583469 - Automatic close open folder when a new folder is open in the treeview

Status: RESOLVED INACTIVE

(Firefox :: Bookmarks & History, enhancement)

Description

[hmikron]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100722 Firefox/3.6.8
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100722 Firefox/3.6.8

Hi,

One of the most irritating lacks in FF is the bookmarks tree.
We need an add-on to get rid of this, but this option could easily be implemented in FF if you want to.

The problem is, when people have bookmark folders open, en they open another bookmark folder,
thing get really messy. This could easily be solved :
When a user has a bookmarks folder opened in the bookmarks tree, and he opens another bookmarks folder,
the other "open" bookmarks folders should close, so that things keep clean and easy to navigate.

If you don't know what I mean, please check out the add-on below, and you'll understand.


Please check out the add-on : Autoclose Bookmark&History Folders
available here :
http://www.sephiroth-j.de/1/mozilla/

Is there any chance we could have such an option in FF4 or one of the next 3.x releases please ?

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a bookmark folder in the bookmarks tree.
2. Open another bookmark folder in the bookmarks tree.
3. Things get messy, it would be great that the opened trees close, so that only
the currently browsed folder tree remains open. 
Actual Results:  
Messy

Expected Results:  
Easy to navigate, easily oversight-able.  

Please check out the add-on, available here, to see what I mean :


Autoclose Bookmark&History Folders

http://www.sephiroth-j.de/1/mozilla/

Comment 2

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