bookmarks root indexes

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

can we rely on bookmarks root indexes to be always the same?
bookmarkTreeNodes[0] --> bookmarks bar
bookmarkTreeNodes[1] --> other (imported)
etc...
...or they are different for every user?
I made extension that works with indexes as base for organization...
and now user reported that its root folders are wrong

[shwetankdixit]

shwetankdixit last edited by

Hi,

You should not rely on array indices at all. You can use id property of a node. The id property should be consistent across browser restarts as stated in: https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/bookmarks#type-BookmarkTreeNode
Also you can't assume that on the new profile bookmarks bar will always be 1 etc

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

yea, I get that..on the hard way ツ
I switched to getRootByName in my extension
but it wasn't documented anywhere

btw. id's are not consistent...they are changed when adding new nodes (folders/bookmarks)
Chrome doesn't behave like that
BB is first child, other bookmarks is second (0 & 1). Everything else falls into those two.
In Opera other "major" roots switch their id's when something is added