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.
Update: The situation has not changed in newer versions of the Firefox browser. Other browser extensions or updates may be the cause for the problems that you are experiencing with your bookmarks toolbar.
The solution has not changed that much, as you still need to follow the outlined steps to resolve the situation.
Two screenshots have been added to this guide that visualize a toolbar with no toolbar icon, and how the fixed customize screen needs to look like.
Just drag and drop the Bookmarks item to the toolbar in customize mode to enable it again.
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Thank you so much! And thanks very much Scott – I’d tried it with the wrong Bookmarks icon. Your advice worked perfectly!
Thanks for the tip. Now I got my bookmark toolbar back :)
thanks! it fixed my problems!
THANK YOU!!!
Thanks! I was about to freak out. I’m glad this page was the 2nd Google result. (Should be #1 in my opinion.)
Wow! This worked! Thanks for providing this tip!
-HTD
It didn’t help, sob
thank you so much!! I uninstalled n reinstalled again and again for this bookmark toolbar!!! finally I can get my favorite firefox back !!
Thank You!
You got the cure.
u saved my life man !!!!!!!!!
thanks – instant fix!
Thanks that solved it for me!!
Thank you very much.So simple but so frustrating.
I was just about to install IE8, I kid you not.
Thank you for the quick fix! (you might want to bold that part out for anxious folk such as myself :P)
Bless you! I just came across this, and you saved the day! I thought I was going to have to get rid of my beloved Firefox….
ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT
This was the first Google hit for me and it solved it straight off the bat.
Thank you!
I can’t believe there are so many idiots on the internet that cannot figure out something so simply like this.
Just installed Firefox 3.5 and my bookmark toolbar disappeared. Thanks so much for helping me retrieve it.
scott says:
October 18, 2008 at 7:08 pm
@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.
THIS IS THE FIX..THANK YOU THANK YOU
THANK YOU
THANK YOU!!!!
Very nice and easy fix to vexing problem.
Thanks very much and Keep up the good work
There is also a patch that worked for me at — https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11325.
That was so easy. THANK YOU!!!
Didn’t work. Now I have the bookmark bar with an icon on it I have to click then navigate to the bookmarks toolbar. WTF?
thanks so much for the solution. Bookmarks is working again.
thanks again
Thank you sooooooooo much!! I could not figure out what was wrong!
Thanks. Worked immediately after adding the icon.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! This problem has been haunting me for so long now! I kept trying to click on my bookmarks from the toolbar and would get increasingly frustrated each time when i realized they were still not there! Of course the way to fix it was simple, i knew it had to be! Thank you very much for letting us all know the quick fix to an unforeseen big problem!
Mitur Binesderti
I know your post was from a while back, but i encountered the same problem at first, there should be two bookmark icons to choose from, one is the generic one with a star on it, while the other one just has a simple square icon or some other kind of plain shape next to it. That one is the bookmarks toolbar. The generic icon with a star is the regular bookmarks icon. Use the one that has just the plain shape and it should work wonderfully