Folders and new Items

Create folders, databases, forms, web maps and applications, move in and out of folders, and open an Item in another app.

This page helps you create folders and new Items in Drive, and open each kind of Item.

Create a folder

To create one inside someone else's folder, you need the Writer access level or higher.

Double-click a folder to go inside.
The bar at the top shows where you are. Click a folder name in the bar to go back to that folder.
If the path is long, the folders in the middle shrink into a three-dot button. Click it and choose a folder.
Click the last name in the bar, the one with a small arrow, to open the menu of the current folder, for example New folder and New item.

Choose	What happens
Form	Form Studio opens in a new tab, to create a form in this folder
Web map	Map Studio opens in a new tab, to create a map in this folder
Application	Drive creates an Untitled dashboard and opens it in App Studio in a new tab
Database	Type a Name and click Create
Upload files	Pick files from your computer. See Upload

If you do not see Form, Web map or Application, your platform does not have that app installed.

Double-click to open. The Item opens according to its kind.

Kind	Opens in
Folder	In Drive
File	The preview page. See Open and download
Database, table, form, web map, application	The app of that Item, in a new tab

An Item in the trash cannot be opened. Restore it first.

Right-click the Item and choose Open with.
Choose whether to view or edit, for example View in Map Studio or Edit in Map Studio.

The Edit in commands need the Item organizer access level or higher.