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.

Avatar for Username

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

This thread was archived. Please ask a new question if you need help.

trouble bookmarking a page

  • 2 replies
  • 1 has this problem
  • 1 view
  • Last reply by akn2577

akn2577
akn2577
more options

in the past few weeks, every time I try to bookmark a page utilizing a right-click, it goes directly to some other folder without asking me to choose which folder I want to put the page. I then have to right-click again which works.

in the past few weeks, every time I try to bookmark a page utilizing a right-click, it goes directly to some other folder without asking me to choose which folder I want to put the page. I then have to right-click again which works.

Chosen solution

Hi, there is an option in the bookmarks star dropdown for bookmarks to automatically save straight to Other Bookmarks. If you don't want that to happen, you can either click the blue star as if to edit, then select the 'Show editor when saving' box. Or, type about:config into the address bar, press Enter, accept the warning, click Show All, then scroll down the alphabetical list to browser.bookmarks.editDialog.showForNewBookmarks and if it is False, click the toggle button on the right to change it to True. More - Bookmarks in Firefox.

Note that you need to keep your mouse pointer over the star dropdown to prevent it from disappearing.

If your question is resolved by this or another answer, please help other users by marking the best reply as Solved. Thank you!

Read this answer in context 👍 1

All Replies (2)

Scribe
Scribe
more options

Chosen Solution

Hi, there is an option in the bookmarks star dropdown for bookmarks to automatically save straight to Other Bookmarks. If you don't want that to happen, you can either click the blue star as if to edit, then select the 'Show editor when saving' box. Or, type about:config into the address bar, press Enter, accept the warning, click Show All, then scroll down the alphabetical list to browser.bookmarks.editDialog.showForNewBookmarks and if it is False, click the toggle button on the right to change it to True. More - Bookmarks in Firefox.

Note that you need to keep your mouse pointer over the star dropdown to prevent it from disappearing.

If your question is resolved by this or another answer, please help other users by marking the best reply as Solved. Thank you!

akn2577
akn2577 Question owner
more options

Thanks so much for your advice! My issue is solved. I appreciate your help. Have a great day. Arvind