Move selected files into newly created subfolder

[mkolaski]

Seeing as how we now have Flatten Folders, thought I should ask if there is a similar way to achieve/automate the opposite?

I often have to organise large numbers of files that have been extracted from zip files into various sub-folders and after having selected some files, I'd like to be able to run a function that creates a new folder, after prompting me for a folder name and then moves the files into the newly created sub-folder

[highend]

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    $items = "<get SelectedItemsPathNames |>";
    $dstFolder = input("Enter folder name...", , , , , 250, 150);
    new($dstFolder, "dir");
    moveto $dstFolder, $items, , 2;

Or is this too "highend" as well?

[mkolaski]

No. It looks perfect to me (it works too! ).

Many thanks for this, highend.

[RalphM]

What's wrong with the context menu "Move here to new subfolder" which does exactly the same?

[mkolaski]

I felt as if the functionality must be there and looked through the menus and stuff but couldn't see it. Being a keyboard junkie, rather than mouse user what I didn't do was to right-click and drag with the mouse. d'oh!

Guess I should've RTFM'd!!

Thanks for your help on this guys.

[admin]

Note that there even is a factory default keyboard shortcut for it:
File | Duplicate | Move Here to New Subfolder... (Ctrl+Shift+X)

[mkolaski]

I know. Wish I'd found it sooner!!!