Coppertop

I ran a search, but didn't find anything, so here goes: I'm running Firefox 1.5.0.9 and want to make the Bookmarks Toolbar have multiple rows. As you can see below it is full:



For the life of me I cannot seem to find a way to do this. There doesn't seem to be a built-in way to do this, and I have yet to find an extension that does what I am looking for. So I turn to the wizards of TFP - is this even possible?

RickB

I haven't tried these methods but I found 2 ways:

1) Edit your userChrome.css file.

Enable multiple rows of your current Bookmarks Toolbar:

The Bookmarks Toolbar is not limited to one row. It can display multiple rows by adding the following.

/* Multi-Row Bookmarks Toolbar */
#bookmarks-ptf {display:block}
#bookmarks-ptf toolbarseparator {display:inline}

I found this information here.

2) Install the Stylish extension first and then load this code:

@namespace url(http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gat....is.only.xul);

/* Multi-row bookmarks toolbar */
#bookmarks-ptf {display:block !important; }
#bookmarks-ptf toolbarseparator {display:inline !important; }
#bookmarks-ptf .bookmark-item { visibility: visible !important;}
#overflow-padder { width: auto !important; }
#bookmarks-chevron { display: none !important; }

This code for Stylish can be added easily from here.

cyrnel

The first thing I noticed about the picture was the length of your bookmark names. If you use them frequently can't you rename them to something shorter?

Also, some of those marks look more like clips you made just of the moment. (i.e. Lacie 500GB drive...) Not to screw with your system but is your bookmark bar the best place for them? I'll usually throw those in my bookmark menu in a fit of desperation and reserve the bar for things I use all the time.

Better yet are services like del.ico.us and Google Bookmarks, et al. They make bookmarks much nicer, especially if you find yourself using multiple computers. Always having your bookmarks available is a very good thing.

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Coppertop

Thanks RickB, I'll give that a shot.

cyrnel - The 3rd row is an RSS ticker, my Bookmarks Toolbar is the row above that, with just the favicons.

cyrnel

OMG, that's a lot of bookmarks. My 5am eyes couldn't resolve that may dots.

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Coppertop

I went with option 1, and it works like a charm. Funnily enough, my google searches led me to that very same page, I guess I just need to read thoroughly and not just skim. Thanks again!

MikeSty

My ffx bookmarks toolbar consists of almost entirely Favicons and no icon text. A few here and there to denote sites that don't have favicons, but most of them do. It works nice

MexicanOnABike

i have a quick question: is there a way to ADD icons to bookmarks that don't have one? currently: i have about 10 that are just the white page and i'd rather have the icons like my other ones.

and btw: i noticed that you have a bunch of cartoons in your bookmark bar. something i do is i make a folder and put them all in and when i want to watch cartoons(webcomics w/e) i just click "open all in tabs". it's faster that way.

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Coppertop

After trying out both options in post #2, I've found that option #1 doesn't seem to remember my settings, and reverts to 1 row almost immediately, and always after restarting Firefox. So I tried option #2, and it makes my PCU usage jump to 100% and stay there when the Stylish extension is active. Disabling Stylish drops my usage down to normal levels (when nothing else is running). Is this normal or did I do something wrong?

I found the extension UI Tweaker 1.7, but in the Toolbar Hacks options, the multi-row option is not selectable. Frustrating. The good thing about it is that it does compact the Bookmarks Toolbar, allowing more to fit on one row.

@ moab - Yeah, that's a good way to read your daily comics, but the ones I read are all updated on different days of the week, so this works for me. And there are extensions to create favicons in Firefox, trying using this one.

MexicanOnABike

sweet. that worked well. thanks man.

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RickB

I've been using Stylish for awhile now and haven't had any problems. I am using Firefox 2.0 though. It might make a difference. Have you thought about upgrading?
I went on and installed the code for the multiple rows and it works just fine. I did notice that the code did not reproduce correctly when I copied and pasted it in post #2. The first line should be:

Coppertop

I've installed Firefox 2.0, and the Stylish extension works as you indicated. My CPU usage is slightly higher than when the extension is disabled or not installed. Instead of 100% usage, it hovers around 5% but doesn't spike much at all. Quite the improvement.

This seems to solve my issue, thanks again for all the assistance RickB.