How to search for bookmark folders in Firefox

Question

The search box in the bookmarks bar only searches the bookmarks themselves, yet I have arranged the bookmarks into folders and subfolders. Sometimes I can't see the folder that I know I have, so I would like to do a search for it. Even if I find a bookmark that I have, onces it comes up as a result of a bookmark search, there's no way of finding out what folder it is contained within so I can get the other bookmarks - I'd like a similar function to Open Containing Folder.

I've had a look for an add-on to do this but the problem is the terms bookmark, folder and organise are too general.

Answer 1

In the menu select Bookmarks

Select Organize Bookmarks

Expand BookMark Menu.

(or )

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Smart+Bookmarks+folders

Answer 2

use Enhanced Bookmark Search

Answer 3

Please see also this related/similar question:

http://superuser.com/questions/99223/locate-bookmarks-folder-after-finding-bookmarks-in-firefox

Maybe the 2 issues should be filed as a bug or somehow included as features. They seem basic functionality to me.

Answer 4

I also have the same longstanding problem. When the bookmarks wast only a html file, I used to put a link to it as a bookmark, open it in the browser and then search it through there. That way I could easily search the folder names, etc.

But that´s not possible anymore, only if you export you bookmarks once in a while to a html file.

I wonder how that's not a problem to a lot more people. I also use Go to parent folder extensions which helps a lot but doesn't solve the problem.