# Organizing My Code With Folders in the IDE

**URL:** <https://forum.xojo.com/t/organizing-my-code-with-folders-in-the-ide/53243>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [April 14, 2020, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/organizing-my-code-with-folders-in-the-ide/53243 "2020-04-14T22:55:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Christopher\_Lester](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a87d85/32.png) [@Christopher\_Lester](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Christopher_Lester)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/organizing-my-code-with-folders-in-the-ide/53243/1 "2020-04-14T22:55:13Z")

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The Insert button on the IDE button bar allows me to insert a Folder into the project. I attempted to move all my defined classes into a “MyClasses” folder. Is that going to work? Will I have to prepend all my class references with MyClasses?

I’m assuming that’s what the folder is for: code organization. However, we all know what happens when we make assumptions. 😃

I searched the docs for “insert folder,” but no dice. What’s a better search term for that?

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**Author:** ![Norman\_Palardy](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/norman_palardy/32/169_2.png) [@Norman\_Palardy](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Norman_Palardy)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/organizing-my-code-with-folders-in-the-ide/53243/2 "2020-04-14T22:56:34Z")

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[quote=483956:@Christopher Lester]The Insert button on the IDE button bar allows me to insert a Folder into the project. I attempted to move all my defined classes into a “MyClasses” folder. Is that going to work? Will I have to prepend all my class references with MyClasses?  
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no  
folders are “invisible” to the compiler- as far as its concerned they do not exist at all  
they are just an organizational aid for us humans 🙂

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**Author:** ![Christopher\_Lester](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a87d85/32.png) [@Christopher\_Lester](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Christopher_Lester)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 11:26pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/organizing-my-code-with-folders-in-the-ide/53243/3 "2020-04-14T23:26:42Z")

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I actually searched the forum after my post and found some good info. Note to self: search the forum. Always.

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.xojo.com/uploads/default/original/1X/455b4dcc0e61630e9f81940004ddffa49c432a46.png) [@system](https://forum.xojo.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/organizing-my-code-with-folders-in-the-ide/53243/4 "2021-04-29T16:21:32Z")

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