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Why doesn't my Bookmarks Toolbar appear in the menu bar, even though I have checked "View Bookmarks Toolbar"? It appears only as a sidebar, which I don't like and don't know why it changed.

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It was working fine until last night. As far as I know I didn't do anything to change it--all I did was change my preferences to "restore previous session" when closing Firefox. There is still a space up top for the bookmarks toolbar (now empty), and the correct bookmarks still appear under my Bookmarks menu, but I can't drag the icons to the space where the toolbar menu used to appear. The Bookmarks Toolbar appears only in the sidebar now. How do I get it back up top?

It was working fine until last night. As far as I know I didn't do anything to change it--all I did was change my preferences to "restore previous session" when closing Firefox. There is still a space up top for the bookmarks toolbar (now empty), and the correct bookmarks still appear under my Bookmarks menu, but I can't drag the icons to the space where the toolbar menu used to appear. The Bookmarks Toolbar appears only in the sidebar now. How do I get it back up top?

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Check that you still have the "Bookmarks Toolbar items" placed on the Bookmarks Toolbar.

Make sure that all the toolbars like the "Navigation Toolbar" and the "Bookmarks Toolbar" are visible: "View > Toolbars"

  • Check in "View > Toolbars > Customize" that the "Bookmarks Toolbar items" is on the Bookmarks Toolbar
  • If the "Bookmarks Toolbar items" is not on the Bookmarks Toolbar then drag it back from the Customize window onto the Bookmarks Toolbar
  • If you do not see the "Bookmarks Toolbar items" or other items that are missing in the toolbar palette or on a toolbar then click the "Restore Default Set" button