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

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.

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.

[image] whitewall: So, is it really true that the big plus button is only to create top level notebooks? Yes.

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

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).

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).

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.

[image] tessus: 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% o…

Creating new notebook directly as child

Support

rxliuli 27 July 2020 08:35 2

ref link: Rmb create new folder

Topic		Replies	Views
Is there a feature that let me choose where my notebook will be placed? Features	4	656	4 November 2019
"Create new note" menu item when right-clicking (sub)notebook Features	7	879	4 June 2020
Creating new notebook sub-folders in iOS Support	1	1175	25 May 2021
Joplin Android: add the menu item, "add sub-notebook" Features	5	831	5 April 2023
Right Click 'Add Subnotebook' Option Missing Support	5	544	23 July 2020

Creating new notebook directly as child

Related topics