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1 Nontechnical Overview 2 ===================== 3 4 This document provides a high level, nontechnical overview of Firefox’s Places component (Bookmarks and History). 5 6 More information regarding Bookmarks - `Bookmarks in Firefox`_ 7 8 .. _Bookmarks in Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/bookmarks-firefox 9 10 There are multiple ways to access and manipulate Bookmarks, such as: 11 12 .. contents:: 13 :depth: 2 14 15 16 Firefox menu bar 17 ---------------- 18 19 To access bookmarks click on Bookmarks link in Firefox menu bar on the top of your screen. 20 If the Firefox Menu bar is missing, it is usually because Firefox is in full screen mode or it is not the selected application. 21 22 In this case you can: 23 * Turn off full screen mode 24 * Select the Firefox application 25 26 .. figure:: assets/nontechnical-overview/firefox-bookmarks-menu.png 27 :alt: Image of the Bookmarks Menu in Firefox menu bar 28 :scale: 50% 29 :align: center 30 31 Firefox menu bar - Bookmarks Menu 32 33 Main application button 34 ----------------------- 35 36 .. figure:: assets/nontechnical-overview/firefox-bookmarks-main-application.png 37 :alt: Image of the main Bookmarks application button 38 :scale: 45% 39 :align: center 40 41 Firefox - Bookmarks Main Application 42 43 Bookmarks Toolbar 44 ----------------- 45 46 .. figure:: assets/nontechnical-overview/firefox-bookmarks-toolbar.png 47 :alt: Image of the Bookmarks Toolbar 48 :scale: 50% 49 :align: center 50 51 Firefox - Bookmarks Toolbar 52 53 On the top of your Firefox screen just under the search bar - Bookmarks are on the left side. 54 55 Firefox's toolbar provides easy access to common features: 56 * Click the menu button , click `More Tools` and choose `Customize Toolbar`. 57 58 - **To turn on the Title bar:** Put a check mark next to `Title Bar` in the lower left. 59 - **To turn on the Bookmarks toolbar:** Click the Toolbars dropdown menu at the bottom of the screen and select Bookmarks Toolbar. 60 61 * Click the `Done` button. 62 63 Firefox sidebar 64 --------------- 65 66 Firefox comes with a convenient Sidebar button which lets you access your bookmarks, history and synced tabs in one click. For using it, you have to: 67 68 1. `Add the sidebar button to your controls`_. 69 70 2. Toggle sidebar button on and off for preferable options (for ex., add bookmarks). 71 72 .. _Add the sidebar button to your controls: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/use-firefox-sidebar-access-bookmarks-history-synced 73 74 The Library window 75 ------------------ 76 1. Click the `hamburger Menu` icon in the upper-right corner of your screen. 77 2. In the middle of the drop-down menu select `Library`. 78 3. In the `Library` menu select `Bookmarks`. 79 4. Press `Show All Bookmark` button. 80 81 Keyboard shortcuts 82 ------------------ 83 84 * Show / Manage Bookmarks (Library Window) - :kbd:`Shift` + :kbd:`Ctrl` / :kbd:`Cmd` + :kbd:`O` 85 * Add / Edit Bookmark - :kbd:`Ctrl` / :kbd:`Cmd` + :kbd:`D` 86 * Bookmark all tabs into 1 bookmark folder - :kbd:`Shift` + :kbd:`Ctrl` / :kbd:`Cmd` + :kbd:`D` 87 * Delete bookmark / Bookmarks / Bookmarks folder - :kbd:`Delete` 88 * Show / Hide the Bookmarks toolbar - :kbd:`Shift` + :kbd:`Ctrl` / :kbd:`Cmd` + :kbd:`B` 89 * Focus Next Bookmark/Folder whose name (or sorted property) starts with a given character or character sequence - Type the character or quickly type the character sequence - in Bookmarks Library, Bookmarks Toolbar, Bookmarks Menu, Bookmarks Sidebar 90 91 Firefox Context Menu 92 -------------------- 93 94 Single // Multiple bookmarks on selection will allow you to perform different manipulations, such as: 95 96 * Open (Open / Open in New Tab / Open in New Window / Open in New Private Window) 97 * Delete 98 * Edit (Cut / Copy / Paste) 99 * Add (Bookmark / Folder / Separator) 100 101 .. figure:: assets/nontechnical-overview/bookmark-folder-menu.png 102 :alt: Image of the Bookmark Menu 103 :scale: 50% 104 :align: center 105 106 Firefox - Bookmark Menu 107 108 Undo / Redo 109 ----------- 110 111 Undo / Redo options available In Library Window and Sidebar Panel. 112 You can reverse your commands (creating bookmark, deleting bookmark, copy/paste etc.) with: 113 114 * Keyboard combinations: 115 116 - Undo - :kbd:`Ctrl` / :kbd:`Cmd` + :kbd:`Z` 117 - Redo - :kbd:`Shift` + :kbd:`Ctrl` / :kbd:`Cmd` + :kbd:`Z` 118 119 * Choosing option in Menu - Edit - Undo / Redo 120 121 .. figure:: assets/nontechnical-overview/bookmark-undo-redo.png 122 :alt: Image of the Undo/Redo options for Bookmark 123 :scale: 50% 124 :align: center 125 126 Firefox - Undo / Redo for bookmark 127 128 Import Bookmarks 129 ---------------- 130 131 There are various options to import bookmarks to Firefox. Some of them are: 132 133 * `from Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge`_ 134 * `from Google Chrome`_ 135 * `from an HTML file`_ 136 137 .. _from Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/import-bookmarks-internet-explorer-or-microsoft-edge 138 .. _from Google Chrome: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/import-bookmarks-google-chrome 139 .. _from an HTML file: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/import-bookmarks-html-file 140 141 Restore Bookmarks 142 ----------------- 143 144 Firefox automatically creates backups of your bookmarks and saves the last 15 backups for safekeeping. 145 146 **To restore your bookmarks:** 147 148 #. Click on *hamburger menu* button to open the Menu panel. 149 #. Go to *Bookmarks* - *Manage Bookmarks*. 150 #. Select the backup from which you want to restore: 151 152 #. The dated entries are automatic bookmark backups. 153 #. From a manual backup ( *Choose file…* ). 154 #. After selecting the option and confirming your choice your bookmarks would be restored. 155 156 157 **For manually add backup:** 158 159 #. Click on *hamburger menu* button to open the Menu panel. 160 #. Go to *Bookmarks* - *Manage Bookmarks*. 161 #. In the *Library window*, click the button and then select *Backup…*. 162 #. In the Bookmarks backup filename window that opens, choose a location to save the file, which is named ``bookmarks-date.json`` by default. The desktop is usually a good spot, but any place that is easy to remember will work. 163 #. Save the bookmarks json file. The Bookmarks backup filename window will close and then you can close the *Library* window.