This site will have limited functionality while we undergo maintenance to improve your experience. If an article doesn't solve your issue and you want to ask a question, we have our support community waiting to help you at @FirefoxSupport on Twitter and/r/firefox on Reddit.

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

Can I create a new folder within a bookmark folder

  • 4 replies
  • 2 have this problem
  • 101 views
  • Last reply by Slowpoke47

more options

Running v.50.1.0 on W7 Home Premium. Wish to have a "sub-folder" within an existing bookmarks folder to group some of the existing links and make the existing folder more convenient. The instructions for doing that that I can find result in a new folder along the bookmarks bar rather than within the folder I have in mind. What am I doing wrong?

Running v.50.1.0 on W7 Home Premium. Wish to have a "sub-folder" within an existing bookmarks folder to group some of the existing links and make the existing folder more convenient. The instructions for doing that that I can find result in a new folder along the bookmarks bar rather than within the folder I have in mind. What am I doing wrong?

Chosen solution

You need to right-click in the folder where you want to create the new folder. If you right-click on the Bookmarks Toolbar then you create the new folder on the Bookmarks Toolbar. If you click a folder on the Bookmarks Toolbar and right-click in that folder or in a deeper nested folder then you create a new folder or bookmark in that folder.

Read this answer in context 👍 1

All Replies (4)

more options

Hi

You should be able to right click on the folder that you want to create the sub-folder in and select New Folder... . This will then create a new sub folder.

I hope this helps, but if not, please come back here and we can look into a different solution for you.

more options

Doing that creates a new folder on the bookmarks bar. I had already tried that. But, on a whim, I did that again and then dragged the newly created folder to the folder I wanted it to be in, and that worked. Once I had the new folder, I then dragged links from the parent folder to the new one. Looks like I'm good to go. Perhaps this additional step should be included in the procedure suggested on the site.

more options

Chosen Solution

You need to right-click in the folder where you want to create the new folder. If you right-click on the Bookmarks Toolbar then you create the new folder on the Bookmarks Toolbar. If you click a folder on the Bookmarks Toolbar and right-click in that folder or in a deeper nested folder then you create a new folder or bookmark in that folder.

more options

Thanks for steering me straight there. Now I understand, for future reference.