Bookmarking methods

There are several methods of bookmarking pages (or files) to choose from and most people will take advantage and appreciate a choice of different methods depending on the situation.

Shortcuts

• Keyboard shortcuts
  • "Ctrl+D" to bookmark the current page, or to type in a bookmark
  • "Ctrl+Shift+D" to bookmark all tabs, or with an extension to bookmark selected tabs

• Mouse shortcuts -- a bookmark folder may be in the Bookmarks Menu, Bookmarks Toolbar, Unsorted Bookmarks
  • Drag Link to a bookmark folder
  • Drag location bar favicon to a position within bookmark folder
  • Ctr+Drag to duplicate a bookmark

Menus

• Menus -- Bookmarks Menu or Bookmark Folder (Personal toolbar), or Library Folder (all of these can have folders and sub-folders):
  • "Add Bookmark Here..." (added by an extension)
  • "Bookmark This Page" (Ctrl+D)
  • "Subscribe to This Page"
  • "Bookmark all Tabs..." (Ctrl+Shift+D)

• Context menu
  • Link: "Bookmark This Link"
  • Copy a bookmark, paste into a folder or paste before another bookmark

• Bookmark or bookmark folder context menu
  • "Add Bookmark Here..." (added by an extension)
  • "New Bookmark..."
  • "New Folder..."
  • "New Separator..."
  • Cut, Copy, Paste

• Tab context menu
  • "Bookmark This Tab"
  • "Bookmark All Tabs..."
  • "Bookmark Selected Tabs to a New Folder" (added by an extension, missing elipsis marking)

• Bookmark folder context menu
  • "Add Bookmark Here..." (added by an extension)

Star button

Star button. The new star button (Firefox 3) in the location bar lets you quickly add a new bookmark with a single click. A second click brings up the Bookmark dialog to let you file and tag your new bookmark. [1]

• Click on the star in the Location bar to bookmark a page or bring up the Bookmarks dialog

Change a bookmark

• Right-click on a link to bring up bookmark properties. This method can be used to create a new bookmark from an unwanted bookmark.

Copy bookmark

• Copy ("Ctrl+C") a Bookmark within a folder and paste ("Ctrl+V") to same or another bookmark folder.

Syncing bookmarks

(place holder) no information here yet for Firefox 4

JavaScript

(place holder) bookmarklets would be expected to follow the other methods described

See also

• Backing up and restoring bookmarks - Firefox
• Bookmark dialog
• Duplicate bookmarks
• Import bookmarks
• Sorting and rearranging bookmarks - Firefox

External links

• Add Bookmark Here ² extension
• Bookmark Organizational Methods, describes hierarchical and tagged bookmarking methods