Browser.bookmarks.sort.direction

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The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. The correct title is browser.bookmarks.sort.direction.

This article describes the preference browser.bookmarks.sort.direction. To add, delete, or modify this preference, you will need to edit your configuration — do not edit this article.

1 Background
2 Possible values and their effects
3 UI
- 3.1 Mozilla Firefox 1.0â€“1.5
- 3.2 Mozilla Firefox 2.0
4 First checked in
5 Has an effect in
6 Related bugs
7 Related preferences

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Background

Bookmarks in Mozilla can appear in multiple locations (e.g., the Bookmarks menu and the Bookmarks Sidebar). To keep display order consistent among all of them, this preference keeps track of how the user has sorted their bookmarks.

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Possible values and their effects

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natural

Sort bookmarks alphabetically from A to Z.

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ascending

Sort bookmarks in reverse alphabetical order from Z to A.

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(Other)

Leave bookmarks unsorted. (The default value for this preference, descending, does this.)

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UI

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Mozilla Firefox 1.0â€“1.5

The menu items â€œUnsortedâ€, â€œAscendingâ€, and â€œDescendingâ€ under â€œBookmarks → Manage Bookmarks... → Viewâ€ set this preference to descending, natural, and ascending, respectively.

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Mozilla Firefox 2.0

The menu items â€œUnsortedâ€, â€œAscendingâ€, and â€œDescendingâ€ under â€œBookmarks → Organize Bookmarks... → Viewâ€ set this preference to descending, natural, and ascending, respectively.

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