Creating a new folder sometimes drives me wonky

Have any of you found a work around for this: When I'm in the hierarchical view in the finder and want to create a new folder in one of the panes, the OS can make it difficult. If the pane is completely filled with files or folders, when you control click to bring up the context menu, the OS assumes that you want to pick a choice dealing with whatever file you were hovering over at the time.
In order to create a new folder in that pane, I either have to do something wonky like create the folder on the desktop and drag it in, or expand the window to get blank space at the bottom of the file list.
Is there a way to create a folder directly in a filled pane?

You can also right click on the top of a finder window choose customize from the contextual menu & drag the new folder icon to the top of the finder window.
Also click on the action icon (gear icon) & choose new folder from the drop down menu.
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