A very frustrating bug for me is trying to create a file inside a folder, while in list view.

Pretend I have this file directory:

-foo/
--foo1/
--foo2/
--foo3/
---foo3.1
---foo3.2
--foo4/
-bar/
--bar1/
---bar1.1
---bar1.2
---bar1.3/
----bar1.3.1
---bar1.4
--bar2/

And pretend I wanted to create a new file at 'foo3.3'.

What I want to be able to do is right-click 'foo3' and select "Create Document... Empty File", but what actually happens is much more different and frustrating, especially from a usability standpoint.

Now I will create a file at foo3.3 in Nautilus 2.22.2:

File >> Create Document... > Empty File

-foo/
--foo1/
--foo2/
--foo3/
---foo3.1
---foo3.2
--foo4/
-bar/
--bar1/
---bar1.1
---bar1.2
---bar1.3/
----bar1.3.1
---bar1.4
--bar2/
-new file <-- here is the new file

But I want it to be called 'foo3.3' and be inside 'foo3'.

-foo/
--foo1/
--foo2/
--foo3/
---foo3.1
---foo3.2
---foo3.3 <-- renamed and moved
--foo4/
-bar/
--bar1/
---bar1.1
---bar1.2
---bar1.3/
----bar1.3.1
---bar1.4
--bar2/

However, if this directory listing was longer than my screen, my focus would go back from 'foo3' to the very bottom of the directory listing, to where 'new file' was. If this directory listing has 20 or more directories, you can see how frustrating the constant scrolling up, scrolling down and needless moving of files may be.

Thus I'm proposing adding the ability to right-click a folder and create a new empty file inside it, without closing the directory tree.

Sort of like "File >> Create Document... > Empty File" but with a folder instead of the menu bar.