Questions tagged [bookmarks]
Questions about managing bookmarks in browsers and browser addons. Questions about social bookmarking sites belong on Webapps.
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Firefox 67 Bookmarks Toolbar disappeared
I have a problem: my bookmarks toolbar disappeared in Firefox 67.
I have the "bookmarks toolbar" option checked and I tried to drag "Bookmarks menu" from Customize on the dash, but it is just not ...
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Is there a maximum number of bookmarks or history for Firefox Sync?
This is a follow-up of this question. So there is no limit for saving bookmarks in Firefox, but is there actually a limit in Firefox Sync?
I have heard something like this.
And if so, does it mean I ...
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Drag and drop a tab to the bookmarks in Chrome
I'm using Google Chrome on my work but at home I use Vivaldi. I really miss a feature there: you can drag a tab to the bookmarks in order to save it.
However, Google Chrome only creates a new window ...
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Exclude URLs when searching Firefox bookmarks
I'm using Firefox 66. I have more than a thousand bookmarks, and I want to search them for the term "PHP". However, hundreds of those bookmarks contain the .php extension in their URL (due to being ...
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Many bookmark icons changed in Chrome; how to efficiently change them back? [closed]
Days ago, I had many bookmark icons changed in this way:
Then I followed Synetech's advice at How to refresh bookmark favicons in chrome and that worked to correct the bookmark icons at the sites I ...
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Sync browsing history and bookmarks with Firefox and Brave
I just recently switched from Firefox to Brave. I managed to import all my bookmarks to Brave but still couldn't find a way to import all the histories. Also, brave sync is still in beta. So, I am ...
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Firefox new-bookmark dialogue: increase (or disable) the timeout after which it will auto-confirm
When I press control-D in Firefox on an un-bookmarked page, a dialogue opens, letting me pick a title and other options for the bookmark to be created. However, if it takes me longer than 3.5 seconds, ...
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Cross-Reference to Heading Text of Heading generates Error! Reference source not found. after source text is updated
TL;DR: Cross-References to the Heading Text of a Heading-styled paragraph are incredibly fragile and don't survive in the real world where users edit text. Terrible workaround: Make all edits to the ...
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Chrome open bookmark folder in new window via command line
Is it possible to do the "Open all (x) in New Window" bookmark context menu via command line?
Like starting Chrome and have it open all the bookmarks in a specific folder?
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Is there a maximum number of bookmarks in Firefox?
I have the information in the back of my mind that Firefox had some sort of limit on how many bookmarks one could save?
AFAIK it deleted these afterwards, so the performance of the autocompletion (in ...
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How to count how many times each bookmark in Chrome has been clicked?
I have tons of Bookmarks in Chrome and there are some I use a lot, some I use less and some I don't use at all. I tried to figure out how to see how often I use my bookmarks. At first I was sure this ...
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Access Chrome bookmarks online w/o Chrome
Is there any way to access them online WITHOUT Chrome? I mean open some page in other browser and view them?
Or way to sync them to some service (like Raindrop or Palapy) not via file but through ...
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How to prevent Word from creating hidden bookmarks when inserting grouped rows from Excel?
I have an Excel worksheet with data grouped by rows that I want to insert into Word. The problem is that, after pasting the range in Word, when I update the table of contents each cell of the table ...
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How to hide firefox bookmarks by default when in a new tab
In google chrome, I am able to hide the toolbar when on any tab except the new tab by the ctrl-shift-b command. How may I have the same functionality in firefox? I want my bookmarks to show in the ...
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All bookmarks and history lost after using separate profile once
Yesterday, I ran firefox with firefox -P test_profile to do something on a test profile. What I wanted to do is some automated testing.
Today, I launched firefox with the default profile and my own ...
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How to Manage Chrome Other Bookmark Folders?
Help! I have too many bookmark folders in Chrome!
I have one called "Bookmarks" that I put on the left in my Bookmarks
Bar.
Somewhere along the way, my "Bookmarks" folder got a subfolder called "...
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Importing A Bookmarks Backup in Firefox 52.9 ESR
I've solved the problem (see below) but I left this here in case some other fossil is still using an "no longer supported by your OS" version of Firefox and needs to patch things up.
I've looked all ...
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Sync Google Chrome Bookmarks to different Google Accounts
How can I sync the bookmarks from my google chrome to my other computers (who are signed in to Google Chrome with different Google accounts)
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Firefox isn't backing up bookmarks
My understanding is that Firefox automatically backs up its bookmarks approximately daily by default. For some reason my Firefox isn't doing that, and I was wondering if someone could help me fix this....
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Firefox cannot access bookmarks and history on Ubuntu 18.04
Firefox somehow loses access to its bookmarks and history files on every reboot. I tried the following options which solve the problem until I reboot again:
Followed Mozilla's troubleshooting guide
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Restore toolbar bookmarks
Currently I have some bookmarks in the bookmarks toolbar. If I export the
bookmarks to HTML, then import them, they do not get added to the bookmarks
toolbar.
Instead, they are added as a sub-menu in ...
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Where does Chromium store bookmarks and browsing history in Ubuntu?
I am using Ubuntu 16.04 and Chromium. Where does the latter store bookmarks and history? There are several bookmark folders, but there is no file ~/.config/chromium/ in the system.
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How can I restore Google Chrome settings from last Windows
My Windows was crashed and I installed another Windows, but I have full access to all my last Windows' files. Can I use them to access only bookmarks and not even history, passwords, settings, etc?
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Synchronize Firefox bookmarks but use different "views"
My aim is to synchronize Firefox bookmarks on different devices but without merging them simplistically; instead, I would like the bookmarks from each device, although accessible by all devices, to be ...
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Is it possible to saveas pdf in MsWord including Headings and Word bookmarks options? I need both
I want Headings Bookmarks and Word Bookmarks when saving the word document as PDF. Is it possible? I need both option output as shown in the following screen.
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Bookmarks advanced search
My use-case: I want to search my bookmarks to find everything about Git. When I search "Git" — I get every link from github.com as well, and I can't exclude it from search. Even if I could limit ...
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Bookmark synchronization without using google sync [closed]
I am using Iridium, a chrome based browser. I would like to synchronize my bookmarks without using google sync (which is not enabled in Iridium).
I am open to installing plugins if needed. I have ...
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How do I select text between two “bookmarks” in Word VBA?
I used the code you provided for this previous question but I am getting the Compile Error: Sub or Function not defined. I'm using VBA 7.1 and Word 2016.
Sub SelectTextBetweenBookmarks()
Set ...
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Combine shared and local bookmarks in Chrome
I use more computers on different locations and I use shared bookmarks in Chrome to have the same bookmarks everywhere. (I mainly use bookmarks on the toolbar, but that is probably not important. By "...
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How to delete all bookmarks of a PDF file in Mac?
I read PDF books and I used to make a lot of bookmarks.
After some time , I don't need the old , I need the newer.
(Not a good habit.)
img of may case
How to delete all bookmarks of a PDF file in ...
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Is there a way to set automatic data deletion in Firefox?
Is there a way to set over the ini file so that after 10 minutes the page data in the inactive bookmarks are deleted?
In the bookmark would be only the URL information page. When an inactive bookmark ...
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Force upload Bookmarks to Google Chrome sync
I was using X-Marks Bookmarks manager, but now this project is closed.
I tried default Google Chrome sync, but mistakenly I pressed sort bookmarks in bookmarks manager. This corrupted data was ...
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Chrome - how to customize the "add bookmark" popup
I am looking for a way to change and customize the standard popup window that comes up in Chrome whenever one wants to add a bookmark.
This is the window I'm talking about:
I've searched through ...
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Bookmark aspx page with variables
I know I can add ?ElementID=Value to a URL and when the page loads, if there is a form field like <input id="ElementID"> the word Value will be in it. Is there a way to do this for aspx pages?
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missing `show your bookmarks` icon in Firefox
On a fresh installation of Firefox the "show your bookmarks" icon (control-shift-O) is missing from Firefox 59.0.2 on Windows 10 Pro.
The "show your bookmarks" icon is above the green arrow (which I ...
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Google Chrome bookmarks issue
I have been having a strange issue with the Google Chrome bookmarks bar. Every time I install Google Chrome and sync with my GMail account, I get dozens of bookmarks folders into my bookmarks. Its ...
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How to backup/restore Firefox bookmarks in JSON format from the command line?
In Firefox I can open the bookmark management via the menu Bookmarks → Show All Bookmarks and use the functions Backup resp. Restore to save resp. load an entire bookmark tree in JSON format.
As far ...
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Libre Office Writer: assign shortcut to bookmark
In this large file I have a few bookmarks which I go to quite a lot.
I simply want to assign a shortcut (hotkey) to one of them.
I couldn't see any way to "directly" assign a hotkey (e.g. Ctrl-Shift-...
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Self hosted Firefox sync server with LDAP backend
For security and privacy reasons, I want to setup my own server for syncing bookmarks and history in Firefox browser. We have Sync 1.1 which supports MySQL or LDAP backend for user authentication - at ...
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In Firefox, how to find the bookmark count in a selected folder, including subfolders?
If I use bookmark search, it searches all the bookmarks in every single folder and not just the selected one, so it is useless.
When I choose a folder and select everything in it with Ctrl+A, it will ...
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How to avoid chrome bookmarks that have trailing slash and parameter in URL?
I bookmark lot of webpages, and Google chrome show me, weather that page is already bookmarked or not in star icon. If it is filled with blue color then it is already bookmarked and if is blank then ...
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Firefox Saving Booksmarks to the incorrect folder [duplicate]
A few weeks ago, I noticed that whenever I save a bookmark in Firefox, it goes to the Other Bookmarks folder not the the main bookmark menu.
Is it possible to set a default location for newly saved ...
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How to create a root level folder in Chrome bookmarks
I'm getting mad with the bookmark manager in Google Chrome. I understand that I can create folders, but for some reason it only works for me that it creates a subfolder of the current selected root ...
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CSS needed change font size items in bookmarks toolbar folder
Just found Firefox- How to change font size of items in folder on bookmarks toolbar?
Realize it's for an older Firefox version, which might not work in 57+, but want to give it a try there. Needing ...
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How to persist Firefox Bookmark pane setting?
The latest Firefox has a bookmark button near the address bar. When the bookmark pane is showing and then Firefox shutdown, the bookmark state is lost. When Firefox restarts the bookmark pane is not ...
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Can I customize the icon for a link in my Bookmarks Bar on Google Chrome
Is it possible to change the icon in my Bookmarks Bar ?
Or, if they cannot be changed, could I remove the icons all together and just leave a text link ?
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After having set up a Mozilla sync server, what are the next steps?
I'd like to synchronize bookmarks (and eventually passwords) between multiple Firefox installations on a local network (4 PCs).
I have followed this tutorial and think that I have the server up and ...
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Searching for bookmark folder names in Firefox Quantum?
I have Firefox Quantum 57.0.2 (64-bit) in Windows 7.
In the Bookmarks list, unfortunately, I can search only for bookmark names but not for bookmark folder names!
I have a deeply nested bookmarks ...
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Create internet browser shortcut which logs into ebay account
I've got two accounts for eBay, a personal and a work account. I'm forever swapping accounts on a daily basis. I wondered whether 2 bookmarks could be created on my desktop. The bookmarks would ...
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Prevent Google Chrome From Removing Favorites Bar
I have my favorite websites saved in the favorite bar in Google CHROME like below
However, once I click one, the bar disappears.
How do I get it to permanently stay in place, so I don't have to ...
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