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Teddy Gustiaux edited this page Apr 4, 2024 · 5 revisions

This page lists all the known issues of the add-on which have been resolved or superseded by other issues.

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Drag and drop to bookmark sidebar (special folders only)

  • Status: superseded ⬆️
  • First affected add-on version: 1.0.0
  • Last affected add-on version: 2.13.0

For this situation to happen, the add-on must have been configured to change the default bookmark folder location for the built-in bookmarking system and the bookmark sidebar must be open.

A user can drag and drop a tab or a link to a folder of the sidebar to bookmark it there. If a user tries to perform such action and is targeting the "Bookmarks Menu" or the "Other Bookmarks" folder, the created bookmark will be moved to the default bookmark folder configured in the add-on settings. All other folders will behave as expected (the bookmark is created in place and not moved).

This behavior is happening because the "Bookmarks Menu" and the "Other Bookmarks" folders are system folders. In other words, any bookmark created by Firefox will be placed in one of them. This add-on monitors them to detect created bookmarks that must be moved to the location configured in the add-on settings.

Unfortunately, unlike other situations, there is no way to programmatically differentiate a bookmark created by Firefox in one of these folders to one created by a drag and drop action from the user. If an update to the WebExtension APIs allow to know or determine the source of the bookmark creation, then it is an issue that could be resolved.

Please follow issue 136 for update regarding this, if any.

Importing bookmarks

  • Status: resolved ✅
  • First affected add-on version: 3.0.0
  • Resolved in add-on version: 4.0.0

For this situation to happen, the add-on must have been configured to change the default bookmark folder location for the built-in bookmarking system.

Importing bookmarks (either HTML or JSON format) would be using the default bookmark folder location set for the built-in bookmarking system rather than the folder defined in the bookmark backup file.

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