Visual Studio & C++: Use filters as directories

Question

I Use Visual Studio 2012 Professional and C++. When creating so called 'filters' and adding source files to them, the files in the solution explorer are divided into sub directories, while on the file system they are all in the same directory (the project directory)

Question: I want to add a file to a filter while at the same time adding it to the corresponding directory on the file system. How can this be accomplished other than manually moving files around?

Answer 1

One alternative would be to switch to "Show All Files" in Solution Explorer top menu.

This way you can move and manage files in folders.

Filters will not get used though.