# Ok, how did I do this?  (Firefox Bookmarks Toolbar)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-how-did-i-do-this-firefox-bookmarks-toolbar/559286>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 3, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-how-did-i-do-this-firefox-bookmarks-toolbar/559286 "2010-11-03T02:09:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-how-did-i-do-this-firefox-bookmarks-toolbar/559286/1 "2010-11-03T02:09:28Z")

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Dear Abby,

I swear I’ve gone all dumb-ass…

I just got a new laptop from work, and use Xmarks to sync my bookmarks, so everything is good there. I use the Bookmarks Toolbar to keep the places I visit the most (like here) right on top. Somehow, I had all of the folders before showing only Icons. Now, they show the folder icon, and the folder name, and to see the rest of the bookmarks, I have to use the drop down arrow on the far right.

How did I, and how can I again make all these folders just be icons so that I have to mouse-over to see their names?

Signed,

Dumb Ass

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**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-how-did-i-do-this-firefox-bookmarks-toolbar/559286/2 "2010-11-03T02:14:33Z")

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Right click on it, select properties, and remove the name.

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**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-how-did-i-do-this-firefox-bookmarks-toolbar/559286/3 "2010-11-03T02:18:26Z")

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It won’t let me

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**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-how-did-i-do-this-firefox-bookmarks-toolbar/559286/4 "2010-11-03T02:48:23Z")

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There’s an extension that does that. FaveIconize toolbar, or something like that. It collapses the links to just the faveicons, then expands it with the site name when you hover.

I used it when I used Firefox.