614794 - "Bookmark this page" action at the top of Bookmarks menu is not visible / "disappears" when the bookmarks list is long and scrolled down

Status: RESOLVED INACTIVE

(Firefox :: Bookmarks & History, enhancement)

Description

[t8av]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.2.12) Gecko/20101026 BTRS28059 Firefox/3.6.12
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.2.12) Gecko/20101026 BTRS28059 Firefox/3.6.12

Whenever the bookmarks list is long (more than ~30 URL's were bookmarked), if we click a bookmark at the bottom of the list, the "Bookmark this page" action disappears in the Bookmarks menu, and we need to scroll all the way up to see it.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Add many URL's (>30) to the Bookmarks menu using "Bookmark this page".
2. Click on a bookmark which is at the bottom of the list.
3. Try to add a new URL the the Bookmarks menu using "Bookmark this page".
Actual Results:  
"Bookmark this page" action disappears in the Bookmarks menu, and we need to scroll all the way up to see it.

Expected Results:  
"Bookmark this page" action should appear in the Bookmarks menu, regardless its length.

The best way to solve this problem is to show the bookmarks using HTML style page and not using the menu itself.

HTML page should be generated on the fly whenever the user wants to see his/her bookmarks.

Comment 1

[t8av]

Very annoying that so far this buy was ignored. Firefox should have two buttons: 
1. Add URL to bookmarks. 
2. View bookmarks.   

When pressing button #2 there will be an HTML style page that will show all bookmarks. Do not show the bookmarks in the menu! Future upgrade - changing position of bookmarks (from important to less important).

Comment 2

[t8av]

I think a smart built-in tool should organize the bookmarks.

Pressing "show bookmarks" should open a separate tool that will present in HTML format all the bookmarks and will allow sorting by date,name,etc'

Comment 3

[t8av]

This bug is more than two years old and still nobody fixes it.

Why can't we view bookmarks in an HTML-based page?

Comment 4

[Marco Bonardo [:mak]]

(In reply to t8av from comment #3)
> This bug is more than two years old and still nobody fixes it.
> 
> Why can't we view bookmarks in an HTML-based page?

You can open the Library with the dedicated keyboard shortcut for a better management of long lists, you may also keep it open in background.

Comment 5

[t8av]

(In reply to Marco Bonardo [:mak] from comment #4)

> You can open the Library with the dedicated keyboard shortcut for a better
> management of long lists, you may also keep it open in background.

1. Thanks.

2. I know how to use workarounds, but the way the bookmarks tool currently behaves is not easy to use, and should be changed.

Comment 6

[[:Aleksej]]

Why not just use Ctrl+D or the star button?

Comment 7

[t8av]

(In reply to Aleksej [:Aleksej] from comment #6)
> Why not just use Ctrl+D or the star button?

Most users are not aware of Ctrl+D. A tool should be intuitive.

For me personalty, - Ctrl+D is fine, but still it does not solve the problem of accessing a specific bookmark (that was already added) whenever the list is long.

The tool should look very different:

1. Adding a URL should not be related to the same menu where you can access links that were already added.

2. The menu with the links that were already added should be an HTML-style page.

Comment 8

[BMO Automation]

Per policy at https://wiki.mozilla.org/Bug_Triage/Projects/Bug_Handling/Bug_Husbandry#Inactive_Bugs. If this bug is not an enhancement request or a bug not present in a supported release of Firefox, then it may be reopened.