Desktop Bookmarks - Bookmarks Toolbar synced to mobile are unsorted
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(Firefox for Android :: Bookmarks, defect)
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(Reporter: thorsten.lau, Unassigned)
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(Whiteboard: [group1][fxdroid])
Steps to reproduce:
I open Bookmarks - Desktop Bookmarks - Bookmarks Toolbar
Select a Bookmark folder
Actual results:
The bookmarks show in no particular order.
Same is true for the bookmarks in the bookmark folders.
It could be, that the last entries made show up at the top of the list.
Expected results:
Like the previous behavior.
Folders first, in the order of the Bookmarks Toolbar
Then the Bookmarks in the order they are placed on the Toolbar.
Also the bookmarks in the folders should appear in the same order as on desktop.
Don't treat the Bookmark Toolbar and Folders as buckets.
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Seems to be an experiment that sorts the mobile bookmarks by date instead of follow the desktop order... The **** if I know why it's done this way but at least it can be deactivated... for now:
In mobile go to Settings -> About Firefox and tap the logo several times until it says that debug menu is now enabled. Go back and select Nimbus Experiments. Look for "Mobile Bookmarks Improvements xxxxxx" (may be more than one) and uncheck any active experiment. Restart Firefox and problem should be fixed... for now.
In addition to the steps described in the previous post make sure that the option "Enable Compose Bookmarks" is not enabled in the "Secret Settings" menu that also appears after tapping several times in Firefox logo.
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Comment 4•1 year ago
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(In reply to fprietog from comment #2)
Seems to be an experiment that sorts the mobile bookmarks by date instead of follow the desktop order... The **** if I know why it's done this way but at least it can be deactivated... for now:
In mobile go to Settings -> About Firefox and tap the logo several times until it says that debug menu is now enabled. Go back and select Nimbus Experiments. Look for "Mobile Bookmarks Improvements xxxxxx" (may be more than one) and uncheck any active experiment. Restart Firefox and problem should be fixed... for now.
The only experiment that was enabled was "Mobile Bookmarks Improvements Release", so that doesn't sound like an "experiment" at all.
Disabling the option and restarting the Firefox app is a valid workaround for this issue for the time being.
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Comment 5•1 year ago
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Comment 6•1 year ago
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This bug started in version 133.0.3 and I can see it also affects version 134.0.
Once you install Firefox on Android and enable the sync it shows bookmarks correctly.
After some use (can't say when) it's like the improved version of bookmarks gets enabled and they appears "unsorted".
If you add/edit a bookmark on desktop and the sync, it shows up on top of the folder's list.
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Jeff, can you please at least mark this as Confirmed? People have been creating threads on support forums about this for a few months already.
I encountered this issue as well and it's now on release (138.0) I had to turn this off because it made it difficult to find bookmarks because it didn't respect the desktop order.
I noticed like the first poster you're forced to sort now and there's no option in the drop down to just use the order provided by desktop sync. Instead your options are "Latest / Oldest / A - Z / Z- A" which if you use sync I'd imagine you'd much prefer just to see it in the order as your other instances.
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Comment 10•1 year ago
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(In reply to FanFan from comment #9)
I noticed like the first poster you're forced to sort now and there's no option in the drop down to just use the order provided by desktop sync. Instead your options are "Latest / Oldest / A - Z / Z- A" which if you use sync I'd imagine you'd much prefer just to see it in the order as your other instances.
Yep, I don't understand why there is no an option to leave it just unsorted (better said, sorted as it was synced from PC). In fact it should be the easy way.
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Comment 11•1 year ago
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Hello all!
There is an option to go back to the old design if you: go to Settings - About - Aboud Firefox Nightly, tap 5 times on the logo.
Then, exit About Firefox Nightly, and go to Secret Settings, from "About" --> and disable the "Enable Compose Bookmarks".
Hope it helps.
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Comment 12•1 year ago
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(In reply to Mira Lobontiu (Android QA) from comment #11)
Hello all!
There is an option to go back to the old design if you: go to Settings - About - Aboud Firefox Nightly, tap 5 times on the logo.
Then, exit About Firefox Nightly, and go to Secret Settings, from "About" --> and disable the "Enable Compose Bookmarks".
Hope it helps.
Yes this workaround was mentioned in this post above: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1938531#c2
We're just mentioning this as a bug. Either you mirror these limitations on desktop force the user to sort by oldest / newest / A-Z / Z-A on desktop or there should be an option to show in the same order as it was synced on desktop.
Having it show up in a different order from the sync'ed copy on desktop feels like a regression.
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Comment 13•1 year ago
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(In reply to FanFan from comment #12)
(In reply to Mira Lobontiu (Android QA) from comment #11)
Hello all!
There is an option to go back to the old design if you: go to Settings - About - Aboud Firefox Nightly, tap 5 times on the logo.
Then, exit About Firefox Nightly, and go to Secret Settings, from "About" --> and disable the "Enable Compose Bookmarks".
Hope it helps.Yes this workaround was mentioned in this post above: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1938531#c2
Since version 138.0 you find the Workaround no longer under "Nimbus Experiments" but under "Secret Seettings"
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Comment 14•1 year ago
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(In reply to FanFan from comment #9)
I encountered this issue as well and it's now on release (138.0) I had to turn this off because it made it difficult to find bookmarks because it didn't respect the desktop order.
I noticed like the first poster you're forced to sort now and there's no option in the drop down to just use the order provided by desktop sync. Instead your options are "Latest / Oldest / A - Z / Z- A" which if you use sync I'd imagine you'd much prefer just to see it in the order as your other instances.
The desktop version defaults to an "Unsorted" view in the "Bookmarks Management".
Maybe "Unsorted" is not the right word, because it isn't chaotically unsorted, but it is "User sorted" instead.
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Comment 15•1 year ago
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(In reply to Thorsten Lau from comment #13)
Since version 138.0 you find the Workaround no longer under "Nimbus Experiments" but under "Secret Seettings"
The option exists before 128:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1938531#c3
But it's possible that it's enabled by default now.
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Comment 16•1 year ago
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(In reply to fprietog from comment #15)
(In reply to Thorsten Lau from comment #13)
Since version 138.0 you find the Workaround no longer under "Nimbus Experiments" but under "Secret Seettings"
The option exists before 128:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1938531#c3
But it's possible that it's enabled by default now.
Thanks for clearing that up.
I should follow my own advice, and read every information first.
Sorry
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