Keep default bookmark folder static

[ffatbuser]

Hi,

Apologies if that has been answered before, but a Google and local forum search didn't find what I was looking for.

The issue: Clicking on the star in the toolbar to store a bookmark will use the last selected folder. Before (not sure when FF changed the behavior, but it's recent), it would always default to a fixed default folder.

The new behavior is really unpractical, because many bookmarks would go into the general folder, and only some in specific ones. And for generic bookmarks, a simple click on the star would be enough. Now it will add it to whatever folder I selected last, which I may not remember after a few days. So often bookmarks would ended up in the wrong folder, before I noticed this behavior.

I found this setting:
browser.bookmarks.defaultLocation

But it is adapted automatically after saving a bookmark in a specific folder.

How can I make FF behave like before, and have a really fixed default bookmark folder?

[jscher2000]

Yes, this is a new feature of Firefox 85.

There isn't any built-in way to lock that preference to the folder you want Firefox to use. You can use Autoconfig files to lock preferences; that might work. See:

* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Locking_preferences
* https://support.mozilla.org/kb/customizing-firefox-using-autoconfig

You also could look at the following extension, which has been a popular workaround to Firefox's default folder behavior for many years. Unfortunately, it hasn't adapted fully to Firefox 85 yet and creates a mess if you import bookmarks or restore a backup in version 3.1.0; make sure to disable it if you need to restore bookmarks from a backup or import a bookmarks.html file:

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

[ffatbuser]

Thanks!

Would be great if FF had an option to set this basic functionality reliably within FF itself.

[ineuw]

I cannot understand this post. My bookmarks always end up in "Other Bookmarks" as I want them, unless I change the folder in the bookmarks editor. I would not use an add-on that can cause a problem with any of its features.

[jscher2000]

I cannot understand this post. My bookmarks always end up in "Other Bookmarks" as I want them, unless I change the folder in the bookmarks editor.

Hmm, I think you have a habit of customizing things... did you disable the entire new round of Bookmarks Toolbar changes using:

browser.toolbars.bookmarks.2h2020 => false

That would revert to the Firefox 4-84 behavior of always using Other Boomarks for the star icon.

I would not use an add-on that can cause a problem with any of its features.

Even after the above preference goes away? Hopefully the developer will figure out a fix soon. There are over 20,000 active users of the extension.

[ineuw]

I am aware of user_pref("browser.toolbars.bookmarks.2h2020", false); but I am using nothing at the moment. Just haven't noticed the change to the new behavior and accepted the new location of the Other Bookmarks. Always had a shortcut to Other Bookmarks on the bar at the left, ever since it was called "Unfiled". This name shows still shows up when importing Firefox Bookmarks into another browser.

[ineuw]

Bookmarks I added today ended up on the bookmarks toolbar, so I understood the issue immediately. Added the preference, user_pref("browser.toolbars.bookmarks.2h2020", false);, to the user.js which solved TWO problems. The function of userTabsOnBottom.css, which failed http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=3058197 was restored. A minor miracle.