Is there a way to make MacBook folder creation location aware?

It looks like you are using List View. You may see the title of the window indicating which folder is currently active.

That is where the new folder will be created.

The quickest solution in my opinion is to press Command-3 to switch to Column View.

(You can easily switch to List View again with Command-2, or to Icon View with Command-1)

dplang1 wrote:

Luis,

I think this helps considerably. While I would prefer to add the folder in List View, it's not that big of a deal to switch to Column View from where I am first. If there's a way to add a folder in list view in a similar fashion, I'd appreciate knowing.

Thanks for the help!

Doug

Yes, but you'd have to go into the subfolder first.

Say you are in folder A and have a folder B inside it, and a folder C inside B:

Now, if you press Command-Shift-N, a new folder is created inside A:

But if you double-click on B, you will go inside B, and can create a subfolder there.

Press Command-UpArrow to return to A.

How are you creating it exactly?

The New folder option should create a folder directly in the folder you are currently in.

What view do you have the Finder in?

If using the column view, make sure you have the parent folder you want to create the folder in, selected.

You can also two finger click in the column where you want to the folder to be created, to open the context menu, and then click on "New Folder"