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Originally Posted by Ashjuk
... I'm not sure you can alter the folder structure of an epub - is it not part of the standard?
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Yes, you can indeed alter the folder structure and no, there is no standard.
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Originally Posted by Ashjuk
I have tried moving a file to an existing folder, and also to a new folder, but nothing happens when I do that.
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That's because the folders in the Book Browser aren't "real" folders. They are virtual folders by file-type for organizational purposes only.
For example, a few weeks ago I came across an epub with the xhtml files in a "text" folder, but the nav.xthml in the parent folder along with the .opf. I used the "Move" command in the context menu to move the file into the "text" folder along with the other xhtml files (to make the links to TOC simpler).
In another of my books, all of the html files are loose in the OEBPS folder, which also contains a separate folder named "css" for stylesheets and "images" for jpgs.
But the Book Browser will not show all of these internal workings unless you change the setting in Prefs to show full filepaths. Even then the files are grouped in virtual folders by file type and not the actual internal folders. So the files in the Book Browsers' virtual "Text" folder can actually exist in multiple different actual real internal folders, even though Book Browser shows them all in a single "Text" folder. (You can also hover over individual files to see filepath via tooltip.)
I know this is confusing. It threw me for a loop when Sigil 1.0 first came out
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Originally Posted by KevinH
... you can use Move in Book Browser to specify a new folder via the pulldown menu or enter a completely new path by typing.
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I had figured out how to move to an existing folder via the pulldown menu. I didn't realize creating a new folder was as simple as typing a new folder name into the box
I kept looking for explicit commands, like a "new folder" option at the bottom of the pulldown. I will include step-by-step instructions in the Book Browser chapter (which is ending up being overhauled given the changes from 0.9.x to 1.x. Thanks for the detailed explanation, btw. I feel better having my fuzzy understanding of Book Browser confirmed).