How to add an item after an item in My Places in Google Earth Pro?

Question

Here in My Places in Google Earth Pro we see we are about to add an item, e.g., folder to an item (Helicopter).

But how do we instead add an item after an item?

Answer 1

Repeat the process.

After it is created you can drag items into the correct place.

Tip copy an paste into notepad you will see the xml structure.

raw code example only

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<kml xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2" xmlns:gx="http://www.google.com/kml/ext/2.2" xmlns:kml="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
<Document>
    <name>KmlFile</name>
    <Style id="s_ylw-pushpin_hl">
        <IconStyle>
            <scale>1.3</scale>
            <Icon>
                <href>http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/kml/pushpin/ylw-pushpin.png</href>
            </Icon>
            <hotSpot x="20" y="2" xunits="pixels" yunits="pixels"/>
        </IconStyle>
    </Style>
    <Style id="s_ylw-pushpin">
        <IconStyle>
            <scale>1.1</scale>
            <Icon>
                <href>http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/kml/pushpin/ylw-pushpin.png</href>
            </Icon>
            <hotSpot x="20" y="2" xunits="pixels" yunits="pixels"/>
        </IconStyle>
    </Style>
    <StyleMap id="m_ylw-pushpin">
        <Pair>
            <key>normal</key>
            <styleUrl>#s_ylw-pushpin</styleUrl>
        </Pair>
        <Pair>
            <key>highlight</key>
            <styleUrl>#s_ylw-pushpin_hl0</styleUrl>
        </Pair>
    </StyleMap>
    <StyleMap id="m_ylw-pushpin0">
        <Pair>
            <key>normal</key>
            <styleUrl>#s_ylw-pushpin1</styleUrl>
        </Pair>
        <Pair>
            <key>highlight</key>
            <styleUrl>#s_ylw-pushpin_hl1</styleUrl>
        </Pair>
    </StyleMap>
    <Style id="s_ylw-pushpin0">
        <IconStyle>
            <scale>1.1</scale>
            <Icon>
                <href>http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/kml/pushpin/ylw-pushpin.png</href>
            </Icon>
            <hotSpot x="20" y="2" xunits="pixels" yunits="pixels"/>
        </IconStyle>
    </Style>
    <StyleMap id="m_ylw-pushpin1">
        <Pair>
            <key>normal</key>
            <styleUrl>#s_ylw-pushpin0</styleUrl>
        </Pair>
        <Pair>
            <key>highlight</key>
            <styleUrl>#s_ylw-pushpin_hl</styleUrl>
        </Pair>
    </StyleMap>
    <Style id="s_ylw-pushpin1">
        <IconStyle>
            <scale>1.1</scale>
            <Icon>
                <href>http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/kml/pushpin/ylw-pushpin.png</href>
            </Icon>
            <hotSpot x="20" y="2" xunits="pixels" yunits="pixels"/>
        </IconStyle>
    </Style>
    <Style id="s_ylw-pushpin_hl0">
        <IconStyle>
            <scale>1.3</scale>
            <Icon>
                <href>http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/kml/pushpin/ylw-pushpin.png</href>
            </Icon>
            <hotSpot x="20" y="2" xunits="pixels" yunits="pixels"/>
        </IconStyle>
    </Style>
    <Style id="s_ylw-pushpin_hl1">
        <IconStyle>
            <scale>1.3</scale>
            <Icon>
                <href>http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/kml/pushpin/ylw-pushpin.png</href>
            </Icon>
            <hotSpot x="20" y="2" xunits="pixels" yunits="pixels"/>
        </IconStyle>
    </Style>
    <Folder>
        <name>Helicopter</name>
        <open>1</open>
        <Placemark>
            <name>item1</name>
            <LookAt>
                <longitude>-95.00000000000003</longitude>
                <latitude>60.00000000000001</latitude>
                <altitude>0</altitude>
                <heading>-5.565970692561154e-14</heading>
                <tilt>0</tilt>
                <range>11001000</range>
                <gx:altitudeMode>relativeToSeaFloor</gx:altitudeMode>
            </LookAt>
            <styleUrl>#m_ylw-pushpin1</styleUrl>
            <Point>
                <gx:drawOrder>1</gx:drawOrder>
                <coordinates>-94.99999999999999,60.00000000000001,0</coordinates>
            </Point>
        </Placemark>
        <Placemark>
            <name>item2</name>
            <styleUrl>#m_ylw-pushpin0</styleUrl>
            <Polygon>
                <tessellate>1</tessellate>
                <outerBoundaryIs>
                    <LinearRing>
                        <coordinates>
                        </coordinates>
                    </LinearRing>
                </outerBoundaryIs>
            </Polygon>
        </Placemark>
        <Placemark>
            <name>item3</name>
            <styleUrl>#m_ylw-pushpin</styleUrl>
            <LineString>
                <tessellate>1</tessellate>
                <coordinates>
                </coordinates>
            </LineString>
        </Placemark>
    </Folder>
</Document>
</kml>

Answer 2

To add an item to the end/bottom of a folder, just select the folder and use the "Add" method you described. This will also work if you select the top-level "My Places" folder. So if you want to add an item below the Helicopter folder (not in the Helicopter folder), just select its parent folder (My Places) first.