Firefox – Set default folder for saving bookmarks in Firefox

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I'm using Firefox 29.0.1 and would like to change the default folder a bookmark is saved to.

Currently when saving a bookmark (Ctrl + D hotkey) the folder is always "Bookmarks Menu" but I want it to be "Unsorted Bookmarks". It's really annoying and tiring to always have to select that folder when setting a bookmark.

Best Answer

I did some personal searching and I couldn't find an option to change the default bookmark location. This post in Mozilla support is quite old but seems to confirm that: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/797132

There is a tip in that post that may interest you.

For me, installing add-ons which fix Firefox quirks isn't the way to go in this case.

There have to be better solutions. By experimenting a bit, I found two: 1. Right-click anywhere on the page and press M. 2. CTRL+D will also select Bookmarks Menu and since ALT+D is shortcut for 'Done', you can practice this and bookmark pages lightning-fast

Only left-clicking the star in the address bar results in your bookmark being placed straight in the Unsorted Bookmarks.

This behavior frustrates me as well. It doesn't do what I want and I can't customize it. Thus, I can only ignore the star completely for the purposes of saving bookmarks.

from https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/797132#answer-154294

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