diff --git a/files/ajax/newfolder.php b/files/ajax/newfolder.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..988e7f04012
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/ajax/newfolder.php
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?php
+
+// Init owncloud
+require_once('../../lib/base.php');
+
+// We send json data
+header( "Content-Type: application/jsonrequest" );
+
+// Check if we are a user
+if( !OC_USER::isLoggedIn()){
+	echo json_encode( array( "status" => "error", "data" => array( "message" => "Authentication error" )));
+	exit();
+}
+
+// Get the params
+$dir = isset( $_GET['dir'] ) ? $_GET['dir'] : '';
+$foldername = isset( $_GET['foldername'] ) ? $_GET['foldername'] : '';
+
+if($foldername == '') {
+	echo json_encode( array( "status" => "error", "data" => array( "message" => "Empty Foldername" )));
+	exit();
+}
+error_log('try to create ' . $foldername . ' in ' . $dir);
+if(OC_FILES::newFile($dir, $foldername, 'dir')) {
+	echo json_encode( array( "status" => "success", "data" => array()));
+	exit();
+}
+
+echo json_encode( array( "status" => "error", "data" => array( "message" => "Error when creating the folder" )));
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/files/css/files.css b/files/css/files.css
index 1d7fb5ef592..4c5bd0427b6 100644
--- a/files/css/files.css
+++ b/files/css/files.css
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@
 	display: none;
 }
 
-#file_upload_target {
+#file_newfolder_form {
 	display: none;
 }
 
-#file_action_panel {
+#file_upload_target {
 	display: none;
 }
 
diff --git a/files/js/files.js b/files/js/files.js
index 44506763032..313727cedbc 100644
--- a/files/js/files.js
+++ b/files/js/files.js
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 $(document).ready(function() {
+	$('#file_action_panel').attr('activeAction', false);
+	
     // Sets browser table behaviour :
     $('.browser tr').hover(
         function() {
@@ -37,16 +39,43 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
             $('.browser input:checkbox').attr('checked', false);
     });
 	
-	// Shows and hides file upload form
-    $('#file_upload_button').toggle(function() {
-		$('#file_upload_form').css({"display":"block"});
-    }, function() {
-		$('#file_upload_form').css({"display":"none"});
-	});
-	
 	$('#file_upload_start').click(function() {		
 		$('#file_upload_target').load(uploadFinished);
 	});
+	
+	$('#file_new_dir_submit').click(function() {
+		$.ajax({
+			url: 'ajax/newfolder.php',
+			data: "dir="+$('#dir').val()+"&foldername="+$('#file_new_dir_name').val(),
+			complete: boolOpFinished
+		});
+	});
+	
+	$('.upload').click(function(){
+		if($('#file_action_panel').attr('activeAction') != 'upload') {
+			$('#file_action_panel').attr('activeAction', 'upload');
+			$('#fileSelector').replaceWith('<input type="file" name="file" id="fileSelector">');
+			$('#file_action_panel form').css({"display":"none"});
+			$('#file_upload_form').css({"display":"block"});
+		} else {
+			$('#file_action_panel').attr('activeAction', 'false');
+			$('#file_upload_form').css({"display":"none"})
+		}
+		return false;
+	});
+	
+	$('.new-dir').click(function(){
+		if($('#file_action_panel').attr('activeAction') != 'new-dir') {
+			$('#file_action_panel').attr('activeAction', 'new-dir');
+			$('#file_new_dir_name').val('');
+			$('#file_action_panel form').css({"display":"none"});
+			$('#file_newfolder_form').css({"display":"block"})
+		} else {
+			$('#file_newfolder_form').css({"display":"none"})
+			$('#file_action_panel').attr('activeAction', false);
+		}
+		return false;
+	});
 });
 
 function uploadFinished() {
@@ -64,6 +93,24 @@ function uploadFinished() {
 	}
 }
 
+function resetFileActionPanel() {
+	$('#file_action_panel form').css({"display":"none"});
+	$('#file_action_panel').attr('activeAction', false);
+}
+
+function boolOpFinished(data) {
+	result = eval("("+data.responseText+");");
+	if(result.status == 'success'){
+		$.ajax({
+			url: 'ajax/list.php',
+			data: "dir="+$('#dir').val(),
+			complete: refreshContents
+		});
+	} else {
+		alert(result.data.message);
+	}
+}
+
 function refreshContents(data) {
 	result = eval("("+data.responseText+");");
 	if(typeof(result.data.breadcrumb) != 'undefined'){
@@ -71,6 +118,7 @@ function refreshContents(data) {
 	}
 	updateFileList(result.data.files);
 	$('#file_upload_button').click();
+	resetFileActionPanel();
 }
 
 function updateBreadcrumb(breadcrumbHtml) {
diff --git a/files/templates/index.php b/files/templates/index.php
index 28187bcb531..c6dc123cee0 100644
--- a/files/templates/index.php
+++ b/files/templates/index.php
@@ -5,16 +5,15 @@ href="" title="" class="new-dir">New folder</a><a href="" title=""
 class="download">Download</a><a href="" title="" class="share">Share</a><a
 href="" title="" class="delete">Delete</a>
 	</p>
-	<div id="file_upload_form">
-		<form action="ajax/upload.php"
+	<div id="file_action_panel">
+		<form id="file_upload_form" action="ajax/upload.php"
 method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" target="file_upload_target"><input
 type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="<?php echo $_["uploadMaxFilesize"] ?>" id="max_upload"><input
 type="hidden" name="dir" value="<?php echo $_["dir"] ?>" id="dir"><input
 type="file" name="file" id="fileSelector"><input type="submit"
 id="file_upload_start" value="Upload" /><iframe id="file_upload_target"
 name="file_upload_target" src=""></iframe></form>
-	</div>
-	<div id="file_action_panel">
+		<form id="file_newfolder_form"><input type="text" name="file_new_dir_name" id="file_new_dir_name" />&nbsp;<input type="button" id="file_new_dir_submit" name="file_new_dir_submit" value="OK" /></form>
 	</div>
 </div>