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Bookmark panel
When adding a bookmark, the panel that pops up:
Firefox changed it I think after version 3 or whatever. Now it is fixed on the screen, plus other changes.
I'm suggesting to go back to the earlier method. The box was movable, and had a larger better layout.
The eternal question: why does a programmer making changes look and say "I will do away with this feature" which is working well. "I will prevent the panel from being moved".
Why I could even install the old FF version and send ya the old format if you're stuck.
Firefox changed it I think after version 3 or whatever. Now it is fixed on the screen, plus other changes.
I'm suggesting to go back to the earlier method. The box was movable, and had a larger better layout.
The eternal question: why does a programmer making changes look and say "I will do away with this feature" which is working well. "I will prevent the panel from being moved".
Why I could even install the old FF version and send ya the old format if you're stuck.
Re: Bookmark panel
Like it or not, but "doorhangers" have been a part of Mozilla-based browsers for a long time. Modal dialogs have a number of drawbacks that simply don't work well in certain situations, including something that should be dismissable-by-navigation like adding a bookmark. You can't do that with a modal dialog box.
You may not like it but it's here to stay.
You may not like it but it's here to stay.
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Re: Bookmark panel
Not very encouraging, but I suppose we all have to live with mistakes.... it's here to stay.
Could it at least not be so frustrating? Believe it or not, some people actually press the key that they meant to press more often than some random key that just happened to be under their finger at the time. People like me, for example, who have been typing for nearly half a century.
I use bookmarks a *lot*, and the Firefox/Palemoon bookmarking cliffhanger or whatever it's called drives me to distraction. When you've added the thirtieth bookmark to the same location which is NOT 'Bookmarks Menu', using the same, tedious procedure every time (CTRL-D, wait five seconds, mouse click, wait five seconds, mouse click, wait five seconds, mouse click, wait five seconds), you'll understand what I mean. I've searched and searched for any way to make it better but come up with nothing.
It would be soooo much less irritating if the bookmark storage location (a) defaulted to the location where I stored the bookmark that I stored previously, instead of 'Bookmarks Menu' -- where I never store *anything* -- and (b) just stored it, instead of bleating about whether I'm sure or not. It doesn't even have to be the default to do it that way, it could be a configurable option where the dragons live so nobody screams the next time there's a point release.
If there was a control-key combination like CTRL-D (or, say, just press it again) that simply added the bookmark to the storage location that I last added one, it would increase my productivity when I'm doing that kind of thing by about a factor of a hundred.
Is that reasonable? Possible? Ever likely to be accepted if I send a patch?
Re: Bookmark panel
Have you tried just clicking on the star to bookmark something? I know it's not your preferred workflow, but if you add bookmarks in rapid succession that you want in a single location, just bookmark them first this way, then open up the library panel, select all your newly created bookmarks (that are in the "unsorted" folder) and drag them to whatever folder you want them in, instead of going through the process one bookmark at a time.
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Re: Bookmark panel
You could also try dragging the favicon or the tab to the folder of your choice in either the Library or the sidebar. Some other methods http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarking_methods
Re: Bookmark panel
SeaMonkey has the old dialog pop up whenever you use any method for making a bookmark except for clicking the icon. Perhaps you could see how they do that?
Re: Bookmark panel
Sorry for double post, but actually, I just realized SeaMonkey has a seperate "File Bookmark..." Option, that opens that dialog set to "Ctrl + D". This dialog can be accessed in Pale Moon with "Ctrl + Shift + D", (Which SM has set to "Bookmark This Page") though the advanced options are hidden by CSS IIRC.
Re: Bookmark panel
Hitting Ctrl+Shift+D does nothing for me in PM 27.5.0a1 (64-bit) on Ubuntu 14.04.5 . No dialog, nothing.RexyDallas wrote:Sorry for double post, but actually, I just realized SeaMonkey has a seperate "File Bookmark..." Option, that opens that dialog set to "Ctrl + D". This dialog can be accessed in Pale Moon with "Ctrl + Shift + D", (Which SM has set to "Bookmark This Page") though the advanced options are hidden by CSS IIRC.
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Re: Bookmark panel
Try CTRL+D. That works for me. One other useful keyboard shortcut you might not know of is CTRL+W, which closes a tab.
Re: Bookmark panel
Well, yes, Ctrl-D I knew about. I thought RexyDallas was saying that we could get the old modal dialog rather than the doorhanger by using Ctrl-Shift-D. Or maybe I am misunderstanding altogether.testator777 wrote:Try CTRL+D. That works for me. One other useful keyboard shortcut you might not know of is CTRL+W, which closes a tab.
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Also knew about Ctrl-W. And there is Ctrl-K, which will land your cursor in the Search bar, or take you to your search engine's home page if the search bar is hidden.
Also knew about Ctrl-W. And there is Ctrl-K, which will land your cursor in the Search bar, or take you to your search engine's home page if the search bar is hidden.
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Re: Bookmark panel
gracious1 wrote:Hitting Ctrl+Shift+D does nothing for me in PM 27.5.0a1 (64-bit) on Ubuntu 14.04.5 . No dialog, nothing.
Here on Windows, Ctrl+Shift+D is the keyboard command to bookmark all tabs in a page, and it actually is modal. The dialog won't appear, though, if only one tab is open, or if all tabs in the page have the same url.
Re: Bookmark panel
I was confused for a second. I understand now, ctlr+shift+d adds a folder. In SeaMonkey, pressing that does a normal bookmark function, (like pressing the button would) whereas "ctrl+d" is bound to a "file bookmark..." function, which opens the classic bookmark thing. Apparently SeaMonkey doesn't have a shortcut key for "Bookmark this group of tabs...". (which has a menu item there) Hence, I got confused.coffeebreak wrote:gracious1 wrote:Hitting Ctrl+Shift+D does nothing for me in PM 27.5.0a1 (64-bit) on Ubuntu 14.04.5 . No dialog, nothing.
Here on Windows, Ctrl+Shift+D is the keyboard command to bookmark all tabs in a page, and it actually is modal. The dialog won't appear, though, if only one tab is open, or if all tabs in the page have the same url.
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