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    Importing Bookmarks and subfolder structure

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    • A Former User
      A Former User last edited by

      As per topic. Is there any way to import into Opera bookmarks exported from another browser and preserve the bookmarks sub folder structure of the source?

      My Firefox installation has tons of bookmarks all organised into folders - manual re-organisation would be out of the question.

      Opera 60.

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      • k1llua
        k1llua @Guest last edited by

        @redsnapper have you tried importing those Firefox bookmarks unto Opera?
        because most browser export bookmarks as HTML and folder structure from Firefox should be preserved (they're pretty much similar). unless its some Firefox specific feature (like speed-dial folders in Opera) wont be directly displayed but you can always find the stuff that wasn't categorized under the bookmarks manager

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          A Former User @k1llua last edited by

          @k1llua I managed to get bookmarks across by sorting them in FF and then going via IE. Not sure why it didnt want to work straight FF html export and import to Opera - maybe html file got corrupted somehow.
          Now I have bookmarks in Opera (under Imported folder) there does not seem to be any effective bookmark manager (like FF) to organiise bookmark structure tree i.e. no facility to mark and move groups of selected bookmarks/folders - or am I missing something? Maybe an extension is needed?

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          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

            You should be able to do it in the bookmarks page: Menu > Bookmarks > Bookmarks or Crtl Shift B or click on the heart icon in the sidebar.

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            • A Former User
              A Former User @leocg last edited by

              @leocg In the bookmarks folder tree you can only drag a single folder. Likewise for bookmarks you can only manipulate single entry at a time. There seems no way to mark/move blocks with the normal CTL/Shift type operations?

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              • k1llua
                k1llua @Guest last edited by

                @redsnapper clicking on the folder opens it. I'd suggest you to right click copy and paste

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                • A Former User
                  A Former User @k1llua last edited by

                  @k1llua There is no funtionality to mark multiple folders or bookmark entries for coping/cutting/deleting (think normal file manager operations). Seems you can only work with a single entry at a time. I have tons of folders and bookmarks to maintain so this is unworkable for me.

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                  • leocg
                    leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                    You can select several bookmarks from inside a folder.

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                    • A Former User
                      A Former User @leocg last edited by

                      @leocg Only by clicking each one individually! As I said what I was looking for was the normal Windows type functionality to mark and manipulate multiple object.

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                      • leocg
                        leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by leocg

                        Ctrl A should work as well as using the mouse

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                        • k1llua
                          k1llua @Guest last edited by

                          @redsnapper
                          you'll have checkboxes like this when you hover on them
                          Opera Snapshot_2019-05-09_031138_asdasd.png
                          click on it (you can do this several times or you can select everything by using ctrl+a)
                          Screenshot (14).png
                          move/copy them to wherever you like to
                          this should have no restriction on the type of energy you're selecting (just a bookmark/folder/folder(with sub folders)/folder(with irregular sub folders)

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                          • A Former User
                            A Former User @k1llua last edited by

                            @k1llua OK thanks so Ctl A selects all. How do you select groups without clicking on each entry i.e. normally in Windows would expect to select an entry then click another entry with Shift pressed and all entries in between would be selected.. Also if you press Ctl A how do you do the opposite i.e Unselect all?

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                            • k1llua
                              k1llua @Guest last edited by k1llua

                              @redsnapper unselect all by pressing esc
                              opera doesn't have the shift + click feature you're talking about

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                              • k1llua
                                k1llua @k1llua last edited by k1llua

                                @redsnapper
                                but you can drag and select like this
                                Screenshot (15).png

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                                • A Former User
                                  A Former User @k1llua last edited by

                                  @k1llua OK I will experiment with all suggestions.
                                  Have to say it feels pretty quirky/non intuitive without the usual key ops. Don't see why Tick marks are required on entries - why not just highlight selected (it does this anyway).

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                                    quicksite @Guest last edited by leocg

                                    @redsnapper In 2020, the shift-click multi-select capability is on Opera Browser at least for Macs. I would imagine it is there now for windows as well. Both kinds of multi-select work:
                                    (a) Shift-Click to select a contiguous sequence of bookmarks
                                    (b) A-La-Carte Mult-Select - on Mac this is by holding down the Command key. I imagine it is the Option Key on Windows.

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