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Bookmarks without a name do not appear in the exported bookmarks.html file?

krazy-kenny
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I have a few bookmarks that I have created without a name (I just left it blank at the point of creation). In this way they conveniently appear as just the website icon on the bookmarks toolbar and save up a lot of space.

When I export my bookmarks to an .html file however, all the nameless bookmarks are left out of it. I would expect there to be a default name created for these to be included in the file, such as the website URL for examples.

Thanks

I have a few bookmarks that I have created without a name (I just left it blank at the point of creation). In this way they conveniently appear as just the website icon on the bookmarks toolbar and save up a lot of space. When I export my bookmarks to an .html file however, all the nameless bookmarks are left out of it. I would expect there to be a default name created for these to be included in the file, such as the website URL for examples. Thanks

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They are probably present in the backup file if you check the file content (right-click: View Page Source), but they won't show as a clickable item because of the missing name.

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krazy-kenny
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This is how I'm doing this:

File -> Bookmarks -> Show All Bookmarks -> Import and Backup -> Export Bookmarks to HTML

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They are probably present in the backup file if you check the file content (right-click: View Page Source), but they won't show as a clickable item because of the missing name.

  • <a href="https://" ></a>
krazy-kenny
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That makes sense. You're right, they're in the back up file without a name in the <a> tag.

Thank you.