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I used to be able to drag and drop urls to my bookmarks toolbar as well as organize theorder of the bookmarks on the bar by dragging and dropping them. Now I ca

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How can I restore this ability. I don't know why it stopped working. Is there a limit to the number of bookmarks you can put on the toolbar?

How can I restore this ability. I don't know why it stopped working. Is there a limit to the number of bookmarks you can put on the toolbar?

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To drag and drop from the address bar to the bookmarks toolbar (or the desktop), instead of dragging the URL text, drag the icon to the left of it, usually a globe or padlock.

You should still be able to move bookmarks on the toolbar using drag and drop. Watch for a vertical marker as you drag so you know where it will drop when you release it.

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Do you still see the Bookmarks Toolbar with your bookmarks on it?

Problems with bookmarks and history not working properly can be caused by a corrupted places.sqlite database file.

You can check for problems with the places.sqlite database file in the Firefox profile folder.

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Yes, I know this is how it is supposed to work but for some reason it has stopped working. It doesn't let me create a bookmark on the toolbar of move them around in this manner anymore.

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Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

  • Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window
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I've got Firefox 32 on Windows 8.1 Update 1 x64, and I have tried dragging the globe icon in a brand new Firefox profile (after starting firefox.exe --profilemanager I created totally new profile just to test this issue, so no addons at all). I did it thousand times before, now it simply doesn't work. Safe mode - the same. What's going on? :)

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In my case computer reboot fixed this issue.

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