Managing Folders

Folders in Zenspire allow you to structure your image library hierarchically. These folders are created and managed within your designated Zenspire library location. Actions you take on folders within the app directly affect the folder structure on your disk at this location. For more details on the library concept, see the Getting Started with Your Library page.

Viewing Folder Contents

Click a folder name in the sidebar’s “Folders” section to view its images in the Image Grid. How images from subfolders are displayed depends on your folder browsing setting:

Show Only Current Folder (Default)

Displays only the images located directly inside the selected folder. Contents of subfolders are not shown unless you navigate into them.

Show Items in Subfolders

Enable this in Settings to display all images within the selected folder and all images inside any of its subfolders, combined in one grid.

Creating Folders

You create folders directly within Zenspire’s interface, and these are actual folders on your disk within your Zenspire library.

New Root Folder

1. Click the [+] New button (via the dropdown) at the bottom of the sidebar.
2. Select Folder.
3. A new folder named “New Folder” (or similar) is created at the top level of your Zenspire library’s folder structure on disk. It appears in the sidebar, ready for renaming.

New Subfolder

1. Right-click (or Control-click) an existing folder in the sidebar to open its context menu.
2. Select New Subfolder.
3. A new folder is created inside the parent folder within your Zenspire library on disk. It appears nested in the sidebar, ready for renaming.

Renaming Folders

1. Right-click the folder in the sidebar to open its context menu.
2. Select Rename.
3. The folder name becomes an editable text field. Type the new name and press Enter. This renames the actual folder on disk within your Zenspire library.

Deleting Folders

Caution: Permanent Deletion

Deleting a folder from Zenspire permanently removes that folder and all its contents (including subfolders and the image files it contains) from your Zenspire library location on disk. This action cannot be undone through Zenspire. Ensure you have backups if the content is valuable.

1. Right-click the folder in the sidebar to open its context menu.
2. Select Delete.
3. Confirm the deletion if prompted.

Folder Context Menu Summary

Right-clicking a folder in the sidebar provides these options for managing folders within your Zenspire library:

• Rename
• Delete
• New Subfolder

Importing Images into Folders

You add images to folders in your Zenspire library using drag and drop:

1. Select the target folder in the Zenspire sidebar where you want to add images.
2. Drag image files from Finder (or other compatible applications).
3. Drop the files onto the Image Grid area or directly onto the target folder name in the sidebar. The image files will be copied into that folder within your Zenspire library location on disk, and will then appear in the app.

Supported image formats for import: png, jpg, jpeg, gif, bmp, heic, webp, tiff.