Adding and Removing Files and Folders

In Flamingo IDE, you can add and remove files and folders in your project using File Manager.

Adding Files and Folders to Project

Uploading existing files and folders

To upload existing files/folders to your project, you should:

  1. Open File Manager by clicking the File Manager icon on the left sidebar.
Click File Manager
  1. Open the folder you need to add the file or folder to.
  2. Drag and drop your file, folder, multiple files or folders onto File Manager.
Drag'n'drop files/folders

Note

  • To cancel loading the file or folder, click Discard while it is being loaded.
  • When you are loading a folder, all files inside it and subfolders will be loaded as well. To show the files and subfolders being loaded, click the Show Details button.
  • Empty files won’t be loaded.

The file/folder will be added to the folder you’ve selected and you can start working with it.

Creating new files and folders

To create new file/folder in your project, you should:

  1. Open File Manager by clicking the File Manager icon on the left sidebar.
Click File Manager
  1. Define the location of your file/folder.
  2. Click New in File Manager and select the needed item (Folder, CSS File, JS File).
Click New
  1. Type file/folder name in the corresponding field.
Type name

The file/folder name will be saved automatically and added to your project.

Removing Files and Folders from Project

  1. Open File Manager by clicking the File Manager icon on the left sidebar.
Click File Manager
  1. Open the folder you need to remove the file or folder from and point to the file/folder.
  2. Click Delete in the callout that appears.
Click Delete
  1. Click Yes to confirm deleting.
Click Yes

The selected file/folder will be deleted permanently. If there are any subfolders in the folder you are going to delete, they will be deleted as well.

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