There is no way to create a new folder under the root folder in the Sidebar Explorer when the root folder only contains folders

[Cloudmersive]

• VSCode Version: Latest
• OS Version: Windows 10 Latest

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Open a folder X in the sidebar in VS Code
   ----- This folder X should be a folder that only contains folders as immediate children - no files as immediate children
2. Open a file in one of the subfolders
3. Try to create a new folder that is a child of X

It is not possible because you cannot actually select X, nor can you right-click on X. Any time you execute the New Folder command (the one that appears on hover over X), it will create a child folder of a subfolder of X, not a new subfolder of X.

This appears to be a broken UX model as well as a bug. The real problem is you cannot select the root folder.

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

[vscodebot]

(Experimental duplicate detection)
Thanks for submitting this issue. Please also check if it is already covered by an existing one, like:

• Cannot add folder to root if only folders exist (#20394)
• Open folder (#75329)
• April 2019 Endgame (#73175)
• May 2019 Endgame (#74412)
• Difficult to create folder in left panel file view if the open folder only contains folder (#1043)

[isidorn]

Dup of #1043