diff --git a/website/src/lib/components/collapsible-tree/utils.svelte.ts b/website/src/lib/components/collapsible-tree/utils.svelte.ts
index 0db3193ca..047e6778d 100644
--- a/website/src/lib/components/collapsible-tree/utils.svelte.ts
+++ b/website/src/lib/components/collapsible-tree/utils.svelte.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@ export class CollapsibleTreeState {
         }
         return this._open[id];
     }
+
+    /** The node `from` is now `to` (it was renamed or moved): it stays open or closed, and so do the nodes in it. */
+    move(from: string, to: string) {
+        for (const id of Object.keys(this._open)) {
+            if (id === from || id.startsWith(`${from}.`)) {
+                this._open[to + id.slice(from.length)] = this._open[id];
+                delete this._open[id];
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/website/src/lib/components/explorer/Explorer.svelte b/website/src/lib/components/explorer/Explorer.svelte
index 557d8081f..573f8b8ec 100644
--- a/website/src/lib/components/explorer/Explorer.svelte
+++ b/website/src/lib/components/explorer/Explorer.svelte
@@ -1,16 +1,23 @@
 <script lang="ts">
-    import { untrack } from 'svelte';
+    import { setContext, untrack } from 'svelte';
     import { CollapsibleTree, CollapsibleTreeNode } from '$lib/components/collapsible-tree/index';
     import { CollapsibleTreeState } from '$lib/components/collapsible-tree/utils.svelte';
     import { ScrollArea } from '$lib/components/ui/scroll-area/index';
     import ExplorerTree from './ExplorerTree.svelte';
     import ExplorerRow from './ExplorerRow.svelte';
-    import { clickedInExplorer, explorerSelection, renaming, treeRows } from './state.svelte';
+    import {
+        clickedInExplorer,
+        explorerFoldersKey,
+        explorerSelection,
+        renaming,
+        treeRows,
+        type ExplorerFolders,
+    } from './state.svelte';
     import { openPaths } from '$lib/actions/file-actions';
     import { i18n } from '$lib/i18n/i18n.svelte';
     import { engine } from '$lib/engine';
     import { selectedFileIds } from '$lib/engine/selection-helpers';
-    import { folderName, subfolder } from '$lib/engine/workspace';
+    import { folderName, parentOf, subfolder } from '$lib/engine/workspace';
 
     const { workspace, selection } = engine;
 
@@ -57,15 +64,7 @@
      * row may not be there yet, because the content of a folder is read when it is opened.
      */
     function reveal(folder: string, path: string) {
-        if (!trees) {
-            return;
-        }
-        trees.root.get('root.folder').current = true;
-        let id = 'root';
-        for (const name of subfolder(folder, path)?.split('/').filter(Boolean) ?? []) {
-            id += `.${name}`;
-            trees.folders.get(id).current = true;
-        }
+        openFolder(parentOf(path));
         let frame = 0;
         let attempts = 0;
         const scroll = () => {
@@ -80,6 +79,38 @@
         return () => cancelAnimationFrame(frame);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * The id of the node of a folder of the tree in `trees.folders`: the names of the folders it is
+     * in, and its own (see `CollapsibleTreeNode`). `undefined` for the open folder itself, which is
+     * in `trees.root`, and for what is not in it.
+     */
+    function nodeId(path: string): string | undefined {
+        const names = subfolder(folder, `${path}/_`)?.split('/').filter(Boolean);
+        return names && names.length > 0 ? ['root', ...names].join('.') : undefined;
+    }
+
+    /** Opens a folder of the tree, and the folders it is in. */
+    function openFolder(path: string) {
+        if (!trees) return;
+        trees.root.get('root.folder').current = true;
+        const id = nodeId(path);
+        if (id === undefined) return;
+        const names = id.split('.');
+        names.forEach((_, i) => {
+            if (i > 0) trees!.folders.get(names.slice(0, i + 1).join('.')).current = true;
+        });
+    }
+
+    setContext<ExplorerFolders>(explorerFoldersKey, {
+        open: openFolder,
+        moved(from, to) {
+            const [fromId, toId] = [nodeId(from), nodeId(to)];
+            if (trees && fromId !== undefined && toId !== undefined) {
+                trees.folders.move(fromId, toId);
+            }
+        },
+    });
+
     /** Enter opens the selected files for good. */
     function onkeydown(event: KeyboardEvent) {
         if (renaming.path !== undefined || event.key !== 'Enter') return;
@@ -121,8 +152,6 @@
                                     name={folderName(folder)}
                                     kind="root"
                                     class="h-7"
-                                    onOpenFolder={() =>
-                                        trees && (trees.root.get('root.folder').current = true)}
                                 />
                             {/snippet}
                             {#snippet content(opened)}
diff --git a/website/src/lib/components/explorer/ExplorerRow.svelte b/website/src/lib/components/explorer/ExplorerRow.svelte
index 23cb60981..db7848b25 100644
--- a/website/src/lib/components/explorer/ExplorerRow.svelte
+++ b/website/src/lib/components/explorer/ExplorerRow.svelte
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
         Plus,
         Trash2,
     } from '@lucide/svelte';
-    import type { Snippet } from 'svelte';
+    import { getContext, type Snippet } from 'svelte';
     import { i18n } from '$lib/i18n/i18n.svelte';
     import { engine } from '$lib/engine';
-    import { editableName, fileIdAt, isWithin, parentOf } from '$lib/engine/workspace';
+    import { editableName, fileIdAt, isWithin, parentOf, relocated } from '$lib/engine/workspace';
     import { closeFiles, closeFolder, openPaths, showEngineError } from '$lib/actions/file-actions';
     import { isMac } from '$lib/utils';
     import NameInput from './NameInput.svelte';
@@ -20,16 +20,17 @@
         clickedInExplorer,
         creating,
         dragging,
+        explorerFoldersKey,
         explorerSelection,
         renaming,
         treeRows,
+        type ExplorerFolders,
     } from './state.svelte';
 
     let {
         path,
         name,
         kind,
-        onOpenFolder,
         icon,
         class: className = '',
         style = '',
@@ -39,14 +40,13 @@
         name: string;
         /** The open folder itself, a folder in it, or a GPX file. */
         kind: 'root' | 'folder' | 'file';
-        /** Opens the folder of the row, to show what was made in it. */
-        onOpenFolder?: () => void;
         icon?: Snippet;
         class?: string;
         style?: string;
     } = $props();
 
     const { workspace } = engine;
+    const folders = getContext<ExplorerFolders>(explorerFoldersKey);
 
     let row: HTMLElement | undefined = $state();
 
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@
     /** Asks for the name of a file or a folder to make in the folder of the row (see `creating`). */
     function create(what: 'file' | 'folder') {
         if (folder === undefined) return;
-        onOpenFolder?.();
+        // where what is being named is shown
+        folders.open(folder);
         creating.kind = what;
         creating.parent = folder;
     }
@@ -155,7 +156,11 @@
         renaming.path = undefined;
         const name_ = value.trim();
         if (name_ === '' || name_ === editableName(name, kind !== 'file')) return;
+        // the folder stays open or closed (before its new row is read, back if it is not renamed)
+        const to = relocated(path, parentOf(path), name_);
+        folders.moved(path, to);
         if (!(await engine.renamePath(path, name_))) {
+            folders.moved(to, path);
             showEngineError();
         }
     }
@@ -207,7 +212,15 @@
         event.preventDefault();
         const paths = dragging.paths;
         ondragend();
-        if (paths.length > 0 && !(await engine.movePaths(paths, dropFolder))) {
+        if (paths.length === 0) return;
+        // the folders stay open or closed (before their new rows are read, back if they are not moved)
+        const moves = paths.map((dragged) => [dragged, relocated(dragged, dropFolder)]);
+        moves.forEach(([from, to]) => folders.moved(from, to));
+        if (await engine.movePaths(paths, dropFolder)) {
+            // where they went is shown
+            folders.open(dropFolder);
+        } else {
+            moves.forEach(([from, to]) => folders.moved(to, from));
             showEngineError();
         }
     }
diff --git a/website/src/lib/components/explorer/ExplorerTree.svelte b/website/src/lib/components/explorer/ExplorerTree.svelte
index 069f92969..a50ff166a 100644
--- a/website/src/lib/components/explorer/ExplorerTree.svelte
+++ b/website/src/lib/components/explorer/ExplorerTree.svelte
@@ -27,16 +27,15 @@
     const level = getContext<StickyLevel>(stickyKey);
 
     let entries: FolderEntry[] = $state([]);
-    // the nodes of the folders, to open them when something is made in them
-    let nodes: Record<string, CollapsibleTreeNode | undefined> = $state({});
 
     // the folder of the list, where what is being made goes
     let folder = $derived(path ?? $workspace?.folder);
     let pending = $derived(
         creating.parent !== undefined && creating.parent === folder ? creating.kind : undefined
     );
-    // the files come after the folders
-    let firstFile = $derived(entries.find((entry) => !entry.isDir));
+    // the folders come first, then the files (and what is being made goes at the top of its kind)
+    let folders = $derived(entries.filter((entry) => entry.isDir));
+    let files = $derived(entries.filter((entry) => !entry.isDir));
 
     /**
      * Makes the file or folder that was asked for, called `value`: nothing is made without a name,
@@ -113,48 +112,38 @@
 {#if pending === 'folder'}
     {@render named('folder')}
 {/if}
-{#each entries as entry (entry.path)}
-    {#if pending === 'file' && entry === firstFile}
-        {@render named('file')}
-    {/if}
-    {#if entry.isDir}
-        <CollapsibleTreeNode id={entry.name} bind:this={nodes[entry.path]}>
-            {#snippet trigger()}
-                <ExplorerRow
-                    path={entry.path}
-                    name={entry.name}
-                    kind="folder"
-                    class="h-7"
-                    onOpenFolder={() => nodes[entry.path]?.openNode()}
-                />
-            {/snippet}
-            {#snippet content(opened)}
-                <!-- the content of a folder is only read when it is opened -->
-                {#if opened}
-                    <div class="ml-4">
-                        <ExplorerTree path={entry.path} />
-                    </div>
-                {/if}
-            {/snippet}
-        </CollapsibleTreeNode>
-    {:else}
-        <!-- the files that are not open are greyed -->
-        <ExplorerRow
-            path={entry.path}
-            name={entry.name}
-            kind="file"
-            class="w-full h-7 px-1 text-sm hover:bg-muted {fileIdAt($workspace, entry.path) ===
-            undefined
-                ? 'text-muted-foreground'
-                : ''}"
-            style="scroll-margin-top: {level.top}px"
-        >
-            {#snippet icon()}
-                <FileText size="16" class="shrink-0" />
-            {/snippet}
-        </ExplorerRow>
-    {/if}
+{#each folders as entry (entry.path)}
+    <CollapsibleTreeNode id={entry.name}>
+        {#snippet trigger()}
+            <ExplorerRow path={entry.path} name={entry.name} kind="folder" class="h-7" />
+        {/snippet}
+        {#snippet content(opened)}
+            <!-- the content of a folder is only read when it is opened -->
+            {#if opened}
+                <div class="ml-4">
+                    <ExplorerTree path={entry.path} />
+                </div>
+            {/if}
+        {/snippet}
+    </CollapsibleTreeNode>
 {/each}
-{#if pending === 'file' && firstFile === undefined}
+{#if pending === 'file'}
     {@render named('file')}
 {/if}
+{#each files as entry (entry.path)}
+    <!-- the files that are not open are greyed -->
+    <ExplorerRow
+        path={entry.path}
+        name={entry.name}
+        kind="file"
+        class="w-full h-7 px-1 text-sm hover:bg-muted {fileIdAt($workspace, entry.path) ===
+        undefined
+            ? 'text-muted-foreground'
+            : ''}"
+        style="scroll-margin-top: {level.top}px"
+    >
+        {#snippet icon()}
+            <FileText size="16" class="shrink-0" />
+        {/snippet}
+    </ExplorerRow>
+{/each}
diff --git a/website/src/lib/components/explorer/NameInput.svelte b/website/src/lib/components/explorer/NameInput.svelte
index 66c56dde3..cc3e65ed7 100644
--- a/website/src/lib/components/explorer/NameInput.svelte
+++ b/website/src/lib/components/explorer/NameInput.svelte
@@ -31,8 +31,12 @@
     {value}
     {placeholder}
     {@attach (input) => {
-        input.focus();
-        input.select();
+        // once it is shown: it can be in a folder that is opening
+        const frame = requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+            input.focus();
+            input.select();
+        });
+        return () => cancelAnimationFrame(frame);
     }}
     {onkeydown}
     onkeyup={(event) => event.stopPropagation()}
diff --git a/website/src/lib/components/explorer/state.svelte.ts b/website/src/lib/components/explorer/state.svelte.ts
index c7c2ca358..d979f33a1 100644
--- a/website/src/lib/components/explorer/state.svelte.ts
+++ b/website/src/lib/components/explorer/state.svelte.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,15 @@ export const dragging: { paths: string[]; target: string | undefined } = $state(
     target: undefined,
 });
 
+/** What the rows of the explorer can do to the folders of its tree (see `Explorer`). */
+export type ExplorerFolders = {
+    /** Opens a folder of the tree, and the folders it is in. */
+    open(path: string): void;
+    /** A folder was renamed or moved: it stays open or closed, and so does what is in it. */
+    moved(from: string, to: string): void;
+};
+export const explorerFoldersKey = 'explorer-folders';
+
 /** The rows of the explorer that `element` is in, as they are shown: their path and kind. */
 export function treeRows(element: Element | null | undefined): { path: string; kind: string }[] {
     const tree = element?.closest('[data-explorer]');
diff --git a/website/src/lib/engine/workspace.test.ts b/website/src/lib/engine/workspace.test.ts
index 073bf62f7..9a1ebee74 100644
--- a/website/src/lib/engine/workspace.test.ts
+++ b/website/src/lib/engine/workspace.test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
     folderName,
     isWithin,
     parentOf,
+    relocated,
     subfolder,
 } from '$lib/engine/workspace';
 
@@ -62,6 +63,14 @@ describe('parentOf', () => {
     });
 });
 
+describe('relocated', () => {
+    it('is where a path is once moved or renamed', () => {
+        assert.equal(relocated('/me/tracks/a.gpx', '/me/trips'), '/me/trips/a.gpx');
+        assert.equal(relocated('/me/tracks', '/me', 'rides'), '/me/rides');
+        assert.equal(relocated('C:\\me\\tracks', 'C:\\me', 'rides'), 'C:\\me\\rides');
+    });
+});
+
 describe('isWithin', () => {
     it('is the folder itself or what is in it', () => {
         assert.ok(isWithin('/home/me/tracks', '/home/me/tracks'));
diff --git a/website/src/lib/engine/workspace.ts b/website/src/lib/engine/workspace.ts
index a7abcf394..2cb77483e 100644
--- a/website/src/lib/engine/workspace.ts
+++ b/website/src/lib/engine/workspace.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ export function parentOf(path: string): string {
     return index > 0 ? path.slice(0, index) : path;
 }
 
+/** Where `path` is once moved into `folder`, renamed `name` if it is given. */
+export function relocated(path: string, folder: string, name?: string): string {
+    const parent = parentOf(path);
+    return `${folder}${path[parent.length]}${name ?? path.slice(parent.length + 1)}`;
+}
+
 /** Whether `path` is `folder` or something in it. */
 export function isWithin(path: string, folder: string): boolean {
     return path === folder || (path.startsWith(folder) && /[\\/]/.test(path[folder.length]));