[Tip] Enable / Disable New Bookmarks Editor Dialog Box in Mozilla Firefox
In newer versions of Mozilla Firefox web browser, when you try to bookmark a web page by pressing Ctrl+D keys together, it shows a new bookmark editor dialog box or fly-out which shows web page screenshot thumbnail and website favicon along with name, folder an tags.
Many people might not like the new UI of bookmarks editor as it takes a lot of screen area and on small screen devices, it mat annoy the users.
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Fortunately it’s possible to disable or remove the whole bookmarks editor dialog box.
In this tutorial, we’ll tell you how to disable or turn off the new bookmarks editor dialog box. We’ll also tell you how to restore the new dialog box if in future you want to re-enable it.
1. How to Disable New Bookmarks Editor Dialog Box
To disable the bookmarks editor dialog box, just uncheck the option “Show editor when saving” given in bookmarks editor dialog box.
Now whenever you bookmark a web page, no dialog box will be shown. Firefox will show a small message “Saved to Library!“.
That’s it.
2. How to Re-enable New Bookmarks Editor Dialog Box
After disabling the bookmarks editor dialog box, you may want to restore it in future. But there is no option provided to re-enable it. So how to do it? Simple.
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Open a web page which is already bookmarked in Firefox and press Ctrl+D hotkey. The new bookmarks editor dialog box will be shown to edit the bookmark information.
Now check the option “Show editor when saving” again given in bookmarks editor dialog box.
Now Firefox will again start showing new bookmarks editor dialog box whenever you try to bookmark a web page.
PS: There is another way to re-enable bookmarks editor dialog box which is using advanced configuration “about:config” page.
1. Open Mozilla Firefox and type about:config in the addressbar and press Enter. It’ll show you a warning message, click on “I accept the risk!” button.
2. Now type editDialog in Search filter box and it’ll show following preference in the window:
browser.bookmarks.editDialog.showForNewBookmarks
3. If the preference value is set to true, it means the bookmarks editor is enabled. If the value is set to false, it means the bookmarks editor is deactivated and disabled.
To modify the preference, double-click on browser.bookmarks.editDialog.showForNewBookmarks preference and change its value. Alternatively, you can right-click on the preference and select Toggle option.
To enable the new bookmarks editor dialog box, set the value to true.
To disable the new bookmarks editor dialog box, set the value to false.
That’s it. The changes apply immediately.
OMG, thank you SO much for this! I was an idiot and turned the editor off and then spent the next 3 hours on Google, trying to find the right wording to figure out how to turn it back on.
You’re an ANGEL!
How do I get rid of the obnoxious screenshot bit? Like, I don’t mind the box that pops up, I just hate the (yet another UNNECESSARY) change they made to it. How do I make it look like it did before?
Pretty obvious. Now why don’t you figure out a way to edit the folder list within that bookmark editor? I have folders in there from long ago that just will not go away, hindering my access to the folders I really want buried further down the list.
I got no results from the about:config route described here. Editor was already set to “true.”
I toggled it back/forth, left it on “true” but no results. N
New bookmarks just go to the end of a long unorganized list.
Nope. Useless. Click On or Off, no change; It is On. In Edit Dialog, it was set to False, when On. Change to True, still On. Change to False, still On. Horrible. And the colored boxes with colored text are nearly impossible to read. Why would anyone make this happen? Please help me.