1Nontechnical Overview 2===================== 3 4This document provides a high level, nontechnical overview of Firefox’s Places component (Bookmarks and History). 5 6More information regarding Bookmarks - `Bookmarks in Firefox`_ 7 8.. _Bookmarks in Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/bookmarks-firefox 9 10There are multiple ways to access and manipulate Bookmarks, such as: 11 12.. toctree:: 13 :maxdepth: 2 14 15 nontechnical-overview 16 17Firefox menu bar 18---------------- 19 20To access bookmarks click on Bookmarks link in Firefox menu bar on the top of your screen. 21If the Firefox Menu bar is missing, it is usually because Firefox is in full screen mode or it is not the selected application. 22 23In this case you can: 24 * Turn off full screen mode 25 * Select the Firefox application 26 27.. figure:: assets/nontechnical-overview/firefox-bookmarks-menu.png 28 :alt: Image of the Bookmarks Menu in Firefox menu bar 29 :scale: 50% 30 :align: center 31 32 Firefox menu bar - Bookmarks Menu 33 34Main application button 35----------------------- 36 37.. figure:: assets/nontechnical-overview/firefox-bookmarks-main-application.png 38 :alt: Image of the main Bookmarks application button 39 :scale: 45% 40 :align: center 41 42 Firefox - Bookmarks Main Application 43 44Bookmarks Toolbar 45----------------- 46 47.. figure:: assets/nontechnical-overview/firefox-bookmarks-toolbar.png 48 :alt: Image of the Bookmarks Toolbar 49 :scale: 50% 50 :align: center 51 52 Firefox - Bookmarks Toolbar 53 54On the top of your Firefox screen just under the search bar - Bookmarks are on the left side. 55 56Firefox's toolbar provides easy access to common features: 57 * Click the menu button , click `More Tools` and choose `Customize Toolbar`. 58 59 - **To turn on the Title bar:** Put a check mark next to `Title Bar` in the lower left. 60 - **To turn on the Bookmarks toolbar:** Click the Toolbars dropdown menu at the bottom of the screen and select Bookmarks Toolbar. 61 62 * Click the `Done` button. 63 64Firefox sidebar 65--------------- 66 67Firefox 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: 68 691. `Add the sidebar button to your controls`_. 70 712. Toggle sidebar button on and off for preferable options (for ex., add bookmarks). 72 73.. _Add the sidebar button to your controls: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/use-firefox-sidebar-access-bookmarks-history-synced 74 75The Library window 76------------------ 771. Click the `hamburger Menu` icon in the upper-right corner of your screen. 782. In the middle of the drop-down menu select `Library`. 793. In the `Library` menu select `Bookmarks`. 804. Press `Show All Bookmark` button. 81 82Keyboard shortcuts 83------------------ 84 85 * Show / Manage Bookmarks (Library Window) - :kbd:`Shift` + :kbd:`Ctrl` / :kbd:`Cmd` + :kbd:`O` 86 * Add / Edit Bookmark - :kbd:`Ctrl` / :kbd:`Cmd` + :kbd:`D` 87 * Bookmark all tabs into 1 bookmark folder - :kbd:`Shift` + :kbd:`Ctrl` / :kbd:`Cmd` + :kbd:`D` 88 * Delete bookmark / Bookmarks / Bookmarks folder - :kbd:`Delete` 89 * Show / Hide the Bookmarks toolbar - :kbd:`Shift` + :kbd:`Ctrl` / :kbd:`Cmd` + :kbd:`B` 90 * 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 91 92Firefox Context Menu 93-------------------- 94 95Single // Multiple bookmarks on selection will allow you to perform different manipulations, such as: 96 97 * Open (Open / Open in New Tab / Open in New Window / Open in New Private Window) 98 * Delete 99 * Edit (Cut / Copy / Paste) 100 * Add (Bookmark / Folder / Separator) 101 102.. figure:: assets/nontechnical-overview/bookmark-folder-menu.png 103 :alt: Image of the Bookmark Menu 104 :scale: 50% 105 :align: center 106 107 Firefox - Bookmark Menu 108 109Undo / Redo 110----------- 111 112Undo / Redo options available In Library Window and Sidebar Panel. 113You can reverse your commands (creating bookmark, deleting bookmark, copy/paste etc.) with: 114 115 * Keyboard combinations: 116 117 - Undo - :kbd:`Ctrl` / :kbd:`Cmd` + :kbd:`Z` 118 - Redo - :kbd:`Shift` + :kbd:`Ctrl` / :kbd:`Cmd` + :kbd:`Z` 119 120 * Choosing option in Menu - Edit - Undo / Redo 121 122.. figure:: assets/nontechnical-overview/bookmark-undo-redo.png 123 :alt: Image of the Undo/Redo options for Bookmark 124 :scale: 50% 125 :align: center 126 127 Firefox - Undo / Redo for bookmark 128 129Import Bookmarks 130---------------- 131 132There are various options to import bookmarks to Firefox. Some of them are: 133 134 * `from Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge`_ 135 * `from Google Chrome`_ 136 * `from an HTML file`_ 137 138 .. _from Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/import-bookmarks-internet-explorer-or-microsoft-edge 139 .. _from Google Chrome: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/import-bookmarks-google-chrome 140 .. _from an HTML file: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/import-bookmarks-html-file 141 142Restore Bookmarks 143----------------- 144 145Firefox automatically creates backups of your bookmarks and saves the last 15 backups for safekeeping. 146 147**To restore your bookmarks:** 148 149#. Click on *hamburger menu* button to open the Menu panel. 150#. Go to *Bookmarks* - *Manage Bookmarks*. 151#. Select the backup from which you want to restore: 152 153 #. The dated entries are automatic bookmark backups. 154 #. From a manual backup ( *Choose file…* ). 155#. After selecting the option and confirming your choice your bookmarks would be restored. 156 157 158**For manually add backup:** 159 160#. Click on *hamburger menu* button to open the Menu panel. 161#. Go to *Bookmarks* - *Manage Bookmarks*. 162#. In the *Library window*, click the button and then select *Backup…*. 163#. 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. 164#. Save the bookmarks json file. The Bookmarks backup filename window will close and then you can close the *Library* window. 165
