Command to create new folder in current directory

Feature requests
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I navigate the vault without the need to have the Files pane using links and the Quick Explorer plugin. This works quite fine except for a tiny hiccup. You can’t create a new folder using a command! Which I feel would be a hindrance to a lot of keyboard-oriented/minimalist workflows.

Proposed solution

I think having a command that creates a new folder (named new folder maybe) in the current directory of the active note would suffice for most workflows and is fairly straightforward.

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This can be done using Templater.

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I’ve found that the Folder Notes plugin also has a similar command if you create the note first. I still think this should be a vanilla command, however.

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This was a recently added feature in v1.6 (Files: Create new folder) but it creates it in the root directory for some reason. It feels like the current opened directory makes much more sense.

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How can this be done with templater?

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This is the template code I use to create and parent a file to a new folder:

<%*
let folder_name = await tp.system.prompt("Folder name");
if (folder_name !== null) {
	let new_folder_path = tp.file.folder(true) + "/" + folder_name + "/" + tp.file.title;
	tp.file.move(new_folder_path);
}
%>

You can then just assign that template to a hotkey (in my case Ctrl+O)

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thanks dude! how can I assign a default template to a folder for a file created through this method? im assuming I have to create more ifs inside? or is this doable through the templater settings. I havent got it to work yet

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I don’t understand the question