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Is there a way to collapse the library history view so instead of seeing individual entries they are all grouped by Today, Yesterday, This Week, etc.?

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In a previous version of Firefox, when I brought up history using Ctrl+Shift+H, the library would show my history collapsed into Today, Yesterday, This Week, etc. In the current version of Firefox I am using, it shows each individual entry. Is there a way to change this view?

In a previous version of Firefox, when I brought up history using Ctrl+Shift+H, the library would show my history collapsed into Today, Yesterday, This Week, etc. In the current version of Firefox I am using, it shows each individual entry. Is there a way to change this view?

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There are two panes one on the left one on the right.

  • The right-hand one shows content of folders from the tree on the left.
  • Clicking the black arrow-head on the clock denoting the top of the History collapses or expands that part of the tree.
  • Clicking the clock itself displays the top content on the right i.e. it will display the folders for Today etc.
  • Click any folder and the content of that folder then displays on the right.If you have used the browser quite a bit you probably need to scroll the righthand pane to see all the content.


The bookmarks are also within folders that behave in a similar manner. With certain viewing options you will even see that type of behaviour when looking at some Windows files and folders.

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The date ranges should be available in the left pane, and if you click the word History at the top level then they display in the main pane. Is that the view you're looking for? I don't know how to change the default view so the Library dialog opens that way in Firefox 22...