How can I open a folder in a new window?

Question

It appears that Nautilus no longer provides an Open in New Window option in its right-click context menus:

What procedure should I now use instead when I want to open a folder in a new window?

Answer 1

Hold Shift while double-clicking it.

I discovered that through trial and error. The documentation of keyboard shortcuts for Files is frustratingly sparse.

Answer 2

Simplest workaround:

Right-click the last item in the 'location bar', choose "Open in new window". You have now two identical windows*.

* Well almost; the new window automatically scrolls to the top.

source: https://askubuntu.com/a/335310/495443

Answer 3

Edit -> Preferences, under the Behaviour tab, you can choose to open each folder in a new window, but this would get annoying if it was the default option!