Firefox bookmarks chnged they it operates?

Factual Questions
1

Up until last week Firefox worked this way when setting a bookmark:

  1. Click on Bookmarks/bookmark This Page
  2. A dialogue box popped up with the page name and a drop down list of where to save the bookmark.

From one use to the next, it now works like this:

  1. Click on Bookmarks/bookmark This Page
  2. It’s done. No opportunity to save the bookmark in a location other then a default one.
  3. I have to select Bookmarks/Edit This Bookmark to place it in a location of my choice.

Not only that, but every single bookmark I had already saved over the years seems to be “forgotten”. Clicking on it goes to the proper URL but when I am on that page and click on “Bookmark”, there is no choice of “Edit This Bookmark”. It wants me to ***set ***a bookmark when in fact, one is already set.

I am using version 69.0.1

So what happened?

Dennis

2

It wasn’t broken, so they fixed it until it was. It pisses me off too. Yes it’s a First World Problem, but damn.

3

Hmmm. I’m also using 69.0.1 (64-bit), and I’m not having that issue.

Try this: next time you edit a bookmark, see if there’s a checkbox near the bottom of the drop-down that says “Show editor when saving.” Methinks that got unchecked somehow.

You might also want to try restoring your bookmarks from the auto-backup: Restore bookmarks from backup or move them to another computer | Firefox Help

4

I just tried that and it worked normally. However, I may have missed the last update.

I had to install an extension that allows tabs because of all the negative changes Firefox has made.

5

Thread title garbled - needs fixed.

6

I’m on 69.0.1, and bookmarks are working exactly the same as they have for ages: click the bookmark star, and edit choose your title, folder, and tags from the dropdown menu.

7

That’s it, thanks so much!

Dennis

8

Did that also solve your ‘forgotten’ bookmarks?

9

No it did not. Only bookmark I have set in the past few days are “known”.

Dennis

10

Well, then …

NB: You’ll lose any bookmarks created after <whatever date/time you should choose from the available backups>, so it’s your call whether that’s a solution or just a new, bigger problem.

11

Worked for me too, 10-Q veddy much.
But I know I didn’t accidentally uncheck anything, so it must have happened during one of FF’s neverending updates. FWIW, only on my Windows 10 computer, not on my Win7. Also, I never had any problems with older bookmarks.