Directory Hotlist Editing is a Nightmare

[ArthurASCII]

Inserting a sub-menu entry automatically moves every entry beneath it into it. This is a real pain, and also makes it nearly impossible to alphabetise the contents of the hotlist directory.

Is there a fix? or a workaround please?

[Sir_SiLvA]

Use http://utceditors.totalcmd.net/ -> Directory Menu Editor.

And next time please use the search, TIA

[white]

Inserting a sub-menu entry automatically moves every entry beneath it into it.

Not confirmed. How do you inset a sub-menu entry?

[Horst.Epp]

No, such problem here.
Adding a new sub-menu correctly creates an empty one.
All items below or above it are left alone.
Don't know what TC version you are using.

[ghisler(Author)]

Not confirmed either. When I click on "Add submenu" and enter a name, it creates two new entries:
-new name
--
All older entries appear below the -- entry and are therefore not part of the new submenu, unless you either drag entries between these two, or drag the -- entry down.

[ArthurASCII]

I am using the current version, and have been a registered user since the days of Windows Commander V2 (yes, I'm that old).

Now try moving the newly created subfolder to sort it alphabetically. When I do this, the result is an incorrect nesting of all of the files below the relocated subfolder.

Is there a way to edit the hotlist sourcefile? and if so, where can I find it?

[Horst.Epp]

I am using the current version, and have been a registered user since the days of Windows Commander V2 (yes, I'm that old).

Now try moving the newly created subfolder to sort it alphabetically. When I do this, the result is an incorrect nesting of all of the files below the relocated subfolder.

Is there a way to edit the hotlist sourcefile? and if so, where can I find it?

Of course, you destroy the format if you try a simple sort.
There is no problem to move entries with inside the config screen.
An alphabetic sort is not yet available, but you can script one.

[Sir_SiLvA]

Is there a way to edit the hotlist sourcefile? and if so, where can I find it?

how about reading the thread you created?
https://ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?p=439452#p439452