Improve import from file

Currently when importing entries from a file, the original folder structure is imported "in place".
I think it would be preferable to create the structure imported from the file in a folder of its own. Then one could decide which entried to keep/move/delete.
I think it would make sense to use (a derivative of) the import file name as the name for the new folder, or use "imported entries" for the folder name.
Alternatively a tree-like view could be presented with the ability to select each group or entry for import. Then, maybe it would be OK to import "in place".
  • What's the use case here more concretely? Folder structures only exist in Zotero RDF so for a start I'd expect export/import to be quite rare.
    In the cases where it's used there is a good case to be made against nesting them further. I occasionally export/import single collections, maybe with a couple of subcollections, I'd rather not have them one level deep nested.
  • It's not really imported in place currently though.

    When you import a file, it is imported into a collection named after the name of the file. Though this might seem like an in-place import, it's actually not.
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