Main menu - Folder - New


After activating the main menu item "Folder → New" or the shortcut "F7" the dialog "New folder" is opened:



The following possibilities for the input of the name of the new folder are offered:

  • Manual editing
    The folder name can be typed directly.
  • Name suggestions
    Clicking the button in the field "New folder" offers the following suggestions to overwrite the actual field contents (folder name):
    • The name of the item highlighted in the active panel, that can be modified after selection.
    • The names loaded from the row "NewFolderNameSuggestionList=" of the section "[Form]" in the file FreeCommander.ini.
      Example: NewFolderNameSuggestionList=Mails,SVN,temp
      This suggestion could be helpful, if new folders with same names are created very often.
    • A name generated from the actual date, as defined under the menu item "Tools → Settings → File/folder operations" in the field "Create file/folder suggestion - date format" of the tab "General".
    • A name generated from the actual timestamp, as defined under the menu item "Tools → Settings → File/folder operations" in the field "Create file/folder suggestion - timestamp format" of the tab "General".



Clicking the "OK" button creates the new sub folder of the folder opened in the active panel.

Exceptions:

  • Creating multilevel sub folders
    Example: Inserting of "fc\lng\de" creates sub folders of the folder opened in the active panel in three levels.
  • Creating multilevel folders in a higher level
    Example: Inserting of "..\fc" creates the folder "fc" parallel to the folder opened in the active panel.


It is also possible to create several folders at the same time. Example: Inserting of "dir1|dir2" creates the two folders "dir1" and "dir2".