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Firefox Bookmarks Toolbar is not showing bookmarks

I encountered a problem in Firefox after installing the Piclens extension. My Bookmarks toolbar was not showing my bookmarks anymore, just a blank toolbar. It was also not possible to add new bookmarks to it. A quick check of my bookmarks revealed that the Bookmarks Toolbar Folder was still there so it had to be a different problem.

I tried disabling and enabling the toolbar again which did not have a effect either. I knew that it was important that the so called Bookmark Toolbars icon was added to that toolbar. To check this you have to right-click the top toolbar and select customize from the list.

If there is no icon visible in the Bookmarks Toolbar you have to move it back in. The icon is called Bookmarks in the icons list there. Just drag and drop it into the Bookmarks Toolbar and the bookmarks should be visible again after finishing the customization. My bookmarks were there again which was exactly what I wanted to happen.

You should also make sure that the Bookmarks Toolbar is enabled in Firefox. You can check it by clicking on View > Toolbars > Bookmarks Toolbar.

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About the Author:Martin Brinkmann is a journalist from Germany who founded Ghacks Technology News Back in 2005. He is passionate about all things tech and knows the Internet and computers like the back of his hand. You can follow Martin on Facebook or Twitter.

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Responses so far:

  1. Dan says:

    THANK YOU!!! My bookmarks toolbar disappeared a couple months ago. I tried a few recommended solutions and nothing brought it back, until I tried your simple suggestion!

    Dan

  2. Nikki says:

    Thanks for the tip! This happened to me today. I thought I broke something :-P

  3. halo says:

    Thanx alot Martin.
    I tried to figure it out to overcome this nasty problem.
    Have a good day.

  4. Thor says:

    Great!!! Yes, I think I lost my bookmarks in the toolbar when I added an extension- not sure which one.

    I was really missing that toolbar!

  5. Linda says:

    Thank you. For the past hour I’ve been trying to figure out what the problem is. Like you, I knew the information was still there…just didn’t know how to access it. I’ve now bookmarked this thread!

  6. gnome says:

    lifesaver!!

  7. Akash says:

    You can check it by clicking on View > Toolbars > Bookmarks Toolbar. This had helped me to regain my bookmark toolbar! Thanks a lot!!!!!!
    Keep it up!

  8. happytalz says:

    Thanks so much!! Your a life saver. Such a simple solution!

  9. Arfyness says:

    HRM, everyone got them back? I must be missing something. My ENTIRE bookmarks toolbar is not showing up when I right-click on the menu and check or un-check “bookmarks toolbar”. My other options are “navigation toolbar” and “web developer toolbar” and then “customize” …

    I tried adding back the “bookmarks” item in another toolbar (since I still have no bookmarks toolbar) but that doesn’t do anything whatsoever, just toggles to a different lighter color and back.

    I musta broke something hardcore. I can’t remember how I fixed this last time. Upgrading didn’t work, I do remember that.

  10. Arfyness says:

    OmGxor! For those who the above suggestions didn’t work, I’ve just cleared all private data from Firefox (Ctrl-Shift-Del) by checking all those boxes. Then I restarted without saving session, and my toolbar is back! HA!

  11. brian johnson says:

    Lost my toolbar and bottom border has grown larger.
    Still looking for a fix even after re installing.

  12. Jessica says:

    Hi everyone,

    Jessica here from the Cooliris/PicLens team. I just spoke with one of our engineers and was assured that this problem has been fixed since v 1.6.0.836. You can download this version at www.piclens.com.

    For interested readers, below are links to two videos demos, one by our team and the other by a PicLens fan!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utySPFH_HlA
    http://www.vimeo.com/653047

    Should you encounter any more issues with PicLens, please feel free to email us at feedback@cooliris.com. We’re ready and eager to hear from you!

    Thanks, again.
    Jessica & The Cooliris Team

  13. Michael says:

    Thank you SO much for this tip. I’ve driven myself mad trying to get my bookmarks to show back up. You tip worked like a charm.

  14. bob says:

    genius, pure genius…. I cannot thank you enough. Other sites had many steps including reinstalling firefox, yadda yadda yadda.

  15. Erik says:

    At last!!! :-D Thanks!

  16. Elgato says:

    Thanks a bunch, this was exactly what I needed.

  17. Chad says:

    How is this working for everyone else?
    If I drag and drop the “Bookmarks” icon into my bookmarks toolbar, it does simply that. Move the bookmarks button onto the toolbar. In other words, just the one icon. If I click THAT icon, I get a pane open up on the left side of the browser, that then lists all of the bookmarks that should be there.
    HELP!!!

  18. Chris Perez says:

    omg THANK YOU SO MUCH, (google FTW) if i knew you better i’d hug you, since i don’tm this TY will have to do.

  19. Bob says:

    THANK YOU! I spent a ton of time searching for the solution and found your post. This should be much more obvious in FF3.

  20. dooder says:

    thanks for this “duh” solution. i could not figure out for the life of me what was wrong. thanks man.

  21. aaron says:

    THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!

  22. Flukey says:

    Thankyou sooooo much. That’s been pissing me off for ages.

  23. andyb says:

    Thanks. Silly me. Of Course…

  24. moonshadowrain says:

    THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
    You have saved my life!!

  25. 80063r says:

    If anyone has the problem like “Chad” had, that the bookmarks icon goes in the bookmark bar, I had to close the window and reopen it for the bookmarks to show up. Hope this helps.

  26. andrew randolph says:

    THANKS SOO MUCH! I THOUGHT THERE WAS NO HELP, BUT A GOOGLE SEARCH AND YOUR INFO SAVED THE DAY! GREAT JOB ON THIS POST…

  27. scott says:

    @Chad: there are two entries for Bookmarks in the customise window – the one with an icon of a book is the wrong one, use the one with an icon of a blank page.

    it worked for me once i did this.

    thanks for the fix.

  28. B. says:

    Excellent! Thanks!

  29. James says:

    I also had only one bookmark button (the wrong one) when I tried to customize and drag and drop. I had to change the icons display under Global Options to text only. Once I did this the other bookmark button appeared and I was able to drag it to the blank toolbar. Then all my bookmarks were there. Just note how you had originally had the bookmarks displayed. (i.e. text only, icons, text & icons, etc.)

  30. Dustin says:

    ohhh duhh.. i had the chad problem. i was like wtf are these ppl talking about. yeaa grab the blank bookmark one. doope thank every one and thanks scott!

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