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New Folder With Selection / Explode Folders

New Folder With Selection / Explode Folders

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Creates New Folder and moves or copies the currently selected files into it, can reverse this process by 'exploding' folders.
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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New Folder with Selection / Explode Folders

Creates New Folder and moves currently selected files into it

How To Use:

New Folder with Selection:

  • Select one or more files in the explorer sidebar
  • Right click one of the selected files and click "New Folder with Selection"
  • the name of the clicked file stripped by any extensions will become the default folder-name suggestion
  • all selected files will be moved into the new folder

New Folder with Selection (copy mode):

  • same as above, but all selected files will be copied instead of moved into the new folder

Explode Folder:

  • Select one or more files in the explorer sidebar
  • Right click one of the selected files and click "Explode Folder"
  • moves the content of a folder to its parent and removes the folder
  • halts, if at least one of the target-files already exists

Credits

1.1.2

Initial release - Manfred Wuits 2023

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