"Spill folder" in right-click context menu

[VariedBlue]

What feature or improvement do you think would benefit Files?

To get to the point, I would like there to be an option in the right-click menu called "Spill folder" or "Disolve folder" or something like that where when you right-click on a folder, you can spill its contents into the parent folder

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Files Version

2.3.12.0

Windows Version

Windows 11 Home, 22H2, Build: 22623.1020

Comments

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[Josh65-2201]

This doesn't make sense. How would Files know what to split? Why not use the cut option in the right click menu. Dissolving the folder is just deleting it.

[VariedBlue]

I worded that quite badly, think of it as extracting a folder, that makes more sense

[Josh65-2201]

You can then just select all (Ctrl + A) in that folder then cut then paste it to were you want

[VariedBlue]

Of course I know you can do that, but I'm just asking for an easier option

[yaira2]

I believe this is referred to as flattening folders, it's a neat feature but not something we plan to integrate with Files as it can already be done via shell extensions.

[yaira2]

@i-dont-know-username I thought you'd want to know that we've started work on this feature. You can follow our progress in #12367.