it (either to rename it and/or to put something in it). If the newly created folder was not visible because it was within a "closed" folder, then how could you do this?

Trust me, the way it works in each view makes sense.

I know what youy mean, but some people (me included) would like to do it straight out of the list view...

The way I generally do it, is to create the folder (in list view), rename it and move it into the folder previously highlighted; it gives me less trouble/windows than opening the folder...

As described, Entourage can do it, maybe the system could have that option for us list viewer geeks