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Question about tagging

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I don't know but i am uncertain of the tagging in Firefox. Have the Firefox team changed the tagging in later revisions of Firefox?

Back in FF 4 i think i made som tags on a certain adress (in this case www.tranceadict.com) which in turn created a virtual folder called Tranceaddict.


When looking in the tags of the bookmarks in that folder i don't see any tags applied at all. So i wonder how i could create such a virtual folder before but not now?

Thanks!

I don't know but i am uncertain of the tagging in Firefox. Have the Firefox team changed the tagging in later revisions of Firefox? Back in FF 4 i think i made som tags on a certain adress (in this case www.tranceadict.com) which in turn created a virtual folder called Tranceaddict. When looking in the tags of the bookmarks in that folder i don't see any tags applied at all. So i wonder how i could create such a virtual folder before but not now? Thanks!

Modified by klappa875

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ok, i think now i'm getting what you're referring to. the interface to create smart folders from a search done in the library was apparently removed in firefox 19. you can install the following addon in order to get back this functionality: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/savedsearchbutton/

source: John99's solution in https://support.mozilla.org/questions/951511

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Yes i belived it was called keyword but it is gone now?

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hello, each tag that you assign to any bookmark should also create a "smart folder" within your library with the same name that contains all bookmarks you've tagged...

Bookmark Tags - Categorize bookmarks to make them easy to find

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Where's the smartfolder sorted? Not a smartfolder with blue icon and a magnifying glass on it?

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no, there's an own section for tags

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So they have changed it? In the pic i've posted there weren't a seperated tags folder before.

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i don't know which picture you're referring to...

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This one. I couldn't attach the pic in my original post.

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i suppose this translates to something like "recently tagged bookmarks"? this will only contain a certain subset of all of your tag-folders...

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You should find them in the Library if you open the Tags folder in the left pane.

  • "Most Visited" and "Recently Bookmarked" and "Recent Tags" are examples of so called Smart Bookmarks folders and are not real existing folders.
  • Such smart folders show a list created by a query of the places.sqlite database that stores the bookmarks and the history in Firefox.
  • Smart folder lists show a maximum of 10 entries by default.
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Smart folders aren't supported in Firefox anymore?

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they are supported, but there is no easy UI to create them...

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Places_query_URIs

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Sure they are supported in current Firefox versions.

What makes you think otherwise?

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How do i create them then?

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Sorry but that's to advanced for me! Firefox let me do i in GUI several versions ago and now it's not possible.

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What kind of smart bookmarks folder do you have in mind to create?


Name: Most Visited
Location: place:redirectsMode=2&sort=8&maxResults=10
Name: Recently Bookmarked
Location: place:folder=BOOKMARKS_MENU&folder=UNFILED_BOOKMARKS&folder=TOOLBAR&queryType=1&sort=12&excludeItemIfParentHasAnnotation=livemark%2FfeedURI&maxResults=10&excludeQueries=1
Name: Recent Tags
Location: place:type=6&sort=14&maxResults=10
Name: Time Range
Location: place:beginTime=<microseconds>&endTime=<microseconds>&sort=4

Name: Recently Visited Bookmarks
Location: place:onlyBookmarked=true&sort=4&maxResults=30
Name: Recently Visited
Location: place:queryType=0&sort=4&maxResults=30

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Thanks but I do fine with tags however i wonder why the Firefox team removed that option to create a smart folder the simple way?

Before i could create that smartfolder named Tranceaddict which contained the bookmarks of the adress www.tranceaddict.com.

Modified by klappa875

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Suluhisho teule

ok, i think now i'm getting what you're referring to. the interface to create smart folders from a search done in the library was apparently removed in firefox 19. you can install the following addon in order to get back this functionality: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/savedsearchbutton/

source: John99's solution in https://support.mozilla.org/questions/951511

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Thanks a bunch!