# Creating new notebook directly as child

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/creating-new-notebook-directly-as-child/10287>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [27 July 2020 07:28 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/creating-new-notebook-directly-as-child/10287 "2020-07-27T07:28:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 14\
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**Author:** ![verysame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/51bf81/32.png) [@verysame](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/verysame)\
**Post date:** [27 July 2020 07:28 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/creating-new-notebook-directly-as-child/10287/1 "2020-07-27T07:28:54Z")

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Is there a way to create a new notebook as a child of the selected one?  
When I create a new one it always ends up in the root.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![rxliuli](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/rxliuli/32/4083_2.png) [@rxliuli](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/rxliuli)\
**Post date:** [27 July 2020 08:35 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/creating-new-notebook-directly-as-child/10287/2 "2020-07-27T08:35:28Z")

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ref link: [Rmb create new folder](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/rmb-create-new-folder/10257)

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**Author:** ![verysame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/51bf81/32.png) [@verysame](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/verysame)\
**Post date:** [27 July 2020 08:44 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/creating-new-notebook-directly-as-child/10287/3 "2020-07-27T08:44:34Z")

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I’m using the latest beta but I know what’s happening.

If I click on the icon in the toolbar the new notebook is created in the root of the main tree. If I right-click on a notebook then the new notebook is correctly nested.

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**Author:** ![rxliuli](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/rxliuli/32/4083_2.png) [@rxliuli](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/rxliuli)\
**Post date:** [27 July 2020 08:57 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/creating-new-notebook-directly-as-child/10287/4 "2020-07-27T08:57:45Z")

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Improper operation…

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**Author:** ![whitewall](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/whitewall/32/6018_2.png) [@whitewall](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/whitewall)\
**Post date:** [4 February 2021 11:43 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/creating-new-notebook-directly-as-child/10287/5 "2021-02-04T11:43:52Z")

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So, is it really true that the big plus button is only to create top level notebooks? I would have expected the behaviour that the OP did. Although, I don't know how I would create a top level notebook if that were the case.

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**Author:** ![tessus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/tessus/32/13_2.png) [@tessus](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/tessus)\
**Post date:** [4 February 2021 16:49 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/creating-new-notebook-directly-as-child/10287/6 "2021-02-04T16:49:15Z")

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> [@whitewall](#):
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> So, is it really true that the big plus button is only to create top level notebooks?

Yes.

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**Author:** ![laurent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@laurent](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/laurent)\
**Post date:** [4 February 2021 16:57 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/creating-new-notebook-directly-as-child/10287/7 "2021-02-04T16:57:07Z")

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Note that if you frequently create new sub-notebooks you can assign a shortcut to the action in the config.

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**Author:** ![tessus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/tessus/32/13_2.png) [@tessus](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/tessus)\
**Post date:** [4 February 2021 17:00 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/creating-new-notebook-directly-as-child/10287/8 "2021-02-04T17:00:42Z")

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I think another slight problem is that the context menu (on right click) says `New notebook`. In a previous version it said `New sub-notebook` when not right-clicked on `NOTEBOOK` (the top level root folder).

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**Author:** ![laurent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@laurent](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/laurent)\
**Post date:** [4 February 2021 17:29 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/creating-new-notebook-directly-as-child/10287/9 "2021-02-04T17:29:33Z")

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Indeed, that was fixed on the menu item but it's still wrong on the context menu. I guess it's a matter of mapping that item to the correct command (newSubFolder).

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**Author:** ![tessus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/tessus/32/13_2.png) [@tessus](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/tessus)\
**Post date:** [4 February 2021 19:13 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/creating-new-notebook-directly-as-child/10287/10 "2021-02-04T19:13:08Z")

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I can't recall, but I think I added a conditional a while back for the context menu item. Maybe it got lost when the major refactoring happened.

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**Author:** ![whitewall](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/whitewall/32/6018_2.png) [@whitewall](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/whitewall)\
**Post date:** [5 February 2021 04:30 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/creating-new-notebook-directly-as-child/10287/11 "2021-02-05T04:30:22Z")

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> [@tessus](#):
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> the context menu (on right click) says `New notebook` .

For me, I don't think of it in terms of "notebooks" and "sub-notebooks" just like in the opperating system I don't think of "folders" (referring to only folders in the root directory) and "sub-folders" (referring to 99.9% of all the other folders). They are all just folders. Because after all, in your terminology, by dragging a "sub notebook" to the top level it becomes a "notebook." That doesn't really make sense from the end user experience. They are all just notebooks.

If you wanted the context menu to be more specific, when right clicking on `Notebooks` (at the top of the list of notebooks) it could say "New top-level notebook" and when right clicking on a notebook it could say "New notebook here".

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**Author:** ![antonvons](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/antonvons/32/8757_2.png) [@antonvons](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/antonvons)\
**Post date:** [25 May 2021 10:07 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/creating-new-notebook-directly-as-child/10287/12 "2021-05-25T10:07:29Z")

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Just a direct question on this if I may please. Is it possible to create a sub-notebook (sub-folder) in the iOP app version? Thank you in advance. Cheers Anton

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**Author:** ![roman\_r\_m](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/roman_r_m/32/3297_2.png) [@roman\_r\_m](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/roman_r_m)\
**Post date:** [25 May 2021 10:14 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/creating-new-notebook-directly-as-child/10287/13 "2021-05-25T10:14:48Z")

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Not possible at the moment.

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**Author:** ![antonvons](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/antonvons/32/8757_2.png) [@antonvons](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/antonvons)\
**Post date:** [25 May 2021 10:30 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/creating-new-notebook-directly-as-child/10287/14 "2021-05-25T10:30:47Z")

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Thanks, a further question then, is it possible to at least move and existing folder or sub-folder in an iOS app. That at least be a workaround. And I don’t surpose that it is possible to run Joplin in a Chrome or Foxpro browser on iOS