I can't find a way to mass move waypoints from one folder to another folder

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Attroll

December 10, 2021 20:41 Edited

Here is my example. When I upload a file with 300 waypoints in it, it creates a folder automatically with the default name of the file that I am uploading. This is something I do not want but can deal with it, if there was a way to mass move the waypoints from the folder that was just created to the folder that I want them in. Is there a way to mass mover just the waypoints from one folder to another one? Every time I have tried to do this it moves the whole folder into the other folder and makes it like a subdirectory under the top level folder. I don't want that. I want just the waypints moved into the folder. Is this possible?

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  NeluGoia

  February 07, 2022 16:24

  Hello,

  Yes, it can be done:

  1. Click the "Saved Items" on the GaiaGPS.com page
  2. Go to Filters and chose Items-->Folders
  3. Select your folder that contains the waypoints
  4. Shift-click them all
  5. Click the small icon for "File To"
  6. Click "More Folders"
  7. Chose the one you want to move them to.

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  agianni

  June 28, 2022 20:02

  I don't see "File To" = only "File this Folder". This copies the entire folder, not just the files.

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  Attroll

  June 29, 2022 02:51

  Yes, that was an issue I found too. It copied the whole folder. That really screwed things up when it moved the whole folder on me. It created hours of headache trying to get everything back the way it was.

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  NeluGoia

  June 29, 2022 03:11

   

  OK, let's try again, shall we?

  The steps described before DO work:

  1. Click the "Saved Items" on the GaiaGPS.com page
  2. Go to Filters and chose Items-->Folders
  3. Select your folder that contains the waypoints
  4. Shift-click them all
  5. Click the small icon for "File To"
  6. Click "More Folders"
  7. Chose the one you want to move them to.

  Here are some screenshots. I created Folder 1 that has 4 waypoints and a route in it. I will only move the waypoints to Folder 2:

  

  

  Here is Folder 2 after the move:

  

  And here is Folder 1 after the move:

  

  As you can clearly see, the route has not been moved to Folder 2.

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  agianni

  June 29, 2022 12:49 Edited

  Ahhhhhh! Thank you for your patience and re-explaining. My problem was the "Saved Items" part. I didn't see anything that said saved items anywhere - so I thought you meant to go to the top icon / folders. Now that I've looked at your screenshots I see what you're talking about - the little folder icon on the left. Eureka! I'd never even clicked on that before. This is super helpful. THANK YOU for taking the time to post the screenshots. Very much appreciated!

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  osmoot

  January 25, 2024 22:21

  Is it also possible to copy the items from one folder to another?

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  NeluGoia

  January 26, 2024 03:53

  Sure it is and here's how:

  1. On the left side go to Saved Items and click "Filter":
  2. 
  3. Item-->Select and check "Folders"
  4. Click on the name of one of the folders you wish to move the items FROM
  5. 
  6. Check the item you want to move to a different folder
  7. 
  8. Click the black folder item which shows "File to"
  9. 
  10. Select the folder you want to move them TO
  11. 

   

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  mikkog78

  March 28, 2024 06:37 Edited

  Hey, how about this?

  I have several waypoint packages downloaded from elsewhere in internet and placed in separate folders in the root. Every now and then (randomly) GAIA seems to forget where a package file should be located, and moves the waypoints out from the folder and into the root. When I try to locate the package file in the root it is NOT visible (only my folders are listed there) so I cannot move it back to a folder. Also, the individual waypoints are not present in the root list, although they show on the map all time. When I click one of the waypoints in the map view, it does show that it's located in a package, but I cannot select, or manipulate the package in any way.

  So,
  1) why is the package file and its waypoints not showing in the root, but do show on the map?
  2) how can I select the package file including all the waypoints and move it as a whole back to a folder?
  3) generally, can I in some way mass-select waypoints from the map view move them where they belong? And if yes, would it "break" them off the package file where they belong to originally?

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