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Why won't Firefox allow me to choose bookmark locations anymore

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I asked “Why won't Firefox allow me to choose bookmark locations anymore?” on the support page, and got the following DUMB answers (these are a few of the 4700+ that ALL had NOTHING to do with my question) I have used Quantum since it came out but the menu of bookmark locations just disappeared a few months ago. WHAT DO I DO? Or has Mozilla gone on to be another Microsoft? "Do it OUR way!"

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Hi Pandreasen, do you mean the panel that drops from the blue star and lets you change from the Other Bookmarks folder to a different one when saving a bookmark?

Possibly the editor was turned off. Could you click the blue star on a bookmarked page and turn it back on using the checkbox indicated in this screenshot:

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Does that fix it?

If you want to change the default new bookmark save location from Other Bookmarks to a different folder, you can use this add-on:

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/default-bookmark-folder/

After installation, you'll need to go to its Options screen to choose your preferred folder.

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Hi Pandreasen, do you mean the panel that drops from the blue star and lets you change from the Other Bookmarks folder to a different one when saving a bookmark?

Possibly the editor was turned off. Could you click the blue star on a bookmarked page and turn it back on using the checkbox indicated in this screenshot:

<center></center>

Does that fix it?

If you want to change the default new bookmark save location from Other Bookmarks to a different folder, you can use this add-on:

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/default-bookmark-folder/

After installation, you'll need to go to its Options screen to choose your preferred folder.