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Bookmarks always start at the root folder, any way to change that?

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Celepito
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I only recently made the switch (back) to Firefox, from Chrome, both on my PC and my Mobile device. While I have no real complaints, there is one nit-picky thing that I havent found a way to solve yet, on mobile.

Namely, as per the title, when opening my bookmarks menu it always starts at the root folder, meaning I need to dig through multiple of my sub-folders to get where I want (e.g. Desktop Bookmarks > Bookmarks toolbar > University > Biotech). Is there a way to make it, that the folder I was last in is kept open, so to speak? Its annoying to need to go through all the folders again and again, when I am searching for a certain quote or similar things by opening the bookmarks.

E.g. Desktop Bookmarks > Bookmarks toolbar > University > Biotech > Source 1, not what I was looking for, Desktop Bookmarks > Bookmarks toolbar > University > Biotech > Source 2, also no, Desktop Bookmarks > Bookmarks toolbar > University > Biotech > Source 3, and so on. If, in this case, I could just be in the Biotech folder every time I open the bookmarks menu, that would help avoid this tedium immensely, cause I would only need to navigate to the folder once. That is the way that Chrome acts/acted on mobile, and I find myself missing that function.

Is there a way to get my Firefox to act like this?

I only recently made the switch (back) to Firefox, from Chrome, both on my PC and my Mobile device. While I have no real complaints, there is one nit-picky thing that I havent found a way to solve yet, on mobile. Namely, as per the title, when opening my bookmarks menu it always starts at the root folder, meaning I need to dig through multiple of my sub-folders to get where I want (e.g. Desktop Bookmarks > Bookmarks toolbar > University > Biotech). Is there a way to make it, that the folder I was last in is kept open, so to speak? Its annoying to need to go through all the folders again and again, when I am searching for a certain quote or similar things by opening the bookmarks. E.g. Desktop Bookmarks > Bookmarks toolbar > University > Biotech > Source 1, not what I was looking for, Desktop Bookmarks > Bookmarks toolbar > University > Biotech > Source 2, also no, Desktop Bookmarks > Bookmarks toolbar > University > Biotech > Source 3, and so on. If, in this case, I could just be in the Biotech folder every time I open the bookmarks menu, that would help avoid this tedium immensely, cause I would only need to navigate to the folder once. That is the way that Chrome acts/acted on mobile, and I find myself missing that function. Is there a way to get my Firefox to act like this?

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Paul
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Hi

There is no way to change this at present as it is linked to the way that Firefox Sync operates. This might be something that is reviewed in a future update.