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    Manipulating bookmarks from Firefox / other issues

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    • leocg
      leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

      can't do anything like renaming

      Right click > Edit?

      moving

      Have you tried to drag the bookmark to the folder you want?

      removing

      Right click > Move to Bin.

      I don't know what Speed Dial does

      In menu? It opens your Speed Dial page (also knows as Start Page)

      It had been so easy to use a few years ago, more intuitive and with fewer "improvements."

      AS an Opera user since the 1990's i think i can say that it's easier to use nowadays.

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      • newoperanut
        newoperanut last edited by

        I'm not a newbie; I've been computing 20 years. I wouldn't bring it up if I already succeeded.

        The rt-click menu has this for both Opera and FF bookmarks:
        "Open in new tab
        in new window
        in private window
        background tab"

        No"edit."

        The bookmarks will not drag; I get the "do not enter" symbol.

        Speed-dial is not my homepage; changed it long ago to NYTimes.com. OK, so now SD shows my bookmarks interactively, but I want to do that on the sidebar of a webpage. Speed-Dial takes up an entire window. Is that possible?

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        • newoperanut
          newoperanut last edited by

          I also downloaded this extension yesterday:
          https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/v7-bookmarks/?display=en
          The "please wait" icon spins, but nothing comes up.

          I was just thinking: maybe the newest Opera can't run properly on Win XP.

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          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

            The rt-click menu has this for both >Opera and FF bookmarks: "Open in new >tab >in new window in private window >background tab"

            No"edit."

            Try selecting the bookmark and click on the edit icon, the one that looks like a pen.

            . Is that possible?

            Only by using an extension.

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            • newoperanut
              newoperanut last edited by

              I have no "edit" icon that looks like a pen, a bus or a sweet potato.

              I'll do the editing in Speed Dial.

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              • A Former User
                A Former User last edited by

                which version of Opera do you have?
                for XP, latest is 36.0.2130.75
                (you can find it in O-button >> About Opera)

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                • newoperanut
                  newoperanut last edited by

                  V. 36.0.2130.75

                  I'm going to uninstall and reinstall.

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                  • newoperanut
                    newoperanut last edited by

                    I uninstalled and reinstalled, but nothing has changed. I can interact with the Opera bookmarks in the toolbar, but not the Firefox ones in the sidebar. They're in a folder called "Other bookmarks," and I can't drag that into the toolbar on top.

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                    • A Former User
                      A Former User last edited by

                      select all inside that folder and drag it where you need it
                      you can't move that folder (other/imported bookmarks)

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                      • newoperanut
                        newoperanut last edited by

                        Nothing moves, but I just D/L this, and it lets you produce that rt-click menu. I have about 1500 bookmarks, so orderly sorting is important.
                        https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/bookmarks-by-the-side/?display=en

                        I'm getting the feel of Opera. Some of the functions that are native to Firefox have to be added to Op with extensions.

                        Thanks to everyone who helped

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