Closed Bug 321684 Opened 19 years ago Closed 19 years ago

Bookmarks sidebar doesn't open in New Window when selected in original, and unable to full list of bookmark folders when clicking expand in bookmarks manager

Categories

(Firefox :: Bookmarks & History, defect)

x86
Windows XP
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

()

RESOLVED FIXED

People

(Reporter: nikesh00, Unassigned)

Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.8) Gecko/20051111 Firefox/1.5
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.8) Gecko/20051111 Firefox/1.5

I can open a firefox window and select the bookmark sidebar, but when I select the firefox shortcut to open up a new window - the sidebar has disappeared. It will appear most of the time when I use the CTRL + N shortcut but not when I first start firefox during a session. Also when managing my bookmarks, I cannot always add a bookmark to my desired folders because the bookmark manager will not expand to show all the folders. Also even if I go to Add Bookmark and press OK it will not add the bookmark and instead I have to select a folder from the short list that is provided. This all happened after I had had all my firefox bookmarks wiped from the system.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1st Problem....
1.Select Mozilla Firefox icon
2.Go to view -> sidebar -> bookmarks
3.Select Mozilla Firefox icon again

For the 2nd problem...
1.Select Bookmarks -> Bookmark This Page
2.Select the arrow to show drop downlist

Actual Results:  
1st Problem...."No sidebar in new window"

2nd Problem.... Nothing is dropped down and the "New Folder" button becomes active but when selected nothing happens.

Expected Results:  
1st Problem.... the new window should have contained the bookmark sidebar

2nd Problem.... A drop down list should have appeared and when clicking the new folder icon a new folder should have been created.

In addition to the above problem, I cannot add features to the toolbar. For instance I will add a New Window icon etc. but when I create a new window the additional components have disappeared and all that is left is the default toolbar components.
I have installed the google toolbar for firefox.
I see your first problem (no sidebar in a new window when opened from a shortcut) but a see a sidebar when I open a new window using the New Window icon in my toolbar.
I don't see your other problems; first try deleting localstore.rdf in your profile. Or go to firefox's safemode and choose to reset your toolbars. That's an option offered to you when you enter the safemode.
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_Folder
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Safe_Mode_(Firefox)
(In reply to comment #1)

I tried both methods but still when I start firefox the sidebar does not appear unless I select it from the View -> sidebar menu.
OK then try a profile clean-up: in your profile delete everything except for the following files (if present): bookmarks.html, prefs.js, user.js, cookies.txt,
history.dat, hostperm.1, signons.txt, key3.db and the folder chrome. 
Then start Firefox again.
Tried that, if you still have problems, try deleting your install directory and install Firefox once again.
Tried both your suggestions but the problem still occurs. However the toolbar now does accept new components when I customise it... so far anyway.
Ok it works now. Thanks for your help
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 19 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
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