Build 2001020712, I can not select which folder to use for new bookmarks. In the bookmarks dialog, I though that i could select the folder and then in the View meny do "Set as new bookmark folder". But nothing happens. Then I found a similar setting in the preferences, but it does not work there either. I have an old bookmarks file from previuos mozilla, like a week ago. And in that file the property NEW_BOOKMARK_FOLDER="true" is set on the correct folder, but that's not where new entries end up.

*** Bug 68108 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Reporter there were various bugs with Mozilla new bookmarks recently. Try downloading the latest nightly at http://www.mozillazine.org/build_comments/ and creating a new profile. See if that fixes the problem. Report back either way thanks. :)

Same problem with 2001020908

Marking nEW as per reporters comments.

adding dependency from the duplicate

*** Bug 68546 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

WORKSFORME using build 20010227, Windows 98. Reporter, can you still reproduce this with a new nightly build? If not, please resolve this bug as WORKSFORME. Thanks!

Actually, it got worse: bug 71950.

I tested this out with build 2001042012 win32talkback and noted the following: 1. choosing a default folder from bookmarks manager using "Set as New Bookmark Folder" from view menu. 2.File a bookmark using "Add Bookmark". The bookmark is filed in correct place(ie. the default folder previously selected). 3. File a bookmark using "Add Bookmark As..." and select the "Use Default" button. The bookmark is added to the main bookmarks folder, NOT the default folder selected in bookmark manager. It would appear that this bug is partially fixed but still needs to correct 3. Also changing Platform/OS from pc/linux to All/All.

As Ben asked me to do, I changed the ref= on the tree of addBookmark.xul from NC:BookmarksRoot to NC:NewBookmarkFolder. The result was a blank tree, even though I double-checked that I had a folder set as default (in the bookmarks manager, selected a folder and clicked on the menu item "Set as New Bookmark Folder". The fact that the tree view is now empty probably means something that I don't grasp yet. Any RDF freak out there?

I think Gary Cope's comment about problem #3 is right. The problem seems to be that clicking on "Use Default" should cause the default folder to be selected in the list, for visual feedback as well, but it isn't. (Does this mean parents of the new bookmarks folder get opened automatically ?) In addition to that, there should be more visual feedback in the bookmark manager in regard to the special folders. Netscape 4.x had special icons for toolbar and new bookmarks, why not use them again ? Oh, and another real bug related to this: the menu items "View -> Set as xyz folder" are not all greyed out when you are on the folder in question. "Set as Personal Toolbar folder" is grey when you are on the toolbar folder, but the other two are not, giving you no clue if your choice was accepted.

One issue per bug, please, thanks. The problem is that for some reason NC:NewBookmarkFolder looks empty in that dialog.

Worksforme, 09/24/2001

I am having the same problem here: "Set as New Bookmarks Folder" does absolutely nothing. I am using Mozilla 0.9.4 Build 2001091712 on Redhat 7 (Linux 2.4.3, XFree86 4.0.3) The bookmarks were migrated from my Netscape 4.77 folder. Ben Goodger: what platform/build are you using that "works for you"?

Windows 2000.

Paul Chen is now taking Bookmarks bugs. For your convenience, you can filter email notifications caused by this by searching for 'ilikegoats'.

marking p2 and mozilla0.9.7

As far as I can tell, "Set as New Bookmark Folder" appears to work for "Add Bookmarks" under win32 and linux (2001103106 build under RH7.1). My powerbook is currently compiling the big patch for 84947, so I can't test mac right at the moment. "Use Default" is definitely broken in the File Bookmark dialog. It looks like the useDefaultFolder funciton in addBookmark.js doesn't work.

Changing summary to "Use Default button in AddBookmark dialog doesn't work"

Pushing out to mozilla0.9.9

*** Bug 113666 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

This happens because only the personal toolbar folder has the special uri. The other two, bookmarks and search, have NC_NS + "SpecialFolder" arcs that have these special literals (NC:NewBookmarksFolder, etc.)

mass reassign of pchen bookmark bugs to ben

either fix this or remove the button

Marlon, what's a good way to allow the user to revert to saving a bookmark in the standard location after they have selected some other folder to put it in from the list? (assuming we were to remove this button) navtriage team sez nsbeta1+

I don't think this should be a hard fix, so I don't think this button should be removed.

perhaps i am misunderstanding something here, but i don't think the button should be removed.

Mass move of nsbeta1+ bugs that didn't have a valid MachV milestone to mozilla1.0.

Comment on attachment 71160 [details] [diff] [review] patch sr=ben@netscape.com

-> me

Comment on attachment 71160 [details] [diff] [review] patch r=hewitt

a=asa (on behalf of drivers) for checkin to 0.9.9

Fixed.

VERIFIED Fixed with 20020308 builds